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Weekly Releases December 2022

By Sowing Monday November 28, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the entire month of December 2022. These releases have been condensed into one post as, historically at least, December is a slower time for new musical releases. In the meanwhile, our staff will be working on compiling their highly anticipated “Top Albums of 2022” feature, so stay tuned to see what we anoint as the album of the year. With regards to the below releases, please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums. From our staff and userbase to you, we wish you and your loved ones a safe and happy holiday season. We’ll see you in January!

– List of Releases: December 2, 2022 –

brakence - hypochondriac

brakence: hypochondriac
Genre: Hip-Hop/Pop/Electronic
Label: Columbia

Celestial Season: Mysterium II
Genre: Doom/Death
Label: Burning World Records

Galcher Lustwerk

Galcher Lustwerk: 100% Galcher
Genre: Electronic/House/Techno
Label: Ghostly International

Hammers of Misfortune: Overtaker
Genre: Power/Progressive/Heavy Metal
Label: Metal Blade

Isafjørd: Hjartastjaki
Genre: Post-Rock
Label: Svart Records

John-Allison Weiss - The Long Way

John-Allison Weiss: The Long Way
Genre: Indie-Rock/Pop-Punk
Label: Get Better

Leftfield

Leftfield: This Is What We Do
Genre: House/Techno/Electronic
Label: Virgin Music

Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains
Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Republic

NOFX: Double Album
Genre: Punk/Pop-Punk/Hardcore
Label: Fat Wreck Chords

Olly Murs - Marry Me

Olly Murs:…

Weekly Releases 11.25.2022

By Sowing Wednesday November 23, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 25, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: November 25, 2022 –

Black Lava: Soul Furnace
Genre: Death/Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Elder

Elder: Innate Passage
Genre: Stoner Rock/Progressive Rock/Doom Metal
Label: Armageddon Shop

flaming swords

Fievel Is Glauque: Flaming Swords
Genre: Indie-Pop/Jazz
Label: MATH

High Command - Eclipse Of The Dual Moons

High Command: Eclipse Of The Dual Moons
Genre: Punk/Thrash/Hardcore
Label: Southern Lord

In the Woods... - Diversum

In The Woods…: Diversum
Genre: Progressive Metal/Black Metal
Label: Soulseller Records

Jamie Lenman - The Atheist

Jamie Lenman: The Atheist
Genre: Folk/Metal
Label: Big Scary Monsters

Judicator - The Majesty of Decay

Judicator: The Majesty Of Decay
Genre: Power Metal
Label: Prosthetic Records

Katia Krow - Julfar

Katia Krow: Julfar
Genre: Ambient/Drone
Label: N/A

Lykotonon: Promethean Pathology
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Profound Lore

Mylène Farmer

Mylène Farmer: L’emprise
Genre: Pop
Label: Stuffed Monkey

Neptunian Maximalism - Finis Gloriae Mundi

Neptunian Maximalism: Finis Gloriae Mundi
Genre: Jazz/Psychedelic/Drone
Label: Utech Records

Ofdrykkja: After The Storm
Genre: Doom/Black Metal
Label: AOP

RZA: Bobby Digital In Digital Potions
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: MNRK HEAVY

The Smith Street Band

The Smith Street Band: Life After Football
Genre: Folk Punk
Label: Pool House

SpiritWorld - Deathwestern

SpiritWorld: Deathwestern
Genre: Death Metal/Thrash/Hardcore
Label: Century Media

Stormzy

Stormzy: This Is What I Mean
Genre: Grime/Hip-Hop
Label: Hashtag Merky Music 34 Limited

Thy Catafalque - Mezolit - Live at Fekete Zaj

Thy Catafalque: Mezolit – Live at Fekete Zaj
Genre: Progressive Metal/Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Waajeed

Waajeed: Memoirs of Hi-Tech Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Label: Tresor Records

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Weekly Releases 11.18.2022

By Sowing Tuesday November 15, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 18, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: November 18, 2022 –

Anna Mieke: Theatre
Genre: Folk
Label: Nettwerk

Candlemass

Candlemass: Sweet Evil Sun
Genre: Doom/Heavy Metal
Label: Napalm

Divisive

Disturbed: Divisive
Genre: Nu-Metal/Hard Rock
Label: Reprise

Gatherers: ( mutilator. )
Genre: Post-Hardcore/Emo/Progressive Rock
Label: No Sleep

World Record

Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record
Genre: Folk/Rock
Label: Reprise

Nickelback

Nickelback: Get Rollin’
Genre: Grunge/Pop-Rock
Label: BMG

Tempus

Pole: Tempus
Genre: Electronic/Techno/Minimal
Label: Mute

Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson: The Ruby Cord
Genre: Folk/Experimental
Label: Domino Recording Co

