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!

Actias Luna – The Bernoulli Effect (prog fusion)

Aegaeon – Age (progressive deathcore)

Dance Gavin Dance – Artifical Selection (post-hardcore)

Exmortus – The Sound of Steel (neoclassical thrash, heavy metal)

Jon Hassell – Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume One) (ambient, modern classical)

Jyotisavedanga – Thermogravimetry Warp Continuum (avant-garde black metal)

Kaguu – Wistful (math rock)

Pllush – Stranger to the Pain (dream pop, shoegaze)

Erin Rae – Putting on Airs (indie folk, singer/songwriter)

Tremonti – A Dying Machine (hard rock, alt metal)

Spectral Wound – Infernal Decadence (black metal)

Tomb Mold – Manor Of Infinite Forms (death metal)

Hilary Woods – Colt (ambient folk, singer/songwriter)

Zeal and Ardor – Stranger Fruit (gospel, black metal)

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Uniform & The Body – Mental Wounds Not Healing (avant-garde, post-industrial)

YOB – Our Raw Heart (doom metal)

Scott Murphy

Published 6 years ago