I Know A Place , the debut album from KROOKED TONGUE , feels like a record that understands its own identity from the start. It does not try to do too much, but it never feels limited. Instead, it focuses on strong songwriting, clear structure, and a balance between energy and restraint that keeps the album engaging the whole way through. There is a consistency to it that makes it easy to sit with, but also enough variation to stop it from blending into itself. For a debut, i

Such a sad but wholesome EP: The Cloud of Unknowing by SEPULTURA . The Brazilian-American heavy metal band are on the road currently celebrating their 40th anniversary concluding late 2026, and have brought out a 4-track EP which serves as a sweet goodbye from their hard-earned legacy, from 16 records - 14 of which have gone gold. It is more than just a collection of songs, this EP plays out like a reflective journey, touching on themes of identity, conflict, and transformat

Florida’s quintet, WAGE WAR , are solidifying the fast approaching sweaty and humid summer season with their upcoming EP It Calls Me By Name. Their previous album, Manic, has seeped into the crevices of our minds with catchy lyrics and rhythmic tracks. An album that's created sleeper agents ready to scream along and spin kicks. WAGE WAR have solidified their position within metalcore since 2010 and constantly prove to listeners that their enhanced sound is a mutation of fami

One of the most exciting pop punk bands to emerge from Canada since SUM 41 and SIMPLE PLAN , CHIEF STATE present their third studio album, Keep Your Friends Closer . Hailing from Vancouver, the five-piece channel the essence of pop punk with precision. Emo-laced melodies collide with driving rhythms, while their lyrics explore friendship, loss, and self-discovery with clarity and intent. The album captures the nostalgia of early 2000s pop punk without feeling derivative, st

The past several years have marked a strange shift in the genre of post-rock. London’s “windmill scene” with groups like BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD urging on a new wave of Gen Z bands to take on traditional post-rock song structures with anxious vocals and lyrics, saxophones and string sections. On top of this, there’s the “rateyourmusic-core” solo artists, combining post-rock with everything from shoegaze to midwest emo - generally influenced by groups like SLINT and SWANS .

25 Forever , the latest release from CHROMA , unfolds as an emotionally charged and sonically dynamic record that never settles into one mood for too long. It is an album built on contrast, balancing grit with melody, vulnerability with confrontation, and intimacy with explosive energy. More than anything, it feels deeply human, capturing the complicated and often conflicting emotions that come with growing older and becoming more aware of both yourself and the world around y

Growing up with Jamaican roots in Britain, I connect straight away with how SKINDRED turn struggle into something you can both rage and dance to. That cultural blend has always been their secret weapon, and on You Got This, it feels more alive than ever. Expectations were high after everything they've achieved lately, yet the band haven't just met them, they've stepped into something bigger. SKINDRED have spent twenty-plus years proving that struggle and celebration can sh

There’s a moment in every band’s trajectory where playing it safe becomes the bigger risk—and for FROM ASHES TO NEW , that moment arrives in Reflections. Instead of coasting on the momentum of Blackout , the Lancaster outfit tears everything down and rebuilds with sharper intent, leaning harder into the tension that has always defined their sound: melody versus aggression, control versus collapse. From the outset, Drag Me wastes no time setting a bruising tone. It is immedi

Surging back after a non-stop period of tour support slots, DON’T PANIC have returned with an absolutely belting, nostalgia-inducing sensation in their latest album For Your Consideration . The Pennsylvanian 4-piece have woven together an album full of positive reinforcements and hope, expressed through AJ Larson’s exuberant guitar riffs, Zach Falkow’s upbeat bass lines, a drum beat from Anthony Paesano that delivers frenetic pop-punk tempos, and Ted Felicetti’s energetic

There’s something quietly devastating about an album that understands exactly how it feels to sit with your own thoughts after midnight. And Then Suddenly It Hits You , the debut album from Newcastle-upon-Tyne emo-punk trio TIRED OF FIGHTING , captures that feeling with striking clarity, building a record that is as emotionally raw as it is sonically expansive. At its core, this is an album rooted in grief, deteriorating mental health, and the slow, often uncomfortable proces

