March 8, 2024

Judas Priest, Invincible Shield (Epic): According to guitarist Richie Faulkner, the band’s 19th studio effort has many musical “twists and turns” while also calling it “intense,” saying “There’s no real moment where there’s a ballad or something like that. It stays up there.”

The End Machine, The Quantum Phase (Frontiers): The supergroup featuring former members of Dokken (George Lynch and Jeff Pilson) debut new singer Girish Pradhan with their third album. 

Ghost Work, Light a Candle for the Lonely (IDEAS): Featuring members of Seaweed, Snapcase, Minus The Bear and Milemarker, this supergroup is gearing up to release their debut full-length. 

Kill the Lights, Death Melodies (Fearless): Hitting on themes of depression, anxiety, mental health, faith, family dynamics and addiction, guitarist Travis Montgomery said the supergroup’s new album was “the first time we have written music as a full band.”

GHLOW, Levitate (PNKSLM)

Hijss, stuck on common ground (Heavy Psych Sounds)

Kollapse, AR (Fysisk Format (Norway)/Vinyltroll (Denmark)/Head (France))

Myrath, Karma (earMUSIC)

Meatbodies, Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom (In The Red)

Too Close To Touch, For Keeps (Epitaph)

Alterium, Of War And Flames (AFM)

Apogean, Cyberstrictive (The Artisan Era)

Ecclesia, Ecclesia Militans (Aural)

Exhorder, Defectum Omnium (Nuclear Blast)

Floya, Yume (Arising Empire)

Goat Major, Ritual (Ripple)

Gost, Prophecy (Metal Blade)

Grey Skies Fallen, Molded By Broken Hands (Profound Lore)

Isenordal, Requiem For Eirene (Prophecy)

Kim Gordon, The Collective (Matador)

Merrimack, Of Grace And Gravity (Season Of Mist)

Midas Fall, Cold Waves Divide Us (Monotreme)

Midnight, Hellish Expectations (Metal Blade)

Skeletal Remains, Fragments Of The Ageless (Century Media)

Slimelord, Chytridiomycosis Relinquished (20 Buck Spin)

Sonata Arctica, Clear Cold Beyond (Atomic Fire)

Turbulence, Binary Dream (Frontiers)

Vlad In Tears, Relapse (Metalville)

Beyond the Hate, Darkest Times (Inverse Records)

Notio, Worldview (Inverse Records)

Doodseskader, Year Two (Independent)

Kelevra, Oneiric (Independent)

Sahon, Blood Shall Be Paid (Brutal Records)

Houwitser, Sentinel Beast (Independent)

Arthouse Fatso, Sycophantic Seizures: A Double Feature (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)

Kings of Dark Desires, Battles Below (Independent)

Meadows of Melancholy, From Being to Nothingness (Independent)

Early Moods, A Sinners Past (RidingEasy Records)

Speedkiller, Inferno (Helldprod Records)

Mokoma, Myrsky (Sakara Records)

Backskin, Destiny of Steel and Blood (Destiny of Steel and Blood)