Rage Reviews: Recent Releases, August 26th 2026
- Out of Rage Team
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In the two weeks past, the music world has given us the shoegazey indie-rock of BEABADOOBEE, the queer emo rage of ÓMOIA, the melancholic gothic metal of LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE, and so much more. Here's what we've been listening to lately:
Track of the Week:
Noahfinnce - Too Sensitive
In Too Sensitive, political frustration and personal vulnerability come together into one of NOAHFINNCE’s most entertaining tracks yet. Packed with a punchy, energetic pop-punk rhythm, it is the best in-your-face sound to carry the message across. Built around the familiar story of The Three Little Pigs, it uses the Big Bad Wolf as a playful symbol of the singer’s anti-MAGA stance. While dealing with humour, the song also explores with sensitivity, the feelings of isolation and disgust that many feel growing up in a divided world. It is a confident, high-energy and punchy track that surely will appeal to modern pop-punk fans!
Words: Lysandre Pons
Alien Chicks - Madmen
Despite having played the Brixton Windmill more than any other band in the Windmill Scene (at least according to stats.fm), ALIEN CHICKS remain under many peoples’ radars. Which is a shame too, because even when gearing up for their third EP, their music sounds as fresh as ever. Madmen is the third single for it - with an immediately striking cover that presents politicians in the House of Commons as animalistic, sheep-like creatures. The lyrics are also quite direct in a similar way, with the repeated motif of “madmen run the courts, democracy doesn’t exist anymore”. At the same time, it’s fairly non-specific, which leaves you wondering how seriously the band whose previous single was a cover of MISSY ELLIOTT’s Get Ur Freak On is taking the subject. The driving force of the song, though, is the frenetic way the song moves between stripped-back instrumentation, moving at whatever pace that the bass groove allows it to, and the choruses and bridges that go wildly out of control at points. It’s great fun, and we look forward to their upcoming EP.
Words: Noise Leonard
Beabadoobee - Memories
With less than a month now till her new album Pylon is released BEABADOOBEE has released a brand new single Memories, the 8th track on the album. With her new shoegaze direction this track makes that transition feel a little more fluid, with the song having those light airy indie compartments pieced together with layered and distorted guitars. The track is emotionally vulnerable and about wanting to make new memories with someone you admire and the musicality reflects that magical feeling. Combined with the other prereleased tracks from this album it seems we have a new great album to fit into the indie/alt rock sphere on our hands!
Words: Amy Smyth
downcast - brainless
Never ones to back down from a fight, DOWNCAST have come out swinging with new single brainless, a track specifically singling out virtue signalling men who are "defending" women and children with public violence whilst actually doing fuck-all to protect and better their lives. An immediate onslaught of deafening, gritty guitar riffs and a demolishing drumbeat, vocalist Liam Edwards has palpable anger in his barely restrained yells of "so wave your flags across the nation" and fully lets loose with guttural roars against Ben Lucas' intensifying riffs and Jeff Bowyer's whirlwind bass, the track feeling like DOWNCAST are yelling "come and have a fucking go, then"
Words: Julia Stark
EIVØR - Verjugarðar / Walls
EIVØR’s Verjugarðar / Walls is a beautiful, haunting lament that brings together her traditional dark folk signature sound and distorted electronics. This epic ballad explores the story of two people who have lost what once connected them, separated by walls of silence. Its central paradox, walls built to protect ourselves becoming the very obstacles that keep us apart, gives the track a deeply emotional power. EIVØR pointed out that the song took years to write before finally falling into place and that patience is felt in its carefully layered atmosphere and powerful vocal delivery. The track serves as a preview to the upcoming album Tungl, due October 16th. EIVØR will be celebrating the release with some unique shows in her native Faroe Islands as well as in Iceland in October before embarking on an extensive international tour.
Words: Lysandre Pons
Floor Jansen - Bring Me Silence
FLOOR JANSEN steps in with a new solo direction in Bring Me Silence. Moving away from the vast symphonic metal landscapes associated with NIGHTWISH, the track leans into hard rock and heavy metal. It is driven by down-tuned guitars, thick instrumentation, hook heavy riffs and relentless energy. Her unmistakable voice soars above it all, combining power with vulnerability. The track is also very modern in its topic, as it captures the overwhelming noise and constant demands of our lives. It expresses a desperate need for silence, clarity and space to breathe, which we can all relate to. This also announces the singer’s upcoming solo album Hytress, coming out on 15 January 2027 via REVAMP Music/Warner Music. It is also confirmed to be followed by a tour in 2027 across Europe and South America.
Words: Lysandre Pons
Gallus - MK Des (Miss Out)
Radio-friendly riffage begins Glasgow indie-punks GALLUS’ latest track, disarming enough to give Barry Dolan a bold, attention-stealing entrance with his rabble-rousing vocals. He longs for a Glasgow that no longer exists, for streets long since changed, and declares, against echoing backing vocals from Eamon Ewins that he “won't miss out” - not this time. The guitars are what really make this one stand out, constantly feeding us electrifying riffs that compose the track's skeleton. GALLUS will release their second full-length on September 25th, and we can rest assured it'll be packed to the brim with just as many livewire tunes.
