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By Sowing
Tuesday April 4, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 7th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: April 7, 2023 –
Asystole: Siren To Blight
Genre: Death Metal
Label: I, Voidhanger Records
Covet: Catharsis
Genre: Math/Progressive Rock
Label: Triple Crown
Daniel Caesar: Never Enough
Genre: R&B/Soul
Label: Hollace Inc.
Daughter: Stereo Mind Game
Genre: Indie-Rock/Dream Pop
Label: Glassnote Entertainment Group
Ellie Goulding: Higher Than Heaven
Genre: Indie Pop/Electronic
Label: Universal Music
Fire-Toolz: I am upset because I see something that is not there.
Genre: Experimental/Electronic
Label: Fire-Toolz
Frenzal Rhomb: The Cup Of Pestilence
Genre: Hardcore/Punk
Label: Frenzal Rhomb
HMLTD: The Worm
Genre: Post-Punk/Electronic
Label: Lucky Number Music
ISON: Stars & Embers
Genre: Ambient/Drone/Shoegaze
Label: Avantgarde Music
Linkin Park: Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition
Genre: Nu-Metal/Rock
Label: Warner Records
Mudhoney: Plastic Eternity
Genre: Grunge/Punk/Alt-Rock
Label: Sub Pop
NF: Hope
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: NF Real…
By Willie
Wednesday March 29, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of March 31st, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: March 31st, 2023 –
Ad Infinitum: Chapter III: Downfall
Genre: Metal / Symphonic Metal
Label: Napalm
Boygenius: The Record
Genre: Indie Folk / Indie Rock
Label: Interscope Records
Bury Tomorrow: The Seventh Son
Genre: Metalcore
Label: Music For Nations
Chloe: In Pieces
Genre: Singer / Songwriter
Label: Columbia
The Classic Crime: Grim Age
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Tooth & Nail Records
Damien Jurado: Sometimes You Hurt The Ones You Hate
Genre: Indie Folk / Psychedelic
Label: Maraqopa Records
Deerhoof: Miracle-Level
Genre: Noise Rock / Indie
Label: Joyful Noise Recordings
The Hold Steady: The Price of Progress
Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Positive Jams
Jael: Midlife
Genre: Pop
Label: Zealand Records
Jodye Reign: I Fell in Luv
Genre: R&B
Label: Servcorp
Kalia Vandever: We Fell in Turn
Genre: Jazz
Label: AKP Recordings
London Brew: London Brew
Genre: Jazz Fusion
Label: Downtown Records
Lordi: Screem Writers Guild
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Atomic Fire
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of March 24th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: March 24, 2023 –
Acid King: Beyond Vision
Genre: Stoner Doom
Label: Blues Funeral
August Burns Red: Death Below
Genre: Metalcore
Label: SharpTone
Autumn Tears: Guardian Of The Pale
Genre: Darkwave / Neoclassical
Label: The Circle Music
Babymetal: The Other One
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Babymetal
Caroline Rose: The Art of Forgetting
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: New West University
Cruachan: The Living And The Dead
Genre: Folk Metal
Label: Despotz
Dawn Ray’d: To Know The Light
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Prosthetic
Depeche Mode: Memento Mori
Genre: New Wave / Synthpop
Label: Columbia
Eden Weint Im Grab: Apokalypse Galore
Genre: Gothic Metal
Label: Einheit Produktionen
Ellie Goulding: Higher Than Heaven
Genre: EDM
Label: Polydor
Excalion: Once Upon A Time
Genre: Power Metal
Label: Scarlet
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By Nocte
Wednesday March 15, 2023
Here’s a list of notable new releases for the week of March 17th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: March 17, 2023 –
100 gecs – 10,000 gecs
Genre: Hyperpop
Labels: Dogshow, Atlantic, Warner
All Time Low – Tell Me I’m Alive
Genre: Pop-Punk
Label: Fueled By Ramen
Black Honey – A Fistful of Peaches
Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Foxfive
Blank Gloss – Cornered
Genre: Ambient
Label: Kompakt
Chelsea Grin – Suffer in Heaven
Genre: Deathcore
Label: ONErpm
Contrarian – Sage of Shekhinah
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Label: Willowtip
Daddy Long Legs – Street Sermons
Genre: Punk Blues
Label: Yep Roc
