Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 25, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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–Featured Release: Young Legionnaire: “Zero Worship”–
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Young Legionnaire: Zero Worship
Genre: Alternative/Progressive // Label: Superstar Destroyer Records
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– New Releases: November 25, 2016 –
Bolzer: Hero
Genre: Death Metal/Black Metal // Label: Iron Bonehead Records
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Craving: By the Storm
Genre: Death/Thrash // Label: Apostasy Records
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Defiant: Time Isn’t Healing
Genre: Power Metal // Label: Ferrum Records
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Guttermouth: New Car Smell
Genre: Punk // Label: Rude Records
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Leprous: Live At Rockefeller Music Hall
Genre: Progressive Metal // Label: InsideOut Records
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My Darkest Hate: Anger Temple
Genre: Death Metal // Label: Massacre Records
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Primordial: Gods to the Godless
Genre: Folk Metal/Black Metal // Label: Metal Blade Records
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Science of Sleep: Hellmouth
Genre: Death Metal // Label: Bastardized Records
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Toy Mountains: I Swore I’d Never Speak of This Again
It goes without saying that Brand New are a staple “Sputnik” band, and I mean that less in the sense that the site in any way gave rise to the band’s popularity and more in the sense that we’ve unquestionably worshiped them as a deity since 2006. They’re not the only band that we’ve collectively fawned over, but even out of the site’s most highly respected artists, they are still near – if not at – the pinnacle. With The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me receiving well over 5,000 ratings while maintaining a 4.5 average, their reputation around these parts is so high that speaking negatively about the band – and even more so, this album – is heresy. Part of this hysteria can be chalked up to the age group and genre fans that populate this site, as Brand New undoubtedly speaks to younger generations, but as a whole it’s difficult to deny – through any scope – the record’s status as a modern day classic. On November 20, 2006, the world of alt/indie rock was forever imprinted with the mark of Brand New’s depressive and highly existential work of art; their unquestionable magnum opus. Ten years later, it’s time to revisit this towering achievement and take a quick look at what it now means a full decade removed from its release date.
It all started with immense pressure to follow up the band’s sophomore smash hit, Deja Entendu, with something worthy of the band’s rising reputation. High expectations aren’t easy…
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 18, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 11, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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–Featured Release: Deathspell Omega: “The Synarchy of Molten Bones”–
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Deathspell Omega: The Synarchy of Molten Bones
Genre: Death/Black Metal // Label: Noevdia Records
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– New Releases: November 11, 2016 –
Animals As Leaders: The Madness Of Many
Genre: Progressive Metal // Label: Sumerian Records
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ANNISOKAY: Devil May Care
Genre: Metalcore // Label: Long Branch Records
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Downfall Of Gaia: Atrophy
Genre: Post Metal/Black Metal // Label: Metal Blade
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Enigma: The Fall Of Rebel Angel
Genre: New Age/Electronic // Label: Universal Records
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Enslaved: The Sleeping Gods – Thorn
Genre: Progressive Rock/Black Metal // Label: Norse Records
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 4, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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–Featured Release: Alicia Keys: “Here”–
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Alicia Keys: Here
Genre: Hip Hop/Soul // Label: RCA Records
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– New Releases: November 4, 2016 –
American Wrestlers: Goodbye Terrible Youth
Genre: Alternative/Indie // Label: Fat Possum Records
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Ashes of My Regrets: Caricatures
Genre: Metalcore // Label: Independent
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Bon Jovi: This House Is Not For Sell
Genre: Rock // Label: Independent
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Common: Black America Again
Genre: Hip Hop/Soul // Label: Def Jam Records
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The Darcys: Centerfield
Genre: Indie/Shoegaze // Label: Arts&Crafts
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Dark Tranquillity: Atoma
Genre: Melodic Death Metal // Label: Century Media
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 21, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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-Featured Release: Korn: “The Serenity of Suffering”-
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Korn: The Serenity of Suffering
Genre: Nu Metal // Label: Roadrunner Records
Check out the Staff Review for The Serenity of Suffering.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 07, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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Meshuggah: The Violent Sleep of Reason
Genre: Progressive/Extreme Metal // Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Check out the Staff Review for The Violent Sleep of Reason.
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– New Releases: October 07, 2016 –
Aghast!: Something Else; Something Rotten
Genre: Death/Thrash // Label: Abducted Records
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Alter Bridge: The Last Hero
Genre: Rock // Label: Alter Bridge
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Candiria: While They Were Sleeping
Genre: Hardcore/Progressive // Label: Metal Blade Records
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Chain Wallet: Chain Wallet
Genre: Indie Pop/Dream Pop // Label: Jansen Plateproduksjon
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Colbie Caillat: The Malibu Sessions
Genre: Pop // Label: PlummyLou Records
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Dance Gavin Dance: Mothership
Genre: Alternative/Post Hardcore // Label: Rise Records
Check out the Contributor Reviews [1] [2] for Mothership
Greetings fellow users! As some of you are aware, I’ve started a little user review competition in which the winner receives an automatic feature, as well as a “user spotlight” session. It basically consists of an informal chat in which I ask some personal questions as well as some silly ones.
