Rock News 2025-11-30

• Simon Kirke Says Singer Change 'Tarnished' Bad Company
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• "When the doctor was at the house and told us, I cried right there. I couldn’t help it. And he was the one who consoled me!" Lemmy's nearest and dearest on how the Motörhead man faced death "like a champ"
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• "She was like a caged animal let loose, commanding the stage like she'd been doing it forever": Meet Hollow Souls, the rising blues rockers making a big noise
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• I badly need a new portable speaker – here’s why I’m thinking hard about upgrading to Sonos in the Curry’s Black Friday Sonos sale
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• One of Europe's biggest (and cheesiest) dance acts is going to be playing the UK's biggest rock and metal festival, Download, in 2026
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• "When I moved to Birmingham I assumed every band was going to sound like Black Sabbath": Meet Margarita Witch Cult, the big-riffing Brummies keeping Sabbath’s traditions alive
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• Why the Band's Thanksgiving Farewell Almost Didn't Happen
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• Lawsuit Seeking Millions from Eagles' Don Henley Dismissed
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• I reviewed these classic Guns N’ Roses albums back in 1991 – now you can get the deluxe box set with up to 20% off this Black Friday
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• Rock's Most Famous Post-Breakup Album Battles
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• Where to See Neil Young on His 2026 Love Earth Tour
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• Which member of Yes released the best solo album?
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• Save a fab 61% with this Disney+ Black Friday deal just in time for the new The Beatles: Anthology series
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• Top 10 Thanksgiving Movies
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• "There were a few people in the band who were like, ‘Hey, stupid, this is a big deal. It’s Michael Bay, don’t be an idiot.'" How one of Linkin Park's biggest songs solidified their place as an essential part of the Transformers film franchise
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• Stevie Nicks' Men: 16 Guys Linked With the Fleetwood Mac Singer
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• The 9 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• “We wanted some filth on this album." How Touchstone rocked out on their fourth album, Oceans Of Time
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• Former Cradle of Filth members file lawsuit against Dani Filth after period or turmoil
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• “Remains a perfect distillation of 80s alienation and ambition. aIts tunes are sublime”: Tears For Fears’ 40th anniversary edition of Songs From The Big Chair
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• Nirvana, Dire Straits and The Stone Roses: You can get these all-time classics on vinyl for £66 on Amazon UK
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• There’s 18% off the sprawling 12LP Beatles Anthology Collection vinyl box set for Black Friday - the perfect tie-in with the new Disney+ series
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• The Best Prog Song by 5 Hair Metal Bands
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• “The teacher would say, ‘OK, get out your health books,’ and I would have to leave. My parents told me a little speech to say about our religion and why, and I didn’t believe it”: How Metallica turned childhood trauma into a decades-spanning trilogy
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• See why Will Ramos has been described as the best metal vocalist of his generation with this outstanding one-take of Lorna Shore's emotional metal anthem, Glenwood
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• “It was a death sentence in the 80s. His illness and our whole future being so uncertain propelled us towards not worrying if something was completely out of the box”: The heartbreaking tragedy that produced a cult early 90s metal anthem
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• "I thought this album was going to be the biggest of my career." The crazy forgotten music project featuring Ozzy Osbourne, System Of A Down, Wu-Tang Clan, Xzibit and more than was meant to be legendary, but was a total disaster
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• Heart Honors Soundgarden's Rock Hall Induction With Live Cover
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• "It was pretty freaky getting zipped up in the body bag. It’s like, 'Okay, how many other times is this ever going to happen?'" How metal icons Korn finally broke the charts with a smutty song, a controversial look and a truly deranged video
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• All the Songs John McVie Wrote or Cowrote for Fleetwood Mac
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• Steve Lukather Clears Up 'Bulls—' Regarding Former Toto Singer
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• "It is no cowardly act to release something of this nature, but a service to those who believed in a band that did not compromise. And yes, it is f***ing heartbreaking." The story of My Chemical Romance's Fake Your Death, their "eulogy" of a 'final' song
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• Bruce Dickinson reflects on the fan outcry after he split from Iron Maiden: “When you left, it didn’t matter if you’d made the best record in the world – nobody could listen to it”
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• “It was the last embers of mine and Roger’s ability to work collaboratively together”: The transcendent Pink Floyd song that David Gilmour says marked the beginning of the end for the band
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• Win a Doors 'Immersed 1967-1971' Prize Pack
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• Sex Pistols Announce 2026 Concerts for 50th Anniversary
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• The 15 Best Diamond-Selling Hard Rock and Metal Albums, Ranked
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• This Black Friday deal on a premium turntable just made my head spin - save $300 on the super-slick Victrola Stream Onyx
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• "Listening to this, it’s like going back to a good time, but a really horrible time at the same time."The story behind the song that saved Ozzy Osbourne's career (and why it gave him mixed emotions over three decades later)
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• Quick! Grab the popcorn because right now you can get six months of Apple TV with up to 53% off this Black Friday
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• 25 Must-See Classic Thanksgiving TV Episodes
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• George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass': A Solo Milestone
