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Happy 8th birthday to the Nintendo Switch! Below is a non-exhaustive list of new releases for March 7th. Please feel free to request reviews from staff and/or contributors, feel a sense of pride and accomplishment letting tens of us know what you think is missing, what your Top 3 Switch games by playtime are, or simply let the community know what the hard jams are this week. – List of Releases: March 7th, 2025 – Alabaster dePlume – A Blade Because a Blade is Whole Genre: Spiritual Jazz / Jazz Poetry Label: International Anthem Amber Asylum – Ruby Red Genre: Neoclassical Darkwave / Dark Ambient Label: Prophecy Productions Arny Margret – I Miss You, I Do Genre: Indie Folk Label: One Little Independent Black Foxxes – The Haar Genre: Art Rock / Chamber Music Label: oneRPM Bob Mould – Here We Go Crazy Genre: Alternative Rock / Power-Pop Label: BMG The Burning Hell – Ghost Palace Genre: Indie Folk / Indie Rock Label: BB*Island Cryptosis – Celestial Death Genre: Symphonic Black Metal / Technical Thrash Metal Label: Century Media Dawn of Ouroboros – Bioluminescence Genre: Progressive Metal / Blackgaze Label: Prosthetic **Destruction – Birth of**… Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 28th, 2025. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors. – List of Releases: February 28th, 2025 – Architects: _The Sky, The Earth, & All Between_Genre: Metalcore Label: Epitaph Records Avantasia: _Here Be Dragons_Genre: Power Metal Label: Napalm Records Banks: _Off With Her Head_Genre: Pop Label: ADA Worldwide Cloakroom: Last Leg of the Human Table Genre: Shoegaze / Post Hardcore Label: Closed Casket Activities Crown of Madness: _Memories Fragmented_Genre: Death Metal Label: Transcending Obscurity Records Dark Chapel: _Spirit in the Glass_Genre: Hard Rock Label: Napalm Records Deep Sea Diver: _Billboard Heart_Genre: Alternative Label: Sub Pop Records Doves: _Constellations for the Lonely_Genre: Dream Pop / Indie Rock Label: EMI Enemy Inside: _Venom_Genre: Metal Label: Napalm Records Everon: _Shells_Genre: Progressive Rock Label: Mascot Label Records Grima: _Nightside_Genre: Post Black Metal Label: Napalm Records Hanukruunu: _Tavastland_Genre: Black Metal / Folk Label: Svart Records Hope Tala: Hope Handwritten Genre: Folk / Singer/Songwriter Label: Drift Records <p< div=""> </p<> … Peter Connelly is one of my most revered composers, not only for being involved in some of my all-time favourite games growing up, but because the music he created for those games expanded upon Nathan McCree’s iconic formula for Tomb Raider in a way that made it, arguably, better. By the time Connelly came in to compose the scores for Tomb Raider’s 4-6, the direction taken amped up the sombre sophistication and exotic, Bondian-esque string arrangements to match the darker, more serious tone the series was heading in at the time. So, in light of the release of Tomb Raider IV-VI remaster, which came out a couple weeks ago, I thought it was a good time to catch up with the man responsible for the scores to these classic games. As an established composer, what was your musical upbringing like? It was relatively normal but I was always fascinated by music and musical instruments. My father introduced me to Burt Bacharach at a very early age and I was obsessed with Burt’s music, melodies, his approach to music and his arrangements, so much I remember wishing that, one day, I could also be writing for an orchestra. I’ve not heard a Bacharach song since I was a kid, what a blast from the past. Bacharach’s known for so many catchy classic songs. His compositional style has a rich network of emotions, layered with a lot going on if you dig into a song, but there’s something immediately alluring and easy-going about… Lo, it’s back! Embrace the warm bosom of Sputnik Singles and be a valued participant in deciding what sucks and what doesn’t. Today’s track, fresh out of the oven, comes from NU-metal titans, Disturbed, who have dropped their first new song in nearly three years. So wrap those headphones around your ears and lets decide if it’s shite or not. For me, I’ll be honest; I’ve not listened to a Disturbed record since subjecting myself to their disastrous seventh album in 2018, ironically titled Evolution. To be clear – I’ve never been a huge fan of the band, but I’ll concede I enjoy a lot of their songs in a throwaway fashion. Draiman is a solid singer who brings this Iron Maiden-esque bravado to their music, crafting these claustrophobic verses and detonating them into an apodictic tension-releasing chorus of soaring earworm melodies and chubby guitar riffs. Of course, they’ve not been able to do this to the same effect since 2008’s Indestructible, with albums getting progressively more lifeless and rudimentary. By the time Evolution came into being, they’d managed to strip all of their gusto away for piss-weak rock songs with none of the distinction behind them. After skimming through their 2022 album, Divisive, for this review, the issues carry over from Evolution but the problems are nowhere near as prevalent, and as a result make the record feel more forgettable than bad. So where does that leave “I Will Not Break”? Well, it has that modern day… Previous Diagnoses: **Paradise Lost|Primus	Faith No More	Paramore