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- September 15
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- "We’re honoured to collaborate with Iggor & Max": Massive Attack team up with Sepultura co-founders Max and Iggor Cavalera for special South American show
- “It’s a homecoming! It’s going to be big, bad and beautiful”: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds announce huge Brighton show for summer 2026
- Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 15, 2025
- Iron Maiden sign up as ambassadors for National Album Day 2025
- "I noticed a guy in a wheelchair swinging his prosthetic leg around in the air!" How Arch Enemy wrote a revolutionary anthem for the masses with Nemesis
- Gerard Way teases new project with US ska-punk band The Interrupters
- “It was an absolute honour to know him and carry his belts”: Liam Gallagher pays tribute to Ricky Hatton after the boxer’s death
- Steve Hackett announces Best of Genesis And Solo Gems 2026 England and Scotland tour dates
- "I started going to rituals when I was 13. My mother made me robes and I had my own staff." Midsommar metal is officially a thing: say hello to Forlorn
- “I was supposed to play guitar on Sweet Leaf, then it was Changes”: Wolfgang Van Halen remembers meeting Ozzy Osbourne and reveals his original plan for Back To The Beginning
- "More of a great thing is an even greater thing": Foreigner's 4 is absolutely deserving of the super-deluxe treatment
- "I'm trying to put a little bit of love and just realness into rock music": De'Wayne's been working for 10 years, but people are finally paying attention
- “I’m not a massive fan of all things prog. But I must have listened to the Tarkus album a million times down the years”: Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French wants Emerson, Lake and Palmer to be remembered for ever
- "It's karaoke time and I understand that": Graham Bonnet on the "berserk" response to Rainbow's Since You've Been Gone
- “I hoped we could go somewhere, with all of us making a living. I don’t have that hope any more”: Stubbornness, repurposed Kansas songs and letting a long-held ambition go helped Spock’s Beard make Noise Floor
- September 14
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- Watch Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson sing the Star Spangled Banner for 66,000 NFL fans in Pittsburgh
- "The band's interpretations of other writers' songs are so creative they're essentially new songs with the old lyrics and title": Manfred Mann’s Earth Band mix it up on Nightingales & Bombers
- Nikki Sixx says Mick Mars' claims that Motley Crue don't play live are a "betrayal to the band who saved his life"
- All the essential new metal albums coming out in 2025 – and where to buy them
- Watch Foo Fighters return to the stage with their new drummer and a monster 25-song set
- “Drug dealers and freaks and crazy people left over from the 60s – all defiant and distorted”: The story behind the Rolling Stones’ iconic Exile On Main Street album cover
- 10 terrible early 00s movies with killer nu metal soundtracks
- “I thought, ‘What would people do if they only had five months to live?’ One song is called Shagathon…” Arjen Lucassen decided to be an egomaniac, and the result is Songs No One Will Hear
- Half the world away: what ex-members of Oasis are up to whilst their former group embarks on their triumphant comeback tour without them
- “There’s inevitably repeated songs from Asia, King Crimson and UK, but plenty of variations in arrangement – and he’s in fine voice throughout”: John Wetton’s Concentus II is 10 discs of sumptuous live performance
- September 13
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- “I remember looking up at this big billboard that said, ‘God loves you all.’ I thought, ‘He sure as hell doesn’t like me right now!’”: The prophetic Slayer song that marked the end of one of thrash metal’s greatest songwriting partnerships
- Foo Fighters return to stage for first time in a year with intimate last-minute show in California
- “God? Maybe he’s gone senile”: Lemmy was once asked what he thought about God and religion, and he didn’t hold back
- “At first it felt like a bit of a novelty song. It was a shock that it became so popular”: How an unknown American trio scored a huge hit with the greatest Neil Young song Neil Young never wrote
- "It was the four of us against the world." Behind the curtains of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's historic farewell gig
- “None of it has gone unnoticed – it’s carried me through many nights”: Sharon Osbourne thanks fans for their “overwhelming” support following Ozzy’s death
