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- October 31
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- Alex Lifeson's Envy Of None return with new track Not Dead Yet and spooky, Day Of The Dead-inspired video
- Carpenter Brut, Zeal & Ardor, Normandie, Intervals, GHØSTKID and more confirmed for Radar 2025
- These ARE the droids you’re looking for: Save big on Lego Star Wars sets featuring C-3PO and R2-D2
- "If I'd been a solo artist, I think I'd have laid on the floor and cried": In 1973, faced with bad reviews of their debut album, Queen turned to bad reviews of Led Zeppelin for comfort
- Portals Festival announces more bands including Poly-Math, Spurv and Teiger and more...
- "I saw it at the movies when I was 11 and it blew my mind." Ice Nine Kills' Spencer Charnas names the greatest horror movie of all time
- "Let's have some ****ing fun!" Watch rising metalcore stars Dying Wish bring riffs and circle pits to a church
- “Strong, defiant, teeth-rattling, testosterone-levels-shooting-to-Valhalla metal.” Wrestling star Adam 'Edge' Copeland pays tribute to Viking metallers Amon Amarth in band’s new comic book
- “They knew nothing about the deal”: Hard Rock Cafe wouldn’t give Tony Iommi’s guitar back – because the employee who bought it died
- "Don't stand there like a coward, come here and say it!": Video shows Thom Yorke challenging pro-Palestine heckler before walking offstage
- Plan is in place for new Guns N' Roses music, says Duff McKagan
- October 30
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- Rush announce The Albums: 1989-1996 vinyl box set
- Louder Than Life festival announces Slayer will return in 2025
- Steven Wilson and Mariusz Duda share new remixed and remastered version of The Old Peace
- “Trump’s got more felonies than all my criminal friends put together.” We asked Ice-T about the US election and he gave us one of the more thoughtful takes we've seen so far
- Synthy rocky metal wackadoodles Zetra announce first-ever headline tour
- Fontaines D.C. announce headline US tour for 2025
- Alex Van Halen reveals that David Lee Roth asked Eddie Van Halen to play fewer guitar solos: "He couldn’t handle the fact that Eddie was getting more attention than he was"
- “My absolute favourite colours in the world have always been purple and black”: Adidas reveals Black Sabbath x Aston Villa shirts and shoes
- "Happy Halloween for all who believe, and much love to all who don't": Black Sabbath's Bill Ward shares the eerie new poem, It's Near
- “We’re no longer able to balance our life responsibilities with giving you the standard of art that you deserve”: Metallic hardcore firebrands Ithaca announce break-up, final headline show
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard drop new track Phantom Island and announce that they'll be heading out on tour with an orchestra
- Paul Stanley defends Kiss' "wholesome" history of groupies: "Nobody got hurt. Nobody ever walked away feeling disrespected or diminished”
- The 1975 say they could be a “heavy” band – but they’re not because it “wasn’t new”
- October 29
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- Tim "Herb" Alexander abruptly quits Primus after he "lost his passion for playing"
- "We worked out a way for the whole world to tune in": King Crimson-affiliated act Beat announce global livestream of upcoming Los Angeles show
- Jeff Lynne's ELO announce more final ever dates
- Blink-182, Panic! At The Disco, Avril Lavigne, Weezer, All Time Low, The Offspring and many more announced for When We Were Young 2025
- "We will be playing new songs." Killswitch Engage announce 2025 North American tour with Kublai Khan TX, Fit For A King and Frozen Soul
- Graham Gouldman announces Heart Full Of Songs Tour for 2025
- Order this exclusive Poppy bundle featuring a limited edition t-shirt and Metal Hammer cover
- “It doesn’t wanna make us get out of bed”: Avenged Sevenfold won’t tour celebrating classic albums, says M. Shadows
- Mogwai to release new studio album The Bad Fire in January
- Ghost’s 2025 tour will be a “phone-free experience”
- ZZ Top announce Elevation Tour dates for 2025
- October 28
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- "We're now eager to make a noise and make a mess and make mistakes": Pete Townsend says The Who will work together again in 2025
- Fan group petitions BBC for a Keith Emerson Prom
- Ghost announce six-month 2025 world tour with UK, Europe, US, Mexico dates
- Dorie Jackson to release second solo album Stupid Says Run in January
- Third Korn x Adidas merch drop announced
- Faith No More are on “semi-permanent hiatus”, says keyboardist