Death and Vanilla – Flicker
Genre: Dream Pop
Label: Fire
deathcrash – Less
Genre: Slowcore
Label: Untitled
Downfall of Gaia – Silhouettes of Disgust
Genres: Atmospheric Black Metal / Sludge Metal
Label: Metal Blade
Elysion – Bring Out Your Dead
Genre: Gothic Metal
Label: Napalm Records
Emiliana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra – Racing the Storm
Genres: Dream Pop / Downtempo
By Sowing
Tuesday March 7, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of March 10, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: March 10, 2023 –
Altin Gun: Ask
Genre: Psychedelic/Folk
Label: ATO
Ane Brun: Portrayals
Genre: Indie-Rock/Folk
Label: Balloon Ranger
Delerium: Signs
Genre: Electronic/Ambient/New Age
Label: Metropolis
Dutch Uncles: True Entertainment
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alternative Rock/Post-Punk
Label: Memphis Industries
Fever Ray: Radical Romantics
Genre: Electronic/Pop/Experimental
Label: Rabid Records
Flogging Molly: Til the Anarchy’s Restored
Genre: Folk Punk
Label: Quiet Man LLC
For the Fallen Dreams: For the Fallen Dreams
Genre: Metalcore/Hardcore
Label: Arising Empire
Frankie Rose: Love as Projection
Genre: Indie/Dream Pop
Label: Slumberland
Frozen Crown: Call of the North
Genre: Power Metal
Label: Scarlet Records
Gorod: The Orb
Genre: Death/Progressive Metal
Label: Gorod
Isole: Anesidora
Genre: Doom/Progressive Metal
Label: Hammerheart
Judiciary: Flesh + Blood
Genre: Hardcore/Thrash Metal
Label: Closed Casket Activities
Juice WRLD: The Party Never Ends
Genre: Hip-Hop/Emo
Label: Interscope
Manchester Orchestra: The Valley of Vision
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: Loma Vista
Miley Cyrus: Endless Summer Vacation
Genre: Pop/R&B/Psychedelic
Label: Smiley Miley Inc.
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By Willie
Thursday March 2, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of March 3rd, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: March 3rd, 2023 –
Carma: Ossadas
Genre: Black Metal / Doom
Label: Monumental Rex
Earth Groans: Tongue Tied
Genre: Metalcore
Label: Solid State Records
Enslaved: Heimdal
Genre: Progressive / Black Metal / Folk
Label: Nuclear Blast
Entheos: Time Will Take Us All
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Label: Metal Blade Records
Full of Hell + Primative Man: Suffocating Hallucination
Genre: Hardcore / Sludge
Label: Closed Casket Activities
Haken: Fauna
Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Inside Out
Kate NV: WOW
Genre: Electronic / Pop
Label: RVNG
Morgan Wallen: One Thing at a Time
Genre: Country
Label: Republic
Ocean of Grief: Pale Existence
Genre: Doom / Death Metal
Label: Personal Records
Phantom Fire: Eminente Lucifer Libertad
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Edged Circle Productions
Ron Gallo: Foreground Music
Genre: Alternative
Label: Kill Rock Stars
Slowthai: UGLY
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Method / Interscope
The Veils: … And Out of the Void Came Love
Genre: Indie Rock / Indie Pop
Label: Ba Da Bing Records
Viscera: Carcinogeneis
Genre: Post Metal / Metalcore
Label: Unique Leader Records
William Basin: The Clocktower at the Beach (1979)
Genre: Ambient / Drone
Label: Musex International
Xiu Xiu: Ignore Grief
Genre: Experimental / Electronic
Label: Polyvinyl
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 24th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: February 24, 2023 –
Adam Lambert: High Drama
Genre: Pop
Label: BMG
Air Raid: Fatal Encounter
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: High Roller
Algiers: Shook
Genre: Post Punk / Experimental
Label: Matador
Begonia: Powder Blue
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Birthday Cake
Big | Brave: Nature Morte
Genre: Sludge
Label: Thrill Jockey
Bodyfarm: Ultimate Abomination
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Edged Circle Productions
The Church: The Hypnogogue
Genre: New Wave / Psychedelia / Alt Rock
Label: Communicating Vessels
Dope: Blood Money, Part Zer0
Genre: Industrial / Metalcore
Label: eOne
Elvis Depressedly: Who Owns the Graveyard?
