Our Mirage – Eclipse
Credit: Kathi Sterl
Our Mirage will release new album Eclipse on November 25 through Arising Empire.
Candlemass – Sweet Evil Sun
Credit: Linda Akerberg
Candlemass will release new album Sweet Evil Sun on November 18 through Napalm Records.
Leif Edling on the new album: “Sweet Evil Sun is about hope, striving, adoration and failure. It’s about all the personal battles that you have, but also the never-ending decay of humanity.
“The record took over a year to make and there’s not a bad track on it! We had a fantastic time recording it and are really looking forward to the release. It’s doom, it’s metal! It is the essence of Candlemass put into one album!”
Tracklist:
1. Wizard Of The Vortex
2. Sweet Evil Sun
3. Angel Battle
4. Black Butterfly
5. When Death Sighs
6. Scandinavian Gods
7. Devil Voodoo
8. Crucified
9. Goddess
10. A Cup Of Coffin (Outro)
Avoid – Cult Mentality
Avoid will release new album Cult Mentality on November 4 through Thriller Records.
Vocalist Benny Scholl said: “Welcome to Cult Mentality! This record is a collection of everything we’ve been through in the last few years. ‘Cult Mentality’ is a mindset. It embodies what it takes to pursue anything you want in life. We hope this record can be there for you the way it’s been for us.”
Tracklist:
1. My World
2. Blast Off!!
3. Cowabunga
4. Split (Kill It)
5. Whatever
6. Can’t Take This Away
7. Gator Fest
8. Bored
9. Finish Line 3
10. Midnight Six
Phoxjaw – notverynicecream
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Phoxjaw will release new album notverynicecream on November 11 through Hassle Records.
Tracklist:
1: evermore
2: apples
3: icecreamwitch
4: sungazer
5: thesaddestsongever
6: tortoise
7: dancingtrees
8: knives
9: thelastmackerel
10: shotgunlipstick
11: lastmancalledjohn
12: serpentsdripfromtheskies
InTechnicolour – Midnight Heavyweight
Credit: Martin Ruffin
InTechnicolour will release new album Midnight Heavyweight on November 4 through Small Pond Records.
Guitarist Dave Jackson said: “Midnight Heavyweight comes from a much darker place than we intended. Life got very real very quickly, so naturally what came out the other side reflected that… Made for a hell of an album though.”
Tracklist:
1. BloodMoonShine
2. The Wave
3. Tokyo Dream
4. Wake Up Dead Man
5. Corner of Time in the World
6. Turn It loose
7. Midnight Heavyweight
8. Remember Not to Forget
9. Fever Queen
10. Making Friends with Shadows
11. Eastman
Less Than Jake – Silver Linings Deluxe
Less Than Jake will release the deluxe version of their 2020 album Silver Linings next week (October 21 through Pure Noise Records).
“When ‘Silver Linings’ first came out in December of 2020, our band was in the midst of being at home for the longest amount of time in a row EVER!” recounts trombonist Buddy Schaub. “We were all so excited to release it to the world because it was the first album with our new drummer, Matt Yonker, and our first attempt at writing all the lyrics on a record. Unfortunately, we were still stuck at home and couldn’t go out and breathe life into the songs on stage like they deserved! Putting out this Deluxe Version seemed like a great way to re-introduce the record to those who may have missed it in the chaos of the last couple of years.
Tracklist:
1. The High Cost of Low Living
2. Lie To Me
3. Keep on Chasing
4. Anytime and Anywhere
5. The Test
6. Dear Me
7. Monkey Wrench Myself
8. King of the Downside
9. Lost at Home
10. Move
11. Bill
12. So Much Less
13. No One To Judge Me
14. Empty Lines
15. Anytime (acoustic)
16. Dear Me (acoustic)
17. High Cost of Low Living (acoustic)
18. Move (acoustic)
Sugar Horse – Waterloo Teeth
Sugar Horse will release new EP Waterloo Teeth on October 28 through Small Pond.
The EP is a collaborative effort with members of Heriot, Conjurer, Idles and Biffy Clyro. You can see the full collaborative list in the tracklist below.
Heriot‘s Debbie Gough comments: “Sugar Horse are a band I’ve always enjoyed going to watch after having first played with them in 2017! I’m very honoured to be on their track ‘Disco Loadout’ from this EP and it’s fantastic to see lots of other friends on the track list too!”
Mclusky/St Pierre Snake Invasion‘s Damien Sayell comments: “Sugar Horse are heavy metal for people who don’t watch wrestling.”
Tracklist:
1. Disco Loadout (ft. Debbie Gough, Heriot, vocals; Damien Sayell, Mclusky, vocals; Matt Loveridge, MXLX, cello)
2. Waterloo Teeth (ft. Dave Larkin, Black Peaks, bass; Will Gardner, Black Peaks, saxophone; Paul Tierney, Lonely Tourist, vocals)
3. Gutted (ft. Kate Davies, Pupil Slicer, vocals; Dan Nightingale, Conjurer, vocals/guitar; Brady Deeprose, Conjurer, vocals/guitar; Conor Marshall, Conjurer, vocals/guitar; Nuala Honan, vocals)
4. Super Army Soldiers (ft. Adam Devonshire, IDLES, bass; Mike Vennart, Oceansize/Biffy Clyro/Vennart, guitar; Connie Matthews, Wych Elm, vocals)
October Ends – Phases
October Ends will release new album Phases on October 28 through UNFD.
“When we started writing for our new album, one thing we had in mind was that we wanted to mix up our guitar configuration and experiment with new keys and tunings,” the band explains about their approach. “In particular, we decided to introduce seven string guitars on the album, which is something we’d never done before. This allowed us to tune lower than we have in the past and allowed us to explore new sounds and implement even heavier-sounding riffs.
“‘Of Stars’ is one of the first songs we wrote for the album that uses seven string guitars. We wanted this track to have banging groovy riffs while being catchy and somewhat pop-like in the verses and chorus. This kind of balance is something that we strive to achieve when we’re songwriting because it captures what we love about music. There’s definitely flavours of modern emo in the song as that’s another influence we wanted to include.”
The band furthers, “We love to utilize the different vocal talents of the band and ‘Of Stars’ actually features three of our vocalists — Nick, George, and Michael. Doing this can be tricky because you have to keep in mind each vocalists’ strengths, range, and sweet spots when you’re writing for them, and it’s not the case that each vocalist is always writing their own parts. For example, Nick, Michael, and Alex wrote the melodies/lyrics in this song. Nick and George both sing cleans, but they each have their own style and distinct voice. We think it really gets the best out of the band when you can hook them both up in a track. And then of course, George and Michael share the screams and they do a great job.”
Tracklist:
“Destroy Us All”
“Call Me Before I’m Dead”
“R3KT”
“Of Stars”
“Play Time”
“Hero”
“Alive”
“One More Round”
“Lay Here”
“Down”
