Azusa – “Heavy Yoke”
Azusa emerges from the relatively unknown, combining members of Extol, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Sea + Air into a frenetic, chaotic, powerful, heavy, and at times ethereal sonic blend that is everything you’d expect
Through the Clouds – “Blinded Minds”
Thrash guitarist Tiago James de Souza from Hand of Fire unveils his new side project Through the Clouds, putting together a collection of hard rock tracks carrying his signature guitar work. Brazilian musician Tiago James
Svarteskerm – “Dawn of the Dread”
Swedish anarcho-punks Svarteskerm have released a bit of a discography that is worth checking out in all its raw, chaotic glory. Svarteskerm are Swedish and nearly everything I can find on them is in Swedish
Grave Decay – “From Dust to Dust”
While complex arrangements with symphonic elements abound in Grave Decay’s album From Dust to Dust, pounding drums and thrashy/doomy guitars really drive the songs on this impressive debut. Out of the dust of The Memory
Leah – “The Quest”
Leah returns with The Quest, the long awaited follow up to Kings & Queens bringing back essentially the same band as before but shifting the sound a bit more toward the symphonic in a collection