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The Temper Trap return with new single ‘Into The Wild’, the latest in a run of new music that has firmly re-established the band as one of Australia’s most enduring and globally recognised acts: euphoric anthem ‘Giving Up Air’ and its remix from iconic DJ/producer Solomun, bold indie-rock track ‘Lucky Dimes’, and a fresh take on ‘Sweet Disposition’ from German dance powerhouse BUNT.

‘Into The Wild’ encapsulates the duality of body and mind, and the existential yearning to transcend physical limits. Produced by Styalz Fuego (Troye Sivan, Charli XCX, Khalid) with Catherine Marks (Wolf Alice, boygenius, Manchester Orchestra) on mixing, it’s freeing, pulsing, soaring – Dougy’s hypnotic falsetto floating over the top of undulating drums that draw the listener in and never let go.

Alongside the release is a surreal music video directed by emerging Melbourne creatives Joey Clough and Edvard Hakansson. A dreamlike car ride on wide open roads, cut with chaos and strangeness; the mind proves wilder and more uncontrollable than the world outside.

The release lands off the back of a strong return to the global stage. Over the past year, the band have played sold-out headline shows in New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, London and Australia, alongside key festival slots at Beyond The Valley and Party In The Paddock. In late January, they made a standout return to international television, performing ‘Giving Up Air’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, marking a significant moment in this new chapter.

Released in 2025, ‘Giving Up Air’ and ‘Lucky Dimes’ have been clocking millions of streams whilst receiving global support, including landing in the top 40 US alternative radio charts, adds at triple j, Double j and commercial radio in Australia, Radio X and 6 Music support in the UK, and key stations throughout Europe.

If the past few months are anything to go by, this is still only the beginning of a much bigger return for The Temper Trap after a decade-long wait.

Few Australian bands of the past two decades have achieved the longevity of The Temper Trap. Across three studio albums, including two ARIA #1 debuts, the band have amassed well over two billion streams worldwide. Their seminal 2009 debut Conditions introduced ‘Sweet Disposition’, a song that not only topped charts internationally and achieved multi-platinum certification across Australia, New Zealand, the US and UK, but has become part of Australian music culture – placing #11 in triple j’s Hottest 100 Australian Songs of All Time. One of the most sought-after acts in the world, the band have hit some of the biggest festival stages globally, including Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, Primavera, Big Day Out and Laneway Festival.

Recent times have seen a resurgence of love for the band including a ‘Love Lost’ collab on Mac Miller’s posthumously re-released Faces mixtape and a slew of remixes for ‘Sweet Disposition’ (from the likes of John Summit, Vintage Culture, VXSION, Lost Frequencies and BUNT.). These new iterations of the band’s original hits have solidified their popularity with an entirely new generation of fans, re-introducing them to dancefloors and charts worldwide.

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Pete’s Rock and Metal News Features Devil In Disguise’s “Never Meant” EP
Metal Devastation PR is proud to announce that Pete’s Rock and Metal News has featured Devil In Disguise and their latest EP, Never Meant , on the site’s widely read platform.
Released October 8, 2025 via DI Records, Never Meant marks the band’s powerful return following a five year hiatus after their breakout single “Purge.” The EP delivers crushing riffs, soaring melodies, and emotionally charged vocals, exploring themes of regret, resilience, self reflection, and redemption.
In the feature, the band’s growth and renewed intensity are highlighted, along with the EP’s sharp production and modern edge. The release continues to gain momentum across the heavy music landscape, earning praise for both its emotional weight and polished aggression.
Never Meant is now streaming on all major platforms.
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Swarming with sonic haymakers, looming melodies, sharp narratives and astonishing dexterity, today Melbourne’s The Gloom In The Corner ascend into a brand new era with the release of their hotly-anticipated new studio album Royal Discordance, out now via SharpTone Records.

A record that could readily soundtrack an Anime epic, a Netflix smash series, or a sprawling open-world game, Royal Discordance is certainly not your average metalcore album.

Insatiably showcasing The Gloom In The Corner‘s relentless pursuit for sonic evolution, recorded in 2024 with producer Jonathan Delese in Nashville, Tennessee, Royal Discordance ushers in some of Gloom‘s most universal songs to date, all while remaining true to their chaotic core in the process. Whether channeling My Chemical Romance and positivity or penning pit-splitting breakdowns, The Gloom In The Corner balance their tumultuous creative DNA with an album primed for multiple revisits, while also devoutly treading new ground.

“Our next chapter fully encompasses what Gloom is and does, tailored and fitted to all means,” shares the band. “A little bit of royalty, a whole heap of chaos, showcasing not just the characters and their identities at their highest and lowest, but also ourselves.”

Accompanying the album’s release today is also a brand new visualizer for That’s Life (Carry Me Home).

