The Weekly Injection: New Releases From NINE INCH NAILS, PARADISE LOST & More Out This Week 9/19

This week’s new heavy metal releases include animal pelt metal, a truly unique artist, Trent Reznor yelling again, and more! The the metals…

Biffy Clyro – Futique

Genre: Alternative/progressive rock
Origin: Kilmarnock, Scotland
Label: Warner Bros

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Like Umphrey’s McGee last week, this is one for me. My favorite band (full stop) has returned after their longest break between albums with another anthemic, poppy yet odd record. Choruses are catchy, breakdowns are satisfyingly crunchy, and this will hit in a lot of ways. Mon the Biff, forever.

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Castle Rat – The Bestiary

Genre: Heavy metal/doom
Origin: Brooklyn, New York
Label: King Volume Records/Blues Funeral Recordings

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You want riffs wrapped in animal pelts? Castle Rat have you covered. The Rat Queen (Riley Pinkerton) and her spooky squad’s second record proves they’re more than a fun one-off gimmick band.

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I Prevail – Violent Nature

Genre: Metalcore/post-hardcore
Origin: Southfield, Michigan
Label: Fearless

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I Prevail‘s first post-Brian Burkheiser record still hits with all the emotion and metalcore rage fans have come to expect. They’re angry when they need to be, shredding when it’s appropriate, and catchy pretty much all the time.

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Igorrr – Amen

Genre: Experimental/extreme metal
Origin: France
Label: Metal Blade

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Igorrr is one of the few once in a generation artists that is truly unique. This record – like all of his records – is full of unexpected twists, sonic juxtapositions that no one else could think of, and so much weirdness. Among others this includes guest spots from both Mr. Bungle guitarists Trey Spruance and Scott Ian, which is rad on its own. Check out our exclusive with the mastermind here.

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Many Eyes – Combust

Genre: Hardcore/hard rock
Origin: Buffalo, New York
Label: Perseverance Media Group

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Last year saw the debut of Keith Buckley’s Many Eyes, and they’re already back with more mayhem. This EP is high energy and full of rage. It’s remains the logical follow-up to Every Time I Die in that it feels both familiar and just enough of an artist’s evolution.

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Nine Inch Nails – Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Genre: Industrial/film score
Origin: Cleveland, Ohio
Label: The Null Corporation/Disney Records

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This record is both odd and cool. Trent and Atticus are no strangers to working for Mickey Mouse (See: 2020’s Soul), but it was odd to see the NIN banner on a Disney film rather than their names. The album is largely instrumental (since it’s mostly a score) and balanced between chill, ethereal pieces and driving Challengers-esque energy. The few times Trent is on the microphone hit like Year Zero or Hesitation Marks tracks.

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Novembers Doom – Major Arcana

Genre: Gothic metal/doom
Origin: Chicago, Illinois
Label: Lupus Lounge

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If you’re a fan of melodic doom/gothic metal, what a week for you! First up, there’s this gem. It’s the first new record from Novembers Doom in six years and it is fucking epic. It fills a void in my life that was most recently filled by Neon Nightmare.

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Paradise Lost – Ascension

Genre: Death metal/doom
Origin: Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Label: Nuclear Blast

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Like I said, what a week for Gothic doom fans. Old Nick Holmes and his non-Bloodbath-er buddies are closing this week out with sad, heavy jams. While this pairs nicely with the record above, it’s got more of a death metal lean.

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Also dropping this week…

• Abyssalis – Adaptation (Transcending Obscurity Records) – Technical death metal
• Airborn – Lizard Secrets Part Three – Utopia (Fighter Records) – Heavvy/power metal
• American Television – You Are Not Alone (Smartpunk) – Melodic punk
• Ancient Thrones – Melancholia (Self-deleased) – Progressive/technical death metal
• Bad Cop Bad Cop – Lighten Up (Fat Wreck Chords) – Punk
• