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 releases from Harakiri for the Sky, Icon for Hire, 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

Harakiri for the Sky, Maere
Fifth studio album. Austria. Post-Metal.

Music videos: “I, Pallbearer” “Sing for the Damage We’ve Done”
Guest: “Singe for the Damage We’ve Done” ft Neige (Alcest)
Cover:  “Song to Say Goodbye” by Placebo

Icon For Hire, Amorphous (Kartel Music Group)
Fourth studio album. Decatur, Illinois. Alternative Metal.

Music videos: “Last One Standing” “Waste My Hate” “Curse or Cure”
Amorphous is also available on vinyl.

Coronary, Sinbad (Cruz Del Sur Music)
Deep Purple, Cal Jam – Live In California ’74 (Vinyl) (Mercury Studios)
Gravesend, Methods Of Human Disposal (20 Buck Spin)
Krokus, Adios Amigos Live @ Wacken (Columbia)
Infinity Shred, EP002 (Recovery) (3DOT Recordings)
Judas Priest, Rocka Rolla (Vinyl) (eOne Music)
Knocked Down, Anything But Luck (Wormholedeath)
Lost For Life, Don’t Let It Consume You (Dead Serious Recordings)
Mogwai, As The Love Continues (Temporary Residence Ltd)
Philm, Time Burner (Metalville Records)
Skywalker, Late Eternity (Pale Chord)