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Weekly Releases 6.18.2021

By Nocte Wednesday June 16, 2021

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 18th, 2021. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: June 18, 2021 –

Alustrium: A Monument To Silence

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Unique Leader Records

Ambar Lucid: Get Lost in the Music

Genre: Singer/Songwriter
Label: 300 Entertainment

Angélique Kidjo: Mother Nature

Genre: World
Label: Universal Music

Bossk: Migration

Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Deathwish Records

Fear Factory: Aggression Continuum

Genre: Industrial Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Gary Kemp: INSOLO

Genre: Singer/Songwriter
Label: Sony

Decayed: Old Ghosts And Primeval Demons

Genre: Lusitanian Music
Label: Black Metal

Eye Of Purgatory: The Lighthouse

Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Label: Transcending Obscurity

Hacktivist: Hyperdialect

Genre: Nu-Metal/Rapcore
Label: UNFD

Heavy Temple: Lupi Amoris

Genre: Stoner Rock/Doom
Label: Magnetic Eye Records

Helloween: Helloween

Genre: Power Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Kings Of Convenience: Peace Or Love

Genre: Folk Pop
Label: EMI

Korgonthurus: XX [EP]

Genre: Black/Death Metal
Label: Woodcut Records

Max Bloom: Pedestrian

Genre: Alt Rock/Indie Pop
Label: Independent

MNDR: Hell To Be You Baby

Genre: Electronica
Label: Wondersound Records

Mykki Blanco: Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep

Genre: Hip Hop
Label: Transgressive Records

Pharaoh: The Powers That Be

Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Cruz Del Sur Music

Rory Feek: The Gentle Man

Genre: Country
Label: Gaither Music

Seth Sentry: Super Cool Tree House

Genre: Hip Hop
Label: Island Records/Universal Music

Styx: Crash of the Crown

Genre: Rock
Label: Universal Music

Timo Tolkki’s Avalon: The Enigma Birth

Genre: Power Metal
Label: Frontiers Music

The Day Of The Beast: Indisputably Carnivorous

Genre: Blackened Death Metal
Label: Prosthetic Records

Thy Kingdom Will Burn: Thy Kingdom Will Burn

Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Scarlet Records

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Weekly Releases 6.4.2021

By Nocte Wednesday June 2, 2021

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logo Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 4th, 2021. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: June 4, 2021 –

Atreyu: Baptize

Genre: Metalcore
Label: Spinefarm

Ancient Wisdom: A Celebration In Honor Of Death

Genre: Black metal/Doom
Label: AvantGarde

Billy Gibbons: Hardware

Genre: Rock
Label: Concord Records

Boss Keloid: Family The Smiling Thrush

Genre: Heavy Rock
Label: Ripple Music

Crowded House: Dreamers Are Waiting

Genre: Rock
Label: BMG

Code: Flyblown Prince

Genre: Black Metal/Progressive
Label: Dark Essence

Desaster: Churches Without Saints

Genre: Blackened Thrash
Label: Metal Blade

Easy Life: Life’s A Beach

Genre: Pop
Label: Island Records

Flotsam And Jetsam – Blood In The Water

Genre: Metal
Label: AFM

Japanese Breakfast: Jubilee

Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Dead Oceans

King Buffalo: The Burden Of Restlessness

Genre: Rock
Label: Stickman Records

Liz Phair: Soberish

Genre: Pop Rock
Label: Chrysalis

Raheem DeVaughn: Lovesick

Genre: Hip Hop
Label: Mello Music Group

Red Fang: Arrows

Genre: Stoner Rock
Label: Relapse Records

Rhapsody Of Fire: I’ll Be Your Hero [EP]

Genre: Power Metal
Label: AFM Records

Rise Against: Nowhere Generation

Genre: Punk
Label: Loma Vista

Rostam: Changephobia

Genre: Indie Pop/Alternative
Label: Matsor Projects

Seputus: Phantom Indigo

Genre: Technical Death Metal
Label: Willowtip

Sojourner: Perennial [EP]

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: Napalm Records

Sordide: Les Idées Blanches

Genre: Experimental Black Metal
Label: Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions

Wolf Alice: Blue Weekend

Genre: Alt Rock
Label: Dirty Hit

Van Canto: The Power Of Eight

Genre: Acapella Metal/Power Metal
Label: Napalm Records

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Weekly Releases 5.21.2021

By Nocte Wednesday May 19, 2021

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 21st, 2021. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: May 21, 2021 –

Acausal Intrusion: Nulitas

Genre: Avant Garde Death Metal

Label: I, Voidhanger

An Autumn For Crippled Children: As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes

Genre: Post Metal, Shoegaze, Black Metal

Label: Prosthetic Records

Amorphis: Live At Helsinki Ice Hall

Genre: Progressive Metal

Label: Nuclear Blast

Borgne: Temps Morts

Genre: Avant Garde Black Metal

Label: Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions

Blake Shelton: Body Language

Genre: Country

Label: Warner Music

CHAI: Wink

Genre: Punk Pop

Label: Sub Pop

Colleen: The Tunnel And The Clearing

Genre: Electronic

Label: Thrill Jockey Records

Counting Crows: Butter Miracle Suite One

Genre: Rock

Label: BMG

Dayglow: Harmony House

Genre: Indie Rock

Label: Very Nice Records

Esoctrilihum: Dy’th Requiem For The Serpent Telepath

Genre: Black Metal/Cthulhu

Label: I, Voidhanger

Fly Pan Am: Frontera

Genre: Noise

Weekly Releases 5.07.2021

By Nocte Tuesday May 4, 2021

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 7th, 2021. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: May 7, 2021 –

Artillery – X

Genre: Thrash
Label: Metal Blade

Candlemass – Green Valley [Live]

