New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see albums from the likes of Primal Scream, State Champs, Sólstafir, Neal Morse & The Resonance, Bad Astronaut and an all-star tribute to Refused among the many, many outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t forget to check out our weekly playlist below. Enjoy!
November 8, 2024 Release Highlights:
Primal Scream, Come Ahead (BMG):
After eight years, the Scottish rock band releases its 12th studio effort, hitting on themes of conflict, compassion and hope while being some of frontman Bobby Gillespie’s most personal songwriting to date.
State Champs, State Champs (Pure Noise):
With their fifth studio album, the pop-punk band releases its most definitive work to date. Said frontman Derek DiScanio in a press release, “We found our way, through the ups and downs within us, personally and as a band, and wanted to express that.”
Various Artists, The Shape of Punk to Come Obliterated (Epitaph):
Refused celebrate the 25th anniversary of their seminal hardcore album by tapping contemporaries such as Quicksand, Snapcase, Fucked Up, Ho99o9 and Touche Amore to cover each track.
Bad Astronaut, Untethered (Fat Wreck Chords):
For their first album in 18 years, the punk band (fronted by Lagwagon’s Joey Cape) breaks down nine of their tracks into acoustic cello, piano and vocal works.
Neal Morse & The Resonance, No Hill For A Climber (InsideOut Music):
The latest project from prog rocker Neal Morse releases it’s debut album, giving some of his young collaborators a chance in the spotlight.
Sólstafir, Hin helga kvöl (Century Media):
The Icelandic metal band’s eighth studio effort “runs the gamut between” their “black metal roots and their penchant for tuneful, anthemic rock, all while maintaining sprawling instrumentation where it counts most.”
November 8, 2024 Releases:
Our Girl, The Good Kind (Bella Union)
SoftSun, Daylight in the Dark (Ripple Music)
The Body, The Crying Out of Things (Thrill Jockey)
Capitol, Sounds Like a Place (Meritorio)
The Browning, Omni (Fixt)
Crippled Black Phoenix, The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature (Season Of Mist)
Defences, Shadowlight (Long Branch)
Earthburner, Permanent Dawn (M-Theory)
Impellitteri, War Machine (Frontiers)
Make Them Suffer, Make Them Suffer (SharpTone)
Massacre, Necrolution (Agonia)
Molder, Catastrophic Reconfiguration (Prosthetic)
Paragon, Metalation (Massacre)
Suidakra, Darkanakrad (MDD)
Tungsten, The Grand Inferno (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Distant Past, Solaris (Art Gates)
Klone, The Unseen (Pelagic)
Paysage d’Hiver, Die Berge (Kunsthall Produktionen)
Yoth Iria, Blazing Inferno (Edged Circle Productions)
Valontuoja, Luonnon armoilla (Inverse)
Ad Vitam Infernal, Le ballet des anges (Dolorem)
Witchpit, Forever Spoken (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Chaos Invocation, Wherever We Roam… (AOP)
Stranger Vision, Faust – Act I Prelude to Darkness (Independent)
Codespeaker, Scavenger (Ripcord)
Ershetu, Yomi (Debemur Morti Productions)
Disparaged, Down the Heavens (Apostasy)
Shrykull, Beyond Subconscious Realms (Independent)
InnerWish, Ash of Eternal Flame (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Legendarium, For Eternal Glory (Fiadh Productions)
Marble, T.I.M.E. (Rockshots)
Walfang, Trigger the Short-Fused (Barley)
Sadraen, Idols of Ruin (Independent)
