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Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: July 24 2026
Amon Amarth, Hatebreed and Imminence are among the bands with killer new metal songs out this week
The 10 songs that influenced Desmond Child the most
Desmond Child sold millions with Aerosmith, Kiss, Bon Jovi and more – and his new live album, recorded in an ancient Greek amphitheatre, is a celebration of those songs
How Jethro Tull took a difficult subject and created one of the all-time great prog anthems
"It's about our reaction of guilt, distaste, awkwardness and confusion, all these things that we feel when we’re confronted with the reality of the homeless"
The story of the Steely Dan classic starring Jimmy Page's favourite guitar solo
From 1972’s debut Steely Dan album Can’t Buy A Thrill, Reelin’ In The Years accidentally benefitted from an engineer who neglected to run the tape
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 20, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Queens Of The Stone Age, Villagers Of Ioannina City, Ricky Warwick and more
Previously unheard 40-year-old Guns N' Roses rehearsal tape surfaces online
The recording, which features early versions of several Appetite For Destruction songs, was made before Guns N' Roses signed to Geffen Records
Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart became their biggest hit – and an epitaph for singer Ian Curtis
Frank Sinatra was an unlikely inspiration for one of the greatest songs of the 80s
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: July 17 2026
Mastodon team up with Josh Homme, Bury Tomorrow go industrial and In This Moment make the world's most oppressive club anthem on this week's best new metal song roundup
