August 2025 - Jace media music

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Singles

Heartstrings and Honesty – Connor Selby Captivates on Intimate New Ballad “Amelia”

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Review By Halina Wegner With “Amelia”, singer-songwriter Connor Selby delivers one of his most heartfelt and vulnerable tracks to date. A folky ballad rich in texture and emotional depth, the single showcases Selby’s ability to use music not just as art, but as pure emotional communication. It’s another stunning piece from his [more…]

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Singles

Bryan Adams – A Little More Understanding – Single Review – wilfulpublicity

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Review By Darren McIntyre Bryan Guy Adams aka Bryan Adams is a singer / songwriter / musician / record producer / photographer from Kingston, Ontario, Canada via Plymouth England who has been active since 1975 and is estimated to have sold between 75 – 100 million records worldwide. Bryan has won 20 [more…]

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Rock

Late‑Night Confessions and Chaotic Fuel—Ray Hawthorne Isn’t Real Doesn’t Whisper, It Roars

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He’s still a mess. You’re probably a mess. And that’s the point. Review By Glen Parkes Waiting for Ray Hawthorne Isn’t Real felt like sitting at the edge of a packed house a minute before the lights drop—expectant, nervous, electric. Since announcing the title and teasing new singles, Ray Hawthorne has methodically [more…]

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When Metal Becomes Digital Warfare: OMNI [ULTRA] Is The Browning Unleashed

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Rave apocalypse on disc. Metal beyond metal—this is sonic revolution. Review By Ian Walker Forged from decades of evolving extremity—industrial, deathcore, EDM, and techno—the latest OMNI [ULTRA] release marks a statement that few sonic entities dare make. This double-disc edition, due August 27, 2025 via FiXT, doesn’t merely enhance their previous album; [more…]

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“Colossally Metal: Baest’s Daring Reinvention Rocks Hard and Roars Louder”

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Review By Ian Walker With Colossal, Danish death metal juggernauts Baest have cracked open the casket of tradition and let a wild, glorious beast of heavy metal rebellion out into the world. Released via Century Media on August 15, 2025, their fourth full-length album is nothing short of a declaration — not [more…]

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Rock

“Burning Bright: Chevelle’s Bright as Blasphemy Is a Haunting Triumph of Reflection and Power”

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Review By Glen Parkes In a world where trends change by the minute and bands come and go in the blink of an algorithm, Chevelle stand tall—resolute, unwavering, and heavy as ever. With their long-awaited tenth studio album Bright as Blasphemy, out August 15 via Alchemy Recordings, the Chicago-based duo deliver a [more…]

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Singles

Mason – All I Ever Wanted – Single Review – bjfmedia

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Review By Darren McIntyre Mason are a melodic AOR band from Ontario, Canada who deliver a fresh yet familiar take on classic hard rock, mmelding soaring hooks , rich melodies with an anthemic arrangement. The boys gave us their debut album I Can;t Wait back in 2024 and today the boys return [more…]

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Singles

Sabaton – ‘The Duelist’ and ‘Lightning At The Gate’ Single

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Power Metal Better Noise Music Released – July 25th 2025 Reviewed By Smudge Smith I don’t usually review singles but when I when I heard this, I had to put pen to paper. Sabaton are right at the top when it comes to power metal. Their material is factually based war epics [more…]

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Blues & Americana

Morgan Wade – The Party Is Over – Album Review – wilful publicity

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Review By Darren McIntyre Morgan Dealie Wade aka Morgan Wade is a singer / songwriter / guitarist from Floyd, Virginia who has been active since 2018. Morgan has been setting the country world on fire with her thought provoking lyrics and soulful vocals that gave us her self released Puppets With My [more…]

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Singles

Caryn Dixon – Bird In A Cage – Single Review – anchor publicity

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Review By Darren McIntyre Caryn Dixon is a rising singer / songwriter from Central Pennsylvania who brings fierce honesty with a firecracker sound to match. Caryn began writing songs and singing in church aged 7. Today she is a genre – defying singer / songwriter with honest lyrics who is also a [more…]

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Rock

BAND – NIGHTHAWK ALBUM – SIX THREE 0

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REVIEWER – GRAEME WRIGHT If there was an Olympic Games for Melodic Rock then Sweden would take home the majority of the Gold medals without question. For some reason, the ability to produce this kind of music seems effortless to the Swedes, and the new record from Nighthawk is no exception. It’s [more…]

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Interviews

Tripping Through Time with Agropelter’s Kay Olsen

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By Justin Smulison Kay Olsen is the multi-instrumentalist mastermind behind Agropelter, whose stunning debut, The Book of Hours, was recently released by the Lasers Edge. Hours is an instrumental odyssey rooted in classic progressive rock but infused with a cinematic and otherworldly sensibility. From the opening notes, it’s clear that Olsen is [more…]