This week’s new heavy releases include riffs, sad metal and more. To metal…
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Castle – Evil remains
Genre: Heavy Metal/Dum
The origin. San Francisco, California / Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Label: Hammerheart Records
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This week starts with some straight riffage. This duo’s first album in six years will blow your head off the smoky jams. You’ll also find some fun rhythmic quirks here, which is a nice shock to their scene.
God dethroned – The Judas Paradox
Genre: blackened/melodic death metal
Origin: Beilen, Netherlands
Tag: reigning phoenix
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God dethroned always bring the melodic doom metal and this record is no different. The guitar melodies are catchy but somber, the drums are constantly hitting you and the overall atmosphere is dark. Would recommend Behemoth fans wanting some Paradise Lost: mixed.
God is an astronaut – bonfire
Genre: Post-Metal/Space Rock
Origin: Glen Of The Downs, Ireland
Label: Napalm
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This is another record that shows God is an astronautthe diverse abilities of They go into post-rock dimensions of traditional tension building while also breaking those rules and showing off their straight rock banger chops. All without uttering a word, and they don’t need to.
many eyes – Age of Light
Genre: Hard Rock/Metalcore
Origin: Buffalo, New York
Label: Perseverance Media Group
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After several singles, the debut Lots of eyes it’s finally here! Keith BuckleyThe first post ofEvery time I die The Excursions retain the hard-core fury of the former band, but with tunes that are bigger than ever. This recording also features the work of multi-instrumentalists Nick Bellmore and: Charlie Bellmorealthough the latter is no longer with the group.
Pure Mind Revolution – Come to consciousness
Genre: progressive rock
Origin: Sheffield, England
Label: InsideOut
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With this album, PRR: have now tied the number of albums they’ve previously split, and they seem to show no signs of stopping. The prog outfit recorded this with a live-official member Annick Shirin (Heilong, the shire) 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 are likely to have a blast with them.
Jordan Rudes – Permission to fly
Genre: progressive rock
Origin: New York
Label: InsideOut
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Although still a key focused record, Theater of dreams‘s keyboard wizard has a group of friends to help him on his latest soaring, nerve-wracking adventure. Did you get it? Darby Todd on drums (Out of this Word/animal-Devin Townsend), that Joe Payne on vocals and guitarists Steve Dadian and: Bastian Martinez (Catalan). The lyrics were written by his daughter Arianaso this time it’s a family affair.
Also decreasing this week…
- 40 W solar – Small weight (Fisher’s Folly) – Destruction/alternative
- Anubis – 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 historian (Self-Separated) – Destruction/Sludge
- blitzkrieg – blitzkrieg (Powerful) – Heavy Metal
- Blomst – the style (Indie Recordings) – garage rock
- Boston Estate – submarine (SharpTone) – Pop punk/emo
- Cold looks – South (mascot) – Blues/Southern Rock
- Elephant tree – Handful Ten (Magnetic Eye) – Doom/stoner
- Fame On Fire: – Death card (Hopeless) – Hard rock/pop metal
- Future palace – distortion (Arising Empire) – Post-hardcore
- Gigantum – Gigantum (Self-released) – Stoner
- Tragic disinfection – The smell of decaying flesh (Gore House Productions) – Slam/Brutal Death Metal
- ifrit – Haunting Charnel Grounds (Brilliant Emperor Records/Gutter Prince Cabal) – Black Metal
- Infrared – Main raid (Self-released) – Thrash
- Killing a sacred deer – Killing a sacred deer (Self-released) – Melodic hardcore
- The Last of Our Kind – A hidden hell (Good Fight Music) – Blackened death metal/deathcore
- Laura Jane Grace and Mississippi Medical Doctors – Give it an inch (Dial Back Sound) – Folk punk
- Midwife – No depression in heaven (The Flenser) – Shoegaze
- Misanthropy – Envy The Dead (WormHoleDeath Records) – Black/death metal
- Moose Cult – Book of cars (Eat Lead and Die Music) – Doom
- Mr. Big – The Big Finish Live: (Evolution) – rock
- Mutant explosion – Soulsteeler (Rockshots Records) – Thrash
- Officium Triste – Hortus Venenum (Transcending Obscurity Records) – Atmospheric death metal/doom
- Peeling Flesh: – Code G (Unique Leader Records) – Slam/hardcore
- Serotonin – motif (Narcoleptica Productions) – black/death metal
- A Swarm Of The Sun – Empire (Pelagic) – Post metal
- Those standing – Almere City Hardcore: (Self-detached) – Hardcore
- Various artists – Surrender to death. History of the Atlanta Metal Underground, Vol. 1: (Boris) – Different
- remainder – Janice (Season Of Mist) – Atmospheric/post metal
- Volus: – Merciful The Dying Light (Vargheist Records) – Black Metal/Noise
- Wolfheart: – Draconic Darkness (Reigning Phoenix Music) – melodic death metal
- Zeit der Darkenheit – Die Letzten Tage: (Self-released) – Folk/Black Metal
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