Words: Naomi Colliar Duff
Holding Absence - Modern Life Is Lonely
An intro stop-start of synths and electro-beats give way to Lucas Woodland's despairing plea "hold me close, don't leave me in the catacombs", his voice echoing into the ether on the title track from HOLDING ABSENCE's upcoming album Modern Life Is Lonely, embodying its name with desperate tones and regretful lyrics. The melancholy stays prevalent throughout as instruments begin to add weight to Woodland's sorrow, building for the second chorus with crisp beats and riffs, falling away for a juddering bridge of echoey synths before HOLDING ABSENCE crash back in like a thunderclap with tearing fry screams and earsplitting instruments, the emotion overwhelming itself into a burst of sound.
Words: Julia Stark
Lacrimas Profundere - Nevermore
Nevermore swoops in with the melancholic and poetic flair the band has built its reputation on over the last years. With this new dark wave of gothic metal is a haunting melody with a chorus that demands to be sung along to. Its TYPE O NEGATIVE atmosphere is what inspired members to add to it when guitarist Oliver Nikols Schmid first brought its music forward. That’s when the catchy vocals brought it one step further, making it something all will be excited to take part in live. This last song to be written then becomes the second release, after O Silent Fear, ahead of the band’s upcoming album Lay Me Down O Silent Fear, expected to drop on September 25th.
Words: Lysandre Pons
Movements - Live by the Sword
MOVEMENTS hit their fans this week with the 5th single from their upcoming album Happier Now. Live by the Sword is easily the most upbeat single yet, calling back to the sound of RUCKUS!. The song starts softly and melodic, but explodes into the chorus at the 1 minute mark and keeps that energy for the remainder of the track. The lyrics feel personal and passionate, listening makes it impossible to ignore the political state of the world right now, MOVEMENTS are sharing their feelings, aligning and relating to everyone suffering at the hands of current affairs. Happier Now will be released on September 4th and we can only expect more of this energy from MOVEMENTS in the future.
Words: Kei Wells
Ómoia - System Of Rights
ÓMOIA unleash pure, unrestrained rage in their new single System Of Rights, deafening metalcore riffs and squeals warring to be heard over a clash of beats and Cerys Simmons powerfully relentless screams of "where the fuck are their rights?". Renowned for their inclusive lyrics and self-labelled as "Queer Emo Music", ÓMOIA show their clear horror at the injustice facing LGBTQ+ people and predominantly our Trans family having their rights stripped away and instead being placed in more danger, the track pointing out the blatant ignorance and incompetence of society that seems to think other people's anatomy is their business. Spoiler: it fucking isn't.
Words: Julia Stark
The Butcher Sisters - Crazy Frog
We’re back to the future as THE BUTCHER SISTERS makes 2005 feel brand new. Known for making grotesque ridiculously fun, they put their own spin on Crazy Frog. Yes, the infamous AXEL F. party hit that’s bound to give everyone flashbacks. The band reshapes it with heavy guitars, aggressive vocals and pounding drums while also keeping instantly recognizable. While everything can quickly feel dark, the tracks injects a shot of serotonin. It is impossible to take it too seriously, and that is exactly the point. It is catchy, chaotic and hilarious.
Words: Lysandre Pons
SerpentS - Midnight Murderess
Stunning, spooky, and sickeningly catchy; meet SERPENTS, slithering out of Manchester's thriving music scene. Their second single, Midnight Murderess is a fiery cocktail of Y2K-era riffage, stirred in with punchy lyrics that leave one hell of an aftertaste, sure to linger all day. If you've been looking for that missing piece of your early Halloween playlist, you've found it. But this isn't all that comes with the single release - SERPENTS will not let us know peace, dooming us forever to a life of earworm tracks burrowing into our brains and refusing to leave; the alt-rock quartet release their debut EP Let Loose & Join A Cult later this year, and we're dead excited to hear what they have in store.
Words: Naomi Colliar Duff
THROWN - critic
Swedish Metalcore collective THROWN have stacked up another banger single this year with critic. Opening with echoing synths before dropping into an archetypal THROWN destructive beat. The track is a narrative on manufactured attempts to stay relevant through hate and online commentary, ripping into those that make their living through hate. Lead vocalist Marcus Lundqvist is unapologetically loud and vulgar with his town while the music stamps out any doubt on the band. It's hard to see how this band can ever top their last single and yet they continue to do it, every. single. time.
Words: Amy Smyth
Twin Atlantic - Supersweetness
Ahead of getting ready to roll out on their headline tour, TWIN ATLANTIC bound back in with uplifting bop Supersweetness that focuses not just on someone they'd drive all night "to be by your side", but the heart palpitating feeling of having a new lease for life told through the words "I wanna live, not just survive". With upbeat synths and major chords lifting up Sam McTrusty's vocals, Supersweetness is as feel-good as its title suggests, a bridge of echoing vocals and strummed notes ringing out over the catchy rhythms before McTrusty leaps back in again for a final harmonised call out and prolonged vocals. Teasing fans ahead of their tour, it's easy to visualise the elated crescendo this track will no doubt trigger.
Words: Julia Stark
Wage War - Sweet Dreams
WAGE WAR have released another single; despite only just releasing an EP in April, the band seem hungry for more. Sweet Dreams sonically pulls inspiration from all their eras they've travelled through in the past 10 years and brings together all their best parts. The choruses are powerful and metalcore driven with Cody Quinstad giving those clean melodic vocals, and then lead vocalist Briton Bond smashing through the verses bringing the distorted visceral scream. With a brand new tour ahead of them in early 2027, they'll be visiting a few UK cities in January so keep an eye out for when you could possibly hear this obliterating track live.
Words: Amy Smyth
Editor: Naomi Colliar Duff
Photos: Various Artists
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