The South Wales quartet, Forever Vendetta, is a diamond in the hard rock rough, taking after the hardest substance known to man, glinting as an unreckonable spectacle in the UK alternative circuit. In their latest single and music video, Not Dead Yet, the riff-propulsed masters of visceralism laid down percussion that would give you whiplash if you attempted to follow; the juggernaut of a salaciously serpentine anthem is a dizzying rabbit hole of hypersonic adrenaline, cut through by the searing synthesis of spite and fortitude the lyrics are forged from.
If you’ve ever been counted as down and out, Not Dead Yet is a reckoning worth partaking in; it’s a fresh wave of resilience shot from a smoking gun; a Velvet Revolver, if you will. The instrumentals are tighter than a straitjacket under the helm of the vocals; you can almost hear the airwaves tremble under their command.
There is a loud, no-frills ferocity to the track that speaks volumes of a band that knows exactly how to make impact feel physical, while the hook-driven charge keeps the single surging forward with bruised knuckle determination.
Since forming in 2008, Forever Vendetta have built their reputation in South Wales and beyond by sharing stages with established heavyweights and doing things on their own terms. Following their self-produced debut album New Day Rising, Not Dead Yet lands in 2026 as an uncompromising return fired by attitude, energy, and a refusal to be written off.
Not Dead Yet is now available to stream on all major platforms. For the full experience, watch the official video on YouTube.
Review by Amelia Vandergast