Finding Peace
Finding Peace is the third studio album by British hardcore band Desolated. It was released via MLVLTD, on 30 May 2025.[1]
| Finding Peace | ||||
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| Studio album by Desolated | ||||
| Released | May 30, 2025 | |||
| Length | 23:01 | |||
| Label | MLVLTD | |||
| Producer | Will Putney | |||
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| Singles from Finding Peace | ||||
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Background
[edit]Released six years after the band's 2019 EP, New Realm of Misery, and produced, mixed and mastered by Will Putney,[1] Finding Peace is composed of ten songs ranging between one and three minutes each, with a total runtime of approximately twenty-three minutes.
The album's first single, "Bite Down", was released on 26 February 2025, alongside a music video directed by Daniel Priess and filmed in Dublin and Belfast in September 2024.[2] It was followed by "Glass Ceiling", the second single, on 19 April 2025.[1]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Distorted Sound |   [3] |
| Kerrang! | [4] |
| Metal Hammer | [5] |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.2/5[6] |
Nik Young of Metal Hammer rated the album six out of ten and stated, "Their new release continues along a similar trajectory to 2016's The End, but sees Dan Ford return on bass and introduces new vocalist Tony Evans, who replaces Paul Williams."[5] Kerrang! gave the album a three out of five rating and described it as "an undeniably fantastic-sounding record," opining "The wheel might not have been reinvented here, but it's been given a damn good polishing."[4]
Benjamin Jack of Sputnikmusic assigned it a score of 3.2 out of five, noting that, "musically, Finding Peace doesn't stray far from the band's comfort zone, and it's unlikely to convert skeptics."[6] Distorted Sound, rating the album eight out of ten, praised the album and called it "probably Desolated's best record yet, although we have had The End for about nine years so time will kinda have to tell."[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Stomper" | 1:17 |
| 2. | "Lessons" | 2:08 |
| 3. | "Bite Down" | 2:27 |
| 4. | "Glass Ceiling" | 2:43 |
| 5. | "Never Enough" | 1:15 |
| 6. | "Endless Betrayal" (featuring Ninebar) | 3:22 |
| 7. | "Let It Slide" | 1:59 |
| 8. | "Victim 2.0" (featuring D Bloc) | 3:12 |
| 9. | "Enemy" | 2:42 |
| 10. | "Dead End 2025" | 2:36 |
| Total length: | 23:01 | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Weaver, James (19 April 2025). "Desolated announce new album Finding Peace". Distorted Sound. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ Weaver, James (26 February 2025). "Desolated release new music video for 'Bite Down'". Distorted Sound. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ a b Heasley, Ellis (26 May 2025). "Album Review: Finding Peace – Desolated". Distorted Sound. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ a b Thomas, Olly (29 May 2025). "Album review: Desolated – Finding Peace". Kerrang!. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ a b Young, Nik (July 2025). "Finding Peace". Metal Hammer. No. 401. Future plc. p. 93. ISSN 0955-1190.
- ^ a b Jack, Benjamin (30 May 2025). "Review: Desolated – Finding Peace". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 11 June 2025.