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- July 31
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- Pain Of Salvation release video for new single Restless Boy
- Obsidian Kingdom release video for Meat Star
- Jon Gomm announces new album The Faintest Idea
- Sólstafir release teaser trailer for new album Endless Twilight of Codependent Love
- Progstock launches online gig series
- Jon Anderson announces live online fan event
- Ian Anderson and Terry Reid join forces on cover of Badfinger's Day After Day
- Soap in the likeness of black metal stars is the best thing you'll see today
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s career to be celebrated in new photo book
- Guns N' Roses' Greatest Hits to be released on vinyl for the first time
- Steven Wilson: how I got Elton John on my new album
- Chris Cornell’s daughter Toni delivers incredible cover of Pearl Jam’s Black
- Radar Festival postpones to 2021
- Jonas Reingold, Craig Blundell and Rob Townsend announce The Backstage
- Robert Plant shares previously unreleased track Charlie Patton Highway (Turn It Up - Part 1)
- Nickelback prep All The Right Reasons 15th anniversary edition
- The Tangent share video for their new single The Tower Of Babel
- Lamb Of God announce rescheduled UK and European tour dates
- Surf’s up! Metallica’s Robert Trujillo takes a trip to the beach with the S&M2 box set
- Listen to Halestorm's reimagined take on Break In featuring Evanescence’s Amy Lee
- Mastodon detail Medium Rarities collection - listen to Fallen Torches
- July 30
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- R.E.M.’s headline performance from Glastonbury 1999 set for global stream
- Rising glam punk sensations Starbenders launch two videos for Cover Me
- Watch Ian Paice get up close and personal with Deep Purple’s Whoosh! box set
- Halestorm announce new six-track Reimagined EP
- Osibisa to release The Boyhood Sessions
- The Sword launch thundering lockdown version of classic Winter's Wolves
- Touché Amoré return with new album Lament
- Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda to release Dropped Frames Vol. 2 on Friday
- Lollapalooza 2020’s online spectacular set to get under way
- Mastodon are teasing an unreleased track titled Fallen Torches
- July 29
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- Alan Hewitt & One Nation release video for new single One Step Closer
- Marilyn Manson announces new album We Are Chaos - watch video for the title track
- Motorhead and WWE superstar Triple H join forces for new merch range
- Phoebe Bridgers' best song just got its very own video
- Corey Taylor releases star-studded video for new solo single CMFT Must Be Stopped
- Trail Of Dead announce three exclusive live streams
- Alt-rockers Kerbdog prep album reissues
- The 80s are back, and Jefferson Starship are at the wheel
- Jakko Jakszyk announces solo album for October
- Marilyn Manson is releasing his brand new single We Are Chaos today
- Fish: How we made the Garden Of Remembrance video
- New AC/DC album has been delayed, says Twisted Sister ex Dee Snider
- Australian prog rockers Acolyte cover Billy Eilish Bond theme
- July 28
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- U2 have covered Stairway To Heaven after saying they never would
- Korn release cover of The Devil Went Down To Georgia featuring rapper Yelawolf
- There's a punk band made completely of robots
- Listen to Rick Wakeman’s epic Ascraeus Mons from The Red Planet
- Joe Bonamassa announces new studio album Royal Tea
- Crippled Black Phoenix release video for Cry Of Love
- Watch Ace Frehley explore the cosmos as he covers Deep Purple’s Space Truckin’
- Anna von Hausswolff announces new album All Thoughts Fly
- Primal Scream, New Order, A Certain Ratio singer Denise Johnson dead at 56
- Corey Taylor teases video for new track CMFT Must Be Stopped
- Susanna streams brand new single Burial
- The Psychedelic Furs release new video as they announce UK tour dates
- Watch brand new trailer for The Nine Lives Of Ozzy Osbourne
- Man creates new Led Zeppelin song using the power of artificial intelligence
- So what does a Metallica concert look like filmed on Lars Ulrich’s camcorder?
