Weekly Music News 07.12.25
The band "Guns N' Roses" has released two new singles, "Nothin'" and "Atlas", its first since the singles the band put out in 2023. Both songs were originally written during the work on the album "Chinese Democracy" and were left off the album. "Atlas", known for years among fans by the unofficial name "Atlas Shrugged", and "Nothin'", which leaked in the past as a demo called "Nothing", were reworked after Slash and Duff McKagan returned to the lineup.
Both singles were re-recorded in recent years and will accompany the band's 2026 world tour, where they will be integrated into the setlist alongside the band's classic material.
The band "Alter Bridge" is releasing a new single, "Playing Aces", the third from its upcoming album that carries the band's name and is expected out on January 9 through Napalm. The song arrives after Silent Divide and What Lies Within.
Get your VR glasses ready, because the band "Avenged Sevenfold" has released a new song called "Magic", as part of another collaboration with the Call Of Duty game series. The song appears as part of the Season 01 update of Black Ops 7, and arrives a year after the album Life Is But A Dream... This is another collaboration between the band and Call Of Duty, after several original songs they created for the games in the past, among them Not Ready To Die, Carry On, Jade Helm and Mad Hatter.
The vocalist "TX2" and the band "Black Veil Brides" have launched the new single "The End of Us", which serves as the lead single from the debut album of "TX2", expected out on February 13, 2026. The official video, directed by TX2, presents a dramatic cinematic aesthetic.
The band "Kreator" is releasing a video for the new single "Satanic Anarchy", the third from its upcoming album Krushers Of The World, which will come out on January 16, 2026. The song joins the previous singles Seven Serpents and Tränenpalast.
According to Mille Petrozza, the song deals with mental uprising and with breaking patterns of fear and obedience.
The musician "Poppy" has released a new video for the single "Guardian", from her upcoming album "Empty Hands". The song was produced by Jordan Fish and continues the wider metallic line she has been following in recent years. It is the third single released from the album, after Bruised Sky and Unravel.
The release comes after the announcement of a joint tour by Poppy with Evanescence, ahead of the release of her seventh album.
The band "Bad Wolves" is releasing the single "Because Of You", one of the new songs that came out as part of the expanded edition of the album "Die About It (Deluxe)", released on September 19, 2025.
The band "Soen" released a new single this week, "Discordia", the third from the approaching album "Reliance", which will come out on January 16, 2026. The song presents the dark and intensive direction of the album, with the band describing it as an exploration of the tension between the desire for connection and the need to protect yourself from pain.
The band "Softcult" is releasing a new single called "Queen Of Nothing", from its debut album due out next month, "When A Flower Doesn't Grow". It is the fifth song revealed from the album, after Pill To Swallow, Naive, 16/25 and She Said, He Said.
According to the vocalist Mercedes Arn-Horn, the song deals with "two-facedness, harsh judgmental attitudes and the unrealistic expectations that a patriarchal society places on women".
The band "Def Leppard" published this week a new live performance of the song "Hysteria", recorded with the BBC Concert Orchestra as part of Radio 2 Piano Room in London. The recording was made in May 2023 at Maida Vale Studios, and forms part of the band's symphonic project around the album "Drastic Symphonies".
The new "hype" trailer by the host Geoff Keighley ahead of The Game Awards 2025 presents a cinematic version of the song "Rain" by the band "Sleep Token"; the song originally appears on the album Take Me Back To Eden from 2023.
The ceremony took place on Thursday, December 11, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, and included a special performance by "Evanescence" and a celebration of the year's most prominent video games.
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The band "Sleep Token" achieved a significant milestone after the song "Caramel" was ranked first on the Best Songs of 2025 list of the New York Times. The list includes 50 songs in two categories. "Caramel" came out as the second single from the album "Even in Arcadia", after "Emergence". The album itself reached first place in the United States on the Billboard chart.
Two fans of "Metallica" received a lifetime ban this week from Optus Stadium in Perth after trying to climb a speaker tower during the band's show on November 1. According to the report of Perth Now, the two young men, aged 20 and 23, jumped over the security fence at around 22:30, climbed to a height of about 10 to 50 meters and stayed there for about 20 minutes before coming back down. The climb ended in detention and arrest, and the two were brought to trial. A court in Perth ruled this week that the two will be permanently removed from the stadium following the act.
Eric Vanlerberghe, vocalist of the band "I Prevail", said in an interview with Full Metal Jackie this week that the stage anxiety he experienced in the past did not come from the big shows, but from the very smallest ones. According to him, at the beginning of his path, when he performed in front of a small local crowd of 15-20 people, he could barely speak between the songs because of embarrassment and a sense of overload. He added that only when the band began performing in front of crowds of hundreds and then thousands of people did the anxiety actually decrease. According to him, big shows felt easier to him because he does not need to look at a small crowd in which he is aware of every person and of the possible judgment from their side.
The band "Foreigner" will go out on a new tour with the founding vocalist Lou Gramm, who is returning to the lineup for an undefined period. Other than Gramm, none of the members of the early lineups appears on the current tour. The band's guitarist Luis Maldonado, who led Foreigner's recent shows in South America after the departure of Kelly Hansen, will continue to take part in the band's front line as well.
President Trump awarded last night at the White House the Kennedy Center Honors to a line of artists for their contribution to American culture. Among the medal recipients were the members of the band "Kiss" - Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss - and a representative of the family of the late guitarist Ace Frehley. Alongside the band, the honor was also given to Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford and the singer George Strait.
The Canadian band "Triumph" is announcing a first tour in 30 years, as part of marking 50 years since its formation. The classic lineup of the band includes Ricky Emmett, Mike Levine and Gil Moore, who were known for combining hard rock with progressive rock and for impressive stage shows. Triumph was active until 1993, when Emmett left for a solo career, and later reunited for special shows in 2008 and 2019. The new tour will open in April 2026 in Canada and will continue in the United States and Britain.
This week the first trailer was published for the documentary film "Bowie: The Final Act", which presents a look at the last period in the life of David Bowie. In the description of the trailer it is written that "ten years after the death of David Bowie, his final chapter is revealed", and that the film examines how he shaped the themes of life, death and creation in his final work Blackstar.
The film, directed by Jonathan Stiasny, includes interviews with friends and partners who worked with Bowie, alongside creators and celebrities who were among his fans. The film is expected to hit theaters in Britain on December 26, with no international distribution date at this stage.
The company Universal Music opened this week two new branches of UMusic Shop in New York and in London. The stores offer a wide selection of vinyl records, clothing items and merchandise of artists connected to the labels of UMG, among them Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Post Malone, Beastie Boys, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande and others.
In each of the stores a sound room inspired by a recording studio was set up, meant to allow visitors a unique listening experience.
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