This week’s new heavy releases includes riffs, sad metal, and more! To the metals…
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Castle – Evil Remains
Genre: Heavy metal/doom
Origin: San Francisco, California / Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Label: Hammerheart Records
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Starting this week with some straight up riffage. This duo’s first album in six years will get your head banging with addictive smoky jams. You’ll also be hit with some fun rhythmic weirdness here, which is a pleasant shakeup for their scene.
God Dethroned – The Judas Paradox
Genre: Blackened/melodic death metal
Origin: Brussels, Belgium
Label: Reigning Phoenix
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God Dethroned always bring the melodic sinister metal, and this record is no different. Guitar melodies are catchy yet somber, the drumwork is constantly pummeling you, and the overall vibe is dark. Would recommend to Behemoth fans that want some Paradise Lost mixed in.
God Is An Astronaut – Embers
Genre: Post-metal/space rock
Origin: Glen Of The Downs, Ireland
Label: Napalm
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This is another record that showcases God Is An Astronaut’s diverse abilities. They traverse traditional tension building post-rock realms while also breaking those rules and showing off their straight ahead rock banger chops. All without uttering a word and they don’t need ’em.
Many Eyes – The Light Age
Genre: Hard rock/metalcore
Origin: Buffalo, New York
Label: Perseverance Media Group
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After a handful of singles, the debut of Many Eyes is finally here. Keith Buckley’s first post-Every Time I Die outing retains the hardcore fury of the former band, but with melodies are more grand than ever. This record also features the work of multi-instrumentalists Nick Bellmore and Charlie Bellmore, though the latter is no longer with the band.
Pure Reason Revolution – Coming Up To Consciousness
Genre: Progressive rock
Origin: Sheffield, England
Label: InsideOut
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With this album, PRR have now tied their pre-split album album count, and there doesn’t seem to be signs of stopping them. The prog outfit recorded this with live- turned-official member Annicke Shireen (Heilung, Shireen) on vocals and session bassist Guy Pratt (David Gilmour, Pink Floyd). The combination of the old guard and the new faces meshes so well and long-time fans will likely be cool with them.
Jordan Rudess – Permission To Fly
Genre: Progressive rock
Origin: New York
Label: InsideOut
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While still a key-centric record, Dream Theater’s keyboard wizard has a bunch of pals this time to assist with his latest soaring, nerdy adventure. You’ve got Darby Todd on drums (Out of This Word/live-Devin Townsend), That Joe Payne on vocals, and guitarists Steve Dadian and Bastian Martinez (Catalan). The lyrics were written by his daughter Ariana, so it’s a family affair this time too.
Also dropping this week…
40 Watt Sun – Little Weight (Fisher’s Folly) – Doom/alternative
Anubis – The Unforgivable (Bird’s Robe Records) – Progressive metal
Black Sites – The Promised Land? (Self-released) – Heavy/progressive metal
Black Sun – Black Sun (Self-released) – Melodic heavy metal
Blackstaff – The Storyteller (Self-released) – Doom/sludge
Blitzkrieg – Blitzkrieg (Mighty) – Heavy metal
Blomst – Stil (Indie Recordings) – Garage rock
Boston Manor – Sundiver (SharpTone) – Pop punk/emo
The Cold Stares – The Southern (Mascot) – Blues/southern rock
Elephant Tree – Handful Of Ten (Magnetic Eye) – Doom/stoner
Fame On Fire – The Death Card (Hopeless) – Hard rock/pop metal
Future Palace – Distortion (Arising Empire) – Post-hardcore
Gigantum – Gigantum (Self-released) – Stoner
Heinous Exsanguination – The Stench of Decaying Flesh (Gore House Productions) – Slam/brutal death metal
Ifrit – Haunting Charnel Grounds (Brilliant Emperor Records/Gutter Prince Cabal) – Black metal
Infrared – Mainfestation (Self-released) – Thrash
Killing Of A Sacred Deer – Killing Of A Sacred Deer (Self-released) – Melodic hardcore
Last Of Our Kind – Hidden Hell (Good Fight Music) – Blackened death metal/deathcore
Laura Jane Grace & The Mississippi Medicals – Give An Inch (Dial Back Sound) – Folk punk
Midwife – No Depression In Heaven (The Flenser) – Shoegaze
Misanthropia – Envy The Dead (WormHoleDeath Records) – Black/death metal
Moose Cult – Book Of The Machines (Eat Lead and Die Music) – Doom
Mr. Big – The Big Finish Live (Evolution) – Rock
Mutant Blast – Soulsteeler (Rockshots Records) – Thrash
Officium Triste – Hortus Venenum (Transcending Obscurity Records) – Atmospheric death metal/doom
PeelingFlesh – The G Code (Unique Leader Records) – Slam/hardcore
Serotonin – Motiv (Narcoleptica Productions) – Black/death metal
A Swarm Of The Sun – An Empire (Pelagic) – Post-metal
Those Left Standing – Almere City Hardcore (Self-released) – Hardcore
Various Artists – Surrender To Death: A History Of The Atlanta Metal Underground Vol. 1 (Boris) – Various
Vestige – Janis (Season Of Mist) – Atmospheric/post-metal
Vølus – Merciful The Dying Light (Vargheist Records) – Black metal/noise
Wolfheart – Draconian Darkness (Reigning Phoenix Music) – Melodic death metal
Zeit der Dunkelheit – Die Letzten Tage (Self-released) – Folk/black metal
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