- It's all gone spectacularly Halloween-shaped in the Fripp-Willcox household
- Watch Avenged Sevenfold play setlist made up of tracks from Waking The Fallen and City Of Evil at special fan club show in California
- October 27
- October 25
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- Grateful Dead bassist and co-founder Phil Lesh dies at 84
- The Pineapple Thief share video for new single All Because Of Me
- Simon Godfrey updates on what might be the final Shineback album
- "2025 is shaping up nicely." Tool are hosting their own tropical getaway festival with Primus, Mastodon, Coheed And Cambria and more
- Stevie Nicks opens up about why Lindsey Buckingham was fired from Fleetwood Mac: "He wasn’t very nice to anybody; he wasn’t very nice to Harry Styles"
- “This is a record of opposites colliding”: Manic Street Preachers announce details of new album
- Kate Bush reveals her plans to return to music: "I'm very keen to start working on a new album"
- Mastodon join stacked Bloodstock 2025 lineup
- Listen to Megan Thee Stallion lairy collaboration with modern metal heavyweights Spiritbox, TYG
- Hollywood star Helen Mirren is sad that Kurt Cobain didn't live to see the invention of satellite navigation
- October 24
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- Linkin Park launch video for new single Over Each Other, an everyday tale of trust, car crashes and the Korean emergency services
- Ghost announce physical and digital release dates for their feature film Rite Here, Rite Now
- Epica cover a 19th-century symphony on new single The Ghost In Me, and it’s the most gloriously bombastic thing you’ll hear today
- 2000 Trees announces five headliners for 2025: Kneecap, Pvris, Taking Back Sunday, Coheed And Cambria and Alexisonfire
- The Prodigy, In Flames, Spiritbox and dozens more added to Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park 2025 lineups
- Megan Thee Stallion says Spiritbox will appear on her new album this week
- Watch Thom Yorke play previously unheard song on opening night of Everything tour
- Larkin Poe announce 2025 US tour, release video for Mockingbird
- Motörhead fans! Ye Book Of Inconsequential Scribbles, an official book of Lemmy's doodles, is on sale now
- "This will be the Metallica Family reunion we've been waiting for!" Metallica announce M72 tour dates in Australia and New Zealand
- October 23
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- David Ellefson calls Megadeth’s most hated album “one of the great Megadeth records”
- “We can’t wait to see everyone!” Sonic Temple festival announces full 2025 lineup, including Linkin Park, Bad Omens, Korn and much more
- “They were there in the beginning”: Slayer/Exodus guitarist Gary Holt names the two thrash bands who deserve more credit
- "It pulverises the boundaries of modern progressive metal." Jinjer announce fifth album Duél, release new single Kafka
- Brian Eno announces new art book with Dutch artist Bette A.
- Devin Townsend: “90 percent of the job is to be a content creator rather than write any music”
- Liam Gallagher hits back at "entitled" fans complaining about Oasis not picking young bands to join them on tour: "Everyone is soooo fussy these days"
- “The way they craft their music, it becomes immortal”: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford, metal’s best person, pays tribute to Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan and other pop giants
- Cynic announce The Aggressive Progressive 2025 EU/UK Tour
- “For Paul Di’Anno! Scream for me!” Watch Bruce Dickinson pay tribute to late Iron Maiden singer during concert last night
- "We will travel to a world we have never experienced, with new songs." Babymetal announce European tour including biggest UK show ever - with Poppy and Bambie Thug in support
- October 22
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- "It'll be like hanging with us in our living room": Halestorm's Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger announce intimate acoustic tour
- House Of Marley start a Revolution with their new range of audio products
- Cradle Of Filth release new single Malignant Perfection, their “horrific homage to All Hallows Eve”
- “I’m very excited for the Iron Maiden faithful to see it!” A Paul Di’Anno documentary is coming in 2025
- Shavo Odadjian reflects on System Of A Down being ‘nu metal’: “I never liked being compared to anyone”
- Von Hertzen Brothers rock out in video for new single The Relapse
- Knocked Loose announce UK / EU 2025 tour, including their biggest ever UK headline show to date
