Here’s a list of major new releases for the entire month of December 2020.  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 2020” 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 4, 2020 –

Arctic Monkeys: Live At The Royal Albert Ha
Genre: Alternative/Indie Rock
Label: Domino

Blackfield: For the Music
Genre: Alt/Progressive Rock
Label: WM Germany

Calexico: Seasonal Shift
Genre: Country/Americana/Folk
Label: Anti/Epitaph

Com Truise: In Decay, Too
Genre: Electronic/IDM
Label: Ghostly Int’l

Deafheaven: 10 Years Gone (Live)
Genre: Black Metal/Shoegaze
Label: Sargent House

The Deviant: Rotting Dreams of Carrion
Genre: Death/Black Metal
Label: Soulseller

Gama Bomb: Sea Savage
Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Prosthetic

grandson: Death Of An Optimist
Genre:…

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 27, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: November 27, 2020 –

Ane Brun: How Beauty Holds The Hand of Sorrow
Genre: Folk/Indie-Rock
Label: Balloon Ranger

Billie Joe Armstrong: No Fun Mondays
Genre: Punk/Rock
Label: Warner Bros.

Diamond Head: Lightning To The Nations 2020
Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Label: Silver Lining Music

Dream Theater: Distant Memories: Live In London
Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Century Media

Hatebreed: Weight Of The False Self
Genre: Hardcore/Metalcore
Label: Nuclear Blast

Miley Cyrus: Plastic Hearts
Genre: Pop/Psychedelic
Label: RCA

Our Oceans: While Time Disappears
Genre: Progressive/Post Rock
Label: Long Branch

Plini: Impulse Voices
Genre: Progressive Rock/Metal/Jazz Fusion
Label: N/A

Shores of Null: Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying)
Genre: Progressive/Melodic Death Metal
Label: Spikerot

Smashing Pumpkins: CYR
Genre: Alt-Rock/Shoegaze/Grunge
Label: Sumerian

Voivod: Lost Machine – Live
Genre: Thrash/Progressive Metal
Label: Century Media

Within The Ruins: Black Heart
Genre: Death/Progressive Metal/Metalcore
Label: eOne Music

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 20, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: November 20, 2020 –

Bearings: Hello, It’s You
Genre: Pop-Punk/Post-Hardcore
Label: Pure Noise

Brit Taylor: Real Me
Genre: Country
Label: Cut a Shine

Cabaret Voltaire: Shadow of Fear
Genre: Industrial/Post-Punk
Label: Mute

Communic: Hiding From The World
Genre: Progressive Rock/Thrash Metal/Power Metal
Label: AFM

Contrarian: Only Time Will Tell
Genre: Death/Progressive Metal
Label: Willowtip Inc

Dark Tranquillity: Moment
Genre: Progressive/Melodic Death Metal
Label: Century Media

Darzamat: A Philosopher at the End of the Universe
Genre: Black Metal/Gothic
Label: Sleaszy Rider

Dirty Projectors: Ring Road
Genre: Indie Folk/Pop
Label: Domino

Jinjer: Alive In Melbourne
Genre: Progressive Metal/Metalcore/Death Metal
Label: Napalm

Killer Be Killed: Reluctant Hero
Genre: Thrash Metal/Metalcore/Hardcore
Label: Nuclear Blast

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: K.G.
Genre: Psychedelic/Progressive Rock
Label: KGLW

Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas: III
Genre: Electronic/R&B
Label: Smalltown Supersound

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 13, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: November 13, 2020 –

AC/DC: POWER UP
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Columbia

Aesop Rock: Spirit World Field Guide
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Rhymesayers

Ashnikko: Demidevil
Genre: Hip-Hop/Pop
Label: Parlophone

Causa Sui: Szabodelico
Genre: Psychedelic/Stoner Rock
Label: El Paraiso

Chris Stapleton: Starting Over
Genre: Country
Label: Mercury

The Cribs: Night Network
Genre: Indie-Rock/Post-Punk
Label: Sonic Blew

The Darcys: Fear & Loneliness
Genre: Indie-Rock/Shoegaze
Label: The Darcys Inc. Records

