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Steam Lizard, the creative project of Fleetwood, Lancashire songwriter and producer Steve Bonham, continues his quietly confident comeback with “Sloth Mode On (aka Slothing It Song),” a playful and oddly timely single that leans into rest as rebellion. After years moving between solo success, club-focused projects, and a long pause…

Burning Plains don’t just return with “Burning Plains,” they arrive like a warning siren that never stopped echoing. Originally written back in 2008 during a raw garage rehearsal, the track has been resurrected with brutal clarity, now sounding less like a debut and more like a prophecy fulfilled. Scarred by…

MikroBrute, the Sligo-based Irish artist steadily carving out a personal lane in heavy music, released the original single “Kneel” on November 28, 2025, as a vulnerable and visceral statement. Written, recorded, and produced primarily at home on a modest mini PC, the track brings substance over spectacle. Additional musicians were…

Palpitate returns from Šumperk, Czechia, with a striking new single, “Devour,” released on December 5, 2025, and it feels like a band fully leaning into atmosphere, memory, and emotional weight. Led by Milan Skřivánek, Palpitate have carved out a space where heavy music meets introspection, and “Devour” arrives as a…

Austrian indie artist fencah, the solo project of Max Zauner, steps fully into the spotlight with his new single “Brand New Me,” released on November 14, 2025, via artig Recordings. Known until now as the drummer behind acts like Kitty in a Casket, ELSA, and Greyshadow, Zauner flips the script…

Barcelona-based artist Evelí Ray offers a deeply intimate and spiritually grounded moment with her new single “Elizabeth,” released on December 14, 2025. A rising voice in Europe’s alternative and ethereal pop landscape, Evelí brings dreamy atmospheres with emotional honesty, and this track feels like a defining step toward her debut…

Electronic experimentalist EGGER, the project helmed by Wolfgang Egger, steps into the spotlight with debut single “Strange Behaviour,” a stark and timely meditation on our uneasy relationship with technology. Rooted in the electronic DNA of the late 1980s yet unmistakably shaped by the anxieties of the present day, the track…

From Romford, England, The Cockney Cowboy rolls back in on December 1st, 2025 with “FIVE,” a bright, boots-on-the-floor country-rock single that wears its heart right on its sleeve. Known for blending Americana grit with unmistakable British wit, The Cockney Cowboy teams up once again with his full band—Dave Wright on…

Leti, the artistic moniker of Swiss-Italian singer-songwriter and producer Letizia Ghisletta, returns with “Pretty Boy Lipstick,” a tender, bilingual lo-fi single arriving on December 5, 2025. Inspired by a short story from Stories by a Russian Londoner, the track pivots around a woman, worn down by routine and expectation, who…

Blake Rave steps confidently into new territory with Never Broken, a pop-leaning album born from reflection, risk, and reinvention. Recorded at WWW Studios in Ashvale, Surrey, a beautifully restored Methodist church with a calm and creative spark, the project reunites Rave with producer Dan Weeks, following their earlier collaboration on…