In our weekly quick hit collection, we give our quick thoughts on all the fantastic music available that’s been released this week. It’s a curated collection of new music that you absolutely need to know below. Want more? We’ve got you covered with the latest hot and must-listen tracks, music reviews, videos to watch, insightful interviews, artists to discover, and the latest news from the music world.
Videos you might have missed this week: (in no particular order)
Thunderor – Did you catch pro wrestling champ Clash Kincade in the latest video from Thunderor? On “Get ‘Em Counted”, vocalist and drummer JJ Tartaglia says, “This is a really fun tune about pro wrestling and stars my brother Remy aka Clash Kincade.”
Megaton Leviathan – The doomgaze rocker released a video for “Silver Tears” as well as a limited edition 2-piece flexi disk set featuring the single and an unreleased track.
Paradise In Flames – From their forthcoming seventh album Blindness (June 14), the Brazilian band known for their extreme philosophical symphonic protesting, announced their latest single, “I Feel the Plague” along with its horror inspired video, that gave me nightmares.
Brazen Tongue – From their upcoming album Of Crackling Embers & Sorrows Drowned, the band released “Last Train From Myrdal”. On the song, lead guitarist and vocalist, Scott Skopec, said,”It’s about fixating on a past, idealized memory, and ultimately finding the strength to let go.”
Exiled Hope – multi-instrumentalist Sofia Frasz aka Exiled Hope released a lyric video for “Dreamwalker” that features vocalist and content creator Metal Matt. From her upcoming album Apocrypha, Sofia says this of the song, “I love ethereal symphonic metal ballads, like Nightwish’s ‘Sleeping Sun’, and I always think it’s fun to contrast a heavy release (like ‘Altar Of Moloch’, the first single from Apocrypha, which is solidly black metal) with something lighter and softer.”
Frogg – “Double Vision Roll” continues to showcase the New York band’s experimental avant-garde slash technical metal skills. On the song, the band says, “‘Double Vision Roll’ is a simple song. It’s about having a mental breakdown, a midlife crisis of sorts. Experiencing a shitstorm of a day and it snowballs into worse and worse things.”
Dominum – The German power metal band released their video for “We All Taste The Same” from their debut album Hey Living People.
Nestor – 80’s metal is back with Sweden’s Nestor and their track “Caroline”. Their album Teenage Rebel will be out on May 31.
Cetragore – The nerd metal band released “Changer of Ways” that mixes metal with deathcore and themes from Warhammer. The trio says this of the song, “This is the second song in a cycle loosely based on certain demon lords from the Warhammer universe.”
Sunmancer – The metalcore band announced they’re hitting the road with August Burns Red and Fuming Mouth this month and released the heavy hitting “Chasm Darkly”. The band says, “The lyrical content is purposely left open to interpretation so that the listener can glean their own meaning.”
(Sunmancer in photo)
Ivy Gardens – On the heels of “Goon”, the Canadian band have released the video for “Stoic” from their album Goon.
