The issue is The ultimate review of 2025: the best albums, the biggest events and the megastars who rocked our world.

Reports of rock & roll's demise have been circulating for decades, but as the old song says, it's never going to die.

As the son of one of the world’s most influential rock guitar players, it’s understandably taken Wolfgang Van Halen some time ...

Rounding up 2025 was several major releases, with AFI releasing their 12th full-length, Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…, ...

Variety's music writers pick 2025's best albums, including Lily Allen, Lady Gaga, Rosalía, Bad Bunny, Clipse, Brandi Carlile, ...

From psychedelic grooves to minimalist pulses and stadium-shaking riffs, these are the basslines that have shaped rock music ...

Sure, we were only 10 days into 2025, but just listen to Lambrini Girls’ blistering, relentlessly fun, thorny, in-your-face ...

He also has another influence to thank. He played the song's infectious angular guitar riff on a late '60s Black Beauty ...

From Bowie to Big Star, the 15 best albums of 1972 defined rock’s golden era - and shaped the music landscape forever ...

To date, Guns N' Roses have released six "new" songs since 2016: "Absurd" and "Hard Skool" in 2021; "Perhaps" and "The ...