Genre: Shoegaze / Indie Rock
Label: Self released
Funeral Winds: Stigmata Mali
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Osmose Productions
Godsmack: Lighting up the Sky
Genre: Alt Rock
Label: BMG
Gorillaz: Cracker Island
By Willie
Wednesday February 15, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 17, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: February 17, 2023 –
The Abby: Word of Sin
Genre: Doom Rock
Label: Season Of Mist
All My Shadows: Eerie Monsters
Genre: Power Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Anna B Savage: In | Flux
Genre: Psychedelic Folk
Label: City Slang
Avatar: Dance Devil Dance
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Heavy Metal
Label: Thirty Tigers
Avery Tare: 7s
Genre: Indie / Electronic
Label: Domino Recording Co
The Black Moriah: Desert Hymns & Funeral Grins
Genre: Heavy Metal / Black Metal
Label: Folter Records
Caroline Polachek: Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Genre: Electronic / Pop/ R&B
Label: Perpetual Novice
Depravation: IV:LETVM
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Lifeforce Records
Enisum: Forgotten Mountains
Genre: Black Metal / Ambient / Folk
Label: Avantgarde Music
Gravehuffer: …Depart From So Much Evil
Genre: Thrash / Punk / Grind
Label: Black Doomba Records
Gutted: A Path to Ruin
Genre: Tech Death
Label: Coyote Records
Hellripper: Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
Genre: Blackened Thrash
Label:
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By Sowing
Tuesday February 7, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 10, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
–List of Releases: February 10, 2023–
The Academic: Sitting Pretty
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: Universal Music Operations
Amber Arcades: Barefoot on Diamond Road
Genre: Indie-Pop
Label: Fire Records
Andy Shauf: Norm
Genre: Alt-Rock/Indie-Folk
Label: Anti
Black Belt Eagle Scout: The Land, The Water, The Sky
Genre: Indie-Folk
Label: Saddle Creek
The Brian Jonestown Massacre: The Future is Your Past
Genre: Psychedelic/Shoegaze/Indie-Rock
Label: ‘a’ recordings
Cadaver Shrine: Benighted Desecration
Genre: Death/Doom Metal
Label: Chaos Records
 Carnosus: Visions of Infinihility
Genre: Tech Death
Label: Independent
Delain: Dark Waters
Genre: Metal/Gothic
Label: Napalm
Distant: Heritage
Genre: Metalcore/Death Metal/Deathcore
Label: Century Media
Elyose: Deviante
Genre: Industrial/Metal/Gothic
Label: Independent
In Flames: Foregone
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Isole: Anesidora
Genre: Doom/Progressive Metal
Label: Hammerheart
Kelela: Raven
Genre: R&B/Electronic/Garage
Label: Warp
Klone: Meanwhile
Genre: Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Kscope
Maps: Counter Melodies
Genre: Post-Rock/Shoegaze/Electronic
Label: Mute Artists Ltd.
