Staff Picks: Best New Music

all genres

	Fleshvessel Obstinacy: Sisyphean Dreams Unfolded WHAT A WEIRDO!!!!		HEALTH Conflict DLC Follow your dreams, just keep them to yourself.
	Blut Aus Nord Ethereal Horizons Gorgeous soundscapes of ethereal horizons.		Veilburner Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy "Oh, no tears please. It's a waste of good suffering..."
	Kauan Wayhome The real Kauan has returned!		Rosalia Lux Transcendent...
	Coroner Dissonance Theory If you love a great Heavy Metal return story....here's your huckleberry		An Abstract Illusion The Sleeping City The progression is complete
	Thrice Horizons/West Thrice put their best foot forward and deliver an improvement on Horizons/East in every way.		Hooded Menace Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration Who doesn't love Halloween metal?
	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.		Der Weg Einer Freiheit Innern Der Weg Einer Freiheit are masters of consistency and excellency within black metal.
	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		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