Weyes Blood will follow 2019's, Titanic Rising with new album And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, out on November 18th, 2022 via Sub Pop. She says that It's Not Just Me, It's Everybody is "a Buddhist anthem, ensconced in the interconnectivity of all beings, and the fraying of our social fabric. Our culture relies less and less on people. This breeds a new, unprecedented level of isolation. The promise we can buy our way out of that emptiness offers little comfort in the face of fear we all now live with - the fear of becoming obsolete. Something is off, and even though the feeling appears differently for each individual, it is universal."




METZ have released Come On Down, a new song featuring IDLES vocalist Joe Talbot. METZ’s Alex Edkins comments: "Come On Down was originally recorded during the Atlas Vending sessions but never fully finished. During the pandemic I really gravitated towards the idea of collaboration as a way to fill the void left by the loss of live music. I reached out to friends from far and wide in order to get that feeling of community that gigs provide. Joe Talbot is a longtime friend who METZ has shared the stage with many, many times, and this song was a very natural and fun way to catch up with him and do something positive with our time off the road." Joe Talbot adds: “METZ have been a band we’ve looked up to since they came into our lives and made things better. I will never forget the first time I saw them or any of the other times. Allowing me to sing with them is a gift and I hope you like it. I love it and I love them. Long live METZ.”




Woods Of Desolation have joined Season Of Mist and gear up for the new album The Falling Tide, out December 9th, 2022, their first one since 2014's great, As The Stars.





The upcoming movie of the Halloween series will include a Boy Harsher song. “Obviously, we’re huge fans of John Carpenter and the franchise is a fav, but to work with Gordon Green was also so special, his early films (George Washington, Undertow, Snow Angels) were heavy influences on our work,” the band say about their collaboration with the filmmakers.




R. Missing have revealed new single, Top Star de France, a collaboration with Manchester-based auteur-compositeur J-Walk.

The Bobby Lees offer a final preview of their forthcoming album, Bellevue, out October 7th, 2022 from Ipecac Recordings, Drummer Macky Bowman says of Ma Likes To Drink: “To paraphrase John Berger: there is a stark difference between being naked and being a nude. To be naked is to be natural. Stripped of societal confines you are free to be as languorous or wanton as you wish. Even in naked acts of exhibition the primary spiritual benefactor will be the model, not the voyeur. Conversely to be a nude is to be reduced to no more than your physical form, displayed as a trite odalisque for the pleasure of greasy slobs. On an unrelated note we are all very proud of this song and video! We really hope you enjoy. Love you!”





Viscera is the expected sophomore release from dark death metal band Strigoi, which reveals Gregor Mackintosh and Chris Casket moving on from the heavy practices of Vallenfyre into even darker territory.

Vancouver’s Punitive Damage will release their debut album on Atomic Action Records on October 14th, 2022. The forceful hardcore of the minute-long cut Drawn Lines is the first example from the album.




Girls In Synthesis return with new album, The Rest Is Distraction, which will be released on October 14th, 2022 via their own imprint Own It. My Husband, the band's new single, is visually stunning as well as musically impressive, through its post punk assault.




Birds In Row will publish their third album, Gris Klein, on October 14th, 2022 via Red Creek Recordings. It’s their first since We Already Lost The World from 2018. Noah and Cathedrals are two new songs from the band's upcoming album, which they consider to be a diptych. The band explain: “Noah, speaks about the seeking of truth and reality, in a collapsing world, and how answering philosophical questions by economical answers is the norm, the getaway. And on the other hand, Cathedrals, we talk about the need to reinvent ourselves but also to learn constantly; The need of deconstruction in order to rebuild something more sustainable and fair for all.”





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A new champion of Norwegian black metal comes in the form of an enigmatic project, originating and drawing inspiration from the Island Gossen, West of Molde. Tolv I Talet, the five-track album by Gorr is definitely an unconventional listen which carries its black metal heritage with absolute pride.

On their latest offering Gorr seem to be departing from the direct black metal sound of their earlier material to incorporate elements of death and doom metal, resulting a sound which feels more experiential, and a bit more intricate, while the lyrical influence comes mainly from old Norse mythology and nature.

Tolv I Talet presents a disparity of pace and moods, seamlessly moving from more measured to hectic rates of speed, with an overarching sense of murkiness and darkness covering its entirety. Rough, yet sharp on the instrumental front, pretty straightforward and refined as a production, and prominently expressive vocally,  Tolv I Talet is an EP that demands attention, with tracks like the immersive Gje Han Ægirs Døtre exemplifying its dark attraction. 

New post metal/post hardcore heavyweights, NŪR, return with new single, The Line Age, a fantastic piece full of raucous magnitude which finds the band using their influences from extreme metal, offering a blackened version of their bold sound, effectively leaving the audience desiring even more of that rampant electricity.

The band describe the track's theme: "It's a song that talks about how in this age most of us are connected online and consume content all the time, it's about a wish to get disconnected from it and go back into the forests and nature."

Evidently, the song's refined and modernized extreme metal sound stands in contrast with the traditional nature of its lyrical concept, and this is another component that enhances its appeal.