Frank Turner & Jon Snodgrass: Buddies II: Still Buddies
Genre: Folk/Rock/Punk
Label: Xtra Mile Recordings

Goodie Mob: Survival Kit
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Organized Noize/Goodie Mob Worldwide

Jesu: Terminus
Genre: Shoegaze/Drone/Post Metal
Label: Avalanch Recordings

L.A. Guns: Renegades
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Golden Robot

Lambchop: Trip
Genre: Country/Americana
Label: Merge

Lunatic Soul: Through Shaded Woods
Genre: Progressive Rock/Ambient/Psychedelic
Label: KSCOPE

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 6, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: November 6, 2020 –

Alter Bridge: Walk The Sky 2.0
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Napalm Records

Déluge: Ægo Templo
Genre: Post Black Metal
Label: Metal Blade Records

Fates Warning: Long Day Good Night
Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Metal Blade Records

Kylie Minogue: Disco
Genre: Pop
Label: BMG

Lal: Meteors Could Come Down
Genre: Electronic
Label: Coax Records

Little Mix: Confetti
Genre: Pop
Label: Sony UK

Madison Cunningham: Wednesday
Genre: Americana
Label: Verve Forecast

Novo Amor: Cannot Be, Whatsoever
Genre: Indie Folk
Label: All Points

Ólafur Arnalds: some kind of peace
Genre: Ambient
Label: Mercury

Sangre de Muerdago: Xuntas
Genre: Folk
Label: Independent Release

Sólstafir: Endless Twilight of Codependent Love
Genre: Post Black Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Surma: The Light Within
Genre: Symphonic Metal
Label: Metal Blade Records

Teen Daze: Reality Refresh 4
Genre: Electronic/Dream Pop
Label: Flora

Tunning: DEAD CLUB
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Full Time Hobby

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 30, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 30, 2020 –

Amy MacDonald: The Human Demands
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Infectious Music

Andrew Bird: Hark!
Genre: Indie-Folk/Classical
Label: Loma Vista

Ane Brun: After the Great Storm
Genre: Folk/Indie-Rock
Label: Balloon Ranger

Ariana Grande: Positions
Genre: Pop/R&B
Label: Republic

Black Foxxes: Black Foxxes
Genre: Alt-Rock/Emo/Post-Hardcore
Label: Spinefarm

Black Stone Cherry: The Human Condition
Genre: Hard Rock/Blues
Label: Mascot

Bring Me The Horizon: Post Human: Survival Horror
Genre: Metalcore/Post-Hardcore/Pop-Rock
Label: RCA

Carcass: Despicable
Genre: Melodic Death Metal/Grind
Label: Nuclear Blast

Dope Body: Crack A Light
Genre: Noise-Rock/Punk/Grunge
Label: Drag City

Draconian: Under a Godless Veil
Genre: Doom Metal/Death Metal/Gothic
Label: Napalm

Eels: Earth To Dora
Genre: Indie-Rock/Indie-Pop/Lo-Fi
Label: E Works

Elvis Costello: Hey Clockface
Genre: Pop-Rock/Post-Punk
Label: Concord

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou: May…

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 23, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 23, 2020 –

Adrianne Lenker: songs
Genre: Indie-Folk/Country
Label: 4AD

Adrianne Lenker: instrumentals
Genre: Indie-Folk/Country
Label: 4AD

Actress: Karma & Desire
Genre: Techno/House/IDM
Label: Ninja Tune

Armored Saint: Punching the Sky
Genre: Heavy/Thrash Metal
Label: Metal Blade

Blossoms: In Isolation
Genre: Indie-Rock/Pop
Label: Virgin EMI

Boy Pablo: Wachito Rico
Genre: Lo-Fi/Indie-Rock
Label: 777 Music

Bruce Springsteen: Letter To You
Genre: Rock/Americana/Folk
Label: Columbia

Celestial Season: The Secret Teachings
Genre: Doom Metal/Death Metal/Stoner Rock
Label: Burning World Records

clipping: Visions of Bodies Being Burned
Genre: Hip-Hop/Industrial/Experimental
Label: Sub Pop Records

