HELSTAR
"THE DEVIL’S MASQUERADE"
Heavy Metal
Release date: 12.09.2025
(MASSACRE RECORDS)

‘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 heavi...