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• “Bon downed about two bottles of bourbon and says, ‘Right, I’m ready’. And he was, too”: Why the best thing AC/DC released in the mid ’80s wasn’t an album – it was an EP of 10-year old songs
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• "I don’t want racists around, and I don’t want sexist people around, and I don’t want people there who think that trans people are a burden" If you don't think that everybody should be welcome at a show, then Hayley Williams doesn't want you there
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• “We’ve spent too much time raging against each other and not enough time raging against the machine”: the kiss-off covers album that brought Rage Against The Machine’s glorious first phase to a messy end
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• Lindsey Buckingham Teases a New Solo Album
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• 45 Years Ago: REO Speedwagon Releases 'Hi Infidelity'
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• Steve Lukather Is Tired of Hearing 'S—' About Toto's Lineup
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• “The magic has gone. I’m trying to find it in other places”: The Norwegians who abandoned black metal to re-enact the psychedelic era – covering songs that weren’t always their favourites
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• The festive season just turned ugly thanks to EMP's huge Black Friday Christmas jumper sale: Up to 27% off these monstrosities from Ghost, Kiss, AC/DC and more
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• Watch Robert Plant Perform 'Gallows Pole' on NPR's 'Tiny Desk'
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• “If they are going to stick so violently to the form, then the standard of content must get a lot higher”: Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Free and the forgotten godfather of British blues who helped them all get off the ground
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• Hear Gene Simmons Take Over for Peter Criss on an Early Kiss Gem
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• The Time Drummer Jellybean Johnson Dead at 69
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• Guns N' Roses Announce First North American Tour Since 2023
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• Nikki Sixx Says Motley Crue Is Changing Their Set List for 2026
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• “A fitting monument to a band who, quite remarkably, remain at the peak of their powers”: Dream Theater mark their 40th year with Quarantième: Live À Paris
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• Megadeth Announces New 2026 Tour Dates With Fellow Thrash Legends
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• Watch extremely rare video of Black Sabbath performing with former Fleetwood Mac singer Dave Walker in 1978, during the time Ozzy Osbourne left the band for just a few months
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• Get up to 50 percent off your Metal Hammer subscription in our brand-new Black Friday deal
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• "The vampire make-up slowly melts off during the show, revealing the human beings underneath": Welcome to the blood-drenched, Rocky Horror-inspired world of Creeper
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• Celebrate Rock With These Exclusive Record Store Day Releases
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• Looking for a new record player? Save on the Sony PS-LX310BT with Amazon this Cyber Weekend
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• "I am so blessed. I have the best job in the world." James Hetfield on how Metallica fans make it "easy" for him to do his job
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• "I couldn't believe how casual she was acting. Did she not realise how insane this was?" The story of the 15-year-old boy who flew to Rio to see Ozzy Osbourne
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• Cool new proggy sounds from The Ocean, Alex Henry Foster, The Hirsch Effekt and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
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• Solstice share new trailer for Clann: The Stables Gathering live release
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• "We have the fire back. There’s definitely unfinished business to be done next year" The original line-up of one of the pioneers of djent have just got in the studio together for the first time in 20 years, and they sound absolutely phenomenal
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• Great White's Mark Kendall Has Stage Four Kidney Cancer
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• "We can't wait to see you all" Skunk Anansie, Joan Jett, Interpol & more have been announced as the supports for My Chemical Romance's shows in the UK and Europe next Summer
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• If you're yet to add any Black Sabbath to your record collection, these must-have albums are still cheap thanks to Amazon's Black Friday record sale
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• Converse just put the boot into Black Friday with their all-star deals - save up to 65% on classic Chuck designs & more
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• Exclusive: Jon Anderson Shares His New Album Plans
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• Most Exciting Rock Books of 2025
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• Nevermind all the other Black Friday deals - Nixon's Nirvana watch range is on sale with 25% off - but be quick!
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• I've rated today's best Black Friday streaming deals from best to worst – including 62% off Disney+ and a crazy 99 cent deal
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• Ace Frehley's Final Resting Place Revealed
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• “I was ready to go out and really promote the album. But then Guns started to stir and the plug was pulled”: The ‘back-to-basics’ side-project that saw Slash step out of the shadow of Guns N’ Roses – and led to his departure from the band
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• Ritchie Blackmore Shares Health Struggles That Halted His Tour
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• Guns N' Roses Announce Release of First New Songs Since 2023
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• Rick Wakeman Reveals Recent Brain Surgery
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• Tool Kicks Off Overseas Tour With Three Big Rarities
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• “I thought it was frat boy stuff...it's my least favourite record of our history.” The story of thrash metal legends Slayer 'going nu metal' and regretting it almost immediately (and why that album is much better than you remember)
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• I can spend hours digging through vinyl bins to find great deals on metal records. With Amazon's Black Friday deals, I don't have to
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• How 'All Right Now' Became an 'Albatross' Around Free's Neck
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