Over the years, The Gloom In The Corner have engineered a space for total sensory immersion via a series of releases, spanning their 2016 debut album Fear Me, through to their Homecoming EP (2017), Flesh & Bones (2019), Ultima Pluvia EP (2020) and their 2022 album Trinity, with the latter commanding a 5/5 star album review from New Noise Magazine, praising it as “a real stunner and a benchmark for metalcore going forward”. Translating their rich sonic universe into a live setting, The Gloom In The Corner have dazzled stages around the globe, spanning Australia, Europe and North America, along with aligning a horde of elite collaborators including Fit For A King‘s Ryan Kirby, Fit For An Autopsy‘s Joe Badolato, Cane Hill‘s Elijah Witt and many more.

Crafting a realm where elite storytelling and sharp delivery reins supreme, Royal Discordance is an album that will lure you back for more time and time again. And via Royal Discordance, The Gloom In The Corner remain a band beyond compare; a chaotic yet compelling chameleon in the modern heavy scene, spanning the entire aural spectrum of bliss, bloodletting and back again.

Closing out 2025 in Europe supporting Swedish metalcore greats Aviana, The Gloom In The Corner will support American heavies King 810 nationally in Australia this March, and will also perform this October as part of the entirely sold out inaugural Hellbound Cruise alongside Parkway Drive, Polaris and more.

ROYAL DISCORDANCE – OUT NOW
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Beartooth return with a new single, Free, a seismic-sized song that is powerful, loud, and crushing in equal measure. The track was co-written and co-produced by Jordan Fish and marks both the band’s first new music since 2023 and the start of a bold new era after signing to Fearless Records. The song arrives as they are on the road for a North American arena tour as the direct support for Bad Omens.

Where past records chronicled survival, Free marks a turning point, capturing a moment of clarity inside chaos. Beartooth’s frontman Caleb Shomo states: “Free is the start of the next chapter of my music and my life. The emotional roller coaster that is living can be very complicated at times. In one day you can equally experience pure fear and pure joy. This song shows a glimpse of what is to come from the next Beartooth album, which is the most honest depiction of my soul I will most likely ever make.” 

Shomo further notes: “Fearless has empowered me as an artist like nothing I’ve ever experienced. They all truly love what they do, and it shows in the work. They go about their business with humility and a hunger for joy. At the end of the day, they care about the music and supporting the people involved. Their ability to spread that support to artists and listeners alike is truly beautiful and I couldn’t be more proud to sign a deal with Fearless.”

Fearless Records’ President Andy Serrao shares, “Fearless Records is proud to have Beartooth on the roster. We’ve been watching their growth as fans for many years, and now, we are excited to be partners. “Free” is the perfect start to this next chapter.” 

More than a decade into their career and with over 1.3 billion streams worldwide, Beartooth have spent years channeling raw, unfiltered emotion into music that resonates with millions. With one RIAA-certified platinum single and one gold single under their belt, 2023’s The Surface cemented the band’s place at the top of the rock world, delivering back-to-back #1 singles at Active Rock radio and a #1 Billboard Hard Rock album.

Now, with new music and a new label home, the band is taking the momentum into arenas as direct support for Bad Omens on their North American tour. The run kicked off on February 22nd in Salt Lake City and will hit Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on March 10 and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on March 26 before concluding the following night at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, CA.

FREE – OUT NOW
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Steve Louw’s 2026 album, Traces of the Flood, is a ten-track sonic adventure where each track etches into your aural subconscious, delivering some of the South African singer songwriter and guitarist’s most confident work to date. Released Friday 15 May 2026, the album and is available to pre-order HERE.

The first single from the album is entitled “Time To Move” and is released Friday 27 February 2026 and is available to stream HERE.

After a 13-year hiatus from fronting the band, Big Sky, Steve Louw returned to recording with Headlight Dreams, the first of what followed – 2022’s Thunder & Rain, 2024’s Between Time, and now his fourth solo album release within five years, Traces of the Flood.

Having retained his collaboration with career-long friend and critically acclaimed producer Kevin Shirley (Joe Bonamassa, Black Country Communion, Beth Hart, Joanne Show Taylor), Traces of the Flood celebrates his rich contribution and commitment to Steve’s talent. The musicians that appear on the past four records, from Headlight Dreams to Traces of the Flood, are a band in every sense.

Regarding the players for this album, Steve spotted a kindred spirit he wanted to be a part of in realising Traces of the Flood’s true potential. “I’d seen Bob Britt play with Doug Lancio at a Dylan show in Memphis, and I wanted to have those two guitar players in the band for this record,” he says.

“Kevin liked the old RCA studio in Nashville, having worked there before with Joanne Shaw Taylor,” Steve adds. “It’s quite a funky space. It’s got a lovely vibe. It’s a big room, and all this gear, amps, you name it, are there, so the place has music in its walls.”

Arriving at the studio with “18 songs that were in shape,” Steve recalls, and as is true of the past three album recordings, everyone set to work. Armed with a mix of songs written more recently and a balance of older work, only ten made the cut during the Traces of the Flood sessions.

