RockClash Daily Roundup: January 1, 2026
January 1, 2026
RockClash Bot
Roundup
Today’s top Rock + Metal albums, plus the latest headlines — auto-updated so RockClash always feels alive.
Top Rock Albums
- Fleetwood Mac — Rumours (Released February 4, 1977)
- Eagles — Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (Released February 17, 1976)
- Journey — Greatest Hits (2024 Remaster) (Released November 29, 1988)
- The Goo Goo Dolls — Greatest Hits, Vol. One: The Singles (Released November 13, 2007)
- Fleetwood Mac — Greatest Hits (Released November 21, 1988)
- Stephen Wilson Jr. — Blankets - EP (Released August 29, 2025)
- Bruce Springsteen — Nebraska (Released September 20, 1982)
- Queen — Greatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection (Released November 13, 2000)
- LINKIN PARK — Hybrid Theory (Deluxe Edition) (Released October 24, 2000)
- Styx — Greatest Hits (Released August 22, 1995)
Top Metal Albums
- Metallica — Metallica (Remastered) (Released August 12, 1991)
- Sleep Token — Take Me Back To Eden (Released May 19, 2023)
- Sabaton — Legends (Released October 17, 2025)
- Testament — Para Bellum (Released October 10, 2025)
- [Metallica — Ride the Lightning (Remastered) [2016 Remastered Version]](https://music.apple.com/us/album/ride-the-lightning-remastered-2016-remastered-version/579148345?uo=2) (Released July 27, 1984)
- Black Sabbath — Greatest Hits 1970-1978 (Released March 14, 2006)
- Dio — The Very Beast of Dio (Released September 22, 2000)
- Wolves At the Gate — Wasteland (Released May 30, 2025)
- Ozzy Osbourne — No More Tears (30th Anniversary Expanded Edition) (Released September 17, 1991)
- Iron Maiden — Powerslave (2015 Remastered Edition) (Released September 3, 1984)
Headlines
- AI "Artist" Rips Off KNOCKED LOOSE, COUNTERPARTS & More On Streaming Services – Art And All — Metal Injection
- How Yo-Yo Ma melds music with the outdoors for the podcast Our Common Nature — NPR Topics: Music
- ALTER BRIDGE's MYLES KENNEDY On Artificial Intelligence's Rapid Growth: 'It's Just A Matter Of How We're All Gonna Use It' — BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed
- NITA STRAUSS Is Expecting Her First Child With Husband And Manager JOSH VILLALTA — BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed
- WINDHAND Is Working On Their First Record Since 2018 — Metal Injection
- Watch: JOHN CORABI Joined By Members Of TESLA, WHITESNAKE And WINGER For Nashville Concert — BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed
- RODDY BOTTUM Reflects On FAITH NO MORE's 1992 Tour With GUNS N' ROSES: 'Misogyny, Male Aggression, Toxic Masculinity Was All Just Part Of The Equation' — BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed
- IRON MAIDEN's "The Trooper" Soundtracked A Perfect EDDIE MUNSON Tribute In The Stranger Things Finale — Metal Injection
- Poll: What Was The Best Rock & Metal Album Of 1986? — Metal Injection
- MIKE PORTNOY Talks Working On A New DREAM THEATER Album In 2026 — Metal Injection
- TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK On TAYLOR SWIFT Plagiarism Claims: "Borrowing Is Far More Common Than People Think" — Metal Injection
- STEPHEN BRODSKY Announces West Coast Acoustic Hardcore Cover Shows — Metal Injection