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W. W. Hoffman is a rock/country artist and author whose music carries the same message as his life’s work – keep moving forward, no matter what. Born from the pages of his motivational book The Clock Keeps Turning, Hoffman’s music blends the grit of classic rock with the heart of country and the fire of […]

ONE OK ROCK have announced the details of a new Greatest Hits compilation album, celebrating their second decade as a band.

‘A Decade of Greatest Hits (2015 – 2025)’ will be released on October 30 via Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic Records, and will comprise the band’s standout tracks from 2015’s ’35xxxv’ through to 2025’s ‘Detox’.

It also signals the band’s first-ever worldwide vinyl release, with a whole host of colour variants available now from right here.

The tracklisting looks like this:

Side A

1. Fever 
2. Delusion:All
3. Renegades
4. Stand Out Fit In
5. Wasted Nights

Side B

6. Cry Out
7. Save Yourself
8. One Way Ticket
9. Heartache

Side C

10. We Are
11. Change
12. Take What You Want (Featuring 5SOS)
13. Vandalize

Side D

14. Dystopia
15. Prove
16. Taking Off
17. +Matter
18. I Was King

As you will see, the first track on the record is called ‘Fever’ and is actually brand new.

The artwork for the release also looks a lot like this:

The band recently shared a live EP ‘‘LIVE FROM DETOX JAPAN TOUR 2025’, recorded at the band’s hometown show at Japan’s Nissan Stadium in front of 70,000 people.

Here is their performance of ‘Puppets Can’t Control You’ from that very show.

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Dead/Asleep is a modern hard rock and metal project featuring members of Drowning Pool, Fire From The Gods, Flyleaf, Live, and Crobot. Collectively, the band brings decades of touring, recording, festival, and international performance experience to its debut release. Built around crushing riffs, soaring melodies, and emotionally charged songwriting, Dead/Asleep combines seasoned musicianship with a […]

Norweigian outfit DirtPhunks new release is a DirtPhunked version of an old Norwegian folk song called Håvard Hedde (A norwegian tale of love) with additional help from the composer Edvard Grieg. The result is a mighty rocker and a showstopper. The song is also a medley of Norwegian classical music by Edward Grieg and other […]

Last year, Neil Young and his current backing band Chrome Hearts did a whole lot of touring, and they initially planned to keep it going into this year. Young and Chrome Hearts announced a European tour for June and July of this year. A few months before it was going to take place, though, Young canceled the tour, explaining that he “decided to take a break.” That break is over, as Young will join his old friend and fellow icon Willie Nelson for a pair of East Coast shows in December.

The post Neil Young Will Return To The Road With Two Shows Next Month appeared first on Stereogum.

Balu Brigada have shared a new track titled ‘BedHead’, their first new music since the release of their 2025 album ‘Portals’.

The song finds the band in shimmering form, with short, sharp melodies and bright, breezy atmospheres aplenty. Five minutes of perfect end-of-summer thoughtfulness and tenacity, it is a wonderful start to a new chapter for the band at a point where they really do have the world at their feet.

Henry and Pierre Beasley had this to say about the song:

“‘BedHead’ is about trading sleep for a dream. It’s being aware of all the hurts and heartaches that inevitably come from pursuing a passion project, and deciding it’s worth doing anyway. Written after the busiest year of our lives, ‘BedHead’ bittersweetly details the sacrifices we make to relationships, sleep, and home life, and comes to the conclusion that we wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m g-g-g-good with that.”

The band released their debut album ‘Portals’ just under a year ago, and it has since been streamed millions of times worldwide. It features the smash hit ‘Backseat’, which sounds a lot like this:

The duo have a host of appearances scheduled for the coming months, which you can check out below:

SEPTEMBER

25 – COLUMBIA All Things Go †
27 – SAN DIEGO CRSSD Fest †

OCTOBER

01 – SEATTLE Climate Pledge Arena *
02 – PORTLAND Moda Center *
03 – AUSTIN Austin City Limits Music Festival †
10 – AUSTIN Austin City Limits Music Festival †

NOVEMBER

21 – MEXICO CITY Corona Capital CDMX †

† Festival Appearance

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Balu Brigada were on the cover of Rock Sound earlier this year as one of our Stars of 2026. You can pick up a copy right now from SHOP.ROCKSOUND.TV

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It’s Smokey Goretooth back with a new “Do I Suck?,” MetalSucks’ version of “Am I The Asshole?” where we take real life horror stories and bring them to our readers to decide if the OP sucks for some bullshit they may or may not have done.

