The Acacia Strain’s ’You Are Safe From God Here’ is a masterclass in extreme metal, terrifying lyrics, and unmatched heaviness.
‘KICK MOVE SHAKE’ captures the zeitgeist of ’80s pop-rock and conveys it through alluring melodies and Andrew Leahey’s plush voice.
Spite unleashes ten tracks of raw, groove-driven deathcore on their Rise Records release, ‘New World Killer.’
Sinking their teeth into shoegaze with apparent ease, with ‘The Accelerationists,’ Underlined Passages have produced a focused, superlative album.
Avatar unleash ‘Don’t Go In The Forest,’ a haunting blend of heavy metal, dark theatrics, and unhinged Swedish creativity.
Simultaneously retro and almost experimental, on ‘Volatile,’ a carefully nuanced album, Nick Vivid finds meaning in the past.
Liverpudlian star Luvcat invites you to step inside the romantic, mysterious, dangerous world of her debut album ‘Vicious Delicious.’
Creeper return with ‘Sanguivore II – Mistress of Death,’ an ambitious gothic rock piece of work that cements their rise as modern icons.
‘Arrival of The Ethereal’ is surprisingly excellent, combining traditional Indian music with the dynamic oomph of progressive rock.
On ‘Goodbye Dreampop Troubadour,’ an album steeped in lush sonic textures and dreamy soundscapes, Kramies delivers a sumptuous listening experience.
At times experimental, at other times reflective of ambitious house music, ‘Unsystematic (Rewired)’ is a trippy record.
‘We Have Sound Remixed’ (Stratasonic) pays tribute to an influential artist who shaped the future direction of indie electronic music.
On ‘SIGNAL FADES,’ the pop-rock artist delves into love and heartache on a wonderful album that’s balanced in all the right ways.
Brighton trio EVILLE introduce the world to a new sound with this banging four-track EP. Welcome to the sound of ‘BR4T METAL.’
Horizontal grooves and reserved vocals intersect like Lego on ‘The Captains,’ instilling the tracks with a delicious gestalt.
Cutting across a variety of genres – jazz, funk, rock – on ‘Free Ride,’ The Moss takes listeners on a roller coaster ride of emotions.
Risk-taking while still remaining exciting and interesting, Thrice deliver it all on their twelfth album ‘Horizons/West.’
Maria Deirisarri's multi-genre journey blends vengeance, romance, solitude, forgiveness, and spirituality in her new EP.
Death metal savages, Sanguisugabogg, deliver their most experimental slab of savagery yet in ‘Hideous Aftermath.’
Much-loved Scots Idlewild are back with their first album in six years, a recordng that sounds both reflective and forward-thinking.
Texan tech-metal crew, Gore., return with four tracks of techy, glitchy, and downright disturbing modern metal on ‘If You Do Not Fear Me’.
On her solo debut, ‘burn me into something better,’ Gina Zo cuts loose with innovative pop-rock surfaces, luxuriating in the empowerment of change.
Portland metallic hardcore crew, Dying Wish, explore themes of hopelessness wrapped in a barrage of savage riffs and haunting melodies.
Suffused with a late-night cruisers like “Hood Spirituals” and intoxicants like “I Am,” ‘Everywhere, But Always (Deluxe)’ enchants listeners.
French rocker, Lucie Sue, takes us on a debaucherous rollercoaster ride on her second album, ‘Battlestation.’ See if we survived...
Fused into an organism with a soul, Le Concorde’s ‘Second Mansions’ (Kecharitomene) conveys the sense of every note played having been preordained and necessary.
