The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 2 (Updated 2/14/25)

Hello, February! (And Valentine’s Day…)

I hope everyone is having a good year so far, but however you’re feeling at the moment, I have the soundtrack to go with it. Check out these recent releases!

New Music (9/23 — 9/29)

Varials: “I Suffocate”

Drown This City: “Stay Broken”

State Champs: “Real World”

Ice Nine Kills: “IT Is The End”

Shinedown: “ATTENTION ATTENTION”

Dirty Honey: “Rolling 7s”

Warbringer: “Firepower Kills”

One Time Without: “Hate”

Plastic Tears: “Look of Lies”

We Came As Romans: “Carry The Weight”

Danny Blu: “Sanctuary”

Hand Of The Tribe: “The Last Time”

Eggvn: “Heresy”

Delain: “Burning Bridges”

Jimmy Eat World: “All The Way (Stay)”

Alcest: “Sapphire”

Being As An Ocean: “Find Our Way”

Borknagar: “Voices”

Life Awaits: “Blind Belief”

The Almost: “Chokehold”

Clawfinger: “Tear You Down”

Our Hollow, Our Home: “Parting Gift”

Amon Amarth: “Shield Wall”

HellYeah: “Skyy and Water”

Vancouver Sleep Clinic: “Fever”

Aurora: “Apple Tree”

Atlas: “Aika”

Aephanemer: “The Sovereign”

Abbath: “Hecate”

H.E.A.T: “One By One”

New Music (11/12 — 11/18)

Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators: “Mind Your Manners”

Puppy: “World Stands Still”

Trophy Eyes: “Lavender Bay”

Warkings: “Sparta”

Jason Becker: “Hold On To Love”

Blade Killer: “Midnight Sinner”

Nita Strauss: “Mariana Trench”

Dangerous Curves: “I Need Lovin'”

Queensryche: “Man The Machine”

Metal Church: “By The Numbers”

Badflower: “x ANA x”

Radkey: “Junes”

Gerard Way: “Getting Down The Germs”

Papa Roach: “Not the Only One”

Plastic Tears: “Day by Day”

Unearth: “One With the Sun”

Foreword: “Roman Curse”

5 Bands/Artists You Should Be Following (#19)

1. Plastic Tears

Glam rock from Finland. For fans of Poison, KISS, Hanoi Rocks, etc. Plastic Tears recently released their latest album, Angels With Attitude, and the positive press has been rolling in. The guys are currently booking shows to promote the album. Check out “Miss Stumbling Legs” and “Secret Society.”

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2. Mechanical Vampires

Dark pop/electronic/alternative from New Jersey. For fans of Crywolf, 30 Seconds to Mars, PVRIS, etc. Mechanical Vampires is currently working on new music. In the meantime, listen to “Gemini” and “Forget About Me.”

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3. Modern Echo

Progressive/hard rock from Wisconsin. For fans of Nothing More, A Perfect Circle, Gemini Syndrome, etc. Modern Echo has just reached their goal on their Indiegogo campaign. They are using the funds to finish the upcoming album, In Division. Here are “Break in the Sky” and their cover of Soundgarden’s “Fell on Black Days,” a tribute to Chris Cornell.

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4. Seven Year Witch

Rock & roll from South Carolina. For fans of Jack White, Silvertide, Beitthemeans, etc. Seven Year Witch will be touring relentlessly this summer and fall, opening for such acts as Buckcherry and Gin Blossoms. Check out the live performances of “Rags to Riches” and “Salty.”

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5. Morning Robots

Alternative/indie rock from France. For fans of The Black Keys, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, etc. Morning Robots’ debut EP, Nothing Like Tile For a Tango, was released in June. Here is the latest single, “Meet Me Later.”

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New Music (6/2 — 6/8)

Devildriver ft. Brock Lindow: “Copperhead Road”

Into Eternity: “The Fringes of Psychosis”

Obscura: “Ethereal Skies”

Cents: “Parking Spaces”

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Ammunition: “Miss Summertime”

Muncie Girls: “Falling Down”

KEN mode: “Feathers & Lips”

Cast the Stone: “Jesusatan”

Halcyon Way: “Slaves to Silicon”

Slightly Stoopid: “One More Night”

In Vein: “Haunt Me”

October Ends: “Rockstar” (Post Malone cover)

Devil in Disguise: “Sick Of You”

DORO: “Lift Me Up”

U.D.O.: “One Heart, One Soul”

Plastic Tears: “Miss Stumbling Legs”

Mob Rules: “Ghost of a Chance”