- Thom Yorke says he "doesn't give a flying f***" if fans want Radiohead to reunite
- "The best part about this song is that a squirter can be anybody’s genitals": Watch Amyl & The Sniffers’ explicit new video for Jerkin'
- "I don't wanna say the word 'ballad' but we wrote a slower song." Nightwish singer Floor Jansen is teaming up with thrash legends Testament on their new album
- "90% of everything we own was either severely damaged or completely destroyed." Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan and his family have had their lives devastated by Hurricanes Helene and Milton
- "I saw Black Sabbath one month before their first album came out – and I was right in the front row": Billy Idol on his love for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne
- "Yeah man, we blew 'em off the stage": Sammy Hagar on the time he trash-talked Foreigner, the band he's just inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
- Alex Van Halen shares the last song he wrote with late brother Eddie Van Halen
- "End speciesism now!" Joan Jett lends her voice to hard-hitting PETA campaign slamming the meat, egg, and dairy industries
- Iron Maiden, Geezer Butler, Anthrax, Blaze Bayley, Frank Turner, Exodus, Kreator, Volbeat, Ryan Adams and more pay tribute to Paul Di'Anno
- October 21
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- "It's a hard rock album for people who actually love hard rock": The Wildhearts announce new studio album Satanic Rites Of The Wildhearts
- "I was in touch with him only recently...rest in peace mate." Steve Harris and Iron Maiden pay tribute to former frontman Paul Di'Anno following his passing
- Former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno dead at 66
- Current and former members of Trivium, Killswitch Engage, Animals as Leaders, Polyphia, While She Sleeps and more team up for epic, metalled-up Cult of the Lamb game soundtrack - listen to first single Cult
- Bad Omens announce Australian tour dates with Poppy and House Of Protection
- Alex Van Halen on why he was "not interested" joining Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony on The Best Of All Worlds tour: "They're not doing the band justice"
- Seven Impale celebrate tenth anniversary of debut album with vinyl reissue
- Listen to Korn frontman Jonathan Davis' collaboration with his son Nathan on the gnarly new track Dark Fantasy
- Watch My Chemical Romance play The Black Parade album in full at When We Were Young festival
- Jeff Lynne's ELO announce final ever show
- Limp Bizkit announce 2025 UK and Ireland tour
- "All abooooaard!" Watch the all-star Hall Of Fame tribute to Ozzy Osbourne starring Maynard James Keenan, Billy Idol, Rob Trujillo, Chad Smith, Wolfgang Van Halen, Andrew Watt, Adam Wakeman, Steve Stevens, Zakk Wylde and Jelly Roll
- Watch Dream Theater play their first song with Mike Portnoy in 14 years
- October 20
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- "I crossed paths with a couple of thieves": Jake E. Lee reveals more about the incident in Las Vegas that led to him being shot
- Kerry King names the hardest Slayer song to play on guitar: “It’s not one I’m looking to play live any time soon!”
- "I’m not going to bore you with a long, drawn out f****** monologue": Ozzy Osbourne has made his Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame acceptance speech and it was delightfully short
- The controversy caused by Cop Killer made a lot of money for Body Count – most of which they had to spend on lawyers
- Chris Cornell's daughter Toni hits out at "disgusting" TMZ coverage of Liam Payne's death
- October 19
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- “There was a lot of power in what they had to say. I felt that even before I could relate to the stories they were telling”: Why Poppy’s cover of Spit by Kittie is a tribute to one of her favourite metal bands
- White Willow's fourth album Storm Season to be remastered and reissued in December
- "Your soul is pulled into the underworld!" Swedish songwriter Jonathan Hultén returns with mesmeric video for new single Afterlife
- Nymphs singer Inger Lorre dead at 61
- October 18
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- David Gilmour's Between Two Points remixed by Gus from Alt-J
- "It's our love letter to the city that raised us." Indian nu metal sensations Bloodywood release thumping new single Nu Dehli, announce UK and Europe 2025 tour
- Order your limited edition Frost* x Prog bundle – featuring a signed lyric sheet and art print!
- Order your limited edition Myles Kennedy x Classic Rock bundle – featuring an exclusive piece of show backdrop!