- “They took big swings, but knew when a lighter touch fitted. It’s like Pink Floyd played by 10cc”: Supertramp’s Crime Of The Century and Crisis? What Crisis? 50th anniversary editions
- “Genuinely shocking, and uninterested in the post-rock status quo”: Jo Quail’s Notan proves yet again that there’s no one quite like her
- The 10 best B-side albums
- "We're probably the truest form of rock and roll there is." P.O.D.'s Marcos Curiel says the band are done trying to prove themselves
- The Who add one 'final' date to their North American farewell tour
- "I had to learn to walk again." Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil reveals he had a stroke in December
- September 12
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- The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- Twenty One Pilots Breach review: it's the end of the band as we know them, but it points to an exciting future all the same
- Sabaton x Nothing More is one of the most surprising heavy metal collaborations we’ve heard all year – and it doesn’t sound half bad
- “This is either going to be a nice coda to Van Halen or it’s going to ruin my life”: Wolfgang Van Halen explains the extreme risk that comes with playing his dad’s songs onstage
- Pink Floyd announce 50th anniversary reissue of Wish You Were Here
- These were David Bowie's favourite songs, according to a note found while amassing his new V&A archive
- "I don't care that they hate it, it's the fact that they are talking about it." Why Within Temptation won't shy away from getting political with their music
- Listen to Limp Bizkit's brand new single Making Love To Morgan Wallen, featuring nods to Chester Bennington, David Bowie, dolphins and Donald Trump
- "I got put on a six-man ward, and three of them died": The trials, trauma and triumph of Dinosaur Pile-Up
- “Faintly ludicrous and simplistic – but Humankind should enjoy it while it still can”: Arjen Anthony Lucassen has fun counting down to Armageddon on Songs No One Will Hear
- “If they were Dungeons & Dragons characters, their alignment would be Chaotic Good, breaking all the rules with the best of intentions”: Between The Buried And Me’s The Blue Nowhere brakes for no one
- Motörhead: 50 Years Louder - A celebration, only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- September 11
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- "I can't wait to get this band onstage in front of people": The Wildhearts announce More Satanic Rites Of... tour dates
- Watch Metallica play Master Of Puppets to just 500 people at ultra-intimate show last month
- Spock's Beard return with The Archaeoptimist, their first new studio album in seven years!
- Watch Turnstile's Brendan Yates stage dive during the band's Tiny Desk Concert performance
- "It’s bat***, bug****, bull****. If you really dislike the band, it’s utter dog****." Between The Buried And Me finally bite off more than they can chew with The Blue Nowhere
- Motörhead to be celebrated on punk rock tribute album featuring Pennywise, Anti-Nowhere League and others
- Robert Plant's Saving Grace with Suzi Dian announces UK tour dates
- Flying Colors and Kansas guitarist Steve Morse to release first new Steve Morse Band album for sixteen years
- Debate: who are the greatest thrash metal band of all time?
- "A gigantic, impermeable, orbital black achievement which has intensified with age": Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti receives a 50th Birthday polish
- 'We’ve proved ourselves wrong so many times and got so much bigger than we ever thought we would." Ten years on, the story of That’s The Spirit, the album that sent Bring Me The Horizon stratospheric
- “Some fans want him to make The Raven That Refused To Sing over and over again. Most know he won’t repeat himself”: Chantel McGregor admires Steven Wilson’s risky approach to music
- "It's like watching David Hasselhoff": Justin Hawkins backs brother Dan's criticism of "poseur" Yungblud's Ozzy tribute
- September 10
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- "I'm hoping to go there and watch myself": David Gilmour hints at Pink Floyd avatar show at the Sphere in Las Vegas
- King Crimson offshoot Beat share new live clip of Thela Hun Ginjeet
- "We still wanna rock!": Twisted Sister will tour the world in 2026 to celebrate half a century of Not Taking It
- Lorna Shore's I Feel The Everblast Festering Within Me review: Deathcore's biggest band just made an extreme metal album fit for arenas
- Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson says he’d have been “comfortable” if cancer treatment irreparably affected his singing voice
- Why have Pink Floyd wrapped their album sleeves on streaming services in black?
