2025 is coming to a close, so we’ve gone back through the last 12 months to take a look at all the major rock, metal, punk and alternative releases that we missed.
Category: EPs
Another stylish but functionally empty nu-gen release, just like the rest—joy.
In the final Review Round-Up of 2025, new releases from Seven Blood and Deficit wrap the year up on a sour note, but male//gaze prove strong enough to pull it back somewhat.
Despite its primary reason for existing being to show off Yungblud’s rockstar status, his collaborative EP with Aerosmith is still exactly as fun as it needs to be.
In this Review Round-Up, there’s a bumper outing of heavy music thanks to stellar work from Drain and VOWER, while Rise Of The Northstar prove less compelling.
In this Review Round-Up, Conjurer soar from self-discovery; Heavensgate test the waters on their breakthrough; and PENGSHUi…just kinda stay where they’ve always been.
With hard-edged pop-rock and an honesty that’s just as sharp, Friends Of Friends leave a lasting impression with their new EP.
Already unimpressive at its core, the execution of Eville’s ‘brat-metal’ makes for one of the most unappealing new bands to come out in a while.
In this Review Round-Up, new releases from Biohazard, coldrain and SPACED all fall into the same bracket—nothing revolutionary, but all good examples within their respective fields.
Finally, the debut from alt-metal’s newest masked ‘phenomenon’ is here, and seldom has that word felt more meaningless.