Devin Townsend: Order Of Magnitude – Empath Live Volume 1
Genre: Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: InsideOutMusic

Faithless: All Blessed
Genre: Electronic/Trip-Hop/Trance
Label: BMG

Fuzz: III
Genre: Psychedelic/Sludge Metal/Stoner Rock
Label: In the Red Records
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 16, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 16, 2020

Annie: Dark Hearts
Genre: Pop/Electronic/Indie-Pop
Label: Annie Melody

Autechre: SIGN
Genre: IDM/Experimental/Ambient
Label: Warp

Beabadoobee: Fake It Flowers
Genre: Grunge/Indie-Pop/Indie-Rock
Label: Dirty Hit

Chaos Divine: Legacies
Genre: Progressive/Death Metal
Label: Chaos Recordings

The Damned: The Rockfield Files
Genre: Post Punk/Gothic
Label: Spinefarm

Deep Sea Diver: Impossible Weight
Genre: Indie/Alt Rock
Label: High Beam

Goldmund: The Time It Takes
Genre: Classical/Minimal/Post-Rock
Label: Western Vinyl

Gulfer: Gulfer
Genre: Emo/Post Rock/Math Rock
Label: Topshelf

HEALTH: DISCO4 :: Part I
Genre: Noise Rock/Alt-Rock/Electronic
Label: Loma Vista

Holy Motors: Horse
Genre: Alt-Rock/Dream Pop
Label: Wharf Cat

Kevin Morby: Sundowner
Genre: Indie-Folk/Rock
Label: Dead Oceans

Malin Pettersen: Wildhorse
Genre: Country
Label: Die With Your Boots On

Matt Berninger: Serpentine Prison
Genre: Indie Folk
Label: Concord

Open Mike Eagle: Anime, Trauma and Divorce
Genre: Hip-Hop/Experimental
Label: AutoReverse

Pluralone: I Don’t Feel Well
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alt Rock
Label: Org Music

Sam Roberts: All Of Us
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: Known Accomplice

Seaway: Big Vibe
Genre: Pop Punk/Emo/Pop Rock
Label: Pure Noise

The Struts: Strange Days
Genre: Pop Rock/Indie Rock
Label: Interscope

Ta-ku: All Things Considered Vol. 1
Genre: Hip-Hop/Ambient/Electronic
Label: 823 Records

Tomberlin: Projections
Genre: Folk/Ambient
Label: Saddle Creek

Woodkid: S16
Genre: Folk/Alt-Rock/Electronic
Label: Island

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 9, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 9, 2020

Bahamas: Sad Hunk
Genre: Indie-Folk/Alt-Rock
Label: Brushfire/Universal

Blue Oyster Cult: The Symbol Remains
Genre: Hard Rock/Psychedelic
Label: Frontiers Music SRL

Brothers Osborne: Skeletons
Genre: Country
Label: EMI Nashville

Crippled Black Phoenix: Ellengæst
Genre: Post/Progressive/Stoner Rock
Label: Season of Mist

Devildriver: Dealing With Demons I
Genre: Thrash/Melodic Death Metal
Label: Napalm

DGM: Tragic Separation
Genre: Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Frontiers Music SRL

Emmy the Great: April/月音
Genre: Indie-Pop/Folk/Electronic
Label: Bella Union

Future Islands: As Long as You Are
Genre: Indie-Rock/Pop/Electronic
Label: 4AD

Hellripper: The Affair of the Poisons
Genre: Thrash/Black/Heavy Metal
Label: Peaceville