- Who are Acid Bath? The chaotic, tragic story of the cult metal band supporting System Of A Down and Queens Of The Stone Age next summer
- "It's up to King Charles, it's not up to us." British rock legends Spinal Tap play down speculation over possible knighthoods, excite US talk show host with surprisingly meaty Big Bottom
- “One of the biggest artists in the world knew who we were. It was awesome!”: Deftones got their first major record deal because Madonna liked their music
- “I understand, I’m paying the price right now.” Slaughter To Prevail’s Alex Terrible addresses allegations of having racist and transphobic beliefs in new interview
- "What someone loves about you one day might be cited as a reason they hate you now." Fast-rising US hardcore crew Militarie Gun share new single Throw Me Away, announce UK and European shows for 2026
- System Of A Down announce European stadium tour with support from Queens Of The Stone Age and Acid Bath
- "The three of us were put on this planet to make different kinds of music": Stewart Copeland on why it's unlikely The Police will ever reform
- "I don't think she liked my music at all – which is why we bonded": What happened when Joe Bonamassa and Joanne Shaw Taylor were interviewed together for the first time
- “The album happened not unexpectedly – but it was like, ‘Wow, we have enough songs!’” Nosound’s rush return after seven years with To The Core
- “His response to seeing a wilderness being bulldozed, he can’t resist also mentioning Bonnie Prince Charlie, Vikings and an ill-fated brontosaurus”: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band’s Tomorrow Belongs To Me is a prog epic
- Watch Jeff Beck's mind-boggling version of You Know What I Mean on The Midnight Special
- September 9
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- The 27 current best-selling albums on Bandcamp are all by the same band
- Watch a unique version of Motörhead classic Ace Of Spades, and a killer take on Little Richard's Good Golly Miss Molly, as Lemmy fronts Jools Holland's big band R'n'B Orchestra on British TV in 1995
- Massively expanded edition of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Axis: Bold As Love announced
- Cambridge Audio Melomania P100 SE review
- Are System Of A Down teasing their first European tour since 2017?
- "It’s incredible to feel like part of something." Inside the devoted fanbase of Sleep Token, the biggest metal band of the decade
- “Organised religion is causing the worst genocides and most horrible situations in the history of mankind”: Nightwish’s Floor Jansen goes on vicious tirade against Christianity
- Bryan Adams announces UK leg of Roll With The Punches tour
- “Over-inflated soufflés passing as cinematic wallpaper”: Vangelis’ soundtrack for 1492: Conquest Of Paradise has aged as badly as its parent movie
- “Flying model planes and covering the phone with a pillow was all I was capable of at the time”: The unexpected triumph of Mike Oldfield’s Hergest Ridge, an album he didn’t want to make
- Allen Blickle, founding Baroness drummer, dead at 42
- "Makes me sick how people jump on this sh*t to further their own careers": The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins slams MTV Ozzy tribute
- "This time there will actually be music or your money back": Taika Waititi is working on a Fyre Fest musical
- September 8
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- The man who invented everything cool in rock'n'roll: Alice Cooper albums ranked
- "A collection of material that has been the heartbeat of our journey": Blackberry Smoke celebrate 25th anniversary with album honouring late drummer Brit Turner
- Eagles announce four 2026 shows at Sphere in Las Vegas
- "Foo Fighters Assemble!!!" Dave Grohl's band return to the studio, teasing fans with the promise of "info you won’t want to miss"
- "It's been very crazy." How Radiohead, Coldplay, Gorillaz and more came together to make history with an album that went on sale just one day after its songs were recorded
- Watch Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson sing Judas Priest with a busker on the streets of New Orleans
- Much-hyped mystery men President haven’t even released an EP yet and they’re already headlining a festival
- “Ozzy forever, man”: Yungblud wore Ozzy Osbourne’s necklace during tribute performance at the VMAs last weekend
- "There was so much interest in Nirvana. I couldn’t believe it." What Dave Grohl thought of the much-loved grunge exhibition in Seattle which has closed after 14 years
- Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 8, 2025
- "Being the lone guy at the front was a huge challenge. It was really nerve-wracking." Robert Plant recalls his anxiety during the early days of Led Zeppelin, and admits the band had their off days
- "A much smarter and more socially conscious band than their image and stage show might have you believe": The Alice Cooper Band conjure up a twisted classic on Killer
- "A bank robber put a gun in my face and stole my motorcycle." Nervosa's Prika Amaral picks the 10 songs that changed her life
- In perhaps the first wholesome story in Slayer history, Tom Araya renewed his wedding vows over the weekend – and Gary Holt officiated the ceremony
- “It’s flattering. Do I think that we are? Not necessarily”: Chino Moreno reacts to Deftones being called ‘the Radiohead of metal’
