In this week’s New Records Round Up, we bring you teasers for 10 recently announced albums and EPs.
The Temperance Movement – New Promise Land Incorporated
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The Temperance Movement will release new album New Promise Land Incorporated on October 9 through Earache Records.
“The album is a return to our beginnings in the truest sense” explains lead guitarist Paul Sayer.
“We went about it in the same way we did our first album, the band in a room, live to tape. This time with Ethan Johns alongside us, we wanted to capture what it’s like to be in a room with The Temperance Movement.”
Tracklist:
Shadows
Eat You Alive
Silverlight Blues
Love Kicks
Scars
Mongrels
Hometown Kings & Queens
Always Been Love
Saving Grace
Let It All Out
Temperance – Arcani
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Temperance will release new album Arcani on October 16 through Napalm Records.
Marco Pastorino about Arcani: “We are finally here to announce our new album Arcani! 13 incredible new songs that we have worked tirelessly on over the past year, and we are confident they will become an essential part of our live show.
“Epic symphonic arrangements, harmonies woven through our three distinctive voices, huge metal guitar solos, and a fantastic production! After our adventures around the globe supporting the magical world of Hermitage, we have returned with something magical once again. Welcome to the world of Arcani.”
Tracklist:
The Fool
The Magician: Into the Fire
Death: Right Before We Die
The Tower: Lean Into Fear
The Devil: Sin, Sin, Sin
Temperance: Forgiveness
The Chariot: Alla Ricerca dell’America
Justice: Balance
The Star: Surrender Control
Wheel of Fortune: Come and Call Me
The Moon: The Man of Moonlight
The Hanged Man: Petrichor
The World
Kamelot – Dark Asylum
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Kamelot will release new album Dark Asylum on August 28 through Napalm Records.
Tracklist:
Sanctorium
Ashen World (feat. Ignacia Fernández)
Dark Asylum
Sanctuary (feat. Clémentine Delauney & Ignacia Fernández)
Nocte Veritas
One Last Masquerade (feat. Tobias Sammet)
Ivy, My Dear
Godlike Alchemy
The Sleeping Mind (Orphic Paradigm)
Kaleidoscope
Enigma (Think of Me)
Cassandra’s Disease
Beneath the Moon (Tunglið) (feat. Rannveig Sif Sigurðardóttir, Sólveig Sara Leupold, Lea-Sophie Fischer)
The Puppet King
Sanctum Requiem
Playgrounded – A Flower to Water
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Playgrounded will release new album A Flower to Water on September 18, through Pelagic Records.
Tracklist:
A Flower…
Counting Embers
Someone
Snow
Of Air and Metals
… to Water
Sigh – Goh-ka
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Sigh will release new album Goh-ka on September 4.
Tracklist:
Kuso-shi 1, 2, and 3
Jigoku-Zoshi 1: Unkamusho
Anzenshokon
Kuso-shi 4, 5, and 6
Shoso
Unputenpu
Jinmenjushin
Jigoku-Zoshi 2: Tokatsujigoku
Kushukankyo
Kuso-shi 7
Kuso-shi 8 and 9 / Mettaijakujo
Slaughter And The Dogs – White Heat
Slaughter And The Dogs will release new album White Heat on September 4 through Cadiz Music.
Tracklist:
Get A Life
White Light White Heat (Lou Reed)
I’m Too Much
Shut Your Mouth
City Of Rain
Be Yourself
Love Inside
Stay
Blink Of An Eye
Light Me Up
Save Me
Calling Out To You
Lust
PALELUME – the pain isn’t contagious if I’m alone
Credit: Emily Dicks
PALELUME will release new EP the pain isn’t contagious if I’m alone on August 26.
The band said: “The reason we do this is to soundtrack real events and stories, in hopes that people experiencing those in real time can have an audible shoulder to lean on and growth with.”
Distant – Into Disrepair
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Distant will release new album Into Disrepair on November 6.
The band said: “Driven by raw honesty and pure emotion,Into Despair is an album born from personal battles and lived experiences. Every song carries pieces of each member’s own journey, with moments of pain, reflection, and resilience woven into a deeply intimate body of work.
“More than just a collection of songs, Into Despair is a cathartic expression of vulnerability and a reminder that even in our darkest moments, grief is something we all share. It stands as the band’s most heartfelt and authentic statement yet, transforming personal suffering into something universally resonant.”
Prong – Prong
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Prong will release their self-titled album on November 6 through Napalm Records.
Frontman Tommy Victor said: “This could be the best PRONG album to date. It’s definitely the best sounding PRONG album ever, with the incredible Andy Sneap mixing and mastering it! This record represents a new lease on life for PRONG with a new label, a fresh attitude with faster and heavier songs, bigger hooks and top-notch sound quality. That’s why it’s self-titled; it’s a redefining episode for PRONG!”
Tracklist:
The Banner
New Commission
The Uprising
Uncertain Truth
Fear The Sun
Commonsense Resolution
Doomed World
Proportionate Response
Transgression
Simulated Drowning
Our Continuance
Out of Body (Bonus Track)
Cruel Summer (Bonus Track)
Foreign Body – Libertine
Credit: Leah Komos
Foreign Body will release new album Libertine on September 11 through Brutal Panda Records.
The band said: “The notion of Libertine is the idea of an individual, usually people with a lot of wealth that have the capacity to act upon their desires to the fullest extent. It’s an investigation of that idea to its farthest, impossible conclusion, within literature and a modern context.”
Tracklist:
Strung Out
White Lord of Hell
Passed Around
Hind Legs
Trophy
When Sex Is Not Enough
Man Was Meant To Take Advantage
Born For This
Libertines
Beauty is a Hammer