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of February 3rd, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: February 3, 2023 –
All Out War: Celestial Rot
Genre: Black Metal / Hardcore / Thrash
Label: Translation Loss
Blackwülf: Thieves and Liars
Genre: Stoner Doom
Label: Ripple Music
Coffin Nail: The Hanged Man
Genre: Black Metal / Grindcore
Label: Self released
Dewolff: Love, Death and In Between
Genre: Southern Rock / Blues / Psychedelic
Label: Mascot Label
Elif: Endlich Tut Es Wieder Weh
Genre: Pop
Label: Jive
Fugit: Morphogenetic Fractal Hologram
Genre: Post Black Metal / Blackgaze
Label: Self released
FVNERALS: Let the Earth Be Silent
Genre: Doom / Dark Ambient / Post Rock
Label: Prophecy Productions
The Go! Team: Get Up Sequences part Two
Genre: Funk
Label: Memphies Industries
Godiva: Hubris
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Self released
John Frusciante: .I:
Genre: Electronic / Ambient/ Drone
Label: Acid Test
John…
By Nocte
Thursday January 26, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 27, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: January 27, 2023 –
… And Oceans: As in Gardens, So In Tombs
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist
The Arcs: Electrophonic Chronic
Genre: Indie Rock / Psychedelic
Label: Easy Eye Sound
Ashen Horde: Antimony
Genre: Progressive Black/Death Metal
Label: Transcending Obscurity
Ava Max: Diamonds & Dancefloors
Genre: Electro Pop
Label: Atlantic
Bizarrekult: Den Tapte Krigen
Genre: Post Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist
Complete Mountain Almanac: Complete Mountain Almanac
Genre: Folk / Indie Rock
Label: Bella Union
Elle King: Come Get Your Wife
Genre: Country / Pop
Label: RCA
Emarosa: Sting
Genre: Indie Pop / Electronic
Label: Out of Line
Fucked Up: One Day
Genre: Alternative / Folk
Label: Merge Records
Hammock: Love in the Void
Genre: Ambient / Post Rock
Label: Hammock Music
Kimbra: A Reckoning
Genre: Indie Pop / Soul
Label: Kimbra
King Tuff: Smalltown Stardust
Genre: Jam Rock / Psychedelic
Label: Sub Pop
Liv Sin: Kali Yuga
Genre:
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By Willie
Tuesday January 17, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 20, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: January 20, 2023 –
Atrocity: OKKULT III
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Massacre
The Bad Ends: The Power and the Glory
Genre: Rock
Label: New West Records
Biig Piig: Bubblegum
Genre: Hip-Hop / R&B
Label: Sony Music
The C.I.A.: Surgery Channel
Genre: Indie / Electronic
Label: In The Red
Dave Rowntree: Radio Songs
Genre: Indie / Electronic
Label: Cooking Vinyl
Designer Disguise: Radio Songs
Genre: Nu Metal / Metalcore
Label: InVogue Records
Dryad: The Abyssal Plain
Genre: Death Metal / Black Metal
Label: Prosthetic
Guided By Voices: La La Land
Genre: Indie Rock / Lo-Fi
Label: GBV Inc
Imperium Dekadenz: Into Sorrow Evermore
Genre: Black Metal / Shoegaze
Label: Napalm
John Cale: Mercy
Genre: Experimental Pop / Rock
Label: Domino
July Talk: Remember Never Before
Genre: Alternative / Indie Rock
Label: Six Shooter Records
Kali Malone: Does Spring Hide Its Joy
Genre: Drone / Classical
Label: Secretly Distribution
Katatonia: Sky Void of Stars
Genre: Progressive Metal / Dark
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By Sowing
Monday January 9, 2023
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 13, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: January 13, 2023 –
Ahab: The Coral Tombs
Genre: Doom Metal
Label: Napalm
Ashen: Ritual of Ash
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Bitter Loss
BabyTron: Bin Reaper 3: Nеw Testament
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: N/A
Belle and Sebastian: Late Developers
Genre: Baroque Pop / Indie Rock
Label: Matador Records
Beyond the Black: Beyond the Black
Genre: Power Metal/Classical
Label: Nuclear Blast
Billy Nomates: CACTI
Genre: Folk-Punk/Post-Punk
Label: Invada
Circa Waves: Never Going Under
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock
Label: Lower Third
Cursed Excruciation: Arcane Diabolism
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Label: Iron Bonehead Productions
Declaime & Madlib: In The Beginning (Vol. 3)
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: SomeOthaShip Connect/Fat Beats
Defy the Curse: Horrors of Human Sacrifice
Genre: Death Metal/Sludge Metal/Punk
Label: Hammerheart
Gabrielle Aplin: Phosphorescent
Genre: Folk/Pop
Label: Never Fade
Gaz Coombes: Turn The Car Around
Genre:
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of January 6th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.