- Big Big Train drummer enlists Steve Hackett for rewiring of Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tribute album
- “It was like we’d climbed the mountain. My head was spinning every time I sang it”: Yes created longer songs than Close To The Edge, but none with as much impact
- "All aboooooooard!" Watch the all-star Ozzy Osbourne tribute from MTV's awards show
- Rick Davies, Supertramp co-founder and vocalist, dead at 81
- September 7
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- "Being a rock star is overrated." Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx is falling out of love with touring
- “Roger Waters’ Amused To Death is something you have to pay attention to. If it had Pink Floyd on the cover, it would have sold millions”: BBC chief football writer Phil McNulty’s prog record collection
- Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl to be honoured at LA gala for his volunteer work with people experiencing homelessness
- Camel's Andy Latimer releases new material on Bandcamp
- Leprous share dramatic live clip of Like A Sunken Ship as they announce new live release
- "People should get off their asses to topple us. Here’s a guitar – blow us away if you think you can." The track-by-track guide to Metallica's Load
- “There are three more songs somewhere on a hard drive. I will release them before I die!” The story of the star-studded EP Gojira have been sitting on for 15 years
- Six Britpop bands who will never reunite
- “Using sci-fi stuff worked for us – there are no boundaries and you can use all your goofy sounds. There are Marshall stacks and Serbian guitarists using echo machines in space!” The poems, movies and sheep that inspired Rush’s A Farewell To Kings
- September 6
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- “Dear Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, we know what love is." Foreigner make their case to play at upcoming celebrity wedding
- Watch unearthed 1991 Metallica interview in which they insist they are not a thrash metal band
- The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- I'm a singer in a metal band living with HIV. Here's how my diagnosis has impacted my life and career so far
- "Crime scene teams tested the entrails - they thought they were human." How Florida became the world death metal capital in the 90s
- I’m a lifelong deathcore hater, but these five bands are actually giving me faith in the genre
- “The song was haunted! Dropouts, disks failing, the channels on the desk would stop working. The guitar had just gone. It wasn’t one of my favourite albums”: Marillion producer Dave Meegan’s fight to deliver Afraid Of Sunlight
- It’s been seven years since the last Radiohead tour – here’s what each member has been up to since
- Spiritbox, Turnstile, Cassyette, Disturbed and more to feature on heavy soundtrack to EA Sports' NHL 26
- Yungblud, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Nuno Bettencourt to honour Ozzy Osbourne with performance at MTV Video Music Awards
- September 5
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- “We were what Adam D referred to as riff salad”: Parkway Drive look back on being produced by Killswitch Engage’s guitarist
- “It’s about challenging the norms and showing how strong we are when unified as women”: Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante explain how their generational team-up End Of You came together
- The Last Dinner Party share new single The Scythe, announce shows in Ireland, the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand
- President continue to campaign ahead of their first EP with new single Destroy Me
- Watch the video for new Biffy Clyro single True Believer, the third preview of their forthcoming tenth album Futique
- Archivists discover that David Bowie was working on a musical set in 18th Century London when he died
- Slipknot have finally had one of their songs hit the billion-stream mark on Spotify
- "I sent Rob Halford some eight-inch spiky high heels for Christmas": Lzzy Hale's wild tales of Ronnie James Dio, Alice Cooper, Skid Row and more
- The silencing of The Lamb... Genesis are on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now
- "Whichever musical hat he wears, its brim casts a darker shadow than before": If this is his final solo album, Glenn Hughes is closing that door with a mighty bang
- “Understated, captivating ebb and flow with a sense of cohesion”: Green Carnation commence a trilogy with the enthralling A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores Of Melancholia
- Planning an Allman Brothers-themed holiday? You can now stay in Duane Allman's old house in Macon
- September 4
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- "Hey Roger Waters 🦆 You!" Jack Osbourne doubles down on Roger Waters roast with emoji-powered social media post
- "It shocked me because of how different it sounded": Bruce Springsteen releases long-awaited Nebraska version of Born In The USA
- Watch the video for the metal collab of the year as Amy Lee, Courtney LaPlante and Poppy team up for new single End Of You
- “It’s written from the point of view of being older; mortality is the constant.” The inspiration that helped David Gilmour create Luck And Strange
- "Please don't put it on the internet!" Did Limp Bizkit just tease a new song in the funnest way ever?
