Distorted Noise

King Diamond fans have been waiting for years for the singer's first studio album since 2007, and the wait is almost over. Recent interviews with guitarist Andy La Rocque and King Diamond himself reveal that the long‑gestating concept record is finally taking shape and edging toward completion. July 2025 – Fresh timeline and natural sound: In a July 19 2025 interview with Sonic Perspectives, La Rocque said the band plans to have the album fully recorded befo re Christmas and to release it in spring 2026. During their 2024 U.S. tour they tested two new songs, "Electro Therapy" and "Spider Lilly", and both will appear on the record. He explained that they want the new material to capture a more organic, natural sound rather than the heavily edited feel of some modern recordings. May 2025 – Album title and upcoming singles: King Diamond told Metal Hammer on May 13 2025 that the new record will be called **Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920**. (It was previously working‑...

Megadeth founder and former Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine has again insisted that his contributions were instrumental to Metallica’s rise. Speaking with the RattleheadsNFT Twitter Spaces group earlier this year, he said that when he left Metallica in the early 1980s “the world wanted to know what I was gonna do, because I was this huge component of Metallica’s success.” He recalled that fans going to shows after he left thought there was “something very, very, very wrong” compared with the band heard on the No Life ’Til Leather demo, and those questions led him to form Megadeth. Despite the longstanding rivalry, Mustaine acknowledged that Kirk Hammett did a good job interpreting his parts in Metallica. Mustaine repeated the theme during a May 2025 appearance on “The Shawn Ryan Show.” He said that after Metallica fired him he asked the band not to use his music, but they used it anyway. In that interview he listed songs from the band’s first two releases that he says he wrote—includ...

 Rock music is having a busy year. New songs from legends and reunions from long‑separated bands are grabbing headlines while streaming numbers show that fans are still hungry for guitars and big hooks. Below is a digest of the most significant stories in rock for July 2025, including acclaimed new releases, the most‑streamed bands and the biggest tours hitting stages this summer. Top rock songs of 2025 (so far) • Ozzy Osbourne & Billy Morrison – “Gods of Rock N Roll”. Morrison wrote the song more than a decade ago; it appeared on his album God Shaped Hole as a straight‑forward band recording. Ozzy felt the song deserved more, so Morrison reworked it into a grand single with an orchestra and choir featuring Idol band‑mate Steve Stevens. • David Byrne – “Everybody Laughs”. Byrne’s single from his album Who Is the Sky? celebrates the chaos of New York City. He sings about people rummaging through garbage for inspiration and finding beauty in subway ceilings, illustrating how musi...