With absolutely no agenda as to which way this record was going to realise itself, Steve explains his approach, “Train Don’t Run” (From 2021’s Headlight Dreams) and “Traces of the Flood” are like brothers. Still, you would not know that unless I told you, and they were written simultaneously in 2019, so “Traces of the Flood’s’” time only revealed itself in the making of this album.

On “Echo Dream”, “we cut that track with three acoustic guitars,” Steve recalls. “Me, Bob and Doug, and while we were doing that, Greg Morrow did a few drum parts, and that was it. Then, Bob added an electric guitar part, and it was complete.”

Another standout track on Traces of the Flood is “Time to Move”. “The band felt it; I didn’t think I’d do that song if only because I thought it wasn’t ready, but when we started playing it, we fell right into the song’s groove. It was the second last song we played, and after three days of jamming in the studio the song became effortless.”

A track like “CBGB Xmas” came to life in a single, recorded take. “We only had 10 minutes of studio time left to play, so we just knocked it out. You hear how we caught it in one loose jam.”

Each album Steve has committed to tape and launched into popular culture has landed through raw talent, chance meetings and serendipity, coupled with sheer bloody-mindedness to have it realised and appreciated by the world. Traces of the Flood stands as further proof of that commitment.

Energy, urgency and a room filled with players committed to the process; Traces of the Flood is yet another defining chapter for Steve Louw on a road well-travelled.

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Known for blending genres as boldly as they speak their minds, Wille and the Bandits release what is regarded as their most ambitious album to date.

Wille says, “Salt Roots is a special record to me because it truly reflects where we are right now, rooted in the coastline that’s shaped us and the experiences that have defined us. It feels honest and fearless. We’ve never wanted to sit comfortably in one genre. We love pushing boundaries, exploring new sounds, and following ideas wherever they lead. That’s what keeps the music alive and human. We’re probably hard to pigeonhole and we like it that way. Our sound is instinctive, raw, and driven by feel. Salt Roots isn’t about fitting a mould,  it’s about making something real.”

Blues in Britian say, “It’s rare to find lyrics with something meaningful to say that are matched by the quality of the music. The band repeatedly pull this off… This could well be the band’s best album yet.”

The ten-track album showcases the band’s signature unpredictability, seamlessly weaving together the diverse musical paths they’ve explored over the years. Each track moves fluidly between styles while remaining grounded in strong songwriting and exceptional musicianship.

Maximum Volume awarded the album an impressive 9/10, stating that, “whatever Wille and his boys do is bound together by unflinching class.” While Get Ready to Rock praise the band for, “reaching new heights of epic story telling brilliance.”

The first single, “Trouble Round The Bend,” saw the band take striking action by wading knee-deep into human waste to highlight the UK sewage crisis through stark and unforgettable imagery. Follow-up single “Wheal Jane,” which earned Track of the Week from Classic Rock Magazine, pushes the band into heavier, more cinematic territory. Deeply narrative-driven, the song explores the perspective of a miner working in Cornwall’s historic Wheal Jane tin mine.

A third release, the Latin-rock infused “Reina del Mar,” draws inspiration from time spent along Spain’s Atlantic coastline, adding yet another dynamic layer to the album’s rich sonic landscape. ‘Salt Roots’ is a rich, expansive body of work that captures a band at the height of their creative powers. The album is available now on all digital platforms, as well as on CD and vinyl via the band’s official website.

Rockposer.com say, “one of the most exciting and authentic bands to have emerged in the UK rock scene in recent years”.

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Dying Wish and The Devil Wears Prada join the rapidly growing group of alternative musicians actively against the current immigration raids.

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For the two-time Grammy Award winner Tyler Bryant, the spontaneous creation of “Screwed & Tattooed” represents exactly what he envisioned when building his own studio space, a place where inspiration can be captured in real time. He has long favoured recordings that preserve the immediacy of a moment, valuing authenticity and human connection above polish, an approach he feels is more vital than ever in an increasingly AI era.

Tyler says, “It’s not everyday that you get to make up a tune with a hero. As a Texan, I grew up on Rodney Crowell’s records. My early blues explorations landed 15-year-old me at a party in California where I met Rodney for the first time. I had no idea then that, 19 years later, I’d be producing an album for him. At the tail end of making Rodney’s latest album, ‘Airline Highway,’ we found ourselves sitting in my studio with a couple of acoustic guitars. We both have a deep appreciation for low down dirty blues and when my right thumb started riding the A string of my old Kalamazoo acoustic, Rodney started spitting out lines. We laughed this song into existence.
 
My friends came over the next afternoon to jam and I pulled out this idea. It was recorded less than an hour later. This is precisely the magic I hoped my studio would inspire for me and other artists. I’ve always been drawn to “in the moment” captures when it comes to recording. Especially now that we have AI breathing down our necks… It’s time to be as real as humanly possible.”

After years at the helm of Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, Bryant is now forging a distinct path as a solo artist. Releasing music independently has given him the freedom to follow his creative instincts. Bryant describes this chapter as intuitive, unfiltered, and entirely self-directed.

Screwed & Tattooed is OUT NOW on all digital platforms
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