Editor’s Note: I’m glad to welcome longtime reader Remi VL as a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommendations. Also, since we ran our 2020 Primer post last Friday instead of a regular RDR column, we’ll be including all albums releases since Jan. 1 , 2020. -Scott Murphy
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!
Aiming For Enrike – Music For Working Out (noise rock, math rock)
Apocalyptica – Cell-O (neoclassical metal)
Backyard Pyrotechnics – The Theory of the Movement of Things (progressive post-hardcore)
Bad Ambassadors – Bad Ambassadors (indie pop, abstract hip-hop)
The Band Royale – The Band Royale (hard rock, indie rock)
Beach Slang – The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City (alt-rock, punk)
Child of Waste – Hunger Made Man (brutal deathcore, melodeath)
"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger - something better - pushing right back." - Albert Camus
