People growing up in the internet age have access to a wider range of musical styles than ever before. As a result of that, at least in part, music scenes have become less tribal — artists and fans don’t cling on so doggedly to one style and are often comfortable to extol, say, Napalm Death and Billie Eilish in the same breath.
Norwegian retro rockers Kvelertak rebooked new dates for their rescheduled European and UK tours, postponed from 2020 due to the pandemic. The extensive 43-show tour will take place January – March 2022. Joining them on select dates will be Planet Of Zeus, Blood Command, and Astro Saur. Tickets are on sale now for all dates. The band released their stellar album Splid in 2020 and will release in music in 2022.
Check out all of today’s new releases in the music world!
Accept – Life’s A Bitch (7″) (Nuclear Blast) (Buy)
After The Burial – Evergreen (Sumerian Records) (Buy)
Allegaeon – Apoptosis (Metal Blade Records) (Buy)
Alpha Wolf – Fault EP (SharpTone Records) (Buy)
Alter Bridge – ABIII (MusicOnVinyl) (Buy)
American War Machine – Unholy War (Bridge 9) (Buy)
Archaic Tomb/Cryptworm – Split EP (Blood Harvest) (Buy)
Atlas Pain – Tales Of A Pathfinder (Scarlet Records) (Buy)
Black Sites – Exile (Hoove Child) (Buy)
Blood Command – Return Of The Arsonist EP (Fysisk Format) (Buy)
Cage The Elephant – Social Cues (Newbury Comics Exclusive Color Vinyl) (Buy)
Chalice Of Suffering – Lost Eternally (Transcending Obscurity) (Buy)
Chemical City Rebels – A New Plague (Self-Released) (Buy)
Chokehold – With This Thread I Hold On (Good Fight) (Buy)
The Chris Rolling Squad – Spitfire (Wormholedeath) (Buy)
Cirith Gorgor – Sovereign (Hammerheart) (Buy)
Corrosion Of Conformity – Wiseblood (Vinyl) (MusicOnVinyl) (Buy)
Cosmic Putrefaction – At The Threshold Of The Greatest Chasm (I, Voidhanger) (Buy)
The Cringe – Everywhere You’ve Never Been (Listen) (Buy)
Crooked Royals – Rumination EP (New Industry) (Buy)
Dawn Of Demise – Into The Depths Of Veracity (Unique Leader) (Buy)
Dead Superstar – I Did It For The Rock Gods (Self-Released) (Buy)
Dead To A Dying World – Elegy (Profound Lore) (Buy)
Druids – Monument (The Company KC) (Buy)
False Gods – The Serpent And The Ladder EP (Self-Released) (Buy)
Fatal Curse – Breaking The Trance (Shadow Kingdom) (Buy)
Fractal Universe – Rhizomes Of Insanity (Metal Blade Records) (Buy)
Gaslight Anthem – American Slang (Newbury Comics Exclusive Color Vinyl) (Buy)
Gods Forsaken – Smells Of Death (Soulseller) (Buy)
Grand Magus – Wolf God (Nuclear Blast) (Buy)
Haze Mage – Chronicles (Grimoire) (Buy)
Heavy As Texas – Heavy As Texas (Crunchy Western) (Buy)
Hosemen – Saturday Nite Conformity (Self-Released) (Buy)
Incantation – Upon The Throne Of Apocalypse Re-Release (Relapse Records) (Buy)
Jordan Rudess – Wired For Madness (Mascot) (Buy)
Joyous Wolf – Place In Time EP (Roadrunner Records) (Buy)
L’Acephale – L’Acephale (Eisenwald) (Buy)
Magnum – Chase The Dragon (MusicOnVinyl) (Buy)
Mayhem – Live in Sarpsborg (Buy)
Ministry – Twitch (Vinyl) (MusicOnVinyl) (Buy)
Mork – Det Svarte Juv (Peaceville) (Buy)
Pagan Altar – Judgment Of The Dead Re-Release (Temple Of Mystery) (Buy)
Pagan Altar – Lords Of Hypocrisy Re-Release (Temple Of Mystery) (Buy)
Pristine – Road Back To Ruin (Nuclear Blast) (Buy)
Sad Planets – Akron, Ohio (Tee Pee) (Buy)
Samael – Lux Mundi Re-Release (Napalm) (Buy)
Samael – Solar Soul Re-Release (Napalm) (Buy)
Sangue – Culs (Nuclear War Now!) (Buy)
Shotgun Sawyer – Bury The Hatchet (Ripple Music) (Buy)
Status Quo – Collected (MusicOnVinyl) (Buy)
Totengott – The Abyss (Xtreem/Burning World) (Buy)
Tripsitter – The Other Side Of Sadness (Prosthetic) (Buy)
Uncured – Epidemic (Seek And Strike) (Buy)
Various Artists – Industrial Accident: The Story Of Wax Trax! Records Soundtrack (Wax Trax!) (Buy)
Various Artists – A Tribute To Death (Antichrist) (Buy)
Vitriol – Chrysalis EP (Iron Bonehead) (Buy)
Walking Corpse – Walking Corpse EP (HPGD) (Buy)
The Wolf Howls When I Scream Your Name – To Be Where There Is Pale Light (Self-Released) (Buy)
The Wonder Years – The Greatest Generation (Newbury Comics Exclusive Color Vinyl) (Buy)
While Return Of The Arsonist (Fysisk Format) is a spiritual successor to the Hand Us The Alpha Male EP, the eight-year gap really shows the songwriting prowess Blood Command have amassed. There is less of a focus on the high octane, scattergun approach to the song structures and, as a result, more memorable moments.Continue reading
Skindred has released new lyric video ‘Loud and Clear’, and announced a slate of headline tour dates, as well as Summer Festivals and a tour opening for hitmakers Disturbed. ‘Loud and Clear’, taken from their UK Top 40 hit album Big Tings on Napalm Records. Skindred’s headline dates for the ‘That’s My Jam’ European tour sees special guests Blood Command as direct support. Watch the clip now!Continue reading
Music reviewers are inherently sceptical and often contrarian creatures, so when an artist arrives carrying plaudits from the grandees of heavy music, it’s hard not to default to cynicism. You’d be especially forgiven for hanging onto that cynicism with both hands when metal’s own great soothsayer, Lars Ulrich, adds his own recommendations to the mix – Ulrich labelling Arctic Monkeys as his favourite Metal band in 2012 still raises some serious questions about his take on the heavy music zeitgeist.Continue reading
Rising Norwegian melodic post-hardcore Ondt Blod is just weeks away from dropping their new album Natur on the world, from the always high-quality Fysisk Format label. The band has partnered with Ghost Cult to drop their newest single, ‘Start Han Opp’, which continues their penchant for catchy, heavy, and politically charged tracks that have made them one of the up and coming bands in the world right now. Jam out to ‘Start Han Opp’ now!Continue reading