- July 27
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- Mastodon’s Brann Dailor has spent lockdown drawing 101 clowns, and it’s as brilliant as it sounds
- Robert Plant to release Digging Deep anthology
- Watch members of Tool, Primus, Coheed, Mastodon and more cover Rush classic
- Manowar ex Karl Logan faces 25 years in jail after admitting downloading child pornography
- German proggers Epitaph release video for cover of Rare Bird's Sympathy
- Doves announce The Universal Want UK tour
- Ihsahn vs Taylor Swift: Who has the best cover design?
- Slash, Airbourne, Dee Snider and more unite to honour AC/DC’s Back In Black
- Voivod announce exclusive live stream for August
- Listen to Rodrigo y Gabriela's 20-minute flamenco-inspired version of Pink Floyd's Echoes
- Are Marilyn Manson and Corey Taylor teaming up with rap stars for new projects?
- July 26
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- July 24
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- Greg Dulli to stream his only live shows of 2020 online
- Bandcamp Fridays will continue for the remainder of 2020 to help support artists
- Introducing your new favourite southern rock band, the Georgia Thunderbolts
- Watch lyric video for Napalm Death’s mammoth new track Backlash Just Because
- This metal guitarist made an Overwatch medley and it actually rules
- Brian Johnson on how AC/DC paid tribute to Bon Scott on Back In Black
- Blackfield return with video for new single Summer's Gone
- Nervosa to release new album Wasteland
- Deep Purple interview and CD: new, exclusive and in Classic Rock - on sale now
- Machine Head’s Robb Flynn: I’m not concerned about releasing albums every three years
- Steve Howe on possible classic-era Yes reunion: It’s completely unthinkable
- Anathema's Vincent Cavanagh heads up guest vocalists on new Crippled Black Phoenix album
- Fleetwood Mac’s early years to be explored in new box set collection
- Devin Townsend announces plans for "revolutionary" virtual concert
- Genesis reschedule The Last Domino? tour - add two new dates
- July 23
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- How to make sure you don't miss your copy of Prog Magazine
- Muddy Waters’ Chicago home to become blues museum
- Have a most triumphant time with new Bill & Ted Face The Music trailer
- The new Metal Hammer is a big one: this is Metal 2020
- Watch Body Count’s new animated video for Thee Critical Beatdown
- Watch 10-year-old drummer thunder her way through Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker
- Bon Jovi share lyric video for new single Do What You Can
- Poisonous Birds release video for new single We Can Never Be Not All Of Us
- Heavy riffs and guitar gymnastics - Brann Dailor on the new Mastodon album
- Catherine Anne Davies announces collaboration with Bernard Butler
- Members of Guns N’ Roses, Trivium, Anthrax and more to celebrate AC/DC’s Back In Black
- Jimmy Page admits it’s “unlikely” Led Zeppelin will ever tour again
- The new video from Fish is so heartbreaking that even *he* cried
- July 22
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- Dave Grohl stands up for America’s teachers amid school reopening controversy
- Machine Head’s Robb Flynn shares his cover of Linkin Park’s In The End
- Ozric Tentacles detail new album Space For The Earth
- Motorhead’s Ace Of Spades album set for deluxe reissue
- Valdez change name to Tribe Of Names
- Lonely Robot release video for Keeping People As Pets
- Watch AC/DC shake Tokyo all night long in archive video clip
- Manchester music venues saved from closure as buyer is found
- Cardiacs singer Tim Smith dead at 59
- Listen to unearthed Rolling Stones track Scarlet featuring Jimmy Page
- July 21
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- Lacuna Coil announce Black Anima: Live From The Apocalypse
- Anneke Van Giersbergen to release new album with Kamerata Zuid