This week’s winner was user ScuroFantasma for reviewing Usurpress – The Regal Tribe (here)
First question, something I’ve wondered for a bit: what’re the origins for your username ScuroFantasma?
Well at the time I joined Sput I was really enjoying Ghost’s debut album, it was actually the first album I reviewed too, and I took the ‘scuro’ part from the Italian lyrics on ‘Con Clavi Con Dio’ for no other reason that it sounded cool to me. I’m not entirely sure where I stole the Fantasma part from (I do not speak Italian haha) but there’s something ironic about a ‘black ghost’ that appealed to me so I went with it.
That’s a pretty awesome way to get a username, and I’ve noticed how much you love Ghost. You seem to be the ultimate authority on Swedish metal on sput, given your ratings and reviews. Would you consider them your favorite new metal band? How’d you first hear about them?
I hadn’t even noticed until you pointed it out but I suppose I
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 30, 2016. Culottes Calvin Klein Baratos Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 16, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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—Featured Release—
Taking Back Sunday: Tidal Wave
Genre: Post Hardcore/Alternative // Label: Hopeless Records
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 02, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
It’s a grand celebration! The SMA’s are back for the third and possibly final time, and quite frankly even that’s a miracle. But I forced myself to have time to host one more of these god forsaken best-of-Barnes & Nobles (I upgraded from buying all my CD’s at Target, bitches) and we find ourselves at the end of this storied trilogy. Pop-Punk Strikes Back, if you will. Oh wait, that’s the second one – oh well, you catch my drift.
Anyway, if you have an amazing enough life to remember every detail of your 2014 sputnikmusic.com profile, you’ll likely recall commenting on, hearing the buzz about, or otherwise discussing – possibly over a Christmas ham with your extended family – that Low Roar’s 0 took home the 2014 SMA AOTY Seriously Cool Shit Trophy. Then last year it was obviously Sufjan Stevens for his brilliant work with Carrie & Lowell. For some reason whatever web article I originally swiped that trophy pic from in the past has been deleted, so let’s just say for now that the new award looks something like this:
Music, fuck yeah!
Ironically, and just in time for that shiny new trophy, I have no actual idea what my album of the year is going to be. Even as I sit here writing this, I’m torn between about five different records. I can’t help it, I rated like thirty some odd releases over a 4.0 this year. Maybe I’ll figure it out…
As major releases slow down for 2016 and the site turns its attention towards its year-end lists, we’ve decided to compile one cumulative list for the month of December instead of going on a per-week basis. If there are any notable releases you would like to see added to this post or reviewed by one of our staff members/contributing reviewers, please let us know in the comments section. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
We would also like to sincerely wish all of our users and readers a safe and hapy holiday season!
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– New Releases: December 2, 2016 –
Brine: Kill The Ill
Genre: Post Punk/Alt Rock // Label: Inverted Kite Records
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Childish Gambino: Awaken, My Love!
Genre: Hip-Hop // Label: Glassnote Entertainment Group
Hailing from Long Island, NY, The Republic of Wolves are a five-piece rock band with an aggressive edge and boundless creativity. They’ve earned something of a cult following in the darker alt-rock scene, with their earliest releases drawing influence from acts such as Brand New and Glassjaw. They’ve set themselves further apart with each subsequent release though, the most recent being 2013’s No Matter How Narrow. To date they have dropped two studio albums and several extended plays/compilations, and everything they’ve done so far has been met with unanimous praise from fans and critics alike. I was fortunate enough to sit down (figuratively) with each member of The Republic of Wolves recently and discuss everything from 2009’s “Daisy demos” to their latest single and upcoming third LP. The interview answers were written in Mason Maggio’s (lead singer/guitarist) voice, but the entire band provided input with regards to content. So without further ado, I present to you Spuntikmusic’s first and very rewarding interview with this talented group of young musicians.
Stream “Northern Orthodox” from the band’s upcoming third LP.
You guys recently unveiled your latest single, a fiery rock piece entitled “Northern Orthodox.” Following the more upbeat and pop-oriented style of No Matter How Narrow, can you tell us what prompted such a noticeable shift back to the band’s heavier roots?
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 28, 2016. Ropa Interior Calvin Klein Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. Bragas Calvin Klein As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more. Calzoncillos Slip Calvin Klein
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-Featured Release: Nocturnal Habits: “New Skin For Old Children”-
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Nocturnal Habits: New Skin For Old Children
Genre: Indie Rock // Label: Glacial Pace Recordings
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