Ghost Atlas – Dust on the Human Shape
Credit: Bryan Kirk
Ghost Atlas will release new album Dust on the Human Shape on January 26 through UNFD.
Tracklist
1) Void Voyeur
2) Panorama Daydream
3) Lesser Gods
4) Gaps In The Armoire
5) Seeker (Stretch The Night)
6) Riding The Blindside
7) Tomato Red
8) Polyphonic Mind
9) Bedsheet Tourniquet
10) Dust Of The Human Shape
11) In The House Of Leaves
12) Death Confetti
Bruce Dickinson – The Mandrake Project
Credit: John McMurtie
Bruce Dickinson will release new album The Mandrake Project on March 1.
Tracklist
Afterglow Of Ragnarok (05.45)
Many Doors To Hell (04.48)
Rain On The Graves (05.05)
Resurrection Men (06.24)
Fingers In The Wounds (03.39)
Eternity Has Failed (06.59)
Mistress Of Mercy (05.08)
Face In The Mirror (04.08)
Shadow Of The Gods (07.02)
Sonata (Immortal Beloved) (09.51)
Carpark – Born to be Average
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Carpark will release new EP Born to be Average in February!
The band said: “Born To Be Average introduces the new era of Carpark with heavy rock and even some dance elements, but we also have a ballad that pays homage to earlier Carpark, and a song that is so undeniably inspired by the pop/punk influences we grew up on. It’s been a really fun process and we can’t wait for everybody to hear all 5 songs in February.”
Shooting Daggers – Love and Rage
Shooting Daggers will release debut album Love and Rage on February 16 through New Heavy Sounds.
The band said: “We want to spread a positive message, we are challenging rage into a good force, seeking for justice and unity. Anger serves us as a bodyguard for our personal pain and suffering. But when you recognise rage within you, if you handle it with attention, love, and compassion, it can be a powerful mobilizing factor to take action in solidarity and commitment to enacting social change.
“This is a time to focus on ourselves and our community. Protect our rights to be in this world and stop caring about men’s validations. It’s time for women and queer people to channel all our power together.
”In this album we touch subjects such as Unity, sorority, self love, taking the power back, queer love and skateboarding.
“When we started writing this album we decided we didn’t want to limit ourselves by any genre. We wanted to be able to get influenced by any band that we were fond of at the moment, that’s why each of the tracks of this album are so different from one another, which is something we’ve always committed to do while at the same time trying to keep it very ours.
”We have hardcore songs inspired by Ceremony, Axe Rash, Turnstile, G.L.O.S.S. and then we have some more melodic hardcore inspired by Title Fight, Touché Amoré, Gouge Away, some post punk and shoegaze inspired by Placebo and Slowdive to showcase more of Sal’s clean vocals. A bit of 90s nu metal sprinkled in one of the tracks too. Then we have a piano track because why not.
“We just went with the flow and let our creativity run free.”
https://shootingdaggers.bandcamp.com/track/not-my-rival-album-remaster
Royal Tusk – Alltruistic
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Royal Tusk will release new album Alltruistic on February 23 through MNRK Heavy.
Tracklist
01. Fire In Your Veins
02. Hated
03. Head Up
04. Relegate
05. All My Life
06. The Death Of Common Sense
07. Here On Out
08. Altruistic
09. Breathe
10. Something Like The Truth
Same Side – Oh No
Credit: Will Levy
Same Side will release new album Oh No on February 2 on Pure Noise Records.
Kevin said:
“Thematically, there tends to be some sort of playful dread with my lyrics,” he says. “You sort of feel like, ‘Oh no, here we go again.’ But ultimately, you can’t just sit around and wait for things to get better. You have to get over it and move on with life.”
He continued: “Whether that makes for better art or not is really irrelevant,” he says matter-of-factly about his songwriting approach. “It feels good to have a space where I can do what I want. It’s not meant to be the pinnacle of how good a song can be. Instead, it’s about making a song my own – having an outlet that feels less about the outcome and more about the process.”
Tracklist
Before
Now
Cruise
On & On & On
What You’re Missing
Static
Killing Time
Oh No
POV
Part Of It
Banks Arcade – Death2
Banks Arcade will release new EP Death2 on February 2 through UNFD.
“DEATH 2 expresses the darkest side of Banks Arcade,” the band reveal of their forthcoming new EP. “It’s the heaviest this band will ever venture and it explores the most chaotic elements from the different genres we enjoy. With each song exploring death and disorder in a different way it paints a visceral picture that is symbolic of change and the shedding of the bands previous self.”
Tracklist
2) Sentimental
3) Roulette
4) More Want
5) Killing Games
6) Change
Dwarrowdelf – The Fallen Leaves
Dwarrowdelf will release new album The Fallen Leaves on February
Tom said: “Representing a new beginning for the Dwarrowdelf project, ‘The Fallen Leaves’ displays lyrical themes of sorrow, struggle, and grappling with reality. Taking further inspiration from the diverse blend of influences that drove 2021’s Cold Lie the Ashes yet cohesively retaining the trademark Dwarrowdelf sense of scale and atmosphere, this album truly sounds like nothing else.”
Tracklist
1) “Within The Ashes, The Ember Still Burns”
2) “The Journey To Dawn”
3) “To Dust, We All Return”
4) “This Shattered World”
5) “Escape From The Dreamspire”
6) “Deliverance”
7) “The Fallen Leaves”