- Once & Future Band release video for Problem Addict
- Ash, Terrorvision and more set for virtual Y Not Festival weekend
- Molassess stream 11-minute new song Through The Hollow
- Biffy Clyro to celebrate album launch with worldwide livestream
- Slipknot postpone Knotfest At Sea plans “for the foreseeable future”
- US proggers IZZ release video for Half Life
- Take a deep dive into the biggest albums of all time with Classic Rock’s The 20 Million Club
- Crippled Black Phoenix announce new album Ellengæst
- Scientists enlist live music fans for coronavirus experiment
- Metallica celebrate Master Of Puppets milestone with epic performance
- July 20
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- Watch AC/DC discuss Hells Bells and the “riff heard 'round the world”
- Wolfgang Van Halen: It isn’t up to David Lee Roth if Eddie tours again
- Galahad to release three-disc version of Following Ghosts
- Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets move UK tour into 2021
- Corey Taylor could release two tracks simultaneously ahead of solo album launch
- Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine to release Rust In Peace book
- Listen to Chris Cornell’s previously unreleased cover of Guns N’ Roses’ Patience
- English music venues will be allowed to reopen in August
- Jamie Lenman's new single is the sound of a man who's done with being polite
- Kiss announce 2021 European tour
- July 17
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- 10cc reschedule 2020 dates to 2021
- Gösta Berlings Saga release video for new single To Never Return
- Marillion keyboard player Mark Kelly announces solo album
- Sharon Osbourne says Ozzy is starting work on his new studio album
- Rising stars Crown Lands announce debut album details
- Watch Mike Portnoy cover Rush classic YYZ for charity
- Jane’s Addiction's Perry Farrell announces solo box set The Glitz; The Glamour
- Guitarist Gédéric Byar leaves Lazuli
- Neal Morse shares video for his new track In The Name Of The Lord
- Derek Sherinian launches video for soaring new solo single Empyrean Sky
- Soundgarden drop benefit concert claims made against Vicky Cornell
- Porcupine Tree are on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now
- Paul McCartney releases Beautiful Night EP from his Flaming Pie reissue
- Ihsahn exclusive: watch the hypnotic video for soaring new song Spectre At The Feast
- Music Venue Trust say they're devastated after venues in Manchester and Hull close
- July 16
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- Manchester’s Deaf Institute and Gorilla venues to close permanently
- Rammstein confirm dates for rescheduled 2021 North American tour
- Dream Wife share video for new single After The Rain
- Ayreon release two brand new tracks from double album Transitus
- Letlive celebrate 10 years of Fake History with vinyl demo package
- Mono announce UK and European tour with A.A. Williams
- Starbenders' Something Ain't Right: where rock'n'roll meets banana seat bicycles
- Slipknot’s Corey Taylor has been filming a new video
- Yuval Ron releases new video for Somewhere In This Universe, Somebody Hits A Drum
- Summer Encore Festival to stream shows by Queen, Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney and more
- Static-X release video for their explosive new single Bring You Down
- Marilyn Manson is telling fans to “prepare” in new social media post
- July 15
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- The Pineapple Thief release video for new single Break It All
- Peter Gabriel’s live albums set for vinyl reissue
- Weezer rev up their engines for fast-paced F1 Tracks takeover
- Listen to Metallica’s soaring S&M2 version of Nothing Else Matters
- Watch Metallica's acoustic performance of All Within My Hands from S&M2
- Gentle Giant premiere fan video of Proclamation
- The God Machine drummer Austin Lynn Austin returns with Mercylane
- Prognosis Festival reschedules for March 2021