Hundredth: Somewhere Nowhere
Genre: Shoegaze/Hardcore/Post Metal
Label: Hundredth

Laraaji: Moon Piano
Genre: Ambient/Experimental
Label: All Saints

Linkin Park: Hybrid Theory – 20th Anniversary Edition
Genre: Nu-Metal
Label: Warner Records

Machinedrum: A View Of U
Genre: House/IDM/Electronic
Label: Ninja Tune

Mary Lattimore: Silver Ladders
Genre: Ambient/Minimal/Experimental
Label: Ghostly International

METZ: Atlas Vending
Genre: Noise Rock/Post Punk/Hardcore
Label: Sub Pop Records

Mina Tindle: SISTER
Genre: Pop/Folk/Soul
Label: 37d03d

Ozric Tentacles: Space For The Earth
Genre: Psychedelic/Progressive/Jam Rock
Label: Kscope

Teramaze: I Wonder
Genre: Progressive Metal/Power Metal/Progressive Rock
Label: Wells Music

Touché Amoré: Lament
Genre: Hardcore/Emo/Post-Hardcore
Label: Epitaph

Travis: 10 Songs
Genre: Britpop/Indie-Rock/Pop
Label: BMG

Yo La Tengo: Sleepless Night
Genre: Indie-Rock/Shoegaze
Label: Matador

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 2, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 2, 2020

Acceptance: Wild, Free
Genre: Alt-Rock/Pop-Punk/Pop-Rock
Label: Tooth & Nail

Aloe Blacc: All Love Everything
Genre: Soul/Pop/R&B
Label: BMG

Anaal Nathrakh: Endarkenment
Genre: Grind/Black Metal/Industrial
Label: Metal Blade

Ashnikko: Demidevil
Genre: Hip-Hop/Pop/Experimental
Label: Parlophone UK

Blackfield: For the Music
Genre: Progressive/Alt-Rock
Label: Parlophone Int’L

BLACKPINK: The Album
Genre: Pop/Hip-Hop
Label: YG

Bon Jovi: 2020
Genre: Rock
Label: Island

Born Ruffians: SQUEEZE
Genre: Indie-Rock/Post-Punk
Label: Yep Roc

Brent Cobb: Keep ‘Em On They Toes
Genre: Country/Americana
Label: Ol’ Buddy

Corey Taylor: CMFT
Genre: Metal/Hip-Hop/Hard Rock
Label: Roadrunner

Dawes: Good Luck With Whatever
Genre: Folk/Indie-Rock
Label: Rounder

Death Valley Girls: Under The Spell Of Joy
Genre: Alt-Rock/Garage
Label: Suicide Squeeze

Dolly Parton: A Holly Dolly Christmas
Genre: Country/Bluegrass

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 25, 2020.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 25, 2020

2 Chainz: So Help Me God
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Def Jam

A Certain Ratio: ACR Loco
Genre: Post-Punk/Funk
Label: Mute

Action Bronson: Only For Dolphins
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Loma Vista Recordings

Anna von Hausswolff: All Thoughts Fly
Genre: Experimental/Drone/Ambient
Label: (Red) Southern Lord

Ayreon: Transitus
Genre: Progressive Metal/Rock
Label: Music Theories

Bendrix Littleton: Deep Dark South
Genre: Folk/Indie-Rock/Americana
Label: NNA Tapes

Blue Hawaii: Under 1 House
Genre: Indie-Pop/Electronic/Psychedelic
Label: Sinderlyn

Bob Mould: Blue Hearts
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Merge Records

Botany: End the Summertime F​(​or​)​ever
Genre: Electronic/Downtempo/Garage
Label: InsideOutMusic

Caro: Burrows
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Yala

Carrie Underwood: My Gift
Genre: Country
Label: Capitol Nashville

Cayucas: Blue Summer
Genre: Indie-Pop/Folk
Label: Park The Van

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