This week’s new heavy metal releases include the return of some prog legends, evil folk music, a couple techy metalcore covers, and more! To the metals…
Amigo The Devil – Born Against
Genre: Folk Origin: Spicewood, Texas Label: Ingrooves
Technically speaking, this is not a metal album, however this is some dark shit that we're big fans of here. The latest from Danny Kiranos's Amigo The Devil has some vibes of The Dear Hunter, Murder By Death, and Tom Waits. It's been a joy to hear this project evolve, and this latest shift is the most intriguing yet.
The Armed – Ultrapop
Genre: Experimental Origin: Detroit, Michigan Label: Sargent House
Now, for a hell of a journey. This eclectic collective dips toes in frenetic electronic-infused rock, hardcore, indie, and more on ULTRAPOP. While the exact membership of the outfit is speculated, we do know this album has contributions from Mark Lanegan and Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen.
Last year August Burns Red dropped the pretty excellent album Guardians, and this EP is stuff from those sessions as its name might indicate. This includes a couple new songs and covers of System of a Down's "Chop Suey!" and the Westworld theme. It's a must have for fans of the band, and a fun listen for those that enjoy metalcore twists on classics.
Cannibal Corpse – Violence Unimagined
Genre: Death metal Origin: Tampa, Florida Label: Metal Blade
On their first album in four years Cannibal Corpse are tearing through your eardrums with their trademark heavy as fuck death metal sound. The songs are violent and nasty as always with bops like "Inhumane Harvest," "Necrogenic Resurrection," and "Cerements of the Flayed." Also, this time they're joined by Hate Eternal's Erik Rutan on lead guitar and he has been shaking things up for them. Kevin has a full review right here.
Greta Van Fleet – The Battle Of Garden's Gate
Genre: Rock Origin: Frankenmuth, Michigan Label: Lava/Republic
The band both lauded and criticized for similarities to Led Zeppelin (which, side note, takes a lot of balls from the metal world where 1000s of bands TRY to sound like Black Sabbath and are praised for it) are back with their sophomore album of soaring hard rock. This has a classic rock vibe throughout and some lengthy tracks that dabble in old school prog. This is a fun rock record that's hard to be mad at.
Liquid Tension Experiment – LTE3
Genre: Progressive metal Origin: New York, New York Label: InsideOut
With a history of band drama, a whole bunch of time, and, I can only assume, some amount of beard envy, I can say that I never expected this album to happen. But holy shit, there's new Liquid Tension Experiment. The band with bass/chapman stick wizard Tony Levin (King Crimson) and classic-era Dream Theater fellas Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, and Jordan Rudess is back with more shreddy, wanky prog than you could can handle. Jordan has a full review here.
Also dropping today…
Bewitcher – Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (Century Media) – Black/speed metal
Black Orchid Empire – Live In The Studio (Long Branch Records) – Melodic rock
Black Peaks – Live At The Brighton Centre (Rise Records) – Progressive rock
Bushido Code – The Ronin (Upstate Records) – Thrash
Chain Gang Grave – Cement Mind (Self-released) – Hardcore/noise punk
Crown – The End Of All Things (Pelagic Records) – Experimental sludge
Zac Crye – All The Same (Self-released) – Stoner rock
Endseeker – Mount Carcass (Metal Blade) – Death metal
Escape The Fate – Chemical Warfare (Better Noise) – Post-hardcore/metalcore
Gabestok- Én gang rådden, altid rådden (Strange Aeons Records) – heavy/black metal
Hail The Sun – New Age Filth (Equal Vision) – Post-hardore/progressive
Holding Absence – The Greatest Mistake Of My Life (SharpTone Records) – Post-hardcore/post-rock
Icon Of Sin – Icon Of Sin (Frontiers Music Srl) – Heavy metal
Ildaruni – Beyond Unseen Gateways (Black Lion Records) – Black metal
Intonate – Severed Within (Willowtip) – Progressive/technical death metal
Legions of War – Dark Dimensions (Careless Records) – Black metal/thrash
Monarch – Future Shock (Self-released) – Heavy metal
Offspring – Let The Bad Times Roll (Concord) – Rock
Pathfinders – Ares Vallis (Music-Records) – Mars themed groove metal
Septycemia – Yersinia Pestis (Pathologically Explicit) – Brutal death metal
Spectral Wound – A Diabolic Thirst (Profound Lore) – Black metal
To The Grave – Epilogue (Unique Leader Records) – Deathcore
Trytan – Blood of Kings (Retroactive Records) – Progressive metal
The Vintage Caravan – Monuments (Napalm) – Psychedelic rock
Vvvlv – 100 Years of Defeat (Self-released) – Black metal/sludge
Wednesday 13 – Necrophaze: Antidote (Nuclear Blast) – Horror rock
While She Sleeps – Sleeps Society (Spinefarm) – Metalcore
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