NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – New Rock and Metal Releases 11-24-23


 

What new albums are you excited for this week!? 

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PREVIEW: New Music Friday – New Rock and Metal Releases 11-23-23


 

What new albums are you excited for this week!? 

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ALBUM REVIEW: High Spirits – Hard To Stop 


 

High Spirits’ endearing sincerity has always been a shining contrast to the often-sour realms of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, and that feelgood brightness is needed now more than ever. While it’s been four years since the release of their last album, 2016’s Motivator, the Chicago project’s fourth full-length doesn’t skip a beat and their established blend of AOR and Classic Metal is well intact. You always know what you’re getting but it’s presented with far too much enthusiasm to ever feel stale.

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Christian Mistress Confirm Upcoming North American Tour


Photo Credit: Marit Schmidt

Photo Credit: Marit Schmidt

Olympia, WA metallers Christian Mistress will be hitting the road across North America in support of their upcoming third full length release To Your Death, out this fall via Relapse Records, with Sabbath Assembly and a September run with High Spirits and Savage Master. The new album was recorded at Louder Studios with Tim Green (Melvins, Earthless, Sleater Kinney) in April. Watch the music video for “Pentagram and Crucifix” below.

Jun 11: Hindenburg (Covenant Fest) – Vancouver, B.C. (with Ritual Necromancy, Spell, Rites of Thy Degringolade, etc.)
Jul 10: Elbo Room – San Francisco, CA (with Sabbath Assembly, Alaric & Ails)
Jul 11: Starlight Lounge – Sacramento, CA (with Sabbath Assembly)
Jul 12: Garberville Theater – Garberville, CA (with Sabbath Assembly)
Jul 13: Wisp House – Salem, OR (with Sabbath Assembly)
Jul 14: Old Nick Pub – Eugene, OR (with Sabbath Assembly)
Jul 15: The Highline – Seattle, WA (with Sabbath Assembly and King Dude)
Jul 16: The Shakedown – Bellingham, WA (with Sabbath Assembly)
Jul 17: Obsidian – Olympia, WA (with Sabbath Assembly and Eigenlicht)
Jul 18: Rotture – Portland, OR (with Sabbath Assembly)
Aug 15: Linda’s – Seattle, WA (with Black Breath)
Sep 02: The Triple Rock – Minneapolis MN
Sep 03: Red Line Tap – Chicago IL (with High Spirits)
Sep 04: The Cactus – Milwaukee WI
Sep 05: TBA (with High Spirits and Savage Master)
Sep 06: The Earl – Atlanta GA (with High Spirits and Savage Master)
Sep 07: TBA – Richmond VA (with High Spirits and Savage Master)
Sep 08: Smiling Moose – Pittsburgh PA (with High Spirits and Savage Master)
Sep 09: St Vitus – Brooklyn NY (with High Spirits and Savage Master)
Sep 10: Ralph’s – Worcester MA (with High Spirits and Savage Master)
Sep 11: TBA
Sep 12: TBA
Sep 13: TBA – Toronto ON (with High Spirits and Savage Master)
Sep 14: TBA – Detroit MI (with High Spirits and Savage Master)
Sep 15: TBA – St. Louis MO
Sep 16: TBA – Denver CO
Sep 17: TBA – Boise ID
Sep 18: The Know – Portland OR

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