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Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: July 31 2026
Tony Iommi makes a long awaited return, Electric Callboy channel their inner boyband and Sheri Moon Zombie strikes out as a solo artist in this week's best new metal songs round up
How Halestorm tackled sexuality and broken relationships, and emerged with hit single I Miss The Misery
Singer/guitarist Lzzy Hale looks back on the arguments that inspired her band’s biggest song – and the cheaters and fan stories that have strengthened its meaning
The story of Meet On The Ledge, Fairport Convention's most stirring, emotive anthem
Richard Thompson used to think Fairport Convention's Meet Me On The Ledge was “immature, juvenile" - now it's a much-loved communal singalong
Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Geldof and more pay tribute to Glen Hansard
The world of music pays tribute to Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter, actor and leader of The Frames
How a sleazy record company man inspired Heart's classic feminist anthem Barracuda
Prompted by a suggestive advert and a "sleazeball with a satin jacket", the furious Barracuda still resonates
System Of A Down's Serj Tankian appears on chilling cover of David Bowie's I'm Afraid Of Americans
I'm Afraid Of Americans appears on an upcoming album by composer Brendan Angelides
When Yes’ record label hacked an eight-minute track into a three-minute single without telling them
Taken from fourth album Fragile, the 1972 release horrified them at first. Later they realised it had secured their future
Electric Callboy turn boyband ballads on their head with surprisingly heavy new single The Way You Are
A taste of their upcoming album Tanzneid, out next week
