Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of November 10, 2017. 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.
Background:
This is going to shock longtime fans. Toothgrinder started out as one of those modern prog bands specializing in chaos, noise, and aggression with occasional moments of clean singing and melody. On Phantom Amour the chaos and noise has been replaced by lush atmosphere, and most the aggression has been replaced by the clean singing and melody. The most similar sonic shift that comes to mind is the change between Gabriel and Transhuman — in fact, this and Transhuman have a lot in common. Throughout its runtime, Phantom Amour delivers a moody, melodic blend of modern prog, alternative rock, and even a little psychedelia. Check out Phantom Amour‘s title track below.
“Phantom Amour”:
Stream the entire Phantom Amour release here.
Amberian Dawn: Darkness Of Eternity
Genre: Symphonic Rock // Label: Napalm Records
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Angel Olsen: Phases
Genre: Indie Folk // Label: Jagjaguwar
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Audn: Farvegir Fyrndar
Genre: Black Metal // Label: Season of Mist
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Axis: Shift
Genre: Hardcore/Metalcore // Label: Good Fight Music
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Babylon A.D.: Revelation Highway
Genre: Metal/Rock // Label: Frontiers Records
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Billy Ray Cyrus: Set The Record Straight
Genre: Country // Label: Flatwoods Records
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Cloak: To Venomous Depths
Genre: Black Metal/Heavy Metal // Label: Season Of Mist
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Dan Terminus: Automated Refrains
Genre: Cyberpunk/Synthwave // Label: Blood Music
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The Dark Element: The Dark Element
Genre: Symphonic Metal/Rock // Label: Frontiers Records
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Destruction: Thrash Anthems II
Genre: Thrash // Label: Nuclear Blast
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Entheos: Dark Future
Genre: Atmospheric Tech Death // Label: Spinefarm Records
Stream Dark Future here.
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Evanescence: Synthesis
Genre: Symphonic Rock/Alternative // Label: BMG Rights Management
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Forgotten Tomb: We Owe You Nothing
Genre: Black Metal/Doom // Label: Agonia Records
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Ian Svenonius: Introduction to Escape-ism
Genre: Indie/Electronic/Experimental // Label: Merge Records
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Langhorne Slim: Lost At Last Vol. 1
Genre: Alternative/Americana // Label: Dualtone Music
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Metallica: Master Of Puppets (Remastered Box Set)
Genre: Thrash // Label: Blackened Recordings
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Nekrasov: The Mirror Void
Genre: Black Metal // Label: Prosthetic Records
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The Offering: The Offering
Genre: Traditional Metal // Label: Century Media
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Primal Fear: Best Of Fear
Genre: Power Metal // Label: Frontiers Records
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Quicksand: Interiors
Genre: Post Hardcore // Label: Epitaph
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Santa Cruz: Bad Blood Rising
Genre: Hard Rock // Label: M-Theory Audio
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Sinsaenum: Ashes
Genre: Death Metal/Black Metal // Label: earMusic
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Sleigh Bells: Kid Kruschev
Genre: Noise/Indie/Electronic // Label: Torn Clean
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Spinning Coin: Permo
Genre: Indie Rock // Label: Geographic Music
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Taylor Swift: Reputation
Genre: Pop // Label: Big Machine
Read the Staff Review for Reputation.
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Teen Daze: Themes For A New Earth
Genre: Electronic/Ambient/Dream Pop // Label: Flora
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Threat Signal: Disconnect
Genre: Thrash/Metalcore // Label: Agonia Records
Stream Disconnect here.
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Toothgrinder: Phantom Amour
Genre: Modern Progressive Metal // Label: Spinefarm
Stream Phantom Amour here.
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The Unguided: And the Battle Royale
Genre: Melodic Death Metal // Label: Napalm Records
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Witchery: I Am Legion
Genre: Thrash/Black Metal/Death Metal // Label: Century Media
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Yung Lean: Stranger
Genre: Hip-Hop/Ambient/Experimental // Label: Big Machine
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