- Order this exclusive Iron Maiden Powerslave shirt and Metal Hammer cover bundle
- How to watch Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner and Peter Frampton's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame this weekend
- Order your limited edition Von Hertzen Brothers x Prog bundle – featuring a signed lyric sheet and art print!
- Exploring Birdsong share punchy video for anthemic new single Weight In Gold
- "You do not need to be a gamer to enjoy this." Avenged Sevenfold celebrate 25th anniversary by launching a 'digital museum' on Fortnite
- Kate Bush graces the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!
- "Don’t look too hard, we will not be there": Foreigner's original drummer backs out of Hall Of Fame induction - and Mick Jones won't be there either
- October 17
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- Remastered reissue of The Greatest Show On Earth's 1970 debut album Horizons released digitally
- Arch Enemy release new single Liars & Thieves, following debut during UK tour
- Colourful UK proggers Henge share video for new single Ascending
- Brütal Legend developer “torn” about making sequel to Jack Black’s cult metal video game
- Pete Townshend, Elton John, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and more have combined forces to reimagine Siddhartha, Herman Hesse’s classic tale of self-discovery and enlightenment
- Stewart Copeland adds more "in conversation" live dates for 2025
- Jake E. Lee says he’s “doing surprisingly well” after Las Vegas shooting
- "You will hear it." Mariah Carey is still hoping to release the secret grunge album she recorded in the 90s
- Hear Health team with Filter’s Richard Patrick on new song Free To Die
- "I got to meet the new British Rock Royalty tonight" - Brian May praises The Last Dinner party after attending sold-out London show
- Wonderful high-def clips of old Top Of The Pops performances are appearing on YouTube
- October 16
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- "Mick and Keith were totally wealthy, but me, Charlie and Ronnie were scraping by": Bill Wyman reveals the reality of the "multimillionaire" Rolling Stones, says he should have left the band earlier
- “This is a chance to own a piece of history!” Fancy owning a window pane from Iron Maiden's Ed Force One plane? Check out the Heavy Metal Truants' latest charity auction, but be quick, as it closes before midnight
- “Jaws dropped when they came on. It was so intense.” The Jesus And Mary Chain's Jim Reid on the life-changing impact of Joy Division
- "Well, you're a flash c***!" Sex Pistols legend Glen Matlock recalls a night-time drive around New York City perched on David Bowie's knee
- Also Eden announce November live dates
- “Again, a bit of doom and gloom.” Robert Smith selects one song from every Cure album which reflects the mood of their new record Songs of a Lost World, and reveals which Cure album is his least favourite
- Watch Jordan Fish (ex-Bring Me The Horizon) join House Of Protection at debut UK show last night
- US Chinese prog band OU under consideration for two Grammy Awards
- “The whole movie totally disturbs me!” Oceans Of Slumber’s Cammie Beverly names her favourite horror film – and it’s a controversial one
- Watch rising doom metal shamans Green Lung bewitch Bloodstock festival in pro-shot footage
- "You know how Fleetwood Mac almost dedicated Rumours to their cocaine dealer? I think we should dedicate this album to all the booze we bought at Tesco": Lambrini Girls announce debut album Who Let The Dogs Out
- Poppy shows her genre-smashing range with two new singles, Crystallized and The Cost Of Giving Up
- “I just hope he’ll be OK”: Ozzy Osbourne responds to Jake E. Lee Las Vegas shooting
- "These are far superior to all the other versions of these tracks”: A rare tape of unknown studio versions of several Jimi Hendrix classics is coming up for auction
- Watch Orianthi accompany Kate Moss on the catwalk at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
- "You’re gonna think I’m out of my mind": Alex Van Halen is considering finishing unreleased Van Halen songs, with Robert Plant adding vocals and guitar solos generated by artificial intelligence
- October 15
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- Oasis have added another date to their Australian tour after selling out four stadium shows in 90 minutes
- Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell announces North American headline tour
- “Greig Nori, if you think I’m a liar, there’s only one way to settle this. Under oath, in front of a judge.” Deryck Whibley posts emotional video to call out former manager who denies allegations that he sexually abused and groomed Sum 41's frontman
- Metallica and Linkin Park to headline Sick New World 2025, with Evanescence, Queens Of The Stone Age, Gojira, AFI, Mastodon, Sisters of Mercy, Kittie, Arch Enemy, Testament and more on insanely stacked bill
