Weekly Release Roundup – Friday 12th April, 2024
From epic metal ballads, to groovy rock, to technical and progressive metal, to metalcore, to post sludge metal, it’s a big week for releases and we’ve got a list for you to check out. All these releases are out today!
Týr – Battle Ballads (Metal Blade Records)
An album of epic, hair-raising, and fist-pumping metal ‘ballads’, which is as fun as it sounds.
Read our full review here.
sleepmakeswaves – It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It (Bird’s Robe/MGM/Dunk Records)
The lack of inhibition that makes up the sleepmakeswaves sound is on full and focused display and there’s no denying the impact they have.
Read our full review here.
GUN – Hombres (Cooking Vinyl)
Let’s have some fun with GUN, something that is made so much easier when you have foot-tappers and finger-snappers like this new album to enjoy. An album filled with groove, an album filled with body-shakers, and an album that will have widespread appeal.
Read our full review here.
Exist – Hijacking the Zeitgeist (Prosthetic Records)
It’s intriguing to find Exist in such a straightforward mood, being far blunter from a song writing perspective, and infusing the music with heavier tones. All while being as progressively expansive as ever. It’s an album you can’t help but study, even as it compels you to head bang.
Read our full review here.
Subterraen – In the Aftermath of Blight (Frozen Records)
There’s no ignoring what came before with ‘Rotten Human Kingdom’, and nor should there be as it’s a great album, but this direction for Subterrean is very special indeed. Based off this album, and this album alone, their future is looking so very bright.
Read our full review here.
SETYØURSAILS – Bad Blood (Napalm Records)
Oversaturated or not, when metalcore is done this well, you have to shout about it. SETYØURSAILS have blown so many out of the water with this release.
Read our full review here.
Benighted – Ekbom (Season of Mist)
Every single track has a moment, sometimes super-short, that stands out. It’s what makes this album all the more special, and it is a bloody special album.
Read our full review here.
