Staff Picks: Best New Music

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Thrice
Horizons/West


Thrice put their best foot forward and deliver an improvement on Horizons/East in every way.
Raphael Weinroth-Browne
Lifeblood


A heavy contender for Album of the Year, and the most ambitious album of Weinroth-Browne's career.
Hooded Menace
Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration


Who doesn't love Halloween metal?
Post Heaven
The Space That's In Between


The Space That’s In Between is an electrifying, awe-inspiring EP that provides all the proof you need that Post Heaven deserves a major breakthrough.
Old Sorcery
The Escapist


True escapist haven.
Geese
Getting Killed


There is only dance music in times of war
Amorphis
Borderland


A picture of consistency
Wednesday
Bleeds


Wednesday expand their palette even further with yet another masterpiece.
Paradise Lost
Ascension


Despite a couple issues with pacing and some weaker tracks, Ascension provides the same high-quality songwriting we've come to expect from the band.
Motion City Soundtrack
The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World


Just wait and see—one day I’ll disappear and you’ll be just like me.
Der Weg Einer Freiheit
Innern


Der Weg Einer Freiheit are masters of consistency and excellency within black metal.
Crippling Alcoholism
Camgirl


I'm just a user, craving your abuse.
Grenadier
Wolves of the Trench


The Charge of the Light Brigade
Hayley Williams
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party


Hayley finally breaks through her glass ceiling and delivers her strongest solo effort to date. It might even be her best release, period.
In Mourning
The Immortal


Magic and Mayhem
Hot Mulligan
The Sound a Body Makes When It's Still


Monica Lewinskibidi Toilet
The World Is a Beautiful Place...
Dreams Of Being Dust


Hands on an empty globe, the illusion of place.
Ethel Cain
Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You


Love is not enough in this world, but I still believe in Nebraska dreaming
The Exit Bags
A Fear of Open Water


What is there to know?
Centuries of Decay
A Monument to Oblivion


Brutal and beautiful.
Clipse
Let God Sort Em Out


So Be It, So Be It.
Laura Stevenson
Late Great


It's hard to love me back
Moving Mountains
Pruning of the Lower Limbs


You crash and fall in the sky like a shooting star
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Phantom Island


King Gizz get extra brassy and extra breezy, bringing the soulful summer vibes you didn't know you were missing
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