Below, please find an ongoing sampling of new releases for the week of April 5th, 2024. If I missed something obvious, pretend it’s April Fools’ Day and I bamboozled you. Ha! Genres/labels are best guesses based on cursory Googling and should not be taken seriously. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors. Don’t forget to swap out Oreo cream for Arm & Hammer toothpaste if you hate your family (or yourself).

– List of Releases: April 5th, 2024 –

Alpha Wolf – Half Living Things
Genre: Metalcore / Nu Metal
Label: SharpTone

Austere – Beneath the Threshold
Genre: Blackgaze
Label: Lupus Lounge

Bayside – There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive
Genre: Pop-Punk / Alternative
Label: Hopeless

The Black Keys – Ohio Players
Genre: Blues Rock / Psychedelic Soul
Label: Nonesuch

Bob Vylan – Humble As the Sun
Genre: UK Hip Hop / Punk Rock
Label: Ghost Theatre

Dana Gavanski – Late Slap
Genre: Indie Pop / Indie Folk
Label: Full Time Hobby

Dead Pony – Ignore This
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: LAB…

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of March 8th, 2024.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: March 8, 2024 –

Alterium: Of War and Flames

Genre: Symphonic Metal
Label: AFM

Ariana Grande: Eternal Sunshine

Genre: Pop
Label: Republic

Before the Dawn: Archaic Flame [EP]

Genre: Death Doom / Gothic Metal
Label: Napalm

Bleachers: Bleachers

Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Dirty Hit

Ecclesia: Ecclesia Militants

Genre: Heavy Metal / Stoner Doom
Label: Aural Music

Exhorder: Defectum Omnium

Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Goat Major: Ritual

Genre: Stoner Doom
Label: Ripple Music

Grey Skies Fallen: Molded By Broken Hands

Genre: Profound Lore
Label: Death Metal

Isenordal: Requiem for Eirene

Genre: Doom
Label: Prophecy Productions

The Jesus and Mary Chain: Glasgow Eyes

Genre: Noise Pop
Label: Fuzz Club

Judas Priest: Invincible Shield

Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Epic

Kim Gordon: The…

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 26th, 2024.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: January 26, 2024 –

Alkaline Trio: Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs

Genre: Pop Punk / Post Hardcore
Label: Rise

Benny the Butcher: Everybody Can’t Go

Genre: Hip Hop
Label: Griselda

Blood Red Throne: Nonagon

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Soulseller

Caligula’s Horse: Charcoal Grace

Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: InsideOut Music

Charlotte Sands: Can We Start Over?

Genre: Indie Pop
Label: CS

Cognizance: Phantazein

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Willowtip

Dissimulator: Lower Form Resistance

Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal / Sci-fi
Label: 20 Buck Spin

Exocrine: Legend

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes: Dark Rainbow

Genre: Punk
Label: International Death Cult

Future Islands: People Who Aren’t There Anymore

Genre: Indie Rock
Label: 4AD

Goth Babe: Lola

Genre: Alternative
Label: Mom + Pop

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 27th, 2023.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 27, 2023 –

Aegrus: Invoking the Abysmal Night

Genre: Black Metal
Label: Osmose Productions

Angie McMahon: Light, Dark, Light Again

Genre: Singer Songwriter
Label: Gracie

Autopsy: Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Peaceville

Closure In Moscow: Soft Hell

Genre: Alternative / Progressive Rock
Label: Self released

DJ Shadow: Action Adventure

Genre: Electronic / Hip Hop
Label: Mass Appeal

Dokken: Heaven Comes Down

Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Napalm

Doro: Conqueress

Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Duran Duran: Danse Macabre

Genre: Pop rock
Label: BMG

End: The Sin of Human Frailty

Genre: Metalcore
Label: Closed Casket Activities

Endseeker: Global Worming

Genre: Death metal
Label: Metal Blade

The Gaslight Anthem: History Books

Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Thirty Tigers

Gazelle…

Just in time for the start of pumpkin spice spooky season, here’s a list of notable new releases for the week of October 6th, 2023.  Genres/labels are best guesses based on cursory Googling and should not be taken seriously. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors. Or don’t, whatever. I’m not your mom.

