FRIDAY RELEASES

[ariich]

The Dear Hunter - Migrant Returned

Yeah I'm interested in checking this out for sure, curious to see how different it is to the original.

Also I have:

Hania Rani - Ghosts
Hiromi's Sonicwonder - Sonicwonderland

[NoseofNicko]

there's a new sufjan stevens tomorrow and i'm probably gonna spend all day crying and listening to it

+1

[nick_z]

New Prong released tomorrow too

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

radar tomorrow (sneak peak)

Sufjan Stevens   Javelin
Brian Eno   The Ship EP
Orions Belte   Women
Citizen   Calling The Dogs
Dopelord   Songs For Satan
The Dear Hunter   Migrant Returned
Umphrey's McGee   Hall Of Fame: Class Of 2021

[Kocak]

Roger Waters - Dark Side of the Moon Redux

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Roger Waters - Dark Side of the Moon Redux

there's.... gotta be no chance this is good... right?

[HOF]

Listening to this new release from Advent Horizon now and it is pretty cool.



https://adventhorizon.bandcamp.com/album/a-cell-to-call-home

This track features a ripping solo by Randy McStine. Jordan Rudess also has a spot on the album. Dave Meros too.

https://adventhorizon.bandcamp.com/track/how-did-it-get-so-good

Nice balance of lighter and heavy moments. Really like the singer too. No growls detected so far despite the cover being done by the same guy who does Opeth and a bunch of other metal acts.

[Kocak]

Roger Waters - Dark Side of the Moon Redux

there's.... gotta be no chance this is good... right?

It's... Um... Has moments of good. (And I liked the singles, but it doesn't work as an album experience.)

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

i listened to it too. it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be, lol

[nick_z]

Listening to this new release from Advent Horizon now and it is pretty cool.



https://adventhorizon.bandcamp.com/album/a-cell-to-call-home

This track features a ripping solo by Randy McStine. Jordan Rudess also has a spot on the album. Dave Meros too.

https://adventhorizon.bandcamp.com/track/how-did-it-get-so-good

Nice balance of lighter and heavy moments. Really like the singer too. No growls detected so far despite the cover being done by the same guy who does Opeth and a bunch of other metal acts.

Wow, three tracks in and this is sounding REAL nice! Didn't know this band at all.

EDIT: Yep, listened to the whole thing and it's great. Bright melodies all over, very well produced and the performances are top notch. It's all very fluid, and yet the songs have interesting twists and turns. Good stuff, thanks for the rec! 

[HOF]

I’d never heard of them either. If Randy McStine hadn’t shared the clip of his solo yesterday I’d have probably never come across it. Quite a pleasant surprise. Rare that I find a heavier album that I like these days.

[twosuitsluke]

Got a few good ones this week...

The Menzingers - Some of it Was True
Crosses (†††)- Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete
Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns and Seven Seals
Stortregn - Finitude

[ariich]

Just Stortregn for me, but also Tardigrade Inferno's new album already came out yesterday (and it's great).

[wolfking]

Nice, didn't know Stortregn was so soon.  What a great band.

[nick_z]

Definitely looking forward to the new Stortregn.

Sulphur Aeon too…their last one was very good

[TAC]

THEOCRACY!!!!!!!


Also, I thought the last Cosmic Jaguars album was interesting, so I'll check their new one out as well.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns and Seven Seals

Sulphur Aeon too…their last one was very good

Good to see other fans of theirs here.  I posted about their first single and heard nothing but crickets, so I thought I might be the only fan of them here.  The third single that just dropped is quite different for them. 

[twosuitsluke]

Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns and Seven Seals

Sulphur Aeon too…their last one was very good

Good to see other fans of theirs here.  I posted about their first single and heard nothing but crickets, so I thought I might be the only fan of them here.  The third single that just dropped is quite different for them.

Even if I didn't post, I think I checked them out on your recommendation.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

You can almost think of them as aquatic Nile.

[twosuitsluke]

You can almost think of them as aquatic Nile.

Tim will be happy to receive them in the future then.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

If they score poorly, you can take the credit, if they score well, tell Tim I sent them. 

[nick_z]

Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns and Seven Seals

Sulphur Aeon too…their last one was very good

Good to see other fans of theirs here.  I posted about their first single and heard nothing but crickets, so I thought I might be the only fan of them here.  The third single that just dropped is quite different for them.