- Former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee expected to recover after being shot multiple times in Las Vegas
- “If it had come to fruition, it would have been phenomenal.” Eddie and Alex Van Halen wanted Ozzy Osbourne to front a new-look Van Halen, and Ozzy would have joined if his family's MTV show hadn't got in the way
- “They knew, if they wanted to create something new, they needed to slow down”: Blind Channel name the 2020s metal sensation that inspired their upcoming hiatus
- "A contemplation on the nature of change": Chelsea Wolfe announces Unbound EP from She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She album sessions
- “This is going to be next-level!” Parkway Drive announce 20th anniversary arena tour of UK and Europe
- Bloodstock announces 13 bands - including an ultra-rare performance from Max Cavalera's Nailbomb - for 2025 and weekend tickets sell out
- Roger Taylor teases brand new Queen music after almost 30 years: "We can still play. We can still sing"
- Elbow announce Summer 2025 live dates
- “Do you know how many blowjobs that album got me?” Disgraced 'pharma-bro' and ex-emo record label investor Martin Shkreli must tell US court how many copies of Wu-Tang Clan’s singular Once Upon a Time in Shaolin album he made and distributed
- October 14
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- Watch Rory Gallagher and The Kinks set The Midnight Special ablaze in 1974
- Former Mr. Bungle member found guilty of first-degree murder, faces life in prison
- “This is where you start to think about mortality.” Elton John reflects honestly upon future plans, admits “I don’t know how much time I have left.”
- Beatles documentary charting The Fab Four's first visit to the US is headed to Disney+ next month
- The Ocean bring the curtain down on current line-up with The End Of An Eon tour dates
- Devin Townsend shares video for new single, the uplifting "simple song" Gratitude
- Get an exclusive Iron Maiden Powerslave Metal Hammer cover only in Tesco
- "It is no exaggeration to say that millions of animals will be spared torment and cruelty because of their selfless dedication." Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler dubbed 'Rock Star for Animals' in animal welfare award
- Sigur Rós announce four orchestral dates at The Royal Albert Hall
- "We are really excited to be doing what we love the most which is playing live with fire in our belly": Skunk Anansie announce UK headline tour for 2025
- "I like a lot of the stuff he’s in." Slayer legend Kerry King would like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson to play him in a movie
- "It felt like I’d known her forever." Symphonic metal icons Sharon den Adel and Tarja Turunen on hearing each other's bands Within Temptation and Nightwish for the first time
- The Offspring announce 2025 UK headline tour
- October 13
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- “Are they meant to be comedians?” Oasis' Liam Gallagher on Saturday Night Live's Oasis sketch, the show's least funny three and a half minutes
- Axl Rose surprises 18,000 Billy Joel fans in Los Angeles with performance of Live And Let Die
- Watch Stevie Nicks make triumphant return to Saturday Night Live after 41-year absence
- “The world is falling apart. It’s insane. It’s greed, inequality, monetisation.” Robert Smith on the gloomy, reflective themes at the dark heart of The Cure's new album Songs of a Lost World
- October 12
- October 11
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- “If you play around while you are Henry VIII’s wife, you know that you’re going to be separated from your body, head-wise.” Prog legend Rick Wakeman has finally revealed which of King Henry VIII's six wives is his personal favourite
- “Every line in the song is something that has been personally said to me by folks in the industry.” Next Big Thing, Du Blonde's new single with Skin from Skunk Anansie, is a scathing exposé of music industry sexism
- Halsey shares 80s-inspired, emotional new single I Never Loved You
- Ice Nine Kills' new video A Work Of Art stars Art The Clown from Terrifier 3 and it's literally the goriest, most disgusting music video we've ever seen - make sure you watch it on an empty stomach
- Bangla prog anyone? Earthside share brand new video for Tyranny
- Ayreon announces 30th anniversary live dates for September 2025
- “I hate thinking about how many people are stuck without answers or any tangible help.” Paramore's Hayley Williams opens up about depression, encourages others struggling with mental health to seek support
- “All of a sudden, things went mad!": Motörhead's Overkill, the album that changed everything - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- October 10
