Album Review: BLVD HVNNY – IX (Mongrel Records)
South African alternative/goth/post-punk band BLVD HVNNY (pronounced Blood Honey) are releasing their debut album, ‘IX’, on the 8th of August 2025, via Mongrel Records.
Album/EP Reviews
Album Review: BABYMETAL – METAL FORTH (Capitol Records)
BABYMETAL returns with METAL FORTH. The renowned Japanese metal band has signed to Capitol Records, and the new album will be released on August 8th, 2025.
Album Review: Dreamwake – The Lost Years (UNFD)
Following their debut ‘Virtual Reality’, progressive metalcore band Dreamwake is now gearing up to release their sophomore album, ‘The Lost Years’, via UNFD.
Album Review: Halestorm – Everest (Atlantic Records)
Halestorm, the GRAMMY-winning hard rock band will release ‘Everest’, their sixth studio album, on August 8th via Atlantic Records.
Album Review: Sinsaenum – In Devastation (earMUSIC)
Extreme metal supergroup Sinsaenum will make their long-awaited return with the release of their crushing new, and third studio album, ‘In Devastation’. Out August 8th, 2025, via earMUSIC.
Album Review: Lord of the Lost – OPVS NOIR Vol. 1 (Napalm Records)
A work, a transformation, a re-entry into the melancholic self, OPVS NOIR Vol. 1 is a grandiose undertaking by Lord of the Lost. It will be released on August 8, 2025, via Napalm Records.
Album Review: As December Falls – Everything’s on Fire but I’m Fine (As December Falls)
After erupting onto the UK pop-punk scene with their breakthrough 2021 album Happier, As December Falls proved they were more than just a rising act — they were a force. Now, they return with ‘Everything’s on Fire but I’m Fine’, out August 15th, 2025.
EP Review: To The Grave – Still (Unique Leader Records)
On August 1st, Australian deathcore unit To the Grave will release their new EP, ‘Still’, via Unique Leader Records. Tracks that come from the mindset that created 2024’s critically acclaimed album ‘Everyone’s a Murderer’ but didn’t quite fit that album’s vibe.