In this week’s New Records Round Up, we bring you teasers for 10 recently announced albums and EPs.
Wucan – Axioms
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German rockers Wucan will release their fourth album Axioms on August 29 through Long Branch Records.
Francis Tobolsky said: “The foundation of our music is international 70s hard rock enriched by contemporary influences – this time with even more bombast, brutality, and complexity.”
“The title Axioms stands for the fundamental convictions our band is built upon, convictions we no longer question.
“After ten years of making music together – seven of them in this lineup – there were moments when everything could have fallen apart.
“This album was created during a time when each of our lives was changing significantly, and it bears the imprint of those personal experiences. The fact that we’re still making music together is neither a coincidence nor a matter of convenience – it’s our axiom.”
Tracklist:
Spectres Of Fear
Irons In The Fire
Wicked, Sick and Twisted
KTNSAX
Holz auf Holz
Pipe Dreams
Axioms
Fountain Of Youth
Hot Mulligan – The Sound a Body Makes When it’s Still
Hot Mulligan will release new album The Sound a Body Makes When it’s Still on August 22 through Wax Bodega!
“‘The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still’ is a lyric reference,” says co-vocalist Tade Sanville.
“That lyric is in a song about paranoia, which is fear. With the album title, you can go the meditation route, or, the horror that you are in your body, and you have to exist. You have no choice, really. Even if you plan on killing yourself, right now you exist. And that is a terrifying thing.”
Tracklist:
Vowws – I’ll Fill Your House With an Army
Bloods On Fire
SHUDDER
Pulls Me Apart
Silhouette
Hurt You
Re-Animator
Casualty
Harder To Pretend
I Never Left
One Short
Waterline.
This Will Destroy Your Ears – Funland
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This Will Destroy Your Ears will release new album Funland on October 10.
The album title comes from one of Blackpool’s most iconic locations.
Zatkorev – Bring Mirrors to the Surface
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Zatkorev will release new album Bring Mirrors to the Surface on August 29 through Pelagic Records.
The Swiss band said: “Our new album, completed in 2022, reflects a time of profound change and resilience. It’s a testament to how challenges were overcome and new beginnings were embraced, both personally and creatively.
“The fact that the new album is only released three years later is due in no small part to the overcoming of serious life challenges and profound changes. The new album is the follow-up to the previous album, Silk Spiders Underwater, where the story began. Now, Bring Mirrors To The Surface tells the story to its conclusion.”
Tracklist:
Red Storm (ft. Bölzer & Schammasch)
Blood (ft. Inezona)
The Only Voice
Unwinding Spirits (ft. Manuel Gagneux of Zeal & Ardor)
Faint
Changes (ft. Schammasch)
Pearl Eyes
Deep Dark Turns Green (ft. Minsk)
Leap – Entropy
Leap will release debut album Entropy on October 3.
The London rockers said: “It feels so wild to be announcing the album. It’s only been 2 years since we started touring and getting out to places all over Europe and meeting people. It’s gone so fast and we’re loving every second of it, Honestly, so grateful that we’re able to keep it going. We’re a tiny team, it’s just us 4, plus mates basically, so everyone has put in outrageous levels of hustle.
“But to be releasing a debut album together, it’s so exciting and we just wanna get this music out to as many people as possible. The amount of fans that have become part of this family and connected with the music on a proper emotional level, it’s the best feeling ever. It’s the most rewarding thing about all of this, seeing people get a break from their heads and just let go for an hour. That’s exactly what it is for us as well. So to be able to share that with new people and bigger crowds, we’re so gassed for it.”
Tracklist:
Over&Out
Play Dead
Exit Signs
Waste Your Love
Do Or Die
I Was Never There
Sinking Feeling
Messages
Energies
The Downfall
Eclipse
Harpy – VII
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Harpy will release her debut EP VII on November 7.
The alt-popper’s first effort is a seven-part exploration of desire and vice. It focuses on the seven deadly sins of pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth.
Harpy said: “This record is a chance for me to repent my sins, for the whole world to see.”
Raphael Weinroth-Browne – Lifeblood
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Raphael Weinroth-Browne will release solo album Lifeblood on October 3.
The Leprous cellist said of the album: “Lifeblood is a reflection on my journey as an artist and my relationship with music. Music has always been my life force; it has been there for me in all the seasons of my life and has given me everything I have, and in turn, I have devoted myself fully to it.”
“I consider this album to be my most autobiographical work to date. As a metalhead turned full-time professional cellist making original music outside the classical realm, I have taken the road less travelled, nurturing my artistic vision and trusting my intuition even on an unorthodox path.
“I have forged a unique career and identity around my musical voice and the way it manifests itself through the cello. The defiant, audacious energy of this music represents my inexorable drive to continue pursuing my dream in spite of all obstacles.”
Tracklist:
Lifeblood
Possession
Ophidian
Pyre
Labyrinthine
Nethereal
Winterlight
The Glimmering
Whiskey Myers – Whomp Whack Thunder
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Whiskey Myers will release new album Whomp Whack Thunder on September 26 through Wiggy Thump Records.
“We didn’t set out to chase a specific sound – we set out to make a Whiskey Myers record,” shared lead guitarist John Jeffers.
“Jay pulled something out of us that’s raw and real, and every track’s got a piece of our story in it. This album’s about where we’ve been, what we’ve lived and the scars we earned along the way – and I think Whomp Whack Thunder might just be our most fearless album yet.”
Tracklist:
Time Bomb
Tailspin
I Got To Move
Rowdy Days
Icarus
Midnight Woman
Break These Chains
Born To Do
Rock N Roll
Ramblin’ Jones
Monsters
Daron Malakian And Scars On Broadway – Addicted to the Violence
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Daron Malakian And Scars On Broadway will release new album Addicted to the Violence on July 18.
“As far as the process goes,” Malakian said. “I’m always writing songs, because it’s the only way I know how to live. It’s my purpose.
“When I write, I try to stay honest. I don’t put myself in a box, which is why you have both heavy and mid-tempo material. It takes you through different feelings, and that’s what I’ve always done.
“If I was a painter, I wouldn’t tell myself, ‘I can’t use these colors.’ So, all the colors are available to me. All the emotions are also available, because we go through each one of them as people. I’m expressing everything I can.
“I’m just as proud of Scars as I am of System Of A Down. This is another musical outlet for me. I think it’s some of the best stuff I have to offer. I’m blessed that I can still do this and write songs every day.”
Tracklist:
Killing Spree
Satan Hussein
Done Me Wrong
The Shame Game
Destroy The Power
Your Lives Burn
Imposter
You Destroy You
Watch That Girl
Addicted To The Violence