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- “Viruses are cool. They’re cool because they’re so gnarly. It’s Darth Vader stuff.” The Offspring's Dexter Holland talks about viruses like other people talk about their favourite band or football team, and he actually makes them sound pretty punk
- “I tried to commit suicide with a marble sink.” How the media frenzy around the relationship between supermodel Kate Moss and rock star Pete Doherty brought added chaos to The Libertines' already messy career
- Disturbed announce The Sickness 25th anniversary tour, playing the nu metal classic in full every night
- David Gilmour features in Body Count's new video for Comfortably Numb
- Dream Theater share first new music since Mike Portnoy's return with nine-minute plus Night Terror
- Nixon embrace grunge with new range of spectacular Nirvana watches
- "Outliving my little brother, this just wasn't the plan. As the older brother, I was supposed to die first. Same as always, Ed, butting in line": Listen to Alex Van Halen's emotional tribute for Eddie Van Halen from his new audiobook, Brothers
- Los Angeles District Attorney investigating new leads and evidence regarding Marilyn Manson sexual misconduct allegations
- "There’s always going to be resistance from other sides when a big movement happens." Poppy makes her debut on the cover of Metal Hammer in a world exclusive interview
- Liam and Noel Gallagher won't be doing joint interviews ahead of Oasis reunion because "we’re scared of the media asking us intrusive questions and trying to pick holes in our relationship"
- October 9
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- The Cure release plaintive new single A Fragile Thing, announce tracklist for Songs Of A Lost World album
- See Gwen Stefani, Snoop Dogg, Daft Punk and more in the trailer for Pharrell Williams’ Lego biopic Piece by Piece
- “The listening experience is unparalleled, sacrificing not only sonic quality, but also convenience, and occasionally entire verses.” Green Day releasing each track on Dookie on obscure and obsolete formats is the most brilliantly pointless, genius idea
- “Hey Gene! Just wanna remind you that this is a dancing show, NOT a beauty contest”: Kiss’s Gene Simmons guest-judged on Dancing With The Stars and proved as popular as you’d expect
- Death metal up-and-comers Neckbreakker (formerly Nakkeknaekker) announce debut album Within The Viscera
- "I remember him throwing his guitar up into the lighting rig, rubbing it against the speaker cabinets and playing it with his ass": Lars Ulrich on the first band to truly blow his mind
- Neal Morse & The Resonance share video for dark and moody new single Thief
- Riot Fest deny dead festival attendee's injuries occurred during Slayer comeback show
- Watch Motley Crue get dumped out the back of a garbage truck on the Sunset Strip as they arrive for intimate Troubadour show
- “I was just looking at it as a chance to go play Master Of Puppets for an afternoon”: Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery reveals what shocked him about 2003 Metallica audition
- Keep the change, ya filthy animals – Back To The Future, Ghostbusters and Home Alone Lego prices just dropped for Prime Day
- There's up to 30% off rock and metal t-shirts for October Prime Day: AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Pink Floyd & more
- Amplifier to play whole of debut album at first ever live stream
- “Rick Rubin didn’t like it at all!” Watch Serj Tankian eat his first banana terracotta pie – and explain why he wrote a System Of A Down song about it
- Watch Arch Enemy debut new song Liars & Thieves live during UK tour
- The 60th anniversary of The Doors is to be celebrated with a box set, a live album and a lavish book
- October 8
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- "If you had direct contact with a bat, contact a healthcare provider as soon as possible": Department of Public Health warns of potential rabid bat exposure at Goose show in Chicago
- Fred Durst sues Universal Music over alleged unpaid royalties amounting to more than $200 million
- “It’s a fantastic song.” The Struts' Luke Spiller and late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins recorded a James Bond theme song, but had it rejected in favour of Billie Eilish's Oscar-winning No Time To Die
- Amazon’s Prime Day CD & vinyl sale is loaded with cut-price rock, metal and prog - here’s my top 10 picks
- Converge surprise-release new live album to aid victims of Hurricane Helene
- Tool’s Maynard James Keenan and wife Jennifer open new vinyl cafe, will start hosting concerts this month
- “It was ridiculous!” Why Rick Rubin couldn’t stop laughing the first time he saw System Of A Down live
- “He became kind of a bad guy to all of us.” Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley says the band's former manager sexually abused him
- Tears For Fears share new live video for Head Over Heels