– List of Releases: January 6, 2023 –
Anathematise: Bizarre Tales from the Past and the Future
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Awakening
Beatriz Ferreyra: Senderos de luz y sombras
Genre: Electronic / Modern Classical
Label: Recollection GRM
Cicada: 棲居在溪源之上 Seeking the Sources of Streams
Genre: Post Rock / Modern Classical
Label: flau
Charaxes: Color’s Tease
Genre: Electronic
Label: Self released
Confined: Eternal Fury of the Disillusioned Ones
Genre: OSDM
Label: Vargheist
Despicable: Meditations
Genre: Experimental Hip Hop
Label: Self released
Devouring Famine: Haunting Echoes
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Self released
Earth: Even Hell Has Its Heroes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Genre: Drone
Label: Thrones and Dominions
Fireworks: Higher Lonely Power
Genre: Indie Rock / Post Rock / Punk
Label: Funeral Plant Collective
Geolier: Il coraggio dei bambini
Genre: Hip Hop
Label: Columbia / Sony
Esoctrilihum: Funeral
Genre: Black Metal
Label:…
By Sowing
Thursday December 29, 2022
One of my goals in 2022 was to spend more time reading user content, which resulted in the monthly Best User Reviews lists. There is a a lot of talent hidden beneath the “official” ranks of this website, and below is a list containing many of those writers. Consider this a heartfelt thank you to everyone who put time and effort into creating worthwhile content over course of the past year. So without further ado, please join me in congratulating the below users for their efforts!
Category I: User Recognition
Tier 1: These reviewers made one appearance on the monthly “best-of” list for user reviews. We’d love to hear more from you!
anarchistfish, parksungjoon, ramon., Josh D., brendanstupik, Zig, TVC15, JayEnder, JamesW, untitled, theBoneyKing, Toad, deathofasalesman, TooManyFriends, SublimeSound, whitecastle142, brandontaylor, someone, arf, BrushedRed, AmericanFlagAsh, Valzentia, Shamus248, Batareziz, JayEnder, GiaNXGX, SitarHero, 0BSCURA, luci, SunBro, BlazinBlitzer, vult, gimo80, Toondude, nnpoc, thejoelsder, Romulus, 0range, MrToothbrush, combustion07, DePlazz, Poet, libraryofsalt, eMZ, BlackTemplarofAutism, TerraIncognita, SlothcoreSam, ChaoticVortex, nilsson, Boreque, victorhugotoffoli, pjquinones747, kaparoni, Slex, WoahHenny, johndavis33, trackbytrackreviews, Douglas, DoofDoof, MOYA, TheGreatEscaper, Invariance67, Gannoncannon, Edgehog61, LunaticSoul, JonWedge91, Maniac!, JoyfulPlaypus, Permafrost, Drbebop, shemson, GoldenGuy444, Chamberbelain, kildare, e210013, HstroX, ArsMoriendi, XfingTheSullen, counterparts24, Dizchu, frozencarl, claygurnz, pennyroyal22, davidwave4, Tundra, rabidfish, DeanBrown, daemonaria
Tier 2: Double Agents – These writers made the list twice!
PanosChris, NexCeleris, Biscuitborn, LemonBen, NicksMusicList, GarthAlgar, SandwichBubble, theBoneyKing, TheGlowingWeen, Get Low, hobblepot, YatMot, ConcubinaryCode, Purpl3Spartan, Scoot, SpiridonOrlovschi, DadKungFu, Minortimbo12
Tier 3: Triple
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