Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless

6 years ago

Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But while some of our Editors and Contributors sit down gleefully each week to dive into this newly stocked treasure trove, others find themselves drawing a blank at the end of the month due to the breakneck pace needed to keep up to date with what’s been released. Which brings us to this Heavy Blog PSA: a weekly roundup of new albums which pares down the week’s releases to only our highest recommendations. Here you’ll find full album/single streams, pre-order links and, most importantly, a collection of albums that could very well earn a spot on your year-end list. Enjoy!

Cloudyspace – Limits of the Mind (djent, instrumental prog metal)

Colosso – Rebirth (progressive death metal)

Current Joys – A Different Age (indie pop, lo-fi)

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Divine Realm – Nordicity (prog metal, tech death)

The Men – Drift (experimental rock)

Oceans of Slumber – The Banished Heart (gothic metal, prog metal)

Omar – Omar *3 (avant-garde jazz)

Purest of Pain – Solipsis (melodeath)

Rolo Tomassi – Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It (metallic hardcore, post-hardcore)

Sleep in Heads – On the Air (atmospheric prog rock, post-metal)

Slugdge – Esoteric Malacology (blackened death metal, progressive black metal)

Spirals – Spirals (darkwave, experimental rock)

Terekke – Improvisational Loops (ambient)

Terrestre – Montuhotep (post-rock)

Wanja Slavin Lotus Eaters – Salvation (avant-garde jazz)

We Dream Alone – ÆTHER (post-metal)

Xehanort – Stray God (deathcore)

Peter Zummo – Frame Loop (avant-garde jazz, experimental)

Scott Murphy

Published 6 years ago