In this week’s New Records Round up, we bring you 10 of the recently announced album and EPs that we’re excited for!
The Velveteers – A Million Knives
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The Velveteers will release new album A Million Knives on February 14, 2025 through Easy Eye Sound.
The album is the band’s second full-length.
Tracklist:
All These Little Things
Suck The Cherry
See Your Face
Bound In Leather
On And On
Sweet Little Hearts
A Million Knives
Moonchild
Take It From The Top
Go Fly Away
Up Here
Heaven
Fix Me
Dream Theater – Parasomnia
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Dream Theater will release album number 16, Parasomnia, on February 7, 2025 through Inside Out Music/Sony Music.
The album has been 15 years in the making and sees vocalist James LaBrie, guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung, Jordan Rudess on keys, and drummer Mike Portnoy reunite for an album for the first time since 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings.
Tracklist:
In The Arms Of Morpheus
A Broken Man
Dead Asleep
Midnight Messiah
Are We Dreaming?
Bend The Clock
The Shadow Man Incident
Ditz – Never Exhale
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Ditz will release new album Never Exhale on January 24, 2025, through Republic Of Music/Domino Publishing.
Vocalist C.A. Francis said: “I feel like Space/Smile is pretty unique within the album. It’s the shortest track by a fair margin. We’ve kind of become known for using dynamic shifts to create drama in our music and with this track we tried to avoid it. It’s all about the escalation.
“Never exhale feels like a logical step from The Great Regression. It’s a document of what we’ve been up to and where we’ve been as we wrote and rehearsed the majority of the album on off days between touring. Making use borrowed rehearsal spaces, sometimes donated by the bands we played with the night before. After that we’d probably debut the newly written song the next night”
Tracklist:
V70
Taxi Man
Space/Smile
Senor Siniestro
Four
God on a Speed Dial
Smells Like Something Died In Here
18 Wheeler
The Body As A Structure
Britney
Patriarkh – ПРОРОК ИЛИЯ (Lat. PROROK ILJA)
Patriarkh will release new album ПРОРОК ИЛИЯ on January 3, 2025 through Napalm Records.
The band – formerly Batushka – said of the album: “With this new release, we are starting a new chapter in our history – not only is our name changing, but our music is also undergoing a natural evolution. The story on the album encouraged us to get out of our comfort zone, we reached for means that we had not used before in our music.
“Many of you will wonder if this is still black metal? Or is it even metal? Radio play, audiobook, theatre, film soundtrack, folk music, performance… All these terms will fit here. Some will hate, others will love…”
Tracklist:
WIERSZALIN I (Lat.) – ВЕРШАЛИН I (Cyrillic)
WIERSZALIN II (Lat.) – ВЕРШАЛИН II (Cyrillic)
WIERSZALIN III (Lat.) – ВЕРШАЛИН III (Cyrillic)
WIERSZALIN IV (Lat.) – ВЕРШАЛИН IV (Cyrillic)
WIERSZALIN V (Lat.) – ВЕРШАЛИН V (Cyrillic)
WIERSZALIN VI (Lat.) – ВЕРШАЛИН VI (Cyrillic)
WIERSZALIN VII (Lat.) – ВЕРШАЛИН VII (Cyrillic)
WIERSZALIN VIII (Lat.) – ВЕРШАЛИН VIII (Cyrillic)
Chelsea Wolfe – Unbound EP
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Chelsea Wolfe will release her Unbound EP on November 15 through Loma Vista.
It is the EP that completes the She Reaches Out triptych and is an acoustic EP.
Tracklist:
Whispers In The Echo Chamber (Unbound)
Dusk (Unbound)
The Liminal (Unbound)
Place In The Sun (Unbound)
Cellar Door (Spiritbox Cover)
Mallavora – Echoes
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Bristol alt-metallers Mallavora will release their new EP Echoes on November 20 through Marshall Records.
The EP was produced by Skindred’s Mikey Demus, with mixing by producer/engineer Lewis Johns.
“Creating this EP was an absolute dream experience. Working with Mikey Demus was a real ‘pinch me’ moment for us since Skindred has inspired us for so many years,” guitarist Larry Sobieraj said.
“Recording at The Marshall Studio was a real privilege. It’s a magical place; you can feel the amazing history of music when you walk through the door.”
“We’d been aware of Lewis’ work for a while and were always impressed by the energy he brings to his mixes,” adds vocalist Jessica Douek.
“We knew we wanted him to mix our EP, and it’s every bit as energetic, aggressive, and huge as we had hoped for. This EP is undoubtedly the best-sounding music we’ve ever created.”
Lambrini Girls – Who Let the Dogs Out?
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Lambrini Girls will release debut album Who Let the Dogs Out? on January 10, 2025 through City Slang.
On the album, the band said: “You know how Fleetwood Mac almost dedicated Rumours to their cocaine dealer? I think we should dedicate this album to all the booze we bought at Tesco.”
Tracklist:
Bad Apple
Company Culture
Big D*** Energy
No Homo
Nothing Tastes As Good As It Feels
You’re Not From Around Here
Scarcity Is Fake (Communist Propaganda)
Filthy Rich Nepo Baby
Special, Different
Love
Cuntology 101
Winona Fighter – My Apologies to the Chef
Winona Fighter will release album My Apologies to the Chef on February 14, 2025, through Rise Records.
“We cannot believe we finally get to announce our debut LP ‘My Apologies To The Chef’ is on the way. This has truly been a long time coming,” reflects frontwoman and multi-instrumentalist Coco Kinnon.
“Our amazing label Rise Records allowed us to take our DIY approach to the recording of the album. Every song was either written or co-written by us. It was just me (Coco) and the boys (Dan and Austin) in our home studio from pre-production to sending it off for mastering.
“I couldn’t think of a better introduction to the band. 14 hard hitting tracks straight from a guest bedroom or garage. It’s raw. It’s got emotion. It’s got a little satire. Mostly, it’s uniquely us.
“It’s three punks obsessed with music, making tunes for people obsessed with music. It is a punk-rock record, period. We are so proud of this album and we hope fans old and new love it as much as we do.
“To finish this off we’d like to thank our ENTIRE team for believing in us and helping us create something incredibly special. All we ever said when we were grinding with no one on our side was ‘we just need ONE person to believe in us’ and now we have all of you… so thank you for allowing us to create, play, and live our dream! 2025 here we come.”
Thee Headshrinkers – Head Cheese
Thee Headshrinkers will release album Head Cheese on November 29 through Property of the Lost Records.
Tracklist:
Chaos Reigns – Sweet Violence
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“Sweet Violence is a reflection of the world we live in – where the boundary between pain and pleasure, life and death, is razor-thin.”
Graveyard Shift
Violet Delights
Snakes & Branches
Sins of Success
The Lotus King (ft. Mikey Chapman)
