Speed - ALL MY ANGELS EP
- Samuel Stevens
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
Few bands embody the raw conviction and communal spirit of modern hardcore quite like SPEED. Following their breakout 2024 album ONLY ONE MODE, which cemented the Sydney five-piece as global ambassadors for Australian hardcore, the band returns with ALL MY ANGELS—a three-track EP that’s as emotionally crushing as it is musically devastating. Set for release on October 23, 2025, via Flatspot Records (worldwide) and Last Ride Records (AUS/NZ), this project finds SPEED channelling profound grief into something transcendent: a celebration of love, memory, and unflinching human connection.
Produced, recorded, and mixed by Elliott Gallart at The Chameleon Studios, ALL MY ANGELS was born from tragedy. The band endured the loss of three close friends within an eighteen-month period—an unimaginable weight that could have fractured any community. Instead, SPEED transform that heartbreak into their heaviest and most heartfelt work to date. The result is a testament not only to their resilience but also to their ethos: to love without fear or regret.
Opening track “AIN’T MY GAME” kicks down the door with the kind of swaggering, groove-driven energy that has become the band’s signature. The riffs bounce with an infectious pulse, and vocalist Jem Siow spits every word with a venomous clarity, urging listeners to live authentically instead of getting lost in illusions. It’s classic SPEED—hard-hitting, uncompromising, and loaded with attitude.
The EP's centrepiece, “PEACE,” stands as the project's emotional fulcrum. Backed by churning guitars and bone-rattling breakdowns, Siow delivers some of his most poignant lyrics to date, reflecting on the serenity found amidst loss. His words—“the certainty that the time we shared and invested in one another was underpinned by unfiltered honesty and unconditional love”—strike at the core of what makes SPEED so compelling: their refusal to shy away from vulnerability even in the face of chaos. There’s a spiritual weight here, a sense of catharsis that elevates ALL MY ANGELS beyond mere aggression.
The title track, “ALL MY ANGELS,” closes the EP with a gut-wrenching reflection on suicide, legacy, and remembrance. Siow’s vocals teeter between fury and mourning as the band hurls themselves into every riff with unwavering precision. The track wrestles with the pain of absence while striving to honour those lost—transforming anguish into a call to action, a promise to live with purpose in their memory. It’s an emotional knockout that encapsulates the EP’s dual nature: grief as both a wound and a source of strength.
Across its eight-minute runtime, ALL MY ANGELS distills the essence of SPEED: groove-laden brutality, relentless sincerity, and a communal heartbeat that refuses to fade. It’s hardcore at its purest—not just music for mosh pits, but music for mourning, healing, and moving forward together. SPEED continue to prove that their power lies not just in their riffs, but in their unwavering humanity.
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