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 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!
Boris – Dear (drone metal, sludge metal/Sargent House)
The Cosmic Truth – Stroboscopic Illusion (ambient djent, prog metal/self-released)
Enfold Darkness – Adversary Omnipotent (melodeath, tech death/The Artisan Era)
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Execration – Return to the Void (blackened death metal, death metal/Metal Blade)
Expulsion – Nightmare Future (deathgrind, grindcore/Relapse)
Florence & Normandie – Et. Alia (math rock, post-hardcore/self-released)
Fox Vibes – Mantra (math rock, prog fusion/self-released)
Integrity – Howling, For The Nightmare Shall Consume (crossover thrash, metalcore/Relapse)
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Jute Gyte – Oviri (avant-garde black metal, microtonal black metal/self-released)
Marateck – Time is Over (experimental rock, math rock/self-released)
Nhor – Wildflowers: Summer (ambient, solo piano/Prophecy Productions)
PLYERS – CLEAR (post-punk, noise/Art as Catharsis)
Shabazz Palaces – Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star & Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines (abstract hip-hop, experimental hip-hop/Sub Pop)
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