Often artists grow to hate their biggest song. It happened to Radiohead with ‘Creep’, Led Zeppelin with ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and it derailed poor Neil Young.

Writing the perfect love song is a tricky affair, as lyrics which are supposed to be sweet often slip into an unhealthy devotion that verge on creepy.

Oasis lost the “Battle of Britpop” to Blur but emerged larger than the narrow hype. Radiohead sprinted from their biggest song and began reinventing the very notion of a rock band by dismantling it.

Here is your 2025 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all of this week's newest albums! Each week is loaded with new rock and metal releases and keeping track of it all can be pretty ...