Weekly Music News 03.08.25
Guitar legend Michael Schenker has released "Don't Sell Your Soul", the title track of his new "Michael Schenker Group" album and his first single since Erik Grönwall (singer of "H.E.A.T." and "Skid Row") joined the band. The album "Don't Sell Your Soul" will be released October 3, featuring Schenker and Grönwall alongside Bodo Schopf (drums), Barend Courbois (bass) and Steve Mann (guitar, keyboards).
The band "Trivium" announces a new EP and releases a particularly furious single, "Bury Me With My Screams".
The single leads a three-track EP, "Struck Dead", due October 31.
This is the first material recorded at the band's new studio, built at its headquarters in an aircraft hangar in Florida.
The band "Nothing More" releases a new video for "FREEFALL", featuring Chris Daughtry, just a week after the song's release as a single.
The video movingly tells the story of a firefighter struggling with his mental health, who suddenly finds a new direction in life after a chance encounter with a homeless dog. The personal, emotional story and the powerful performances by Hawkins and Daughtry create a strong visual and musical experience, conveying a message of hope, healing and human connection.
Singer Charlotte Sands releases a new single, "neckdeep".
Charlotte says of the song: "It is about realizing you are no longer a priority in your relationship, and the desperation that comes with needing to feel seen."
Musician Hayley Williams, the singer of "Paramore", released no fewer than 17 new songs this week, and now one of them has an official video. Directed by Zachary Gray, the video follows Williams around her hometown of Nashville as she visits bachelorette-party tourist spots, dances alongside representative Justin Jones and sings karaoke.
Williams wrote, performed and recorded all 17 songs herself. They are standalone songs rather than part of an album.
The band "Papa Roach" releases an intense new video for "BRAINDEAD", a heavy collaboration with Toby Morse of H2O. After releasing the song last month, the band began teasing an extreme video on social media, showing singer Jacoby Shaddix forcibly confined to an institution and subjected to violent treatment.
The "Prince of Darkness"'s cause of death was revealed this week!
Ozzy died on July 22, 2025, at the age of 76, following a heart attack, according to the death certificate filed in London.
The documents, filed by his daughter Aimee Osbourne, also listed cardiovascular disease, including coronary artery disease, among the causes of death. They also noted that Osbourne had Parkinson's disease, a diagnosis he publicly revealed in 2020.
And more on Ozzy...
We now know what happened to the hundreds of tributes left in memory of Ozzy Osbourne on the Black Sabbath bridge in Birmingham, England. According to Central BID Birmingham, all the items were taken to a "secret location", where they were laid out, sorted and carefully documented. The flowers are undergoing a special shredding process before being placed at Ozzy's grave, while the remaining items were prepared for delivery to the Osbourne family.
Musician Maynard James Keenan again defends his decision to ban phones at his shows, a practice associated with his bands Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer that has also made headlines with "Ghost".
For years, Keenan has insisted on letting audiences experience the full show without distracting cameras, flashes or glowing screens. In a new interview with Clownvis Presley, he offers another reason for the policy.
"Most of the time, when you go to shows today, it just becomes a reflex: you pick up your phone. It is now considered acceptable behavior to block somebody else's view with your device," Keenan said.
"It is annoying, it is distracting, and what you are filming is just terrible. It does not represent what is really happening. You are not really going to go home and watch it, either."
The band "Alter Bridge" shares photos and thoughts from work on its new album.
To create the new album, the band chose a different approach. Together with longtime producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette, they moved into the "5150" studios of Eddie Van Halen in Los Angeles, thanks to their longtime friend Wolfgang Van Halen, for songwriting and pre-production.
The 1991 masterpiece by "Metallica", known as The Black Album, has achieved another historic milestone, becoming only the fourth studio album ever to reach 800 weeks on the Billboard 200.
According to a Chart Data post, the album has spent a cumulative 800 weeks on the chart, more than 15.4 years! For comparison, it reached No. 1 on August 31, 1991, and almost 34 years later it is still charting, currently at No. 162.
The band "BABYMETAL" releases its fifth album, "Metal Forth", this week, and it is packed with guests!!
It is hard to believe, but the band that invented a distinctive genre combining heavy metal with colorful Japanese aesthetics and pop elements is already celebrating 15 years together. It has consistently bent the rules of the genre and defined its own musical reality.
Listen on: Spotify, Apple Music
The band "Halestorm" releases its sixth album, "Everest", this week, and it looks and sounds like they decided to drop everything and climb the world's highest mountain!!
The band took a calculated gamble here, breaking its essence down, examining every part and building it all again. Everything is instinct, courage and going all the way. Everest is still Halestorm, but in surprising, intriguing ways that take time and several listens to fully appreciate.
Listen on: Spotify, Apple Music
The band "Good Charlotte" officially makes its comeback this week with the release of "Motel Du Cap".
This is the band's first studio album in seven years, since "Generation Rx" in 2018.
The band invites you into its imaginary hotel, a musical experience combining collaborations and rough edges while keeping the "pop" in pop-punk.
Listen on: Spotify, Apple Music
A man fell to his death at an "Oasis" show at Wembley Stadium this week, the fourth in a series of five sold-out London shows.
As far as is known, the man, in his 40s, fell from the stadium's upper tier, a height of 15 meters, near the end of the show. In a press statement, the band said it was shocked and saddened, and offered its condolences to his family and friends.
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