August 9, 2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s new music includes hard-hitting works from the likes of Grinspoon, Bill Wyman, Fucked Up, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Four Year Strong, HammerFall and Mushroomhead among the many, many more outstanding works hitting shelves. Don’t forget to check out our weekly playlist below. Enjoy!
August 9, 2024 Release Highlights:
Fucked Up, Another Day (Fucked Up):
The sequel to 2023’s One Day, the punk rockers again recorded each of their parts within the span of 24 hours, with each song speaking to it’s counterpart on the previous album.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Flight b741 ((P)Doom):
For their 26th album, the prolific Australian rockers head back to their blues rock roots, with frontman Stu Mackenzie saying they “wanted to make something that was primal, instinctual, more ‘from the gut’ – just people in a room, doing what feels right. We wanted to make something fun.”
Bill Wyman, Drive My Car (BMG):
The former Rolling Stones guitarist releases his first solo effort since 2015, writing it in tandem with his 2023 book Billy In The Wars.
Four Year Strong, analysis paralysis (Pure Noise):
In describing the pop punk band’s sixth studio album, New Noise says they “continue to intrigue listeners by reinventing their sound without compromising the elements that define Four Year Strong’s sound: light-hearted, pop-punk energy undercut by metal-inspired riffs.”
Grinspoon, whatever, whenever (Universal/Grinspoon):
The Australian rockers return with their first album of new music in 12 years. Vocalist Phil Jamieson told Rolling Stone the album is their most collaborative, saying “There’s a little bit of hardcore on this record, a little bit of punk, some emotional stuff with ‘Underground’ and ‘4, 5 & 7’. So yeah, there’s something for everyone.”
Hammerfall, Avenge the Fallen (Nuclear Blast):
The Swedish power metal band releases their 13th studio effort, which a press release says is their “most ambitious and powerful albums to date, building on their legacy while pushing their sound to new heights.”
Mushroomhead, Call the Devil (Napalm):
The band continues with the “accessable, hard-hitting anthems” on their ninth studio effort. It’s the recording debuts of vocalist Scott Beck, guitarist Joe “Jenkins” Gaal and drummer Aydin Kerr, as well as the return of guitarist Dave “Gravy” Felton.
August 9, 2024 Releases:
Destroy Boys, Funeral Soundtrack #4 (Hopeless)
Quivers, Oyster Cuts (Merge)
Twin Atlantic, Meltdown (Staple Diet)
Osees, Sorcs 80 (Castle Face)
Oso Oso, Life Till Bones (Yunahon Entertainment LLC)
And So I Watch You From Afar, MEGAFAUNA (Velocity)
Fulci, Duck Face Killings (20 Buck Spin)
In Aphelion, Reaperdawn (Century Media)
Jim Peterik & World Stage, Roots & Shoots Vol. 2 (Frontiers)
Siamese, Elements (Long Branch)
Oxygen Destroyer, Guardian of the Universe (Redefining Darkness)
Viacrucis, Melhorament (Independent)
Malodorous, The Carrion Recoil (Amputated Vein)
Anoxide, Morals & Dogma (Ghastly Music)
Kurokuma, Of Amber and Sand (Independent)
Mausoleum, Defiling the Decayed (Moribund)
Malamorte, Abisso (Moribund)
Carnivore Diprosopus, Rise of the Insurrection (Comatose Music)
Iniquitous Monolith, Monstrous Degradation (Amputated Vein)
CrusHuman, Crushuman (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)
Gråt Strigoi, The Prophetic Silence (Independent)
Fuckhammer, Scorched Earth Prophets (Independent)
Legions of Malphas, The Blood of Kings (Blood Blast Distribution)
Bless the Dead, We Create This (Independent)
Heavenblack, Blindfolded (Independent)