Genre: Doom
Label: Peaceville

Ereb Altor – Eldens Boning

Genre: Viking Metal
Label: Hammerheart

Feed Them Death – Negative

Genre: Death/Grind
Label: Brucia Records

Ghost Iris – Comatose

Genre: Metalcore
Label: Long Branch

Grey Aura – Zwart Vierkant

Genre: Post/Black Metal
Label: Onism Productions

Inferno – Paradeigma (Phosphenes Of Aphotic Eternity)

Genre: Black Metal
Label: Debemur Morti Productions

Iceage: Seek Shelter

Genre: Punk Rock
Label: Crunchy Tunes

Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall – The Marfa Tapes

Genre: Country
Label:

Kataan – Kataan

Genre: Black/Death Metal
Label: Prosthetic

Methadone Skies – Retrofuture Caveman

Genre: Doom/Post Rock
Label: Haywire Records

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – When God Was Great

Weekly Releases 4.23.2021

By Nocte Tuesday April 20, 2021

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 23rd, 2021. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: April 23, 2021 –

Alan Vega: Mutator [Posthumous release]

Genre: Rock
Label: Sacred Bones

Alfa Mist: Bring Backs

Genre: Jazz/Hip Hop
Label: ANTI-

Altarage: Succumb

Genre: Extreme Metal
Label: Season Of Mist

Aphonic Threnody: The All Consuming Void

Genre: Funeral Doom Metal/Death
Label: Transcending Obscurity

Art d’Ecco: In Standard Definition

Genre: Rock
Label: Paper Bag Records

Blackbriar: The Cause Of Shipwreck

Genre: Metal/Gothic
Label: Independent

Bodom After Midnight: Paint The Sky With Blood

Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Napalm Records

Body Void: Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth

Genre: Doom/Drone/Punk
Label: Prosthetic Records

Big Brave: Vital

Genre: Experimental
Label: Southern Lord

Cold Cell: The Greater Evil

Genre: Black Metal
Label: Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions

Crypts Of Despair: All Light Swallowed

Genre: Death Metal
Label:…

Weekly Releases 04.09.21

By Nocte Monday April 5, 2021

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 9th, 2021. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: April 9, 2021 –

Arabrot: Norwegian Gothic

Genre: Alt rock / Grunge / New Wave

Label: Pelagic Records

Balmorhea: The Wind

Genre: Post rock / Modern Classical

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Brockhampton: Roadrunner: New Light New Machine

Genre: Hip Hop

Label: Question Everything / RCA Records

CFCF: Memoryland

Genre: Electronic

Label: Plancha

Cheap Trick: In Another World

Genre: Hard rock

Label: BMG

Devil Sold His Soul: Loss

Genre: Metalcore

Label: Nuclear Blast

Endgame: Surrender

Genre: Electronic

Label: Precious Metals

Flyte: This Is Really Going To Hurt

Genre: Indie Rock

Label: Island Records

Horndal: Lake Drinker

Genre: Death Metal

Label: Prosthetic Records

Kauan: Ice Fleet

Genre: Doom / Progressive Rock

Label: Artoffact Records

London Grammar: Californian Soil

Isgherurd Morth ‘Hellrduk’ Interview

By Nocte Friday April 2, 2021

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I want to talk about Isgherurd Morth foremost and specifically. Mostly, the naming of the band, because I’m not a Siberian national, nor am I French. How does a group of musicians dream up a name like this, especially after forming groups like “Stench Price” which would make slightly more sense to those more English only readers?

The more bizarre and weirder the name is, the more true black metal it will be! I’m kidding, of course! My idea was to indicate our origins in the possibly strangest way. Considering the large amount of new and existing black metal bands with names difficult to pronounce, I got an idea to play with the native language and found a solution in the Tatar language. Our native Russian language is replete with many words from Tatar dialects. So, ISGHERURD MORTH pronounces as |<Iz-ge-rur Mort>|.

We, the Siberians are descendants of ancient tribes also in our veins is the blood of Tatar Hordes. So we have the real Tatar name “Iske-ur”, which is the olden name of our hometown – “Krasnoyarsk” and re-arranged in a distinctive way with authentic linguistic hissing consonants. “Morth” is “dead”. Thus, the literal name of the project is “Krasnoyarsk is Dead”. The title of the album – “Hellrduk” means “Hell” with the same twist in Tatar-like pronunciation. Therefore the same vibe connects to the song titles.

Stench Pride is definitely a different animal to Isgherurd Morth. What drove the change from the more grinding ferocity, into the…

Blindfolded And Led To The Woods Interview

By Nocte Tuesday March 30, 2021

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First up, what’s the weather like in New Zealand at the moment? You guys had a bit of an earthquake/tsunami incident a couple weeks back, how did you and your fellow Christchurch-ian’s hold up?

The weather is fine, thank you. Christchurch is the most southern large city in New Zealand and subsequently we managed to avoid the tsunami warning that the northern island was given. That said, we are no stranger to earth quakes and tsunami warnings.

Tell us how New Zealanders, particularly the music scene is holding up. The world has seen its share of adversity lately (there’s some virus floating around apparently – it’s been just over a year now) Are live shows coming back? Any talk of touring – maybe an East Coast of Australia “across the ditch” list of dates?

The music scene, and specifically the metal scene, in New Zealand is healthy and thriving. The Pandemic brought a stand still to live music last year, but due to New Zealand’s approach to lockdowns and border security, we currently have no community cases of Covid, and so live shows and festivals can continue without restriction. We feel very fortunate for this and are not taking it for granted, so we are in the process of piecing together our national tour. If the borders open to Australia and beyond, that will be our our focus for touring next year.

We’re a little over a week away from the release of your third album. How has the…

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