For a band that has spent the last few years grinding away in the UK underground, CATALYSIS sound remarkably unconcerned with subtlety on Serpentine. The Dundee metal outfit’s latest EP is direct, furious, and completely unrelenting, but what makes it stand out is how carefully that intensity is controlled. Across just five tracks, CATALYSIS delivers something that feels sharp and focused rather than bloated: a compact release that wastes no time saying exactly what it wants

There’s a line somewhere between oversharing and honesty, and GOD FORBIDS A GIRL SPITS OUT HER FEELINGS! LØLØ doesn’t just cross it—she basically lives there. And that’s exactly why this album works. From the jump, it feels like you’re being let into thoughts that probably should’ve stayed in the notes app. Not in a messy-for-the-sake-of-it way, but in that painfully self-aware, “I know this is a bad idea but I’m doing it anyway” kind of way. It’s chaotic, a little dramatic,

A band that is rooted in various genres ranging from R&B to **checks notes** Crabcore, might sound strange in theory, but in actuality BILMURI have just released a belter of an album on this lovely Friday morning. The thirteen track album blurs lines between Metal and Country and somehow makes it seamless. The band have created such a unique sound for themselves and this album consolidates just that. BILMURI are seen as a band full of unseriousness but behind the charade of

Coming to your speakers tomorrow is a true collaboration from two truly legendary acts within heavy music. MELVINS and NAPALM DEATH have joined forces to create a band built out of some of their current members in order to bring to life this amalgam of noise, sludge, unease and riffs. Taking the name Savage Imperial Death March from the two tours of the same name in 2016 and 2025, the album is the first studio project to be given that same moniker. The album was recorded a

AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS get bold on sophomore album DID YOU ASK TO BE SET FREE? , elevating metalcore with heavy electronic and classic rock influences and creating characters as vessels to explore what freedom means. Each track is varied but equally honest despite being played through a fictitious voice, making this project the quartet’s most layered project to date. Metalcore acts as the foundation for the heavy set tracks across DID YOU ASK TO BE SET FREE? while Adam Kerr

As we're finishing up with whatever chocolate we've got left over from Easter, here at Out of Rage we're getting ready for the summer; sunglasses on, drink in hand, and fresh new music blaring from our speakers. Here's what we've been listening to lately: Against The Current - Heavenly It may start with an uplifting electro melody and feature a lifting guitar riff and drum beat, but don’t be fooled; AGAINST THE CURRENT are feeling anything but angelic in their new single Hea

LOVE RARELY were created in the Leeds alternative music scene in 2023. After touring the country with THE CALLOUS DAOBOYS and set to play at some of the UK’s biggest festivals, their debut album Pain Travels has come just at the right time to show what vulnerability can sound like surrounded by heavy music. Exploding into the album is the opening track and single Will. A track that perfectly summarises what’s to come on the record. Indie-esque guitar riffs juxtaposed with

2026 has already been an excellent year for fans of more extreme styles of metal, with comebacks from NEUROSIS and CONVERGE , so it feels like an absolute treat to be covering a new offering from death metal legends IMMOLATION . Known for a consistently excellent discography from 1991 to the present, with albums like Close to a World Below being considered a landmark death metal album. Their most recent release, 2022’s Acts of God , managed to garner a fair bit of attention

TIGERCUB are at the forefront of alt-rock bands leading the new wave of sound that’s impacting the rock scene, soaking the music world with their momentous new album, Nets To Catch The Wind , releasing 10th April via Loosegroove Records. Recorded over barely a week and produced by Tom Dalgety (who’s worked with legends ROYAL BLOOD and GHOST ), it shows TIGERCUB at an emotional and intense level not yet seen. Consistent in its sound and impeccable production, Nets To Catch T

BODYSNATCHER have never exactly been a band for easy listening, but Hell Is Here, Hell Is Home might be the most suffocating and confrontational record they’ve put out yet. Following on from Vile Conduct , this fourth full-length doesn’t just double down on their usual themes. It sharpens them into something uglier, more direct, and more real. From the opening seconds of The Maker it’s clear they’re not interested in easing you in. The track hits like a blunt-force trauma: