October 18, 2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Among the many, many outstanding albums hitting shelves this week are the final works of Japandroids and MC5, the returns of Karate and Pinhead Gunpowder, and new works from the likes of Ensiferum, Frozen Crown, Implants, Swallow The Sun and Jerry Cantrell. Don’t forget to check out our weekly playlist below. Enjoy!
October 18, 2024 Release Highlights:
Japandroids, Fate & Alcohol (Anti-):
The Canadian rock band releases its final album, this time trying to expand their sound in a more cinematic direction.
MC5, Heavy Lifting (EarMusic):
It’s been 53 years since the early punk band released an album. Unfortunately, Wayne Kramer and Dennis Thompson (the last two original band members) passed away earlier this year before they could see the fruits of their labor.
Karate, Make It Fit (Numero Group):
After reuniting in 2022, the jazz-rockers release their first new album in two decades.
Ensiferum, Winter Storm (Metal Blade):
The Finnish folk metal band’s latest full-length is a concept album partially based on bassist Sami Hinkka’s unpublished fantasy novel.
Frozen Crown, War Hearts (Napalm):
Now a six-piece, the Italian power metal band finds a “new beginning” with the release their fifth studio album.
Implants, Annihilation (CyberTracks):
The punk supergroup featuring members of Strung Out, The Tank, Pulley, Face To Face/No Use For A Name and Ten Foot Pole release their third studio effort.
Pinhead Gunpowder, Unt (1-2-3-4 Go!):
The punk band featuring Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong releases its first full-length album in 27 years. According to drummer Aaron Cometbus, this album is their “catchiest, most collaborative, and most poignant.”
Swallow the Sun, Shining (Century Media):
According to their Bandcamp, the Finnish death metal band’s ninth studio effort “explores the intrinsic challenges of being human.”
Jerry Cantrell, I Want Blood (Double J):
The Alice In Chains singer/guitarist releases his fourth solo album, which has a far darker tone than his last.
October 18, 2024 Releases:
Porridge Radio, Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There for Me (Secretly Canadian)
Immortal Bird, Sin Querencia (20 Buck Spin)
Bear Hands, The Key to What (Cantora)
Frenzee, What’s Wrong With Me (Poison City)
Frost*, Life In The Wires (InsideOutMusic)
Shower Curtain, words from a wishing well (Angel Tapes)
Oryx, Primordial Sky (Translation Loss)
High Vis, Guided Tour (Dais)
Aries Descendant, From The Ashes Of Deceit (Frontiers)
Astral Doors, The End Of It All (Metalville)
The Copyrights, New Ghosts (Fat Wreck Chords)
DGM, Endless (Frontiers)
Escuela Grind, Dreams On Algorithms (MNRK Heavy)
Fate, Reconnect N’ Ignite (Frontiers)
Funeral, Gospel Of Bones (Season Of Mist)
Grand Magus, Sunraven (Nuclear Blast)
Mother Of Graves, The Periapt Of Absence (Profound Lore)
Prime Directive, The Fallout (Punkerton)
Sun & Sail Club, Shipwrecked (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Obnoxious Youth, Burning Savage (Svart)
The Resilient Dream Project, Te recordaré (Independent)
Capilla Ardiente, Where Gods Live and Men Die (High Roller)
Cortez, Thieves and Charlatans (Ripple Music)
Jewel Throne, Blood Vultures (Inverse)
Feral, To Usurp the Thrones (Transcending Obscurity)
Crest of Darkness, My Ghost (My Kingdom Music)
Chrysalïd, Breaking the Chains (Rockshots)
Veonity, The Final Element (Scarlet)
Bonjour Tristesse, The World Without Us (Supreme Chaos)
Ashen Tomb, Ecstatic Death Reign (Everlasting Spew)
Harsh Realm, Death Carries On (Independent)
Five the Hierophant, Apeiron (Agonia)
The Hypothesis, Evolve (Noble Demon)
Vanik, IV (Independent)
Deathrite, Flames Licking Fever (Into Endless Chaos)
Seid, Hymns to the Norse (Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum)
Deserts of Mars, Dead Planet Exodus (Persistent Vision)
Weeping, Spiritual Barbarism (Independent)
Kreyl, Obscure Rise of Ancient Eulogy (Inverse)
Deivos, Apophenia (Selfmadegod)
Valac, Under the Ophidians Curse (Independent)
Cursed Cemetery, Magma Transmigration (Dusktone)
Outworld, Way of the Samurai (SDJ)
Parusight, Deathly Pale (Wulfhere Productions)
Damnations Domain, A World Turned Black (Iron Fortress)
