Weekly Release Roundup: Monday 10th Feb 2025 – Friday 14th Feb 2025
From gothic metal to alternative rock, to black, doom, and redneck metal, to hard rock, psych-infused groove, and scuzzy punk, it’s a big week for releases and we’ve got a list for you to check out. All these releases are out this week!
Lacuna Coil – Sleepless Empire (Century Media Records)
Creative, interesting, and anthemic, what more could anyone want from this band?
Check out the full review here.
Bleeding Through – Nine (Sharptone Records)
Looking back, embracing their past, and using it to make their modern sound more complete. It is metalcore through and through, but rather than sound like a band playing ‘catch-up’, this album serves to remind all about the power that they have.
Check out the full review here.
Midland Railway – Midland Railway (Self Released)
It’s a short listen, but with that comes an ‘all killer, no filler’ feeling. Midland Railway have tried to deliver the very best of themselves and so much of it sticks in the mind, for all manner of reasons. Least of all, just how ruddy infectious each and every track is.
Check out the full review here.
Decline of the I – Wilhelm (Agonia Records)
Not just blackened to its core, this new Decline of the I album comes weighted down by sombre melody and dark atmosphere. It’s black metal, there is no denying that, but it’s in an evolved form that oozes horrible and harsh atmosphere, to the point where it starts to transform into post.
Check out the full review here.
Warlung – The Poison Touch (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Featuring gargantuan riffs, hazy stoner-infused groove, the weight of doom, the energy of rock, and the atmosphere of psychedelia, Warlung’s new album is a trippy listen, but one that fills the heart and soul with warmth. Their approach, while familiar to those who like their rock to have a bit of the flavour of burning incense, is one based in anthems. Warlung, for all their varied ideas, have gone the catchy route.
Check out the full review here.
Indian Nightmare – Banished into Endless Chaos (High Roller Records)
Indian Nightmare deliver 3 songs of impressive energy and creativity mixing moments of thrash, traditional heavy metal and gothic punk to deliver a pretty unique sound. It sounds great on record, but you feel this is music that excels in a live environment. It’s just fun.
Check out the full review here.
Hangman’s Chair – Saddiction (Nuclear Blast)
Rightfully considered a giant within the melancholic doom rock and metal world, Hangman’s Chair return with an album that embodies their inherent heavy beauty. An album that is unflinchingly honest, as most would expect, and an album that stares into the darkness, refusing to blink.
Check out the full review here.
Blood Cult – We’re Gonna Take Your Soul (Self Released)
Now, if your initial reaction to hearing the term ‘redneck black metal’ is to scoff, be warned, Blood Cult truly are a unique sonic experience that combines southern rock, blues, and country/western with black metal. Yes, this is not a joke, and to make it even more absurd, it comes coated in old-school heavy metal Satanic vibes.
Check out the full review here.
Necrodancer – Acts of Chaos Require Halberds and Late Night Sandwiches (Frozen Records)
A spitting and snarling blast of ugly punk noise blended with black and roll aspects and with a ‘tongue in cheek’ approach. This new EP is for the scuzzy. For those that like to lurk in dark places, crawl around in the filth and get a bit weird, here and there.
Check out the full review here.
Savage Lands – Army of the Trees (Season of Mist)
The album is an easy listen with nothing happening musically that is overly challenging or groundbreaking but, in part due to the massive number of members and guests, there is a whole heap of variety and creativity on offer.
Check out the full review here.
Greybeards – Out of the Red (Rexius Records)
Rock music in its most memorable form, there’s nothing game changing here, but that doesn’t mean everyone can’t have a mighty fine time with a bunch of tracks that guarantee the body will groove and move.
Check out the full review here.
Hands Like Houses – A T M O S P H E R I C S (Civilians)
Hands Like Houses are a very talented band. There’s a lot to get through, a lot to experience, but it is one that fans of top-notch alternative rock will keep coming back to.
Check out the full review here.
The Nightmares – Fire in Heaven (Venn Records)
It’s not the most exciting of listens, and sometimes it just doesn’t hook as well as I’d have hoped for, but it is still an enjoyable album with some really strong tracks.
Check out the full review here.