- Jean-Michel Jarre to release limited edition Versailles live album
- Watch pro-shot video of Linkin Park playing new single Heavy Is The Crown live in London
- Frost* share conceptual video for brand new single Idiot Box
- "They invented stainless steel there": Saxon pay tribute to Sheffield with new video for Fire And Steel
- You can buy a vintage ham slicer for $34,000 but the 'ham' is made from pink vinyl copies of Pink Floyd's Animals
- October 7
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- “I’ve always wanted to be a rock star. But to be in a band, you need friends.” Why singer/songwriter superstar James Blunt is raising his sons on a strict diet of AC/DC, Alice Cooper, Europe and Survivor
- The Allman Brothers Band's final ever show is being released as a live album
- "You better run, you better take cover": Oasis announce Live '25 dates in Australia
- “Tune!!! Tune!!! Tune!!!” Stereophonics announce huge UK and Ireland Stadium Anthems tour
- O.R.k. return with powerful new single Blast Of Silence
- Watch power metal heroes Powerwolf burn their own keyboardist at the stake as part of their massive new arena show
- "It’s time to blow the candle before it burns from both ends." Finnish former Eurovision entrants Blind Channel announce hiatus
- Watch Korn perform Freak On A Leash with Evanescence's Amy Lee at Los Angeles' BMO stadium for their 30th anniversary
- "We snuck in under the whatever threshold, wherever that was, where we got away with f***ing murder": Motley Crue drop new track about their surprise on never having been cancelled
- Lucinda Williams releases epic cover of The Beatles' classic While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- October 6
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- Iron Maiden kick off The Future Past North American tour in San Diego: Official photos published
- Florida metal festival loses headliner and other acts after announcing Kyle Rittenhouse as a special guest
- Two of the cute kids from Jack Black's smash hit movie School of Rock have got engaged
- Watch Chappell Roan perform acclaimed cover of Heart's Barracuda
- October 4
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- David Gilmour reveals what he thinks are the best lyrics Roger Waters ever wrote for Pink Floyd, choosing lyrics his former bandmate Waters considers “appalling”
- Marjana Semkina shares new video for Anything But Sleep featuring Jim Grey of Caligula's Horse
- The Anchoress announces new Versions: Encore vinyl EP
- "This pushes the boundaries of what we’ve done before." Arch Enemy announce new album Blood Dynasty
- A recording of former Mr. Bungle member Theo Lengyel allegedly murdering his former girlfriend Alice 'Alyx' Herrmann has been found on the deceased's phone
- Jethro Tull announce expanded and remixed version of The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
- “From the deepest lows to the highest highs, in grief, in anger, and in joy, our band has been a celebration of being alive.” Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes announce hiatus
- Some might stay: Oasis fans can now step inside the artwork of one of the band's most iconic singles, and sleep there overnight
- “This tour represents an important milestone for the Mongolian music industry”: Listen to The Hu's spectacular Iron Maiden Trooper cover ahead of North American support slot
- “Mötley Crüe and Las Vegas have always been the perfect combination of extravagance and decadence": Mötley Crüe announce Las Vegas residency but sadly it's not at Sphere
- "He doesn't understand what it means to be deeply American": Bruce Springsteen slams Donald Trump, endorses Kamala Harris for president
- October 3
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- “They were sporty types which was a surprise to me. I thought they’d be spliffing away.” Photographer Jill Furmanovsky on the “too revealing” Dark Side Of The Moon tour photo book which Pink Floyd buried
- “I’ve tried persuading her recently. Gently.” Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour has been trying to encourage his friend and former protégé Kate Bush to play live shows again
- Jack Black will induct Ozzy Osbourne into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame; Metallica, Tool and Red Hot Chili Peppers members to perform
- How to watch Green Day perform on this weekend’s American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
- “Just take it all away from me. That’s cool!” Every guitar solo on Slipknot’s debut album “got cut out”, claims Mick Thomson
- Watch Ne Obliviscaris drummer Dan Presland play through the whole of Citadel
- Hands Of The Heron detail new album Quiet Light
- Klone share video for uplifting new single Magnetic
- Is Charli XCX teasing a Brat remix album featuring Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst?