This week’s submission comes from an anonymous user who got into it with a senior citizen. Read on…

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I didn’t want for any of this to happen, but I really did feel like I had to defend myself. I take the train into the city to go to work, and I was sitting in the seat closest to the window with my headphones on. Some old dude came up and sat next to me since that’s where the only open seat was (usually people think I look scary because of my clothes and stuff so I assume that’s why most people don’t like sitting next to me, which is okay), and I figured everything would be fine. It wasn’t.

We barely made it five minutes before this dude’s decrepit finger starts poking me. I take one of my earbuds out to ask him what’s wrong, and he told me he can hear my music and he thinks it’s terrible and wants me to turn it off. I very flatly said “no,” put my earbud back in and go back to minding my business. I’m honestly surprised he could hear anything because this man had to be at least 70 years old.

About another five or so minutes goes by, and this mummy taps me again and says my music is really bothering him and that if I didn’t turn it off he was going to go up to the conductor and tell him to kick me off the train. I told him I have every right to listen to what I want to inside of my headphones and that if he doesn’t like it he could go find somewhere else to sit, and then I turned around and again, kept minding my business.

That’s when I feel him pull my earbud out of my ear and scream “turn that shit off!” He even spit on me a little as he did it. I tried to pry my earbud out of his cold, dying hand but I obviously didn’t want to hurt this guy. He then tried to pull my phone out of my hand to turn my music off himself, as if he’d even be able to figure it out. I slapped his hand away and shoved my phone in my pocket, and then he stands up and over me trying to reach in my pocket to take it. So, I pushed him.

He fell back into his seat, and I tell him to give me my earbud back. He told me I just assaulted him and he was going to call the cops and get me arrested. Mind you, no one else stepped in to help. I understand the optics don’t look good—me, a long-haired metalhead shoving this old “feeble” fucker, but he started it. Since I clearly didn’t want to get arrested I just decided to get off at the next stop.

I ended up being late to work because I had to wait for the next train, and I’m down an earbud. Do I really suck for this?

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Well, there you have it, folks. If anything, that old shit put hands on him first, but does this person suck for the old-on-young squabble?

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FKA twigs easily surpassed the Twigs in fame, and now she’s beaten them in court too.

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The metal band Demon Hunter are in the process of suing Netflix over the 'Kpop Demon Hunters' movie because of its similarity to their own moniker. Continue reading…

by Geoff Bailie

If you asked ChatGPT who were the 3 most distinctive melodic British prog rock guitarists active today… well, you don’t need AI to give you the answer: Gilmour, Hackett and Rothery! So the fact that 2 of the 3, Steve Hackett & Steve Rothery, have made an album together is definitely something worth your attention.

Working together on and off over 10 years, the two Steves’ improvisations have created something that, perhaps, you might not expect. The theme of the music is right there from the moment you get the sleeve and the song/album title. The unifying theme is the sea and all of the images and atmospheres that it creates. It may be helpful to explain first what the album isn’t: it’s not a guitar-gunslingers at dawn shred-fest (though the guitar playing is outstanding!) and it’s also not a snoozy soundtrack album (though the scope and dynamic of the music is cinematic in itself). It’s also not GTR Part 2 – and I say that as someone who loves the GTR album! There are no vocals or pop songs, yet there is a melodic strength that makes this music memorable.

(In the absence of track by track notes, I am going to make some guesses as to who plays what, and will undoubtedly get it wrong – sorry!)

Opener “The Storm” has Hackett (first guess) playing some Jeff Beck-esque lyrical melodies, bending notes with ease, before the crash of thunder shifts the pace. Leon Parr’s drums kick in and drive the rest of the song forward. The two guitarists trade melodies as the song progresses, very much like a duet – complimentary rather than competing.