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Roddy Ricch: Feed tha Streets III
Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
Label: Bird Vision Ent

Röyksopp

Röyksopp: Profound Mysteries III
Genre: Electronic
Label: Dog Triumph

Ruby Haunt: Cures For Opposites
Genre: Dream-Pop/Indie-Rock
Label: Haunt

slowthai - UGLY

slowthai: UGLY
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Interscope

Tallah

Tallah: The Generation of Danger
Genre: Nu-Metal/Hardcore
Label: Earache

Thaiboy Digital - Back 2 Life

Thaiboy Digital: Back 2 Life
Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
Label: YEAR0001

Dividing Lines

Threshold: Dividing Lines
Genre: Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow

Weyes Blood: And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Genre: Folk/Psychedelic/Ambient
Label: Sub Pop

The Wombats

The Wombats: Is This What It Feels Like to Feel Like This?
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alt-Rock
Label: The Wombats

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Weekly Releases 11.11.2022

By Sowing Friday November 11, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 11, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: November 11, 2022 –

Actress

Actress: Dummy Corporation
Genre: Techno/House/IDM
Label: Ninja Tune

Black Eyed Peas

Black Eyed Peas: ELEVATION
Genre: Pop/Hip-Hop
Label: BEP Music, LLC

Only The Strong Survive

Bruce Springsteen: Only the Strong Survive
Genre: Rock/Americana/Folk
Label: Columbia

Chelsea Grin: Suffer in Hell
Genre: Metalcore/Death Metal
Label: Chelsea Grin

Redcar les adorable etoiles

Christine and the Queens: Redcar les adorables étoiles
Genre: Pop/Electronic/Indie-Pop
Label: Because Music

Colin Stetson: Chimæra
Genre: Jazz/Minimal
Label: Constellation Records

Constellatia

Constellatia: Magisterial Romance
Genre: Shoegaze/Black Metal/Progressive Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Dream Unending: Song Of Salvation
Genre: Death/Doom Metal
Label: 20 Buck Spin

Drowse: Wane Into It
Genre: Shoegaze/Ambient/Folk
Label: The Flenser

Drudkh

Drudkh: All Belong to the Night
Genre: Black Metal/Folk
Label: Season of Mist

Dysgnostic: Scar Echoes
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Transcending Obscurity

Epica feat. Shining, Charlotte Wessels & Myrkur

Epica: The Alchemy Project
Genre: Power Metal/Classical/Gothic
Label: Atomic Fire

Fitz & The Tantrums

Fitz & the Tantrums: Let Yourself Free
Genre: Indie-Pop
Label: Elektra

Weekly Releases 11.04.2022

By Dewinged Wednesday November 2, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 4th, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: November 4, 2022 –

Anna Of The North: Crazy Life

Genre: Indie Pop
Label: PIAS Recordings

Big Joanie: Back Home

Genre: Post Punk
Label: Kill Rock Stars

Black Anvil: Regenesis

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist

The Blue Stones: Pretty Monster

Genre: Indie Rock
Label: MNRK Heavy

Born Without Bones: Dancer

Genre: Alt Rock / Emo
Label: Pure Noise

Brkn Love: Black Box

Genre: Alt Rock
Label: Spinefarm

Cavetown: Worm Food

Genre: Indie Pop / lo-fi
Label: Warner

Coco Jones: What I Didn’t Tell You [EP]

Genre: Hip Hop / Soul
Label: Def Jam

Daniel Avery: Ultra Truth

Genre: Techno
Label: Phantasy Sound

Dayseeker: Dark Sun

Genre: Experimental indie Rock / r&b / Alternative
Label: Spinefarm

Decius: Decius Vol. 1

Genre: Techno / Acid…

A Tribute to TheSpirit

By staff Friday October 28, 2022

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It’s with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Brandon Scott (aka TheSpirit), a longstanding member of the Sputnik community who lost his battle with addiction. Brandon was a member of Sputnik for over thirteen years, over which time he wrote frequently as a site Contributor and made an indelible mark on the site with his kindness, wit and unquellable positivity. He wrote prolifically across the internet for a variety of platforms, significantly InvisibleOranges, and was a talented musician involved in active creative projects. Our thoughts go out to his friends and family. If you are able to, please consider contributing to his funeral expenses here.