- Prog writers to celebrate 55th anniversary of King Crimson's debut album with listening party
- Coal Chamber pull out of Aftershock festival, citing singer Dez Fafara’s health issues
- “Saluting 60 years of rock rebellion.” The Who’s 60th anniversary to be celebrated by special Royal Mail stamps set
- “While creating our last album, we amassed a lot of our best material to date”: Sylosis surprise-release new EP The Path, featuring rising metalcore stars Heriot
- Terminally ill grandmother loses £140,000 to scammer pretending to be Ritchie Blackmore
- Watch Paul McCartney play 'new' Beatles song Now And Then for the first time during marathon hit-stuffed set in Uruguay
- October 2
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- Oasis add four more stadium shows to their summer 2025 North American tour due to "phenomenal demand"
- "Throughout every song, the journey is an undercurrent of rebellion." Lacuna Coil announce new album Sleepless Empire: watch their startling video for new single Oxygen
- “For those of you who didn’t get a chance to rock out in-person, now you can have the best seats in the house!” Olivia Rodrigo's Guts World Tour concert film to premiere on Netflix later this month
- Pink Floyd agree to sell music rights to Sony in deal worth 400 million dollars
- “A source of comfort and strength for anyone who feels hurt, lost or alone”: Alt Blk Era release rocking new single Come On Outside
- “It’s not often we perform such intimate shows, so we’re really looking forward to this.” The Cure are recording an exclusive gig in London this month, and you could be there to see it
- “The Horrors are never-ending.” The Horrors announce new album Night Life, share moody single The Silence That Remains, unveil intimate UK tour plans
- Coheed And Cambria rock out on brand new single Blind Side Sonny
- Devin Townsend discusses hair crimes throughout the years in hilarious new video
- “Gibby and Siouxsie Sioux were at my feet, wrestling around with a shotgun pointed at my head.” Butthole Surfers' guitarist Paul Leary looks back on the excitement of the first Lollapalooza tour
- “We might put an extra Slayer song into the set and learn a cover song or two”: Kerry King announces North American tour, releases Where I Reign music video
- Fully authorised visual history of Cardiacs to be published
- Beardfish share video for reflective and celebratory new single Torrential Downpour
- “My issues weren’t even with Limp Bizkit. They were with Fred.” Slipknot's Corey Taylor reflects on his 2000s feud with Fred Durst
- “If you told teenage me, ‘One day Ozzy will tell you to keep making music,’ I’d have slapped you!” Ozzy Osbourne encouraged Max Cavalera to carry on after leaving Sepultura
- Joan Armatrading announces new studio album, releases single inspired by encounter with confrontational young person
- October 1
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- "We have always loved going to IHOP and enjoying breakfast together as a band": Loverboy celebrate the taste of pancakes in new IHOP commercial
- “If you want ‘epic’, we’ll give you epic!” Cult Of Luna share monumental cover of punk legends Refused’s Tannhäuser/Derive
- “You felt like something was happening and you were actually part of it. That's a pretty cool feeling.” Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell looks back on the dawning of the grunge revolution in Seattle
- “Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend our shows. We are appalled and disappointed that anyone was made to feel otherwise.” The Last Dinner Party apologise after male fans are subjected to 'discriminatory' security screening at gig venue
- Arctangent announces first bands for 2025, including Between The Buried And Me (playing Colors in full) and headliners Karnivool
- Watch Spiritbox perform with Poppy, Jinjer and Architects during Louder Than Life festival this weekend
- Bruce Springsteen adds eight additional shows to his summer 2025 UK and European tour schedule
- Serj Tankian suggests what a new System Of A Down album would sound like: “It would be a fresh start in a brand new way”
- "I have 10 to 12 albums of riffs." Shavo Odadjian has "plenty of ammunition" for a new System Of A Down album
- "This miraculous turnaround": Mike Peters' cancer is in remission thanks to a revolutionary drug trial
- "I didn't have anything apart from my success and my drugs": Watch the trailer for Elton John's career-spanning documentary Never Too Late