- Watch AC/DC’s raucous live version of What Do You Do For Money Honey from 1981
- Idles share video for their brand new single A Hymn
- July 14
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- Get three months of high-res Tidal HiFi music streaming for just £1 per month
- Hear the title track of Simon Collins' new solo album Becoming Human
- Alice Cooper says his favourite rock star is... Alice Cooper
- AC/DC launch rare Back In Black documentary footage
- Damian Wilson joins Arena
- Tony Iommi looks back on Black Sabbath's “surreal” Live Aid reunion experience
- Ihsahn teases new music and hints it's coming later this week
- Bob Mould shares lyric video for explosive new single Forecast Of Rain
- David Lee Roth: I don’t know if Eddie Van Halen will tour again
- Metallica revive show from 1994 - as Lars Ulrich gives brief S&M2 update
- July 13
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- Black Stone Cherry postpone October UK tour until 2021
- Judas Priest move some live shows to 2021 - but are forced to cancel others
- Dillinger Escape Plan’s Greg Puciato details new album Child Soldier: Creator Of God
- Gentle Giant reunite for new version of Proclamation
- Steven Wilson cancels UK and European tour dates
- Paul Manzi leaves Arena
- Great White apologise after playing show with no social distancing measures in place
- Ramblin’ Man Fair goes online for the first time
- European Metal Festival Alliance reveals full lineup for August weekender
- Robert Calvert's Over The Moon remixed by A Flock Of Seagulls
- An endless form most beautiful: Nightwish now have their very own crab species
- Queen’s Roger Taylor shares animated video for his solo single Isolation
- Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda says second Dropped Frames album is complete
- July 12
- July 11
- July 10
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- Watch The Hu's stunning new film The Road To The Gereg
- Motley Crue, Five Finger Death Punch and more confirmed for Better Noise Music Festival
- Oceans Of Slumber launch video for epic new single The Adorned Fathomless Creation
- Spice up your weekend with new Massive Wagons single The Curry Song
- Pallbearer have dropped an epic new song and the day just got 1000% better
- Opeth announce 2021 European tour
- Birdeatsbaby release new documentary How The World Conspires
- Morse Portnoy George release video for cover of Jethro Tull's Hymn 43
- Static-X share new album trailer as Project Regeneration Vol. 1 launches
- Black Stone Cherry and Monster Truck get together for charity single Love Become Law
- Doves reveal new album The Universal Want with video for Prisoners
- David Ellefson: New Megadeth album is “insanely progressive”
- Queensryche's Todd La Torre guests on new Methodica single A Dystopian Tale
- Enslaved explore the spectacular landscapes of Iceland in video for Jettegryta
- Avatar release video for their doom-laden new track Colossus
- I want to believe: The Osbournes are back with new paranormal TV show
- July 9
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- Voices From The Fuselage premiere orchestral stream of Domus
- Scorpions: We'll take as long as we need and make the strongest album we can
- Deftones forced to reschedule North American tour with Gojira and Poppy
- Fernando Perdomo releases video for Frenzy
- Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony called off - TV special revealed
- Wacken Open Air announces weekend of online metal mayhem
- The Rolling Stones launch video for previously unreleased track Criss Cross
- Voyager release lockdown video for Disconnected
- Watch as Def Leppard’s Phil Collen kicks off his 30-day fitness challenge
- The Cranberries revisit No Need To Argue with new expanded edition
- It's 1970 - and Led Zeppelin are about to have a landmark year in their history
- The fifth winner of the Affinity Photo New Rock Photographer 2020 is...