We have compiled a short list of testimonials below; please feel free to share any of your own in the comments (or contact us via sowingsputnik@gmail.com if you would like to be included in this piece):

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Though we were never close, I remember Brandon from my earliest days on Sputnik, and of all the people I’ve come across online, he was easily one of the best-humoured, affable and, no matter the scenario, room-brightening. The longer I spent on Sputnik, the more amazed I became at the way he maintained a cheerful spirit, brought the best out of everyone around him, faced personal hardships with vast openness and optimism, respected mutual differences, never took himself overly seriously, and yet – perhaps above all – did what he loved with total dedication without losing his heart to it. I know

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Weekly Releases 10.28.2022

By Dewinged Thursday October 27, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 28th, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 21, 2022 –

Abyssic: Brought Forth in Iniquity

Genre: Blackened Doom/Death
Label: Osmose Productions

Ásgeir: Time On My Hands

Genre: Indie Folk / Synth Pop
Label: One Little Independent

Benjamin Clementine: And I Have Been

Genre: Singer Songwriter / Soul
Label: Preserve Artists

Brant Bjork: Bougainvillea Suite

Genre: Desert Rock / Psychedelic
Label: Heavy Psych Sounds

Clamoris: Opus Limbonica

Genre: Death Metal / Melodic Black Metal
Label: Inverse

The Damned: A Night of a Thousand Vampires [Live]

Genre: Punk
Label: earMusic

Darkthrone: Astral Fortress

Genre: Black Metal
Label: Peaceville

Dead Cross: II

Genre: Thrash / Groove Metal
Label: Ipecac Recordings

Defleshed: Grind Over Matter

Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Label: Metal Blade

Demon Hunter: Exile

Genre: Alt Metal
Label: Weapons MFG

Devenial Verdict: Ash Blind

Genre: Dissodeath…

Weekly Releases 10.21.2022

By Dewinged Thursday October 20, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 21st, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 21, 2022 –

a-ha: True North
Genre: Pop
Label: Swinglong Ltd.

Archers of Loaf: Reason In Decline
Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Merge

Architects: The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit
Genre: Metalcore
Label: Epitaph

Arctic Monkeys: The Car
Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Domino Recording Company

Avantasia: A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society
Genre: Power Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

A Wake in Providence: Eternity
Genre: Deathcore
Label: Unique Leader

Black Math Horseman: Black Math Horseman [EP]
Genre: Doom
Label: Profound Lore

Black Royal: Earthbound
Genre: Sludge / Death Metal
Label: M-Theory

Brutus: Unison Life
Genre: Post Hardcore
Label: Sargent House

Cabal: Magno Interitus
Genre: Death Metal / Deathcore
Label: Nuclear Blast

Carly Rae Jepsen: The Loneliest Time
Genre: Singer Songwriter / r&b / Pop
Label: Interscope

Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn: Pigments
Genre: EDM /…

Weekly Releases 10.14.2022

By Dewinged Tuesday October 11, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 14th, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors and let us know what else you’re looking forward to hearing this week.

Any mistakes in genre/label identification can be blamed on Jom’s illiteracy and/or bad Googling.

– List of Releases: October 14, 2022 –

The 1975 – Being Funny in a Foreign Language
Genre: Art Pop / Pop Rock
Label: Dirty Hit, Polydor

Alter Bridge – Pawns & Kings
Genre: Alternative Metal / Hard Rock
Label: Napalm

Bill Callahan – YTI⅃AƎЯ
Genre: Americana / Singer-Songwriter
Label: Drag City

Birds in Row – Gris Klein
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Screamo
Label: Red Creek

Boston Manor – Datura
Genre: Alternative Rock / Post-Hardcore
Label: SharpTone

Brian Eno – FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE
Genre: Ambient Pop
Label: UMC

Daeva – Through Sheer Will and Black Magic…
Genre: Black Metal / Thrash Metal
Label: 20 Buck Spin

Field Medic – Grow Your Hair Long If You’re Wanting to See Something That You Can Change
Genre: Indie Folk / Singer-Songwriter
Label: Run for Cover

Firtan – Marter
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal…

Weekly Releases 10.07.2022

By Dewinged Thursday October 6, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 7th, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 7, 2022 –

A.A. Williams: As The Moon Rests

Genre: Singer Songwriter / Doom / Post Rock
Label: Bella Union

Aenaon: Mnemosyne

Genre: Black Metal
Label: Agonia

Alvvays: Blue Rev

Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Polyvinyl

Armed For Apocalypse: Ritual Violence

Genre: Sludge
Label: Candlelight

Avantdale Bowling Club: Trees

Genre: Hip Hop
Label: Years Gone By

The Bobby Lees: Bellevue

Genre: Punk / Garage Rock
Label: Ipecac

Bonny Light Horseman: Rolling Golden Holy

Genre: Americana
Label: 37d03d

Borealis: Illusions

Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: AFM

Broken Bells: Into the Blue

Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Awal

Bush: The Art Of Survival

Genre: Alt Rock
Label: BMG

Charlotte Wessels: Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II

Genre: Goth Rock / Symphonic Metal
Label: Napalm

Cloud Rat:…

Weekly Releases 09.30.2022

By Dewinged Wednesday September 28, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 30th, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 30, 2022 –

