Sheltered Life PR

22/12/2025

END OF YEAR LIST | Congratulations to NZ legends Beastwars, occult riff riders Skogskult and Danish doom kings Bogwife on securing places in Outlaws Of The Sun's much-coveted 'Top 50 Albums of the Year for 2025' list last week. 🙏

A huge thank you to the Rt. Hon Steve Howe too for his tireless support of Sheltered Life PR and all the bands and artists we work with. It's an honour to read his writing and a thrill to know he digs what we do. All the best going into 2026, Steve.

Majestic Mountain Records | Bonebag Records | 🖤

Ex-The Sludgelord Founder Now Doing A New Blog. Expect Reviews, News and Interviews from The Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal World.

22/12/2025

BAND OF THE DAY | Congratulations to Swedish rockers The Scars on being chosen as Maximum Volume Music's official Band of the Day today following the release of their new single 'Home' on Widsith Records recently | Stream it here - https://shorturl.at/PipD1

"While there’s no question that ‘Home’ is where the magic is, this one song also heralds the beginning of something bigger for The Scars in 2026."

The Scars on Bandcamp | Instagram We’re thrilled to announce that The Scars, the new musical collaboration between Swedish musicians Daniel Badeie and Martin Sandström (Jeniferever, Ştiu Nu Ştiu, Möuth) is set to release their debut single ‘Home’ this Friday via Widsith Records. After ...

22/12/2025

It's partial New Zealand take over at Hour Of The Riff this week with two new tracks from Wellington heavyweights Sidewinder and cosmic rockers Planet Hunter! Tune in and check out Episode 456 below. ⤵️

Episode 456 featuring tracks from Lamassu, KALEIDOBOLT, , Palm Desert, SUPLECS, Indica Blues, New Mexican Doom Cult, Sidewinder, Planet Hunter and Weedpecker is now streaming via the Mixcloud link in the comments. It aired last night on TotalRock.

2026 is just around the corner. Listen to Hour Of The Riff to hear what it sounds like!

Cheers,

JP

22/12/2025

"...raw, full of energy and a FU attitude! I can imagine Casket Rats playing these tracks in a sweaty rock club where the beers are flowing, everyone is going nuts and a good time is had by all. A solid debut album which Casket Rats can build on."

Thanks to Chris Moran at Metal Temple for reviewing Rat City Rockers, the brand-new album from Boston's own kings of chaos, Casket Rats.

Tee P*e Records | Knyvet | 🖤

Casket Rats are a a gritty,no nonsense,analog focused Hard Rock.The band deliver raw,street fighting,unapologetic rock n’ roll which is compared to bands such as Thin Lizzy,Motorhead and Rose Tattoo,which features a Punk/Metal history with band members Brendan O’ Hare (Wrecking Crew,Death Ray Vi...

22/12/2025

Congratulations to Boston's own Casket Rats on scoring a top ten album with Rat City Rockers (on Tee P*e Records) over on MAGNET Magazine's Best Hard Rock of 2025 list! 🔥🔥🔥

MAGNET’s Matt Ryan picks the best hard-rock releases of the year

16/12/2025

"The hazy, jam‑like riffing and the crashing wash of fuzzed‑out notes hammer down like a breaking tsunami…"

Huge thanks to the ever-excellent Mark Hunt-Bryden at The Sleeping Shaman for his review of Maha Sohona's new album A Dark Place on Bonebag Records!

Mark HB reviews Maha Sohona 'A Dark Place' – Hazy, jam‑like riffing and the crashing wash of fuzzed‑out notes hammer down like a tsunami

12/12/2025

RELEASED TODAY | Rock Duo The Scars (Jeniferever, Möuth) Release Debut Single on Friday | Listen to ‘Home’ Now!