– List of Releases: October 6th, 2023 –

Carnifex – Necromanteum
Genre: Deathcore / Symphonic Black Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Citizen – CALLING THE DOGS
Genre: Alternative / Post-Punk Revival
Label: Run For Cover

Claire Rosinkranz – Just Because
Genre: Bedroom Pop
Label: Republic

Colbie Caillat – Along the Way
Genre: Country Pop
Label: Blue Jean Baby

The Dear Hunter – Migrant Returned
Genre: Art Rock
Label: Equal Vision

Dogstar – Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees
Genre: Alternative Rock / Garage Rock Revival
Label: Dillon Street Records

Dorian Electra – Fanfare
Genre: Hyperpop
Label: Dorian Electra Inc.

Drake – For All the Dogs
Genre: Alternative R&B / Trap Soul
Label: OVO, Republic

Ethan P. Flynn – Abandon All Hope
Genre: Art Pop / Indietronica
Label: Young

EXEK – The Map and The…

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 29th, 2023.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 29, 2023 –

’68: Yes, And…

Genre: Noise Rock
Label: Pure Noise

Animal Collective: Isn’t It Now?

Genre: Alternative
Label: Domino Recording Co.

Beverley Knight: The Fifth Chapter

Genre: r&b
Label: BMG

Blackbriar: A Dark Euphony

Genre: Symphonic Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Black Stone Cherry: Screamin’ at the Sky

Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Mascot Label Group

Blonde Redhead: Sit Down For Dinner

Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Section 1

Blood Command: World Domination

Genre: Punk Rock
Label: Hassle

Caged: From Roving About the Earth

Genre: Death Doom
Label: Translation Loss

Cherry Glazerr: I Don’t Want You Anymore

Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Secretly Canadian

Code Orange: The Above

Genre: Metalcore
Label: Blue Grape Music

Ed Sheeran: Autumn Variations

Genre: Singer Songwriter
Label: Gingerbread Man

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 1st, 2023.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 1, 2023 –

Aviations: Luminaria

Genre: Math Rock / Emo
Label: The AV Collective

Eclipse: Megalomanium

Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Frontiers

Empire State Bastard: Rivers of Heresy

Genre: Grindcore / Alt Rock
Label: Roadrunner

Frankie and the Witch Fingers: Data Doom

Genre: Rock / Funk / Prog
Label: The Reverberation Appreciation Society

Hey Colossus: In Blood

Genre: Post Punk / Post Rock
Label: Wrong Speed

Icona Pop: Club Romantech

Genre: Pop
Label: Record Company Ten

Imperial Crystalline Entombment: Ancient Glacial Resurgence

Genre: Black Metal
Label: Debemur Morti

Jeff Rosenstock: Hellmode

Genre: Punk
Label: Polyvinyl

Jessika: World Ain’t Ready

Genre: Pop
Label: BMG

Marduk: Memento Mori

Genre: Black Metal
Label: Century Media

The Natvral: Summer Of No Light

Genre: Folk
Label: Dirty Being

Outergods:…

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 11th, 2023.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 11, 2023 –

Andrew Hung: Deliverance

Genre: Electronic / Chiptune
Label: Lex

Anyma: Genesys

Genre: Ambient / Electronic / Trance
Label: Afterlife / Interscope

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You

Genre: Americana / Folk
Label: Drag City

Caskets: Reflections

Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: SharpTone

Cystic: Palace of Shadows

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Chaos

Cunabula: The Weight of Sleep

Genre: Post Black Metal
Label: Sleazy Rider

Dead and Dripping: Blackened Cerebral Rifts

Genre: Brutal Death
Label: Transcending Obscurity

Deafcult: Future Of Illusion

Genre: Doom / Pop / Industrial / Noise Rock
Label: Hobbledehoy

George Lynch & Jeff Pilson: Heavy Hitters II

Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Deadline Music

Hail the Sun: Divine Inner Tension

Genre: Post Hardcore
Label: Equal Vision

Hemina: Romancing the Ether