- The world need more comedy black metal Public Service Announcements like this one
- John Petrucci says working again with Mike Portnoy was "a lot of fun"
- David Longdon to release album with former Fairport Convention singer Judy Dyble
- July 8
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- Steve Hackett to headline next year's Night Of The Prog Festival
- Mint Field dive deeper into psychedelia on new single Contingencia
- John Lodge discusses new single In These Crazy Times
- Creeper forced to reschedule the God Can't Save Us UK tour
- Lockdown cover of Guns N' Roses and Steve Wonder mashup launched for charity
- Metallica announce another wave of grants for COVID-19 relief
- Napalm Death return with new album Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism
- Watch members of Ebonvivory and Teramaze cover Karnivool
- Elton John reschedules the remaining dates of his 2020 farewell tour
- Black Sabbath's Iron Man is latest victim of stylophone cover craze - and it's great
- Phil Collen: odds of Def Leppard and Motley Crue tour going ahead are "50/50"
- Kasabian issue statement after Tom Meighan pleads guilty to assaulting his ex fiancée
- Glass Ocean release lockdown video for Bolero
- July 7
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- Jethro Tull launch charity hand sanitiser
- Will there be a Bohemian Rhapsody sequel? Queen’s Roger Taylor has his say
- Keyboard maestro Derek Sherinian details new solo album The Phoenix
- Suzi Quatro announces new book Through My Words
- Motorpsycho announce new album for August
- The Knotfest streaming concert series continues with Judas Priest and Jinjer
- Ringo Starr to stream his Big Birthday Show as he hits 80
- Danzig mashed up with Donna Summer is the silliest, greatest thing you'll hear this week
- This is what happens when 266 musicians get together to cover Linkin Park’s In The End
- Steve Hackett moves Seconds Out tour to 2021 - adds eight new dates
- Metallica pay tribute to Ennio Morricone: Your compositions were timeless
- July 6
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- Country rock legend Charlie Daniels dead at 83
- Join Alestorm’s swashbuckling Shit Boat crew in raucous new animated video
- Watch the Japanese Consul General to The US unleash a Hendrix-style take on The Star Spangled Banner
- The UK’s 2000 Trees festival announce three days of online entertainment
- Elton John’s career celebrated with new commemorative coin range
- Rikard Sjöblom's Gungfly share video for “upbeat prog-rocker” Happy Somewhere In Between
- Tom Meighan quits Kasabian due to “personal issues”
- Lee Abraham announces new album for September
- Axl Rose: I’m nobody - just a citizen with my own opinions
- Legendary Oscar-winning soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91
- Karnataka release video for brand new single Forever
- What does Corey Taylor think… about his all-time favourite Slipknot track?
- UK government announce £1.57 billion support package for entertainment sector
- July 5
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- July 3
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- Evanescence premiere video for The Game Is Over
- Geddy Lee: Yes are the only band I’ve lined up all night to see
- Zakk Sabbath celebrate Black Sabbath’s 50th anniversary with new album Vertigo
- Dave Grohl: I feared I might be fired from Nirvana
- Gazpacho stream brand new song Fireworker
- Ms Amy Birks premieres video for Keeps You Guessing
- Lonely Robot release video for new single Spiders
- Here it is: The UK’s first dedicated socially distanced music venue
- Tim Bowness shares abstract video for new single I’m Better Now
- Do you wanna get ripped? Def Leppard’s Phil Collen announces 30-day fitness challenge
- Pain Of Salvation release video for new single Accelerator
- Parkway Drive move European Revolution tour into 2021
- Slash has been focusing on new Guns N’ Roses material during lockdown
- Listen to David Gilmour’s first new music in five years
- July 2
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- Tom Morello hooks up with Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds for new protest track Stand Up
- Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Trivium and In Flames announce 2021 tour
- Dream Theater’s John Petrucci reunites with Mike Portnoy on new solo album
- Trivium’s Matt Heafy gives track from The Witcher a searing metal makeover
- Suzi Quatro: I'm tough because I walked through the fire and survived
- Arena reschedule tour to 2021
- Listen to Lemmy relive his first AC/DC experience in previously unheard interview
- #LetTheMusicPlay: More than 1400 artists call on government to act now to save UK's live music scene
- Arthur Brown’s Crazy World of Lockdown release version of House of The Rising Sun
- July 1
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- The Ocean team up with Katatonia singer Jonas Renkse for new song Jurassic|Cretaceous
- Alice Cooper, Corey Taylor, Peter Frampton and more set for Rock For Relief benefit show
- Code Orange announce Under The Skin live stream
- Susanna streams new single The Dancing Snake
- Devildriver share chilling lyric video for their crushing new single Iona
- Listen to Steve Miller Band’s The Joker but with the wolf whistle sound after every line
- Neal Morse announces new solo album Sola Gratia
- Elton John introduces online classic concert series
- The Spirit Of Ozzfest to be celebrated with special weekend event
- Kyros release video for new single In Motion
- Hollywood Vampires move UK tour to 2021
- Magenta release video for A Gift From God featuring guest John Mitchell
- Evanescence share anthemic new single The Game Is Over