Reunited through the power of rock and roll, The Scars are an exciting new duo from Stockholm who forge classic rock from the fires of late nights and long shadows. ‘Home’ is their brand-new single and is out today on Widsith Records | https://thescarsswe.bandcamp.com/track/home 🎧

After playing in countless bands in their youth the pair’s paths eventually crossed many years later, through late nights spent at clubs and concerts around Stockholm. Conversations quickly sparked about writing music inspired by the artists who shaped their youth and early experiences in music... https://shorturl.at/vWG3o

12/12/2025

NEW INTERVIEW | Check out this video interview at Metalheads Forever with multi-instrumentalist Nick Schlesinger, leader of London-based metal act Human Crushing Machine!

Huge thanks to MHV's Keith Clement for taking the time to speak with Nick.

Watch the debut single and video for Human Crushing Machine's ‘Tunnel Vision’ here https://shorturl.at/dvnTN

London-based metal act Human Crushing Machine, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Nick Schlesinger, has released the debut single and video for ‘Tunnel Vision’ For fans of Megadeth, Alice In Chains, Pantera, and Gojira, ‘Tunnel Vision’ delivers an unrelenting blend of modern heaviness...

12/12/2025

RELEASED TODAY | Rock Duo The Scars (Jeniferever, Möuth) Release Debut Single on Friday | Listen to ‘Home’ Now!

Reunited through the power of rock and roll, The Scars are an exciting new duo from Stockholm who forge classic rock from the fires of late nights and long shadows. ‘Home’ is their brand-new single and is out today on Widsith Records | https://thescarsswe.bandcamp.com/track/home 🎧

After playing in countless bands in their youth the pair’s paths eventually crossed many years later, through late nights spent at clubs and concerts around Stockholm. Conversations quickly sparked about writing music inspired by the artists who shaped their youth and early experiences in music... Read More ⤵️

Reunited through the power of rock and roll, The Scars are an exciting new duo from Stockholm who forge classic rock from the fires of late nights and long shadows…

11/12/2025

BEST OF THE YEAR | A massive congratulations to Swervedriver and Outer Battery Records on scoring an official 'Best EP of 2025' shout out over at SPIN today with The World's Fair EP!

For anyone hoping to pick up a copy there's still a limited number of the blue vinyl tour edition (with poster!) left which can be ordered here - https://shorturl.at/tOtDE

"EPs were the beating heart of the U.K. indie scene in the ’90s, and the Oxford band Swervedriver made more EPs than full-length albums during their original run. For their first release in six years, Swervedriver returned to the 4-song EP format that served them well in their early shoegazer days on Creation Records, with violin and cello fleshing out their signature swirling guitars to great effect on “Volume Control.”

Sometimes you don’t have enough tracks for an album, but you want to put more music out into the world than a single. The EP is the awkward middle child of mu

11/12/2025

NEW MUSIC | NZ Heavyweights Sidewinder Ignite a New Era With ‘Firelight' | New Album Out in 2026!

Unstoppable, monstrous, and impossible to ignore, listen to a vortex of doom, psych, and progressive metal with the Wellington Quartet... Read more now at Maximum Volume Music!

Dominion, follow-up to 2024’s Talons will be officially released in early 2026 via Wyrmwood Records – Watch the new video for ‘Firelight’ here https://shorturl.at/UW0ld 🎥

We’re thrilled to announce that ahead of the release of their new album Dominion in early 2026, New Zealand heavyweights Sidewinder return this month with ‘Firelight’, their most formidable, swagger-drenched, speaker-rattling statement to date. Formed in Wellington in 2021, Sidewinder have c...

11/12/2025

INTERVIEW | Check out this video interview at Metalheads Forever with multi-instrumentalist Nick Schlesinger, leader of London-based metal act Human Crushing Machine!

Huge thanks to MHV's Keith Clement for taking the time to speak with Nick.

Watch the debut single and video for Human Crushing Machine's ‘Tunnel Vision’ here https://shorturl.at/dvnTN 🎥

London-based metal act Human Crushing Machine, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Nick Schlesin...