I think I’ve might have missed that post

[ariich]

First listen of the new Stortregn, and my reaction is basically the same as when Kade first introduced me to them in one of my roulettes, the entire write-up for which was:

wolfking – Stortregn

First impression: Epic as hell.

Final opinion: Epic as hell.

Round score: 8.8

[wolfking]

Nice! 

I'll try and get onto it soon.

[nick_z]

This one came out today:



The Answer Lies in the Black Void - Thou Shalt

I had no idea. Litho - did you know? I'm a fan of their first album, I think you were too? I'll happily listen to anything with Martina Horváth, anyway 

[SoundscapeMN]

Small Leaks Sink Ships - Low Tide



this album is not released until next week (10/20), but if you preorder, it includes a download/stream of the whole record per their bandcamp.

I'm a fanboy, but can't deny I'm loving this sucker already and trying not to overplay it (been listening to a lot of Everything Everything as well this week per I'm seeing them live tonight).

[LithoJazzoSphere]

This one came out today:



The Answer Lies in the Black Void - Thou Shalt

I had no idea. Litho - did you know? I'm a fan of their first album, I think you were too? I'll happily listen to anything with Martina Horváth, anyway 

Yep, it's been on my list.  I'll hopefully get to it tonight.  Their first was amazing.  They should draw in some Thy Catafalque fans since Martina has been on some of their recent albums.  Their general sound is quite different, but they have some quite experimental elements at times as well.  I'm not too big on stoner metal, but their debut took that sort of guitar sound and recontextualized it in a much more palatable way for me. 

[nick_z]

This one came out today:



The Answer Lies in the Black Void - Thou Shalt

I had no idea. Litho - did you know? I'm a fan of their first album, I think you were too? I'll happily listen to anything with Martina Horváth, anyway 

Yep, it's been on my list.  I'll hopefully get to it tonight.  Their first was amazing.  They should draw in some Thy Catafalque fans since Martina has been on some of their recent albums.  Their general sound is quite different, but they have some quite experimental elements at times as well.  I'm not too big on stoner metal, but their debut took that sort of guitar sound and recontextualized it in a much more palatable way for me.

Listened once, and it sounded very good. I don’t know if I’d put them in the stoner genre to start with…the debut was, um, weird doom, maybe? some occasional industrial influence sprinkled here and there too. I didn’t hear much of that in the new one, but it wasn’t a very focused listen. I know there were a couple of screams in there, though

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Oh no, that was my point, they're not a stoner band, it's just that on their debut the guitar tone was the sort of sound you'd hear from a stoner band. 

[nick_z]

Ah, got it, yes…I agree

[LithoJazzoSphere]

And that mainly comes from the guitarist Jason Köhnen being part of stoner bands like Celestial Season and Bong-Ra. 

[nick_z]

Yes, Celestial Season! Big fan of their Solar Lovers album...it had a cool cover of Ultravox's Vienna too. They were mostly death/doom then and they drifted into a more 70s/stoner direction soon after, but their recent comeback albums do rediscover some of that earlier style. Interestingly, Jason Köhnen played drums on those early albums...I think now he plays a little bit of everything.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I can't remember if Nachtmerrie listened to TALITBV's debut, but it should be right in his wheelhouse as well with the ethereal doom sound, particularly since the stoner element seems to be something he's more into than I am. 

Just finished it.  On first listen I prefer the debut, but will obviously need more plays to let it settle in.  It has a more psychedelic feel this time around, the atmosphere is more often created with rotary speaker effects on the clean guitars.  There was some of that on the first album too, just less from memory.  I don't recall as much experimentation either this time, like some of the crazy more avant-garde-ish moments on the debut. 

[nick_z]

In the vein of "different" doom, another release from last Friday I wasn't fully aware of until, well, it happened:



Vanishing Kids - Miracle of Death

Their previous album, Heavy Dreamer, was very good, and this one could be even better. Ethereal, dreamy female vocals (not your typical vocals, though) and a shoegazey atmosphere, but not afraid of heavier guitars. The opener, "Spill the Dark" is a good sample for their sound. Excellent song.

Overall, just the right length for an album like this. And the closer is another highlight for sure.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Hmm, sounds intriguing.

Stortregn's is pretty good.  Been meaning to finally check out a full album from them, and it's definitely more on the melodic side of tech death that I like.

Sulphur Aeon's is incredible, definitely a strong candidate for the upper tier of my year-end list.  A bit less heavy and more melodic than past releases, which is fine with me.