Million Moons – Last Days Together
A beautiful and emotionally hefty instrumental soundscape that reminisces thoughts of Pg.Lost, Tides from Nebula and Overhead, The Albatross in thanks to its cinematic aspect, the new single from London post rockers Million Moons is a wonderful tribute to a very good boy indeed. Lifted from their upcoming record You Be Good, I Love You – released 26th June via Ripcord Records here in the UK – ‘Last Days Together’ serves as an honouring to guitarist and composer Edward Thompson’s late Labrador Ralphy, whose life, along with the rest of the animal kingdom we share Earth with, helped inspire this new conversation themed record. “I wrote this track during a very difficult time in my life in Orkney”, states Thompson. “The original working title was ‘It Rained A Lot’, which I think sums up the kind of mindset I was in at the time. My Labrador, Ralphy, had recently passed away and this writing track definitely played a role in helping me to process those emotions. We adopted Ralphy in 2020 via The Arc Animal Sanctuary. We don’t know exactly how old he was when we got him, but his previous owner had kept him chained to their front porch for years, so he’d missed out on a lot in life. It was a real privilege to know him and give him the retirement he truly deserved.” – Dan Hillier
Balmora – Moon Light Hysteria
One of, if not the most exciting bands in the crop of revivalcore, Balmora are in the final stretches of the run up to their massively anticipated debut LP, These Graven Halls and ‘Moon Light Hysteria’ is the third eyeliner tinged single to emerge. Almost gothic at times, it blends the ferocious metalcore the band are known for with a foreboding atmosphere akin to a haunted cathedral and along with the band’s other singles, it paints a picture of a record that will be as demonic and alluring as it will be crushingly heavy and made for kids killing each other during the hefty breakdowns. – Chris Earl
Green Lung – Evil In This House
Years of hard graft and creating some frankly hypnotic, stadium sized bangers for occult heavy metallers Green Lung are paying off. By this point the band have headlined the Saturday Desertfest and announced their fourth full length, Necropolitan, set to release on 11th September. With their last effort, This Heathen Land, the band had cemented their anthemic, moss tinged sound and judging from ‘Evil In This House’, they’ve taken it to even higher levels. A winding, stomping track lead by powerful, mystical riffs and the haunting vocals of Tom Templar, it brings the occult sound of 50 years ago to the fore but with the modern heft that production can bring, it makes the track a stunning example of what the band can do and lays the course for even more success for the band. – Chris Earl
Flesh Creep – Bubblegum
This song is not sweet, and there are no saccharine harmonies. The first new song from Flesh Creep after the re release of their debut album We Need You To Bleed on Music For Nations, and it’s what Flesh Creep are known for. One for the moshers, from the moment the snarling bassline kicks in there’s not letting up. Tom Patrick’s venom against the people perpetuating the cycles of exploitation and abuse (you’re going back to hate/you’re not a lover and I’ll never be your friend) are tailor made for mic grabs. The first single from upcoming EP glimmer, this is pure Flesh Creep, and a confident first step forward on their new label. – Mia Thunderska
Warning – Night Comes Down
As British doom legends Warning prepare to releases their first new music in nearly twenty years it’s fair to say that anticipation levels are extremely high. Such was the indelible mark left by 2008’s Watching From a Distance, there remains the risk that whatever follows simply can’t live up to the raw, agonising self-examination of that record. For those brave enough to strap in for forthcoming follow-up Rituals of Shame, put your fears to one side and allow Patrick Walker to lead you into this second pre-release single with the lines, ‘The darkness grew so strong it even moved the stars to try to find a place to hide’. It’s a voice and a sound that has not lost one iota of its heartbreaking impact. This is going to hurt so good. – Pete Wall
Negative Frame – Sorrow & Solitude
Metallic hardcore/crossover merchants Negative Frame have unveiled their second single ‘Sorrow & Solitude’ taken from their just-announced debut album Break the Ice, due 7th August. Whirling guitar solos, thundering drum work and riffs that straddle the line between thrash, hardcore grit and metal bombast; it’s all present and correct, with some giant sludgy choruses to boot. There’s throughlines to current UK scene kings Malevolence without aping them, instead marking Negative Frame out as their own raucous entity. Of the song, vocalist Kesari Gorin says, “this song is about love and loss, trying to hold onto someone without losing yourself. Sometimes you can change so much to be with someone that you both end up unrecognisable.” – Will Marshall
Witchsorrow – Bacchus
It’s been 8 long years since Witchsorrow last crawled out of speakers with 2018’s Hexenhammer, but the doom stalwarts are finally back. Announcing a brand new album, The Devil and All His Works (out 3 July via a new home in Church Road Records) with lead single ‘Bacchus’, the quartet once more unearth Iommian riffs to batter ears with. They’ve been present on the live circuit, make no mistake, but the tantalising hint of new music – especially when it’s as good as ‘Bacchus’ – should whet any aficionado’s appetite. Lumbering, fuzz-laden riffs, laconic vocals that tell of a “cult of sin” and heavier than a neutron star. Oh, this is doom metal alright – emphasis both on the doom, and the metal. Welcome back, Witchsorrow. – Will Marshall
Sincere Engineer – Fast Forward, Rewind
The third single of 2026 from Chicago punk rockers Sincere Engineer keeps the energy at eleven as we barrel towards the release of the band’s fourth album Probable Claws, which is set for release 26th June. Deanna Belos and co come correct as per usual with a hooky, singable track that builds on the ascerbic exuberance of ‘Twist My Tongue’ and ‘Cooler’ to leave absolutely no doubt that Sincere Engineer have the pedal to the metal and are headed for a banner year. Roll the windows down and sing your goddamn heart out. – Pete Wall
Wealthy Women – 37 Days
San Francisco noise rock outfit Wealthy Women reveal ’37 Days’ as the first sampler from their upcoming debut album Children, set for release on 7th August. The track tells the story of Asaad al-Nasasra, a Palestinian Red Crescent paramedic detained by Israeli forces on March 23rd 2025, after an attack that killed eight of his colleagues. He was held for 37 days and barred from legal counsel before ultimately being released. The bass-driven track thrusts the listener into the perspective of a paramedic on the scene, immersing them in the dread, paralysis, and helplessness of someone trapped inside unimaginable circumstances. Yet rather than ending in hopelessness, the pummeling groove-heavy song closes on a note of defiance, imagining a spirit hardened and unbroken despite horrendous suffering. This is potent stuff, both in its music and its message. Pete Wall
Prolix x PENGSHUi – Deep In the Grave
London-based drum and bass DJ Prolix has linked up with fellow Londoners in the form of genre-smashers PENGSHUi, known for their remixes for the likes of The Prodigy and their close ties to the UK metal scene. Judging by this absolute banger, they appear to be a match made in heaven. There’s bass to shit your pants to, and a hook that will bury itself deep into your psyche as you tear it up to the declaration: ‘I don’t need a bunker, I don’t need a cave, I’ll be living on the edge ’til I’m deep in the grave’. The world’s going to hell, so the least you owe yourself is a rager of a soundtrack as everything burns. – Pete Wall