“Sandsend” is next, with a main melody that could quite easily be a vocal piece. A striking feature of this whole album is – what does the guitarist do when the other is taking the lead? For me that’s a great example of how well crafted an album this is – the subtleties and the backgrounds will, I’m sure, stand out in the surround/ Atmos mixes. There are various sound effects and other textures which all contribute to the experience. “Red Dragon” has a great strummed riff, along with some sitar-like playing. This one had me searching my notes to find who was playing the bass – and what I discovered is that Ricardo Rommano plays bass, and keys… and co-wrote and mixed the album! Rommano will be known to some for playing keys in the Steve Rothery Band and with Rothery’s second guitarist in The David Foster Band. He is a multi-instrumentalist, writer and singer. You get the sense that he’s also a vital contributor to this album and holds his own with the Steves.

Title track, “The Roaring Waves,” starts with some nylon string guitar which I assume is Steve H, before the underpinning orchestral riff begins. I can certainly tell that it’s Rothery on the opening electric section of this song. I have to say, this album invites you to crank up your stereo/ surround set up, or immerse yourself with your best headphones, close your eyes and picture the images it conjures. The moving and flowing rhythms of this most certainly give you a picture of The Roaring Waves, which then return to calm, symbolised by the closing acoustic guitars.

If you haven’t already Googled, “K-129” was a Soviet submarine that sank in the North Pacific, and all of its crew perished. When it was eventually recovered, many wondered why it had sunk/ what had it been doing/ what had it been carrying… producing the now famous governmental response “We can neither confirm nor deny…”. The track begins with a mechanic looping backing, symbolising the repetitive progress of the ship through the water. Both guitarists jam over this backing, Rothery playing more melodic, while Hackett digs deep into distortion and “noisy” guitars, all subtly mixed! When the backing ends, the sonar ping in the silence indicates something isn’t right – and the musicians return with a series of imaginative solos. This section is a great example of the Steves playing in support of each other, rather than battling!

You may have heard “The Black Sea” already, as it was the first single from the album. Like the whole album you get a mix of the fresh and the distinctive guitar sounds of Hackett and Rothery. The chiming Strat on this is presumably Steve R, as Steve H provides the shimmering sounds behind him. When I first heard this track, it reminded me of an update on Hank Marvin of The Shadows playing – smooth and melodic, rather than harsh and shreddy!

Closing track “Pacific Coast Highway” is another shift. If you know Steve Hackett’s history, you will know that his first instrument was a blues harmonica, and that’s a featured instrument in this America-inspired track. The most uptempo album track, with wordless female vocals, blasts of Hammond organ, and the guitars slide and bend at their bluesy best. The tempos shift throughout the piece, changing the background scene and allowing more melodies and styles to emerge. It all leads to a soft, clean toned ending, with the choral vocals returning, sounding as if it could have come from either of the bands the two are most famous for!

I’ve said it before, and I say it again here: I am a big fan of the 45 minute album, especially for instrumental music. This one is 45:08 in total – so this is just perfect for me. Great kudos should be given to the two Steves for producing an atmospheric guitar-led album, filled with a rich variety of sounds and atmospheres. This is very much music to fuel your imagination, and to create pictures and images in your head, perhaps similar to what the musicians saw in theirs. The album has clearly been a labour of love for Hackett and Rothery, and if you’ve enjoyed any of their guitar playing within their bands, you should definitely get a copy of this.

Pre-order now here: https://stevehackettsteverothery.lnk.to/TheRoaringWaves-Album

1. The Storm (6:51)
2. Sandsend (4:45)
3. Red Dragon (4:18)
4. The Roaring Waves (7:11)
5. K-129 (7:53)
6. The Black Sea (6:41)
7. Pacific Coast Highway (7:33)

Steve Hackett / guitar, harmonica
Steve Rothery / guitar, bass, keyboards
With:
Riccardo Romano / keyboards, bass
Daniele Pomo / drums (1-4)
Leon Parr / drums (6,7)

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