New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features new live releases from Lindemann and Amorphis, new new music from Monster Magnet, The Devil Wears Prada, and more! For last week’s releases you can read the previous New & Noteworthy, and for the latest sales numbers Metal by Numbers. Be sure to follow us on Spotify to get this month’s New & Noteworthy Playlist, updated every Friday with the newest metal releases.
New Releases
Lindemann, Live In Moscow (Vertigo Records)
Live album. Filmed March 15th, 2020 the VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia. Duo of Till Lindemann (Rammstein) & Peter Tägtgren.
Live videos: “Praise Abort” “Home Sweet Home” “Allesfresser” “Blut”
Live in Moscow is available on vinyl, and various video formats.
Monster Magnet, A Better Dystopia (Napalm Records)
Eleventh studio album. Red Bank, New Jersey. Hard Rock.
Lyric videos: “Motorcycle (Straight to Hell)” “Mr. Destroyer” “Learning to Die”
A Better Dystopia available on vinyl.
Amorphis Live At Helsinki Ice Hall (Nuclear Blast)
Live album. Helsinki, Finland. Melodic Death Metal. Recorded December 7th, 2019 in their home city.
Lyric video: “Daughter of Hate”
The Devil Wears Prada, ZII (Solid State Records)
Followup to their fan favorite Zombie EP. Metalcore. Dayton, Ohio.
Teaser: ZII Teaser
Northlane, 2D (UNFD)
Acoustic EP. Sydney, Australia.
An Autumn For Crippled Children, As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes (Prosthetic Records)
August Burns Red, Leveler (10th Anniversary Edition) (N/A)
End You, Aimless Dread (Pax Aeternum)
Fiddlehead, Between The Richness (Run For Cover Records)
Impure Wilhelmina, Antidote (Season of Mist)
Leach, Lovely Light Of Life (Brutal Records)
Nadja, Luminous Rot (Southern Lord)
Standard Human Experience, Never Belong (Wormholedeath)
Trade Wind, The Day We Got What We Deserved (Other People Records)
Various Artists, Metal Massacre XV (Metal Blade Records)
Vexed, Culling Culture (Napalm Records)
Vola, Witness (Mascot Records
Yautja, The Lurch (Relapse Records)