Rock News 2025-09-28

• Alcatrazz share re-recorded version of their song “Hiroshima Mon Amour”
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• Dirtbag Republic announce first ever vinyl reissues of their debut and sophomore albums
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• Review: What kind of a monster would you have to be not to like Ronnie Wood's Fearless: Anthology 1965-2025?
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• Stryper to release Christmas album ‘The Greatest Gift of All’ on November 21st
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• Review: Robert Plant continues to play musical hopscotch on Saving Grace's long-awaited debut, "a lovely melding of voices and an arresting sense of musical history"
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• Jethro Tull announce newly remastered reissue of Aqualung Live
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• Gyasi drops new single “Apple Tree”
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• "The most ambitious project we’ve ever done!" Snarky Puppy announce new collaboration with Metropole Orkest
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• Battle Beast launch video for new single “Angel of Midnight” from upcoming album ‘Steelbound’
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• Brian May says Queen are "having conversations" about a residency at the Las Vegas Sphere
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• Accept and guitarist Uwe Lulis part ways as band returns to two player guitar line-up
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• From Taylor to Turnstile and more... Hayley Williams' seven best guest spots
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• "I liked heavy metal because everyone hated it." Paradise Lost's Nick Holmes on dodging plant pots, nearly-severed fingers and why nu metal ruined metal
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• “I’m so sorry about last night”: Watch Ghost frontman Tobias Forge apologise onstage for last-minute concert cancellation
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• The Gems share video for piano version of their track “Like A Phoenix”
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• Watch King Crimson 80s affiliate band Beat perform Elephant Talk live
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• New book ‘American Song’ exploring the Untold Story of the Sunset Strip’s Hair Metal Zenith out on Oct. 1st
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• "The doctor said that I probably wouldn't be on stage again": Vince Neil reveals he's suffered four strokes in recent years
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• 5 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month
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• Video footage from Crashdïet’s ‘Rest In Sleaze 20th Anniversary’ show on September 19th
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• Paul McCartney hadn’t played this Beatles classic in full since 1965. That changed last night
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• The Poodles with original member Pontus Norgren reunite to celebrate their 20th Anniversary in 2026
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• Watch Hayley Williams join hardcore punk veterans H20 onstage in Nashville
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• Ace Frehley cancels show on doctor's orders after studio fall
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• Rick Wakeman shares video for new single, the gently haunting Melancholia
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• “It was prophetic. Right after that exploded, Limp Bizkit, all of these groups, was doing what was being done on that record”: This 1993 action movie was a bomb. But it produced one of the most revolutionary soundtracks of the decade
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• “It’s a cartoon, it’s Looney Tunes”: Gwar singer responds to conservative backlash over onstage Donald Trump ‘killing’
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• “You cannot visit the scene. The scene is now in the bedroom. There isn’t a group of people forcing each other to improve”: Roy Harper wants to hear new ambitious music, but knows why he’s struggling
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• "I really did spells, like ***ing on a churchyard." From discovering black metal and magic to meeting Mayhem, Witch Club Satan's Nikoline Spjelkavik on the 10 records that changed her life
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• “Marvel again at the ridiculous ambition of the young musicians who came up with this. It gave Peter Gabriel little option but to leave the band”: Genesis’ 50th anniversary edition of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is even better than the Rael thing
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• "I think he'd been looking for Paul": Eric Idle gives horrifying account of George Harrison stabbing
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• Hear Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne team up on cover of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs
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• “It’s weird when I look at the list. If you go folk or blues or jazz or rock, I’ve actually been there”: Danny Thompson covered more ground than even he thought possible in a career spanning seven decades
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• “We opened with it and the crowd broke through the barrier. We had to stop midway because people were getting hurt”: The game-changing late 80s single that put an obscure band from San Francisco on the map and helped ignite the alt rock explosion
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• “We stand for something more than a faded sticker on a skateboard”: Every Propagandhi album ranked from worst to best
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• Mike Vennart records new vocals on unheard material for reissue of Oceansize's Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up
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• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• “I’m old. I don’t give a **** what I do anymore!”: Bruce Springsteen has opened up on why he agreed to a film being made about his life
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• “It’s damn near impossible to adequately explain the impact of this album. We didn’t know what hit us”: The best rock debut album from every year of the 1980s
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• Calling all Ghost fans! Get your hands on an exclusive array of bookazine bundles with a glow-in-the-dark t-shirt and puff print sweatshirt
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• Another day, yet another Frank Zappa reissue - and this one's glorious
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• "I always thought power metal is cheesy. We are not cheesy, **** that." Pumpkins, power metal and the mostunexpected reunion in metal: Helloween are better than ever
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• Sprints All That Is Over review: one of Ireland’s most thrilling bands are reborn with one of 2025's best records
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• Creeper share new single Prey For The Night, another typically understated gem from the goth-punk giants
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• Linkin Park just did a surprise set on Kai Cenat's record-breaking Mafiathon 3 livestream - watch videos here
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• Nixon just dropped a brand new Nirvana watch - here's how you can save 10% on it right now
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• “I have to make the responsible decision – there’s just no way I can sing like this”: Avenged Sevenfold have postponed their 2025 South American tour at the last minute due to M Shadows’ vocal injury
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• "We're not trying to make sexualised music." Deftones' Chino Moreno on the nu metal revival, conspiracy theories and whatever the hell Baddiecore is
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• Watch Sleep Token cover Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing In The Dark during sold-out American tour
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• Sonic Youth are teasing fans with the promise of something coming in 2026
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• "I watched Ozzy's last concert!" Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley on why he used Metallica, Sabbath, Pearl Jam and more to soundtrack season one
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• Gary Hoey and Lita Ford release video for new track “You Know I Would”
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• “Two nights of heat, jumping, singing, passion, rawk, roll and filming”: Ghost delivered a blockbuster concert movie with Rite Here Rite Now. They’re going in a totally different direction with the follow up
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• Every Bob Seger album ranked from worst to best
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• Annie Haslam to team up with Renaissance founder Jim McCarty for US live shows
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• You can now watch the epic metal doc, Into The Void: Life, Death & Heavy Metal on Hulu - here's the cheapest ways to watch it, starting from free...
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• Paramore and Hayley Williams join No Music For Genocide initiative, removing their music from streaming services in Israel
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• V-Twins are back after 24 year hiatus with new single “Hit Me In Overdrive”
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• Sainted Sinners unveil video for new single “World’s On Fire” from upcoming album ‘High On Fire’
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• “She builds songs like Roman roads. She won’t let the hills and rivers of convention or compromise get in the way. It’s a straight line from her heart to yours”: Kate Bush’s Hounds Of Love, by some of the artists it inspired
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• “A truly virtuosic and deeply musical homage to King Crimson’s legacy – hugely entertaining”: BEAT LIVE captures the joy of Adrian Belew, Steve Vai, Tony Levin and Danny Carey reviving and evolving the 80s
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• Temple Balls unleash video for new single “There Will Be Blood” from upcoming self-titled album
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• Bruce Springsteen's band weren't prepared for his now-famous anti-Trump speech in Manchester
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• Sleazy Sweet unveil video for title track from their debut album ‘Sleazy Party’
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• "Deranged and spooky and full of unexpected songs about sexual peccadillos and the sound of milk bottles clanking": The dark humour and unexpected musical twists and turns of Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway still startle 50 years on
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