Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 27, 2017. 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.
Ne Obliviscaris: Urn
Genre: Progressive/Black Metal/Death Metal // Label: Season of Mist
Background:
I’m not going to lie, I’m probably not the person to actually be writing on this. I liked the first two tracks from their debut and barely even bothered with their sophomore release because I kind of felt that it was a step backwards and didn’t really build on any of the debut’s potential. But Urn… this finally builds on the debut’s potential. Yes, the vocals are still kind of nasally and off-key, but when it comes to the music and songwriting, they’re finally getting it. The songs are more memorable and their blend of black, death, and prog is finally gelling into a cohesive unit. Also, the songs themselves don’t seem to meander all over the place like they used to on previous albums. Definitely something fans should check out, but Urn is even something people that blew off their previous two releases might actually enjoy.
Check out the entire release of Urn here:
– Full List of Releases: October 27, 2017 –
10 Years: (How To Live) As Ghosts
Genre: Alt. Metal // Label: Mascot Records
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Angel Nation: Aeon
Genre: Symphonic Metal // Label: Inner Wound Records
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Appice: Sinister
Genre: Rock // Label: Steamhammer
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Baxter Dury: Prince of Tears
Genre: Alternative Rock // Label: Heavenly Recordings
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Blut Aus Nord: Deus Salutis Meae
Genre: Black Metal/Industrial // Label: Thrill Jockey
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Bootsy Collins: World Wide Funk
Genre: Funk // Label: Mascot
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Complete Failure: Crossburner
Genre: Grind // Label: Season of Mist
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Delain: A Decade of Delain – Live at Paradiso
Genre: Symphonic Metal // Label: Napalm Records
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Dragonhammer: Obscurity
Genre: Power Metal // Label: My Kingdom Music
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Dreamgrave: Monuments
Genre: Progressive Metal // Label: Self Released
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Fleurety: The White Death
Genre: Black Metal/Experimental // Label: Peaceville Records
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Gnaw: Cutting Pieces
Genre: Ambient/Drone // Label: Translation Loss
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Hallatar: No Stars Upon the Bridge
Genre: Doom // Label: Svart Records
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Heretic: A Game You Cannot Win
Genre: Thrash/Power Metal // Label: Dissonance Records
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Hollywood Undead: V
Genre: Nu Metal // Label: BMG
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Julien Baker: Turn Out the Lights
Genre: Folk/Indie Folk // Label: Matador
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Kelly Clarkson: Meaning of Life
Genre: Pop // Label: Atlantic Records
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Lee Ann Womack: The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
Genre: Country // Label: ATO Records
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Left Behind: Blessed By the Burn
Genre: Thrash/Hardcore // Label: Unbeaten Records
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Mirror Queen: Verdigris
Genre: Psychedelic/Stoner Rock // Label: Tee Pee Records
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Ne Obliviscaris: Urn
Genre: Progressive/Black Metal/Death Metal // Label: Season of Mist
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Out Lines: Conflats
Genre: Alternative/Indie // Label: Rock Action
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Powerman 5000: New Wave
Genre: Metal/Hard Rock/Industrial // Label: Pavement Music
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Red: Gone
Genre: Alt. Metal/Symphonic // Label: Essential Records
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Savage Messiah: Hands of Fate
Genre: Thrash/Power Metal // Label: Century Media
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Serenity: Lionheart
Genre: Power Metal/Progressive Rock // Label: Napalm Records
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The Used: The Canyon
Genre: Alternative // Label: Hopeless Records
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Theory of a Deadman: Wake Up Call
Genre: Rock // Label: Atlantic Records
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Ty Dolla $ign: Beach House 3
Genre: Hip-Hop // Label: Atlantic Records
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Weezer: Pacific Daydream
Genre: Alternative // Label: Crush Music
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Winds of Plague: Blood Of My Enemy
Genre: Death Metal/Metalcore // Label: eOne Music
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10.27.17
Checked out the Ne Obliviscaris release and it's actually pretty good. Also checked out Hallatar which is kind of a doom 'super group' featuring Amorphis vocalist Tomi Joutsen, Trees of Eternity and Swallow The Sun guitarist Juha Raivio and ex-HIM drummer Gas Lipstick. It's not as good as I hoped it would be, but it isn't bad.
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Checking out Julien Baker
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Trey - thanks for the write-up on Ne Obliviscaris, I had exactly that opinion on the first two albums but given that write-up I'll probably jam now.
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