Belfast post-punk industrial duo Chalk are taking their listeners to the afterlife with new singles Heaven and Hell.

Belfast's Alice Sloan releases her second single this year, and Within You is a heartfelt rock ballad that gets under your skin. There’s something beautifully raw about the track, drawing you in with its emotional honesty, but letting the track unfold and detonate through its arrangement. 

Nieve Ella shares her final single ‘At Any Cost’ ahead of the release of her debut album How Long Will It Take out next Friday, October 16th. Described by the singer herself as the “missing piece” to the album, it’s a song that, in her words, “really deserves to stand on its own”.

Nerves are on a run this year. After releasing N26 earlier in April, they’re already back with their new single Ulcer – a wall of noise that somehow knows when to breathe.

Formed in 2020 during their school years, Snuckouts – Rodrigo Schwalbach (guitar), Finn Panschar (bass & vocals), Tim Purwin (drums) and Romy Weidner (main vocals) –  have come a long way from their playful pop-punk beginnings. Now, following Romy’s arrival as their new vocalist in 2025, the band are entering a distinctly new chapter. After appearances at festivals across Germany and support slots for acts including LA Witch and TEMMIS, Slutshaming-Song arrives as their first single in three years.

Madra Salach’s debut EP It‘s A Hell Of An Age, released in January of this year, earned immaculate reception. Putting their own spin on Irish folk, the band is creating a sound that feels truly timeless. They take the bones of tradition and bend them until something timeless emerges, something that feels older than the genre itself yet unmistakably contemporary in its emotional charge.

If you’re an avid Cherry Rock reader, then first of all: thank you. And second of all –  you already know how big this is.

Only roughly two months after releasing their debut EP Something To Be Said, British newcomers Saint Clair refuse to slow their momentum. They return with Dreams, a track pulled from the band’s earliest days. You can hear that lineage immediately: Dreams carries the softness of something lived‑in and the weight of something that had to find its anchor first.

German newcomers Silk finally crash through with their first single – and if this is only the beginning, they’re here to stay. They’re already carving out space on the map for anyone who craves punky, loud, meaningful music that actually says something.

The wait is finally over – Black Nylon have unleashed their highly anticipated debut single ‘Juliette’, and it’s absolutely phenomenal.

With the release of Provence earlier this year, ferb have quickly risen on our list of exciting new bands to watch. And their latest single Killing It proves their standing entirely.

Nieve Ella is slowly but surely ringing in a new era that is built on confidence, grit, and a heavier, darker sound that cuts through the gloss of her earlier releases. Artists often get the word mature thrown at them, but what Nieve is doing feels more like a metamorphosis: a shedding of her teenage pop‑girl skin and the emergence of an alternative vocalist unafraid to bare her teeth.