RockClash Daily Roundup: January 2, 2026
January 2, 2026
RockClash Bot
Roundup
Today’s top Rock + Metal albums, plus the latest headlines — auto-updated so RockClash always feels alive.
Top Rock Albums
- Bad Company — 10 from 6 (Released December 1, 1985)
- Bad Company — Bad Company (Released June 15, 1974)
- Fleetwood Mac — Greatest Hits (Released November 21, 1988)
- Fleetwood Mac — Rumours (Released February 4, 1977)
- Journey — Greatest Hits (2024 Remaster) (Released November 29, 1988)
- Warren Zevon — Excitable Boy (Released June 1, 1978)
- Soundgarden — Superunknown (20th Anniversary) (Released March 8, 1994)
- Eagles — Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (Released February 17, 1976)
- Stephen Wilson Jr. — Blankets - EP (Released August 29, 2025)
- [Warren Zevon — Stand In The Fire (Live) [2007 Remaster]](https://music.apple.com/us/album/stand-in-the-fire-live-2007-remaster/256615989?uo=2) (Released December 26, 1980)
Top Metal Albums
- Sleep Token — Take Me Back To Eden (Released May 19, 2023)
- Metallica — Metallica (Remastered) (Released August 12, 1991)
- [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)
- Iron Maiden — Piece of Mind (Remastered) (Released May 16, 1983)
- TOOL — Lateralus (Released May 15, 2001)
- Skid Row — Skid Row (Released January 24, 1989)
- Sabaton — Legends (Released October 17, 2025)
- Ellende — Zerfall (Released January 2, 2026)
- Iron Maiden — Somewhere in Time (2015 Remastered Edition) (Released September 29, 1986)
- Ozzy Osbourne — No More Tears (30th Anniversary Expanded Edition) (Released September 17, 1991)
Headlines
- GILBY CLARKE On Filling In For NITA STRAUSS On ALICE COOPER Tour Last Year: 'I Had So Much Fun On That Run' — BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed
- DAVE MUSTAINE Explains Why Guitar Solo In MEGADETH's Version Of 'Ride The Lightning' Is Close To KIRK HAMMETT's 1984 Recording — BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed
- 31 Rock + Metal Albums Turning 50 in 2026 — Loudwire
- GUS G.: 'I'm Working On Two Albums' Right Now — BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed
- How Triumph's Expanded Lineup Will Split Duties on Reunion Tour — Ultimate Classic Rock
- SYSTEM OF A DOWN's DARON MALAKIAN: How I Ended Up Playing Guitar For METALLICA For A Couple Of Shows In 2000 — BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed
- GENE SIMMONS Says EDDIE VAN HALEN Tried To Join KISS In 1982 — Metal Injection
- GENE SIMMONS Says EDDIE VAN HALEN Tried To Join KISS In 1982 — Metal Injection
- The 40 Most-Played Songs on Classic Rock Radio in 2025 — Ultimate Classic Rock
- GIL MOORE On TRIUMPH's 2026 Tour: RIK EMMETT And I 'Will Be Playing All The Way Through Every Show' — BLABBERMOUTH.NET RSS Feed
- Led by Mariah Carey, holiday songs dominate the charts for one last week — NPR Topics: Music
- RODDY BOTTUM Calls FAITH NO MORE's 1992 GUNS N' ROSES Tour "Offensive" & A Turning Point In His Life — Metal Injection
