Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 22, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
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Assignment: Closing the Circle
Genre: Progressive Power Metal // Label: Massacre
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The Birthday Massacre: Imagica (Reissue)
Genre: Industrial/Goth/Alt. Metal // Label: Metropolis Records
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Black Crown Initiate: Selves We Cannot Forgive
Genre: Progressive Death Metal // Label: eOne Music
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Breanna Barbara: Mirage Dreams
Genre: Southern Blues/Psychedelica // Label: No Roads Records
Stream Mirage Dreams here.
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Capsize: A Reintroduction: The Essence of All That Surrounds Me
Genre: Post Hardcore // Label: Equal Vision Records
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Centinex: Doomsday Rituals
Genre: Death Metal // Label: Agonia Records
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Crown the Empire: Retrograde
Genre: Post Hardcore/Metalcore // Label: Rise Records
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Defeated Sanity: Disposal of the Dead
Genre: Death Metal // Label: Willowtip Records
Check out the staff review for Disposal of the Dead.
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Despised Icon: Beast
Genre: Deathcore // Label: Nuclear Blast
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Despite: Synergi
Genre: Metalcore // Label: Eclipse Records
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Dragonforce: Killer Elite
Genre: Power Metal // Label: Spinefarm
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Gucci Mane: Everybody Looking
Genre: Hip-Hop // Label: Atlantic
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Gus McArthur: Chapter 1: Hysterics From the Book of Gus
Genre: Experimental Technical Metal // Label: Independent
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Harakiri for the Sky: III: Trauma
Genre: Post Black Metal // Label: Art of Propaganda
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Heavenwood: Part 1: The Tarot of the Bohemians
Genre: European Heavy Metal // Label: Massacre
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Jamila Woods: Heavn
Genre: Soul/Hip-Hop/R&B // Label: Closed Sessions
Stream Heavn here.
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Karmakanic: Dot
Genre: Progressive Rock // Label: InsideOut Records
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Look Park: Look Park
Genre: Alt. Country // Label: Yep Roc Records
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Mizery: Absolute Light
Genre: Metal/Hardcore Crossover // Label: Flatspot Records
Stream Absolute Light here.
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MSTRKRFT: Operator
Genre: Electronic // Label: Last Gang Records
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Numenorean: Home
Genre: Post Black Metal // Label: Season of Mist
Stream Home here.
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Periphery: Periphery III: Select Difficulty
Genre: Progressive Metal/Metalcore // Label: Sumerian Records
Check out the staff review for Periphery III.
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Profanatica: The Curling Flame of Blasphemy
Genre: Black Metal // Label: Hell’s Headbangers
Stream The Curling Flame of Blasphemy here.
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Relient K: Air For Free
Genre: Alt. Rock // Label: Mono vs Stereo
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Revocation: Great is Our Sin
Genre: Thrash/Death // Label: Metal Blade Records
Stream Great is Our Sin here.
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Vanhelgd: Temple of Phobos
Genre: Death/Black/Doom // Label: Dark Descent Records
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Witherscape: The Northern Sanctuary
Genre: Progressive Death Metal // Label: Century Media
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Wreck and Reference: Indifferent Rivers Romance End
Genre: Experimental/Electronic/Progressive Rock // Label: The Flenser
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