Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 12, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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Equilibrium: Armageddon
Genre: Black Metal // Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Greetings fellow users! As some of you are aware, I’ve started a little user review competition in which the winner receives an automatic feature, as well as a “user spotlight” session. It basically consists of an informal chat in which I ask some personal questions as well as some silly ones.
From the review: “Unlike any typical concept album, How To Be Human Being doesn’t stick to a single story or theme. In fact, it does the exact opposite. A song about a mother lamenting her son’s young death and all the memories he could’ve made later in life is followed by a track dedicated to lazy stoners. But this lack of solidarity answers a question very similar to the album’s title: what’s it like to be a human being? It’s funny, sad, sexy, and gleeful. It’s filled with mental illness, social awkwardness, standing in lines, and cookie coasters. It’s all of these things at the same time. This is why How To Be A Human Being might understand life more than most albums in 2016. Life isn’t all pain and suffering, nor is it always a blessing. It’s a mixed bag, and you’re going to have to deal with the good and the bad.”
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 9, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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-Featured Release: The Dear Hunter-
The Dear Hunter: Act V
Genre: Progressive Rock // Label: Equal Vision Records
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– New Releases: September 9, 2016 –
Ayahausca: Yin
Genre: Heavy Rock // Label: Independent
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Bastille: Wild World
Genre: Pop Rock // Label: Virgin Records
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Black Funeral: Ankou and the Death Fire
Genre: Black Metal // Label: Masterpiece Distribution
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Chase The Day: Tabula Rasa
Genre: Alternative Rock // Label: Chase the Day
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clipping.: Splendor & Misery
Genre: Industrial/Hip-Hop // Label: Sub Pop Records
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 05, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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—Featured Release—
Russian Circles: Guidance
Genre: Post Rock // Label: Sargent House
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– New Releases: August 05, 2016 –
Acolyte: Shades of Black
Genre: Progressive Rock // Label: Independent
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Avant Garde: Fire Walk With Me
Genre: Emo/Post Hardcore // Label: Tragic Hero Records
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Blackfoot: Southern Native
Genre: Rock // Label: Loud & Proud Records
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Bloody Hammers: Lovely Sort of Death
Genre: Psychedelic/Goth/Metal // Label: Napalm Records
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Blue Pills: Lady in Gold
Genre: 70s Rock // Label: Nuclear Blast Records
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The Brevet: Embers: Ch.2
Genre: Rock/Indie // Label: Independent
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Carnifex: Slow Death
Genre: Death Metal // Label: Nuclear Blast Records
The Osheaga Music and Arts Festival was ill as fuck last year, when I went with some of my close personal bros and saw motherfucking Tyler, the Creator (made me grin but feel old), Brand New (made me grin and feel old, but in a good way, like the movie Boyhood or Timehops from when I was fatter), and Anamanaguchi (made me grin and feel young and turnt), as well as a buncha other artists with average scores in the 3’s or higher in our humble little database. The festival is held in Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau, right on the Saint Lawrence River.
I am going again this year and am pretty stoked. If you’ve been to these kinds of massive festivals before, and I imagine that many of you have, you know that scheduling conflicts come with the territory (and that, no matter what, you will underestimate how long it will take you to make it from one stage to another). Here are a few conflicts that are burning me up inside,so you help me make the call:
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 29, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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Panopticon: Revisions of the Past
Genre: Black Metal/Folk // Label: Nordvis
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Amy Kress: Fly
Genre: Electronic/Pop // Label: Secret Music
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Beansidhe: Mont
Genre: Melodic Death Metal // Label: Via Nocturna
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Billy Talent: Afraid of Heights
Genre: Pop Punk/Alt. Rock // Label: The End Records
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The Bouncing Souls: Simplicity
Genre: Punk/Hardcore // Label: Rise Records
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The Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel
Genre: Psychedelic/Blues // Label: Silver Arrow Records
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Death Spells: Nothing Above, Nothing Below
Genre: Metalcore/Electronic // Label: Vagrant Records
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 22, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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Assignment: Closing the Circle
Genre: Progressive Power Metal // Label: Massacre
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The Birthday Massacre: Imagica (Reissue)
Genre: Industrial/Goth/Alt. Metal // Label: Metropolis Records
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Black Crown Initiate: Selves We Cannot Forgive
Genre: Progressive Death Metal // Label: eOne Music
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 15, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 8, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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All Your Sisters: Uncomfortable Skin
Genre: Post Punk // Label: The Flenser
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Aphex Twin: Cheetah
Genre: Electronic // Label: Warp Records
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The Apprehended: At Arms Length
Genre: Metalcore // Label: Imminence Records
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The Avalanches: Wildflower
Genre: Electronic/Pop/Dance // Label: Astralwerks
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Badbadnotgood: IV
Genre: Jazz/Pop // Label: Innovative Leisure
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Biffy Clyro: Ellipsis
Genre: Alternative Rock // Label: Warner Bros.
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Big Business: Command Your Weather
Genre: Hard Rock // Label: Joyful Noise Recordings
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 1, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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C.B. Murdoc: Nonplus Ultrataken fromHere Be Dragons. Released 24 June, 2016.
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I’m not the biggest fan of technical death metal. To me, a large majority of it is style-over-substance; a flurry of notes and chaos with nothing that sticks. C.B. Murdoc is different. Although they could easily be placed into the technical death metal genre, each song has a multitude of riffs and melodies that will stick in your head and make you want to come back. This is particularly amazing because the band definitely engage in a large amount of chaos played at breakneck speeds. In a nutshell, C.B. Murdoc’s sound could be described as a cross between At the Gates, Atheist, and Meshuggah. Their foundation is definitely based on the same high-intensity, raw melodic death metal sound that made Slaughter of the Soul such an instant classic; including the throat-shredding vocal style. This foundation is combined with the technical chaos of Atheist’s Unquestionable Presence, and the quirky rhythmic experimentation and balls-crushing heaviness of Meshuggah’s best material.
This particular track, ‘Nonplus Ultra’, is probably one of my favorites on the album if only because it is one of the more instant songs. It features multiple tempo changes, crushing riffs, atonal dissonance, quirky rhythms, but also just the slightest hint of melody. At the current moment, Here Be Dragons is probably my number 2 album of the year. It is that good. Be sure to stream the other…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 24, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 17, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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A Devil’s Din: Skylight
Genre: Psychedelic Stoner Rock // Label: Self-Released
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Avion Roe: In Separation
Genre: Alternative/Emo // Label: Epitaph Records
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Ayreon: The Theater Equation
Genre: Symphonic Progressive Metal // Label: Inside Out Music
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Beldam: Still the Wretched Linger
Genre: Doom/Sludge // Label: Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
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Big Deal: Say Yes
Genre: Psychedelic Indie Pop // Label: Fat Cat Records
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 10, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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Astrakhan: Reward in Purpose
Genre: Doom/Sludge Metal // Label: War on Music
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Bait: Sunburst [EP]
Genre: Blackened Hardcore // Label: WOOAAARGH/Sell Your Soul Records
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 3, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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Attalla: Attalla
Genre: Hardcore // Label: Independent
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Beartooth: Aggressive
Genre: Metalcore/Hardcore // Label: Red Bull Records
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Cat’s Eyes: Treasure House
Genre: Indie/Dream-Pop // Label: Cat’s Eyes
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Cauchemar: Chapelle Ardente
Genre: Heavy/Doom Metal // Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions
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The Claypool Lennon Delirium: Monolith of Phobos
Genre: Psychedelic Rock // Label: Prawn Song Records & Chimera Music
