Month: February 2026

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News

SHINEDOWN reveal new album, single, and global tour

Today, rock goliaths Shinedown have announced they will be releasing their new studio album EI8HT on May 29th via Atlantic Records and have released huge new song “Safe And Sound.” The release follows a landmark year that saw four major singles unveiled which are included on the album – three #1 US radio hits: “Three Six Five“, “Dance, Kid, Dance,” [more…]

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Metal Singles

VCTMS – “devil’s/speak”

A Jace Media Music Review Illinois’ metalcore provocateurs VCTMS return with a scorched-earth single, “devil’s/speak”, a dark, aggressive collision of nu-metal and metalcore that hits like a fist through glass. From the opening riff, the track channels raw intensity and vengeful energy, confronting betrayal head-on while leaving the past dead and buried. [more…]

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Metal Singles

GODSNAKE – “Lost & Forgotten”

A Jace Media Music Review Hamburg’s melodic thrash contenders GODSNAKE return with a fierce statement of intent in new single “Lost & Forgotten”, the opening salvo from the forthcoming third album Inhale The Noise, due April 17th, 2026 via Massacre Records. From the first riff, the track hits with sharp precision and [more…]

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Jace Media Music

The Groggy Dogs – No Grog, No Glory

Self-Released | Out 23rd April Having read the press, I knew I just had to listen to this and review it. Spain’s unruly pirate collective, The Groggy Dogs, return with No Grog, No Glory, and there’s something genuinely different about this record. While many bands flying the folk-punk flag lean heavily into [more…]

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Jace Media Music

Debbie Sings – Oh My EP Review

Out 27th February via Big Oil Recordings Review By Halina Wegner Copenhagen-via-Berlin artist Debbie Sings is carving out her own corner of what she calls “recession-pop” — a sharp, self-aware brand of pop music that feels both playful and politically conscious, glossy yet slightly fractured. With Oh My, her entirely self-produced new [more…]

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Interviews

A ‘Pep Talk’ with Last Scene Alive

By Justin Smulison Last Scene Alive is a new jazz trio comprised of saxophonist Graham Robertson, synth and keys maestro Zack Be and drummer Sean Sidley. These three musicians have performed with various other groups, and their debut, World Class Pep Talk, will undoubtedly get your attention upon its independent digital release [more…]

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Metal

Review Skies Turn Black – Vreid

By Kirsty and Alastair Middlemist Having somehow eluded my radar for over two decades, Vreid arrive as a new discovery to me—which makes the fact that Skies Turn Black is their tenth studio album all the more remarkable. Formed in Norway and long established within the black metal scene, the band’s name [more…]

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Metal

Tailgunner – Midnight Blitz album review

ARTIST – TAILGUNNER ALBUM – MIDNIGHT BLITZ REVIEWER – GRAEME WRIGHT I reviewed the debut Tailgunner album ‘Guns For Hire’ back in 2023, and I was hugely positive about it. Old-school metal but with a modern “joie de vivre” and high-quality production, it ultimately ended up as one of my albums of [more…]

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Metal

Rozario – ‘Northern Crusaders’

Heavy Metal Pride And Joy Music Release Date – February 20th, 2026 Review By Smudge Smith Thanks to my partner in metal, Adrian Hextall, I have been subjected… er, I mean, introduced to all things power metal, and I have to say I am thoroughly enjoying the experience. It takes me back [more…]