Acausal Intrusion: Seeping Evocation

Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Label: I, Voidhanger

Acephalix: Theothantology

Genre: Black Metal / Doom / Death Metal
Label: 20 Buck Spin

Alice Cooper: Live From The Astroturf

Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Good Records

Autopsy: Morbidity Triumphant

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Peaceville

The Bad Plus: The Bad Plus

Genre: Jazz
Label: Edition Records

The Big Pink: The Love That’s Ours

Genre: Indie Pop / Shoegaze
Label: Project Melody

Björk: Fossora

Genre: Electronic / Experimental
Label: One Little Indian

City of Caterpillar: Mystic Sisters

Genre: Post Hardcore
Label: Relapse

Clark: 05-10

Genre: Electronic
Label: Warp

Darkest Era: Wither On The Vine

Genre: Progressive Metal / Doom
Label: Candlelight

The Dead Daisies: Radiance

Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Ward

Weekly Releases 09.23.2022

By Nocte Wednesday September 21, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 23rd, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 23, 2022 –

5 Seconds of Summer – 5sos5
Genre: Pop
Label: BMG

Alex G – God Save the Animals
Genre: Indie Folk
Label: Domino

Beth Orton – Weather Alive
Genre: Folktronica / Ambient
Label: Partisan

Big Scary – Me and You
Genre: Alternative / Art Pop
Label: Pieater

The Comet is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
Genre: Nu Jazz / Jazz Fusion
Label: Impulse!

Courting – Guitar Music
Genre: Art Punk
Label: PIAS

death’s dynamic shroud – Darklife
Genre: Vaporwave
Label: 100% Electronica

Editors – EBM
Genre: Post-Punk
Label: Play It Again Sam

Future Teens – Self Help
Genre: Indie Rock / Emo
Label: Triple Crown

Gaerea – Mirage
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Jake Blount – The New Faith
Genre: Bluegrass
Label: Smithsonian Folkways

KEN mode – Null
Genre: Noise Rock
Label: Artoffact

Weekly Releases 9.16.2022

By Nocte Thursday September 15, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 16th, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 16, 2022 –

Behemoth: Opvs Contra Natvram

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

The Beths: Expert In A Dying Field

Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Ivy League Records

BLACKPINK: Born Pink

Genre: Pop
Label: Interscope

Clutch: Sunrise On Slaughter Beach

Genre: Stoner Rock
Label: Weathermaker Music

Crack Cloud: Tough Baby

Genre: World
Label: Tin Angel Records, Meat Machine, Unheard of Hope.

Death Cab for Cutie: Asphalt Meadows

Genre: Rock
Label: Atlantic Records

The Devil Wears Prada: Cold Decay

Genre: Metalcore
Label: Solid State Records

Epoch Of Unlight: At War With The Multiverse

Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Label: Independent

Jesca Hoop: Order Of Romance

Genre: Indie Folk
Label: Memphis Industries

The Mars Volta: The Mars Volta

Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Universal, Warner

Michelle Branch: The Trouble With Fever

Genre: Pop Rock
Label: Audible Eagle

Noah Cyrus: The Hardest Part

Genre: Singer Songwriter
Label: Colombia Records

No Devotion: No Oblivion

Genre: Alt Rock
Label: Banquet Records

The Proclaimers: Dentures Out

Genre: Rock, Pop
Label: Cooking Vinyl Limited

Rina Sawayama: Hold The Girl

Genre: Pop
Label: Dirty Hit

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Weekly Releases 9.9.2022

By Dewinged Wednesday September 7, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 9th, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 9, 2022 –

The Afghan Whigs: How Do You Burn?

Genre: Alt Rock
Label: Royal Cream

Allen/Olzon: Army Of Dreamers

Genre: Symphonic Metal
Label: Frontiers

An Abstract Illusion: Woe

Genre: Death Metal / Black Metal
Label: Willowtip

Bloodbath: Survival Of The Sickest

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Napalm

Bones: Sombre Opulence

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Invictus Productions

Built to Spill: When The Wind Forgets Your Name

Genre: Indie Rock / Indie Pop
Label: Sub Pop

Crippled Black Phoenix: Banefyre

Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Season of Mist

Escarnium: Dysthymia

Genre: Black Metal
Label: Cianeto

Fallujah: Empyrean

Genre: Deathcore / Atmospheric Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Flogging Molly: Anthem

Genre: Celtic Punk
Label: Rise

Highly Suspect: The Midnight Demon Club

Genre: Alt Rock

Weekly Releases 9.2.2022

By Nocte Tuesday August 30, 2022

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 2nd, 2022. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.