September 2025 - Jace media music

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Metal

For The Forsaken – Hard Rock Music With Feelings

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Album – Hole in My Soul Release Date – 19th September 25 Review by Linda McDermott Cambridge outfit For The Forsaken have been steadily building their reputation with a string of hard-hitting singles, and now the real milestone has arrived. Their debut album Hole In My Soul lands on 19th September, pulling [more…]

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Live Reviews

FM – Brotherhood Tour Hits Edinburgh with Pure Rock Class

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Edinburgh, Liquid Room – September 6, 2025 Review and photos by Scott Anderson Some bands are simply built for the long run. FM, the melodic rock giants formed in 1984 by the Overland brothers, proved once again why they remain one of the UK’s most enduring acts as their “Brotherhood” UK tour [more…]

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Rockin’ The Country UK

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Sovereign Quarter Horses Horse Creek Farm March, Cambs Saturday 6th September 2025 Sovereign Quarter Horses is owned and managed by the husband-and-wife team of David and Sarah Deptford in the heart of the fens in March, Cambridgeshire. It’s beautifully flat with views for miles. It was originally established by David and his [more…]

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Singles

The Hot One Two – Keep the Anthems Coming!

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Single – Alive Again Release Date – 19th September Review by Linda McDermott The Hot One Two aren’t messing about when it comes to flying the flag for rock ’n’ roll. Hailing from Cambridge, the four-piece have been turning heads since 2017, when bassist Nick Blackburn, guitarist Nick Manners, and drummer Joe [more…]

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Singles

Slyder Smith – Riffs, grit, and raw honesty: Slyder Smith’s shout for connection.

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Single – Nobody’s Listening Release Date – 15th August 25 Review by Linda McDermott Slyder Smith has been part of the UK rock scene since the ’90s when he made his name as guitarist and backing vocalist with cult power-pop outfit Last Great Dreamers. The Dreamers picked up a Kerrang! Best New [more…]

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Nicko McBrain & David Frangioni launch ‘Metal Sticks’ podcast

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The Steve Morse Band have announced details of their brand-new album, Triangulation, which will be released on 14 November via Music Theories Recordings (Yngwie Malmsteen, Ayreon, Paul Gilbert, Vandenberg). To celebrate, they have unveiled the official video for their new track, Break Through. Break Through is the first new music since the release of 2009’s Out Standing In Their Field. Talking about the [more…]

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Wolfgang Van Halen’s MAMMOTH reveals new single/video “I Really Wanna” + London event this Friday

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HTTPS://MAMMOTH.LNK.TO/IREALLYWANNA MUSIC VIDEO FOR LATEST SONG CAN BE SEEN HERE MAMMOTH CONFIRM ‘IN CONVERSATION’ & STRIPPED BACK SET EVENT WITH BANQUET RECORDS IN KINGSTON UPON THAMES THIS FRIDAY NIGHT GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Wolfgang Van Halen is back with the third track from his upcoming studio album, The End. “I Really Wanna” comes on [more…]

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Interviews

By The ‘Book’: An Interview with Darker Half

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By Justin Smulison I love a good ‘ol fashioned metal album and Darker Half has delivered another powerful entry to the genre with their new LP, The Book Of Fate, available worldwide from Massacre Records. The Australian quartet has picked up where their prior album, If You Only Knew, left off; with [more…]

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Live Reviews

Radio 2 in the Park 2025: Chelmsford Rocks with Legends, Singalongs and Surprises

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Hylands Park, Chelmsford, 12–14 September 2025 Glen Parkes When a festival arrives in the birthplace of radio, expectations are naturally sky-high. For one weekend in September, Hylands Park in Chelmsford transformed into the beating heart of live music as Radio 2 in the Park 2025 landed in Essex. Tens of thousands of [more…]

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Bryan Adams – Roll With the Punches: Familiar Comforts, Fading Sparks

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Done by Kirsty and Alastair. By the time an artist reaches their sixteenth studio album, expectations are a curious thing. On one hand, fans anticipate the familiar: the sound, style and sentiment that first drew them in. On the other, there is the lingering hope that longevity in music is fuelled by [more…]

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Metal

Into the Ruins: Beyond Extinction’s Where They Gather Paints a City of Ash and Anguish

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Review By Glen Parkes You listen to certain albums. There are also albums that engulf you—records that seize your throat and pull you into a world so suffocating and oppressive that you’re left gasping and only partially thankful that you’re still alive when you emerge. That second group includes the eagerly anticipated [more…]

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Blues & Americana Singles

Tyler Bryant Finds Grounding with Honest New Track “Planted”

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Review By Glen Parkes Tyler Bryant steps into new territory with “Planted,” his second release as a solo artist. Known to many as the fiery leader of The Shakedown, Bryant strips things back here, offering a piece that feels both intimate and resolute. The song, shaped by memories of his Texas childhood, [more…]