Artist: HELSTAR
Album: THE DEVIL’S MASQUERADE RED VINYL (LP)

Release date: 12.09.2025
EAN/UPS: 4028466933577
Media type: LP

‘80s metal luminaries, The Rods, are back with Wild Dogs Unchained, a new album that combines reimagined classics from their past with masterfully crafted new songs. Wild Dogs Unchained is set for release on September 5 via Massacre Records.

Hooks, grooves, crafty, formidable, and rebellious are songwriting attributes that The Rods gladly embrace. On Wild Dogs Unchained, the veteran power trio continues their famed aural assault with songs like “Eyes Of A Dreamer” and “Tears For The Innocent,” revealing heretofore unrealized musical melodicism, while re-tooled classics, “Hurricane” and “Wild Dogs Unchained,” percolate with renewed vigor.

On Wild Dogs Unchained, the playing is harder, the grooving is heavier, and the singing more soulful than ever before. David “Rock” Feinstein (guitar/vocals), Freddy Villano (bass), and Carl Canedy (drums) have crafted a definitive Rods album aimed at pleasing die-hard fans and new audiences alike.

Once again mixed and mastered by Chris Collier, Wild Dogs Unchained flexes considerable musical muscle and builds upon the ironclad sonic template that these three musicians have forged over recent years. Not content to rest on their laurels or their legacy, The Rods are getting tighter, more nuanced, and perhaps even more bludgeoning with age.

CD/ LP:

01 “Eyes Of A Dreamer”
02 “Rock And Roll Fever”
03 “Mirror Mirror”
04 “Tears For The Innocent”
05 “Wild Dogs Unchained”
06 “Time To Rock”
07 “Run Run Run”
08 “World On Fire”
09 “Make Me A Believer”
10 “Hurricane”