Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: January 31 2025
Epica, Jinjer and Bloodywood are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
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Great new prog to enjoy from Ghost Of The Machine, Tiktaliika, Avawaves and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
Cool new proggy sounds from Bruit ≤, Nebula Nine and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week...
Why Rosalie Cunningham broke the fourth wall with her third album To Shoot Another Day
Inspired by a passion for Bond movies, she investigates movie glamour, fake mediums, teenage drinking and her smutty partner in her third solo album – the first one she’s made at home
I’m a music journalist bored of writing about the same artists, so here are 11 awesomely weird metal bands you won’t discover anywhere else
I’ve written about Sleep Token, Metallica and Bring Me The Horizon many, many times, but this is the first time I’ve done a list with a time-travelling slug on it
Fleetwood Mac fans! Can we finally all admit that Tango In The Night is better than Rumours?
Here's why I think Tango In The Night is Fleetwood Mac's greatest record
The night Liam Gallagher stormed out of a Spinal Tap gig upon discovering that the hard rock legends weren't a real band
No-one tell Liam Gallagher that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy aren't real, the poor lamb is still getting over the shock of learning that Spinal Tap aren't who he thought they were
Best vinyl records to test your turntable in 2025: Essential albums to build out your collection
Whether you’re upgrading your setup or new to vinyl, these records are must-plays for your new hi-fi
”I wish I was as creative as him”: If a Skindred show slumps, Phil Collins saves the day
Welsh metal band’s drummer Arya Goggin hails the Genesis icon and reveals some of his secrets
Scott Weiland on his furious final days with Velvet Revolver
In 2008, just days before he was sacked by Velvet Revolver, Scott Weiland told the uncensored story of his deteriorating relationship with the band
A beginner's guide to Bad Company in 10 songs
The best songs by Bad Company, the supergroup who took blues rock to the stadiums of America
10 brilliant but overlooked rock and metal albums you need to hear from 2000
The year 2000 gave us massive releases from Deftones, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit, but these 10 albums flew under the radar
Why progressive metal will rule the world in 2025
Sleep Token headlining Download! A long-awaited Mastodon album! Polyphia x Babymetal?! This is why forward-thinking metal will have a banner year in 2025
How Johnny Depp ended up playing on an Oasis album
How Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp wound up featuring on Oasis' first blues song
A fight, a show then a drink with the always progressive John Martyn
All the evidence you need to be convinced the hard-living singer-songwriter was as progressive as they come
Quarrels, cocaine, and the rise and fall of Humble Pie
In 1969 an exciting new supergroup was born - but the story of Humble Pie is one of frustration and crushing disappointment
The Pretty Things know which mistake derailed S.F. Sorrow, the first rock opera
Burdened with debt, ignored by their label and used as a sweetener in a hush-hush deal, the band delivered one of the most progressive records of all time to no avail – but always believed it was an artistic success
I’ve listened to every single King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard album and I can tell you that these are their five very best
Want to get into Australian psych-wizards King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard but intimidated by their 26 album-strong catalogue? Fear not, we've whittled down the lot to their finest five for your listening pleasure in this definitive list
The night Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder hung out 'til dawn with Bob Dylan in an Irish bar in New York
Peal Jam's Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready covered a Bob Dylan classic at one of the most star-studded concerts ever staged in New York, then headed out for beers with the folk-rock legend
