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Ozzy Osbourne portrait, circa late 80s
How Ozzy opened No Rest For The Wicked with an almighty diss track against a disgraced preacher

By Simon Young Published

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart did not like Ozzy Osbourne, and after listening to Miracle Man, it's safe to say the feeling was mutual

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John Wetton, David Cross, Robert Fripp and Bill Bruford of King Crimson in 1974. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
King Crimson were only around for half of the 70s. Here’s what they did with the time

By Sid Smith Published

10 of the best tracks from In The Wake Of Poseidon, Lizard, Islands, Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, Starless And Bible Black and Red

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Battlesnake Press
Trivium, Power Trip and Calva Louise are all in Metal Hammer's new Tracks Of The Week

By Rich Hobson Published

Trivium, Power Trip and Hanabie. are among this week's best new metal songs.

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Power Trip 2026
Power Trip honour fallen frontman Riley Gale in their first new music in almost a decade

By Rich Hobson Published

Precinct 3 and Scavenger will be featured on the Texan thrasher's new album in 2027

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Justin Hayward 2026 press pic
Justin Hawyard shares surprise cover of Hello, Young Lovers from The King And I

By Jerry Ewing Published

Surviving Moody Blues member Justin Hayward is currently on his The Story In Your Eyes tour of the UK

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The Chambers Brothers as they appeared on the cover of their debut album, Time Has Come
The story of the acid classic that psychedelicised black American folk music

By Jo Kendall Published

The Chambers Brothers' 11-minute classic Time Has Come Today was written after a Timothy Leary lecture and was hated by the record company... until it became a smash hit

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King Crimson
How King Crimson created Starless, complete with the “death of prog” solo

By Sid Smith Published

One of their most popular and recognised songs was rejected, plundered for its title then became the star of 1974 album Red – after the line-up who’d made it had disintegrated

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Classic Rock Tracks Of The Week: October 5, 2026

By Polly Glass Published

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Slash feat. Myles Kennedy, Tony Iommi, Steven Wilson and more

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EMNW/Tony Iommi/A Perfect Circle/Critical Fear/Pryti
Tony Iommi, A Perfect Circle and Hatebreed are in Hammer's tracks of the week

By Rich Hobson Published

Tony Iommi, A Perfect Circle and Hatebreed are among the best new metal songs in this week's round-up

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Jody Williams, Otis Rush, Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Carlos Santana
The complicated, cross-Atlantic story of Black Magic Woman

By Bill DeMain Published

Santana made a hit of Peter Green's Black Magic Woman, but that's only a small part of the song's journey

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