Single and EP Reviews

Award-winning Brave Rival launch an exciting new chapter with the release of ‘Poison’, the first single & video from their forthcoming EP.This as yet untitled EP will be the band’s first as a four-piece. The EP will be released this October. To my ears it’s driven by big, fat, juicy …

They’re back! Mad Haven, the three piece original material rock band from North Wales are back and biting, point proven by their brand new single, the aptly titled ‘Take Control’ and a new music video will be released tonight at 08/08/25. Where does the time go? It seems an age …

Welcome back to the Stoke based noisemongers The Revenants as they release ‘Hard Rock Mutt’, the first of two songs, one on 1/08/25, the other being ‘She’s A Quean’, on 19/9/25. A re-recording of a song of the same name we released in 2019, which you can listen to for …

They’re back! The Midwich Affair are back to keep the glorious summer vibes alive with their recently released single, the curiously titled, ‘Don’t Outshine The Master’. Their songs are always memorable and this one is another belter. It’s a mean and moody meanderer that also kicks ass! It eases in …

Now this is something special to say the least as ‘Parker Barrow’, self proclaimed Nashville based, blues infused Southern rockers release ‘Novocaine’, on Friday, July 18th follow up song to ‘Make It’ in April. The band were formed by husband and wife duo Megan Kane on lead vocals and Dylan …

Welcome back to the lungbusting prowess of Will Wilde who has just released his ‘Girl’s Got Soul’ single, taken from his latest album ‘Blues Is Still Alive’ album via Vizz Tone Label Group. His harmonica playing is not of this planet, point proven by his latest single. It’s a good …

Fireheart are back and blazing, due to their latest single ‘Inner Remedy’, that follows their debut single ‘Staring At The Sun’. Once again they bring on the heat, released via ‘Earache Digital Distribution’. It’s a full on romper stomper of earthquake inducing destruction and check out the official video below …

All hail The Commoners who have returned with their ‘Too Soon To Know You’ single ahead of their headlining 2025 UK headlining tour. The Commoners band info :-https://linktr.ee/thecommoners They go down the gears slightly, straying away from their usual bombast, unleashing a full on ballad with balls, that could also …

The music business is a strange, but also a rewarding animal, point proven by Crowned Hyenas,a three piece alternative rock trio from East Anglia . A few weeks ago they had just finished a UK tour, ending at Percy’s Cafe Bar in Whitchurch, playing with The Mad Badgers and headliners, …

The rootin, tootin, straight from the hip shootin, Oklahoma’s finest, Hillbilly Vegas return to the UK to bring some cool vibes for our boiling hot country with their ‘Feels Good’ single, taken from a forthcoming album, just in time for them to celebrate Independence Day on July 4th, also taking …

Welcome back Spades GT from Toronto, Canada, who have just released ‘United’ their latest studio album, proclaiming “We’re Spades GT from Toronto, Canada. We’ve come to save rock and roll”. This is no bullshit as these eight songs crossover with punk, thrash or just good old rock and roll, point …

As if it’s not hot enough already, here come Vanitas with their brand new single ‘Eclipse’ to melt our heads even more! The Birmingham based bombastic five piece band obliterate with ease, as in just under four frantic minutes they immediately grabbed my attention and it stayed there, as this …

Just when I thought Ward XVI had peaked with their last single, ‘We Are Legion’, Ward XVI release a third single, ‘At The Window’ taken from their upcoming studio album, Id3ntity,due for release on July 11th 2025 via Earache Records. They take it up a notch higher with a lead …

Jayler’s monumental rise takes another leap as they fire out ‘Riverboat Queen’. My first aural battery from them came from playing at my local music venue, the Cosey Club in Haslington, not far from Crewe on April 6th, 2024 as part of the Sunday afternoon CozyZone events. They plugged in …

Robert Jon & The Wreck return with all guns blazing as the Orange County, California band release “Keep Myself Clean”, the final track from their upcoming studio album ‘Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes’ on August 22nd 2025. They can do no wrong with me as their material seems to set the …

Montreal, Canadian rabble rousers, The Damn Truth are back, releasing a new single ‘Addicted’, taken from their self titled studio album. Fronted by the unstoppable whirlwind that’s Lee-La Baum, the new single is a full on tub thumper that stomps around an almost spoken word lead vocal. Soul searching choruses …

Belfast, Ireland based Survivalist unleash ‘Deathbed’, a song that you don’t just hear, you also feel it’s power, so it’s fitting that it’s released via Earache Records! It’s brutally brutal to say the least as this guttural, four hate fuelled mantra pummels your ears to shreds and the blood splattered …

Traction are definitely the main attraction, point proven by brand new single “Boom”,and certainly lives up to it’s title with ease. It’s definitely one for the headbangers,as the Wildhearts once said,“Riff after riff, after motherf**king riff!”. A broken glass chewed lead vocal ignites the song, especially in the choruses which …

Thank God for the underground scene, point proven by myself accidentality finding ‘Wailing Banshee’ and their single ‘Lord Of The Flies’. Back in the day the upcoming UK bands were classed as NWOBHM, but now we have TNWOBHM, a more up to date offshoot who are raging away, and doing …

A warm welcome is well and truly deserved as the mad as hatters husband and wife duo, ‘Starlite & Campbell’ release a positively stunning new single ‘Everything’. At just over a minute and a half long, it’s the shortest review I’ve composed, but it’s almost beyond words due to it’s …