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In pictures: Electric Castle festival 2025

Is anyone else completely exhausted by festival season 2025? Nope, not us! We headed to Transylvania to catch YUNGBLUD, Refused, QOTSA, Joey Valence & Brae and more at 24-hour fest Electric Castle…

Hayley Williams just debuted a new solo track, Mirtazapine, on Nashville public radio

Unveiled via Nashville’s WNXP, Hayley Williams has surprised-released new solo song Mirtazapine – and we’re now waiting to see if it officially arrives on streaming services…

Biffy Clyro announce 2026 arena tour

“It’s f*cking time…” Biffy Clyro will be kicking off their year with the massive Futique tour, with support coming from SOFT PLAY and The Armed.

Sprints have just released two new singles, Rage and Beg

Ahead of September’s All That Is Over album, Sprints have dropped two new tunes – one of which has a “rumbling, desert, garage influence”, while the other is “tongue-in-cheek and satirical”.

Watch Ghost perform Lachryma on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

See Ghost’s brilliant debut on Jimmy Fallon, performing Lachryma from this year’s sixth album Skeletá.

Nova Twins drop celebratory new single and video, N.O.V.A

Watch the video for Nova Twins’ latest sing-along banger N.O.V.A, taken from next month’s Parasites & Butterflies LP.

“He has the ultimate legacy”: Meeting the fans as Birmingham pays tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

As metal fans from across the world descend on Birmingham to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, we head down to the Black Sabbath bench and mural to meet those who were so deeply touched by his life and music…

Greywind have released a “comforting” new single, Moon

Ahead of September’s Severed Heart City album, Greywind have unveiled a new single, Moon, which was actually written a looooong time ago…

Coldplay cover Changes, dedicate last night’s show to “incredible genius” Ozzy Osbourne

At Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, Coldplay’s Chris Martin performed a touching cover of Changes and sent his love to the Osbourne family.

See Machine Head cover War Pigs and Children Of The Grave live

Machine Head opened with two Black Sabbath covers last night in Austria on their European tour, having found out about Ozzy’s death only “20 minutes before we walked onstage”.

Ozzy Osbourne: No ordinary man

Once he’d entered his 70s, Ozzy Osbourne told us that he wanted to “live life to the full”. Now, following the devastating loss of metal’s greatest-ever icon, we look back over exactly that: an incredible lifetime of changing heavy music forever, influencing more bands than anyone can possibly count, and of course causing some memorable mischief along the way…

Deftones reveal 2025 Dia De Los Deftones line-up with Clipse, Deafheaven and more

The sixth annual Dia De Los Deftones Festival is happening later this year in San Diego, with a hand-picked line-up including Clipse, 2Hollis, Rico Nasty and Deafheaven.

Alice Cooper honours “unmatched showman and cultural icon” Ozzy at Cardiff Utilita Arena show

Learning of his death “just minutes” before hitting the stage in Wales, Alice Cooper paid tribute to the late, great Ozzy Osbourne.

Ghost just dedicated their Madison Square Garden show to Ozzy Osbourne

“For being The Prince Of Darkness, he sure gave us a lot of light…” Watch Papa V Perpetua pay tribute to Ozzy onstage at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

“You will never leave us – your music is eternal”: Metallica, Judas Priest, YUNGBLUD, Elton John and more pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

Tributes pour in across social media for Ozzy Osbourne – from Def Leppard to Metallica to Elton John and beyond.

Ozzy Osbourne has died, aged 76: “He was with his family and surrounded by love”

Just a couple of weeks on from his farewell show with Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne passed away this morning (July 22) according to a statement from his family.

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