- Mike Oldfield producer Tom Newman to release his autobiography, Fine Old Tales
- Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with a Helloween cover and t-shirt you won’t find in the shops
- Watch the video for Robert Plant's new single Chevrolet, the opening track on the former Led Zeppelin frontman's forthcoming album Saving Grace
- "We are finally ready for Different Class to be heard in all its glory." Pulp announce 30th anniversary reissue of Britpop cornerstone Different Class, to include their never-before-released Glastonbury 1995 set
- Enslaved's Ivar Bjørnson collaborates with Blackfeet Nation member Nicholas Rink on new ambient BardSpec song Eternity
- Rick Wakeman announces new album, Melancholia, will be released in October
- “We were the antithesis of Britpop – we really hated all that kind of thing." Every Idlewild album in the band's own words
- "The entire world could burn and we would still absolutely love each other and love what we do." How Lzzy Hale beat her demons with a little help from her Halestorm bandmates on new album Everest
- Mike Oldfield announces double-vinyl, half-speed remaster of Amarok reissue for October
- Beige Against The Machine: Grandson's Bob Vylan-assisted third album Inertia is well-meaning, angry, heartfelt and simplistic enough for pre-schoolers
- “I felt the stage fright because the band just wasn’t good enough. I said, ‘This will be our last record.’ Then things began to take off”: Even lockdown couldn’t dampen The Pineapple Thief’s spirits when they released Versions Of The Truth
- "It's so broad a concept that it's impossible to answer objectively": We asked who the 'big four' of classic rock were and you did not hold back
- "I look round and there's puke all over the place, and I thought, this is not going well": How Rainbow's classic lineup came together then fell apart
- September 3
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- Alter Bridge launch first new song in over two years, announce US tour
- "There's a vulnerability to the sound, but strength too, evoking a refusal to settle or submit." Slow Crush embark on an emotional journey with seductive third album Thirst
- “I wanted to make a song I felt like a lot of women can relate to”: Scene Queen drops new single Platform Shoes one day before start of European tour
- "I'm slowly building up towards a new album." David Gilmour hopes to have a new record out "within the next year or two."
