This week's new heavy metal releases include chaotic experimental stuff, thrash by a band whose name doesn't end in "'tallica," and more! Now, to the metals…
Atreyu – The Hope Of A Spark
Genre: Metalcorehard rock
Origin: Yorba Linda, California
Label: Spinefarm
Buy now via Spinefarm
This is a four track EP of very melodic tracks from the metalcore icons. They are singing about lighting one's self on fire, drowning, and other upbeat topics. Fans of the latest full-length Baptize will dig hearing then continuing in that direction.
Black Orchid Empire – Tempus Veritas
Genre: Progressive metal
Origin: London, England
Label: Season Of Mist
Buy now on Bandcamp
Somewhere between TesseracT, old Leprous, and A Perfect Circle you'll find Tempus Veritas. The grooves are all over the place while the melodies are catchy and massive. It's the kind of prog you could sneak onto the radio, but it would be cool to hear.
Infected Rain – The Devil's Dozen
Genre: Nu metal/progressive metal
Origin: Chișinău, Moldova
Label: Napalm Records
Buy now on Bandcamp
This is the audio and video from a concert stream that spans the band's fifteen years together. This winds up being a showcase of this band's incredibly dynamic catalog. In fact, if you've ever been curious about this band this might be the place to start.
Jason Bieler And The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra – Postcards From The Asylum
Genre: Progressive rock/metal
Origin: Florida
Label: Amplified
Buy now on Bandcamp
Now here's an album that runs the gamut. Postcards From The Asylum includes some headbanging grooves, wild as hell prog, nerdy art rock, and a lot more. Lots of guests along the way who are just as varied too with Marco Minnemann (The Aristocrats), Andee Blacksuga (KMFDM), Ryo Okumoto (Spock's Beard), and plenty of others.
Metallica – 72 Seasons
Genre: Thrash/hard rock
Origin: San Francisco, California
Label: Blackened
Buy now on Amazon
Metallica is one of the band's I could skip writing about because they don't need the Weekly Injection nudge, but then you'd yell at me for not writing about it. So here is the new Metallica album. You're either going to enjoy 72 Seasons or enjoy fighting about 72 Seasons. Read Greg's review here.
Overkill – Scorched
Genre: Thrash
Origin: Old Bridge Township, New Jersey
Label: Nuclear Blast
Buy now on Bandcamp
I respect another thrash band dropping an album today, and Overkill are bringing it. They're either hitting you with breakneck speeds or crushing slower grooves. Regardless of speed you're also getting banshee-like vocals and circle pit inducing rhythms. Read Kevin's review here.
Squid Pisser – My Tadpole Legion
Genre: Noisecore/avant-garde
Origin: Los Angeles, California
Label: Three One G Records
Buy now on Bandcamp
Let's end this week in a VERY weird place. A band name like "Squid Pisser" catches the eye and then they don't disappoint. This is a cacophony of dissonance, energetic bursts, and experimental weirdness. The duo of Tommy Meehan (Cancer Christ) and Seth Carolina (Starcrawler) then got oodles of friends to help them out with cameos from members of Melt Banana, The Locust, Nekrogoblikon, and more.
Also dropping today-ish…
- Archon Angel – II (Frontiers) – Heavy/progressive metal
- Ashrain – Requiem Reloaded (Metalville Records) – Power metal
- Alase – A Matter of Time (Inverse Records) – Atmospheric progressive metal
- Altari – Altari (Svart) – Black metal
- Biohazard – Urban Discipline/No Holds Barred – Live In Europe (Dissonance) – Hardcore
- Blazon Rite – Wild Rites And Ancient Songs (Gates Of Hell Records) – Heavy metal
- Cave Moth – Paralytic Love (Self-released) – Mathcore/noise rock
- Chat Pile/Nerver – Brothers In Christ (Reptilian Records/The Ghost Is Clear Records) – Experimental/hardc0re
- Deathgrave – It's Only Midnight (Tankcrimes) – Death metal/grindcore
- Despite The Reverence – Stress of Evolution (Self-released) – Progressive rock
- Dodheimsgard – Black Medium Current (Peaceville) – Black metal/avant-garde
- From Fall To Spring – Rise (Arising Empire) – Melodic metal
- Frontières – Origine (Self-released) – Metalcore
- The Hellfreaks – Pitch Black Sunset (Napalm) – Post-hardcore/punk
- Holy Moses – Invisible Queen (Fireflash) – Thrash
- The Infinity Ring – Nemesis & Nativity (Profound Lore) – Gothic/folk
- Initiate – Cerebral Circus (Triple B Records) – Hardcore
- Jesus Piece – …So Unknown (Century Media) – Hardcore/sludge
- Kaal Nagini – Refracted Lights Of A Blind God (Iron Bonehead Productions) – Dissonant death metal
- L.A. Guns – Black Diamonds (Frontiers) – Glam rock
- Lucifer Star Machine – Satanic Age (The Sign) – Punk/rock n roll
- Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall – Hunt The Flame (Frontiers) – heavy metal
- Moon Oracle – Ophidian Glare (Signal Rex/Bestial Burst) – Black metal
- Night Fishing – Live Bait (Brutal Panda Records) – Psychedelic/jam
- Sever – At Midnight, By Torch Light (Iron Bonehead Productions) – Symphonic black metal
- Poison Ruin – Harvest (Relapse) – Punk
- Mike Tramp – Songs Of White Lion (Frontiers) – Hard rock
- Vesuvian – Emergence (Vesuvian) – Symphonic/melodic death metal
- Wild Beyond – Wild Beyond (Gates Of Hell Records) – Blackened thrash