Oslo band Takomaha emerge with their dynamic take on noise rock as presented in their new, eponymous  six-song release.  Featuring members from acts like Tremoro Tarantura, Solstorm and Yokii, the band's album was recorded and mixed by Milton von Krogh (Pirate Love, Årabrot++), and mastered by Nick Terry (Libertines, Serena-Maneesh, Kvelertak).

With a crisp sound and a performing mindset that radiates frantic energy, Takomaha's first fully realized offering doesn't let up on any instance, instead it keeps delivering, building its levels of intensity with each track, resulting in a pretty direct and in-your-face listening experience.

Single releases, Lonestar and An Introvert's Guide to Success are pure energy, providing memorable riffage together with the overall frenzy that typifies the band's compositional direction and execution. Hatechants is a raw punk rocker full of grit, and another indication of the band's artful amplitude, while the rest of the EP's entirety, including the atmospherics of two-minute piece, Thrash Hands, is marked by a sense of chaotic punchiness which doesn't leave the listener the chance to stop for a breath.

Thematically, the self-titled album is saturated with angst, and on the whole it generates a rather grim and forceful perspective into the dark times in which we currently exist.

After a couple of excellent single releases, Toronto duo, Soft Set, unveil the entirety of their new album, Still Life, together with the release of the title track as the record's third single.

"Like our debut EP, Still Life provides the listener with stories of youth and nostalgia and that longing to be loved," says Soft Set's Nathan Athay. "We feel that our music caters to all audiences and we hope everyone enjoys the songs as much as we had fun making them!"

With several tracks taking more easy going pop routes and others foraying into heavier post punk and shoegaze sounds, Still Life is a stimulating listen on many levels, and is composed of tracks that, aside from the three already successful ones, could easily stand out as singles.

Still Life is a wonderful and quite indicative title track for the album, as well as a perfect balance of the band's musical sides, standing out for its melodiousness, instrumental lushness, and vocal excellence, all of which define the entire album.

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Russian shoegazers Aerofall have unveil Stunning Haze, a track which certainly justifies its title, and the second single from their upcoming album, RH, which will be released on October 28th, 2022 through Hands And Moment.

On Stunning Haze, the band indulge in completely approachable melodies while making the most of the grittiness and fuzziness of their sound, eventually creating a beautiful contrast. Like their previous single, Heads, the new track becomes another foray into the immensity of the shoegaze world, and sees Aerofall easily validating their place among the genre's most hopeful and competent acts.

LA shoegazers, A Reminder, return with an Another Day, another standalone single which expresses their atmospheric approach to shoegaze and dreampop. Just like their previous single, Ebony Archer, the song was mixed by Elliott Frazier of Ringo Deathstarr.

Exceedingly fuzzy and ethereal, the new song is a vibrant shoegazer which explores the band's nineties alternative factors, and comes with a psychedelic twist, thanks to a big and inventive production, as well as the strong melodiousness that is embedded in the band's musicianship. This time, the band uncover more of the heavier aspects of their sound, and the effect is certainly fascinating.

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Winter Warriors is the third and most recent single off She Yearns For Other Worlds, the impending album by Polish black metal act, Cisza. Having been two years in the making, the new album presents the band's melodic take on the genre and their refreshed new approach, together with sounds which hark back to their earlier offerings.

"It's about brotherhood, companionship and courage," the band say describing Winter Warriors, a beautiful disparity of darkness, intensity and boldness.

With traditional black metal as its foundation, Cisza's music does not hesitate to test the boundaries of both more classical and more contemporary styles, such as progressive metal and post metal, eventually resulting in an exhilarating and consistently atmospheric listen which engages fully.

Swedish producer, composer and sound designer Catharina Jaunviksna has announced her new album under the moniker Badlands. Call to Love will be out on November 18th, 2022 via RITE, and it's introduced with the somber lead single My Time Will Come Again. 

Call to Love is the follow-up to last year’s very well received Djinn, and a step toward a new sound for the artist, with a darkened blend of electronic and orchestral instrumentation, vinyl samples, field recordings, as well as analogue malfunctions and overdubs that cohere into a blend aptly defined as 'outlaw electronica.'

Badlands explains: “The soundscape has been crucial in getting my message across; what’s beautiful and vulnerable emerges through imperfection and letting yourself lose control. The record is a call to/for merciless, intuitive love, in an age where love is capitalized and being emotionally unavailable has become a desirable ideal. It’s a tribute to love in all its wonderful, brutal, mean, horny and embarrassing forms.” 

Bandlands' new approach comes across as both contemplative and excitable, with analogue compositions fusing a big array of styles like new wave, dreampop, trip-hop, and disco into the electronic pop of the music's core.

Composer Jonas Colstrup was a true peer and collaborator of the late and great Jóhann Jóhannsson, as they composed the scores together for Japanese films Blind Massage (2014) and The Shadow Play (2018).  

Colstrup's music, like Jóhannsson's, has great emotional depth and an unique contemplative flair, being distinct in the modern neo-classical world. While he has scored films on his own since working with Johann, he has also continued to work on his own music, eventually resulting in the upcoming album At The Crest, which will be released on November 18th, 2022 by 7K! Records.

Rain from a Blue Sky, the first single from the impending album, was an accurate indicator of Colstrup's range, and the glacial album closer, Two Suns, reveals more of the artist's scope as a composer, expanding to an appealing high point which engages the listener effortlessly.