- "Who knows where this will all lead?" Radiohead announce first live dates for seven years
- The bloodsoaked trailer for Disney Plus series Marvel Zombies features Poppy and Babymetal collaboration From Me To U
- “It was such a shame to leave A Secret Wish on its own. The band still had such great potential – it was unfinished business”: Claudia Brücken and Susanne Freytag couldn’t dump Propaganda and their prog roots in the past
- Sex Pistols forced to postpone North American and South American tours after Steve Jones breaks his wrist
- Pre-order a gothic purple vinyl of new Creeper album Sanguivore II: Mistress Of Death with an exclusive signed art card – available via the Louder store
- "It's one of the best rock songs ever!" Queen's Brian May talks exclusively to Classic Rock about working with The Struts on their newly reimagined update of their debut single Could Have Been Me
- "We’re not just into camels and palm trees." 20 years ago, Amine Hamma was arrested for playing death metal. Now he’s helping build Morocco’s metal scene
- Solstice to reissue remastered version of 1984 debut album Silent Dance
- “There are two types of bands. One is s**t. The other is The Hives”: 45 minutes with the world’s greatest band, The Hives
- Bring Me The Horizon have 12 songs left over from their latest album ready for release
- "How pathetic and out of touch you've become." Jack Osbourne issues scathing response to Roger Waters after comments about his father Ozzy
- Life on the precipice: How Audioslave gave Chris Cornell hope
- 25 complicated concept albums explained as simply as possible
- “I once played with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. You can imagine how I was feeling… I got through YYZ. They told me I was playing too fast!” Taylor Hawkins’ love for prog stars Rush, Genesis, Yes and more
- "The stench of success was horrible for a lot of people": Whipping boys of the music press in the 90s, Bush are still fighting back
- September 2
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- The Who announce super deluxe version of Who Are You including 71 unreleased tracks
- The A-Z of Britpop Anthems
- Mastodon members join The March Of Brent Hinds in Atlanta to celebrate life of late ex-guitarist
- “We were virtually given free rein. In fact, they spent so much money on studio time, there was very little left for promotion”: How Caravan’s In The Land Of Grey And Pink became an unheralded prog classic
- "There’s still plenty of Slipknot-style pummelling, but Tallah are spreading their wings." One of nu metal's best modern bands are evolving in style on Primeval: Obsession // Detachment
- Sennheiser SoundProtex Plus earplugs review
- Hayley Williams is low-key taking over the world, and the misogynist music industry can't do a damned thing about it
- Thrilling, unsettling and definitely NSFW: Witch Club Satan's first UK show proved they're the best thing to happen in black metal in years
- "I'm outside of the mainstream, and that's how I like it": Blaze Bayley's debut solo album flopped 25 years ago - but now he's taking it on the road
- "One song took about seven weeks to do. It was insane": The Moody Blues on their best and worst albums, Charles Manson, and the mood-altering magic of Nights In White Satin
- Pearl Jam albums ranked from worst to best
- “He said, ‘We can’t use this – people will think we’re a Christian rock band!’ I went and got myself a drink. There was no arguing with that kind of thinking”: Marillion’s battle over the cover for Afraid Of Sunlight
- "We want to appeal to everybody and get rich quick. We want to be millionaires": How AC/DC's plan to conquer the world began in the back of a squalid bus
- September 1
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- Watch: we asked people at Reading Festival to finish these iconic metal lyrics and it didn’t go well
- "We dreamt of coming here for such a long time." How Bleed From Within went from British metalcore underdogs to Slipknot-endorsed international metal stars
- "Nobody wanted to sign us, because we didn’t sound like Korn or Limp Bizkit." How Daron Malakian went from nu metal misfit to international metal star with System Of A Down and Scars On Broadway
- “Those two are really strong, powerful albums and people will appreciate them later”: Steve Harris defends The X Factor and Virtual XI, Iron Maiden’s most derided albums
- UK stoner/doom champions Green Lung to headline Desertfest London 2026; four other bands also confirmed
- Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 1, 2025
- 5 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month
- “Life changed. Time healed wounds. No more feeling alone or depressed – it’s like, ‘Let’s do something positive. Let’s fight’”: When Mariusz Duda escaped the darkness on Lunatic Soul’s Through Shaded Woods
- Hawklords announce twelfth studio album Faith will be released in October
- British metal has ruled the world this summer – just this once, I’m actually proud of my country
- "It's going to be an incredible night for all the fans!": Def Leppard announce 2026 European tour with brand new show
- "A little more restraint in the number of extra notes would help let things shine": Camel break out the complexity but fail to enthral on Mirage
- Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp are back and they're more brightly-coloured than ever
- “Mr Blue Sky is the song I always go back to. It’s such a feelgood track and it’s never aged”: The ELO classic led Crobot’s Brandon Yeagley to Frank Zappa, Protest The Hero and a whole world of prog
- "There are no sprawling fantastical epics here, no dragons or orcs or magical pumpkins": Helloween's Giants & Monsters is a thoroughly modern melodic metal album
- Watch Daron Malakian join stunned System Of A Down tribute band for cover of Cigaro in Chicago
- Watch Brian May and superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli sing Queen's Who Wants To Live Forever
