New Music Fridays: Sunday (1994), Terminal Nation, and more
Editor's note: posting a bit late, sorry.
Albums typically release on Fridays. This is a thread to discuss week of May 03, 2024 releases that have recently arrived on our doorstep, or been announced for the future. Feel free to share albums, singles, EPs or reissues that have caught your eye and interest, or share your thoughts about any new music that you've had the chance to listen to this week. I suppose let's try to keep the focus mostly on stuff that was released or announced this week, since we already have a "What have you been listening to?" thread.
Discussion Points
Is there anything you've been looking forward to listening to?
Any releases that have surprised you?
Have you listened to any new music recently? What are your thoughts?
What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past? How does their latest work compare?
Links:
Pitchfork - Out This Week
AllMusic - All New Releases
Stereogum - New Music
Shreddit Release Tracker
New Metal and Hardcore Releases - Lambgoat
Heavy Metal Album Release Calendar - Heavy Music HQ
Upcoming albums - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives
Mine (plus a bonus)
Non-metal
Sunday (1994) - Self-titled EP
Brand new debut from indie pop / shoegaze outfit Sunday (1994) - yes the year is part of the band name. Absolutely beautiful guitar parts, reverb-soaked leads, and a perfect vocal. Reminds me of Starflyer 59. Not available on bandcamp, but on other services, I linked the YouTube videos page from the band's channel instead.
Metal (primarily clean-ish / non-scream vocals or instrumental)
none this week
Metal (primarily harsh vocals)
Terminal Nation - Echoes of the Devil's Den
Anti-authority, anti-fascist, anti-capitalist hardcore / death metal crossover from Little Rock, Arkansas. A great follow up to their quality previous release. Very forward pull-no-punches lyrics. Love this. My favorite of the week.
Contention - Artillery From Heaven
Apocalyptic straight-edge Florida hardcore. Great strained vocals and gang vocal parts. Typical hardcore sound. Sick stuff.
Hasslig - Apex Predator
Raw filthy punk-tinged black metal from France. Noisy and ascerbic as all hell.
Crawl - Altar of Disgust
Crawl continues their rotten low-end heavy HM-2 death metal. Chainsaws everywhere. Brutal death growls.
Ancst - Culture of Brutality
Grind and death metal influenced hardcore. Absolute rage against many of western society's ills (capitalism, sexism, etc). Angry as it should be.
Bonus Record (can be any genre from any time, simply a recommendation)
Burn in Hell - Disavowal of the Creator God
Incredibly angry and noisy grindcore/hardcore from Australia. So pissed and not just the lyrics or vocals. The entire atmosphere and music itself sounds wildly in your face. Feedback, noisy tone, absolute full force blast. A favorite of mine you should know about.