Month: June 2025

Review By Glen Parkes for Jace Media Music If you ever wondered whether the glory days of hard rock could be reborn with fresh blood and modern fire, Rust N’ Rage’s new album Songs of Yesterday answers with a deafening, guitar-screaming, fist-pumping yes. Set for release on August 22, 2025 via Frontiers [more…]

Halina Wegner for Jace Media Music Defects return with a vengeance on their blistering new single “Heresy” — a sonic battering ram that rips through false hope with surgical fury. From the hypnotic intro riff to Tony Maue’s guttural war cry, “Let’s go!”, the track wastes no time setting fire to comfort [more…]

By Ian Walker for Jace Media Music On their decade milestone, Shadow of Intent return with Imperium Delirium—a merciless yet meticulously crafted album that marks their most brutal and politically charged work yet. Set for release on June 27 via Blood Blast Distribution, this record doesn’t simply expand their signature blend of [more…]

Blackened Death Metal Metal Blade Records Release Date – May 2nd 2025 REVIEW BY SMUDGE SMITH Hate have been around since 1990 but changed their name to Hat in 1992. Hailing from Warsaw, Poland they have been pretty prolific in their output since then. Having never heard any of their previous albums [more…]

Stoner/Sludge Self Release Released – May 17th 2025 REVIEW BY SMUDGE SMITH Mudfinger are a German stoner/doom power trio who formed in 2014. They released their first album ‘Psychonaut’ in 2018 and this is their sophomore effort. ‘Trinity’ opens on some huge easy guitar lines to warm up before the riff gets [more…]

Gothic Rock Independent Release Released – Early 2025 Blax are Italian and were one of the bands that caught my eyes and ears on my visit to Masters Of Rock last year. They played early on the main stage to a fast-gathering crowd, having played the second the year before, and they [more…]

Speed/Thrash Metal Independent Release Released – April 26th 2025 Desolator hail from Southampton and were formed in 2010. They didn’t hang about and released a demo in 2011 then a full length in 2013 and an EP in 2014 as well as having a track on a Sony compilation ‘Speed Kills 7’ [more…]