Weekly Release Roundup – Friday, 30th August, 2024
From extreme and brutal death metal, to gothic doom, progressive rock, grunge, and shoegaze, to groovy sludge, and post, to epic heavy and blackened metal, it’s a big week for releases and we’ve got a list for you to check out.
Nails – Every Bridge Burning (Nuclear Blast)
They’re back, reforged and refreshed, with a new album that proves no fire has been lost at all. The band might be completely transformed, but the intensity they always had, is ever present. Nails are back, and across 18-minutes of music, they remind listeners just why they are so necessary.
Check out the full review here.
Worn Out – Low (Ripcord Records / Death Farm Records)
It’s so impressive, but that’s Worn Out, an impressive band continuing to do very impressive stuff.
Check out the full review here.
Sunless – Grave of the Lambs (Self Released)
Showcasing seven tomes of heavy doom that blends different genre ideas, has deeper melodies, and sounds more refined. Sunless has achieved the all-important goal of bettering the previous release and showing plenty of advancement in sound.
Check out the full review here.
Leprous – Melodies of Atonement (InsideOutMusic)
Are you hoping for some of those inimitable Leprous anthemic sounds? Hoping for some progressive ideas that challenge the mind? Expecting something wholly unique that only this iconic band could create? If so, good news, Melodies of Atonement does provide all of this and more, finding the band in a confident place and more than willing to flex their experimental muscles.
Check out the full review here.
Sunbleached – I Crawled into The Hole (Self Released)
Not a band to do one thing and one thing only, Sunbleached’s sound is an enthralling combination of rock, shoegaze, grunge, and more. Something that has helped them become a beloved name within the alternative music community and something that will only help their popularity going forward. Especially when it results in such lovable listens as this EP.
Check out the full review here.
Wall – Brick by Brick (APF Records)
Do you enjoy riffs? Sabbath-style doom? Groovy heaviness with a thick infusion of sludge? If the answer is yes (which it really should be) then you’re in for a very good time with Wall’s new album.
Check out the full review here.
Enumclaw – Home in Another Life (Run for Cover Records / Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Home in Another Life is, overall, a beautiful example of openness and being true to yourself. Enumclaw haven’t sought to write ‘hits’, but rather write music that fits them and what they are feeling.
Check out the full review here.
Copse – MMXXIV (Church Road Records)
If, by some chance, you’ve not listened to this band already then MMXXIV is a must. Five tracks of utter spell-binding brilliance.
Check out the full review here.
Avmakt – Satanic Inversion Of…. (Peaceville)
What Avmakt offer here might be ‘new’ but sonically, it’s pulled from the past. The ‘golden age’ of black metal in fact, and with that, a rawness that cuts right to the bone like an icy wind. This is an album of evil sounding music, and those who like their metal to sound delightfully unholy will find it extremely appealing.
Check out the full review here.
Forlorn Hope – Valour – Part I (Self Released)
A lot of words come to mind in an attempt to sum up this release, but none can do them justice. Not because of Forlorn Hope’s metal approach, after all that is very familiar and comforting, but because of the stories being told. Forlorn Hope deliver on the promise of massive anthems that honour recipients of the Victoria Cross. Part I is a banger, roll on Part II.
Check out the full review here.
thrown – EXCESSIVE GUILT (Arising Empire)
Banger after banger, showcasing thrown doing what thrown do best, which is keeping things short and intense, brutalising the senses with their unrelenting ferocity, and leaving a hefty impact.
Check out the full review here.
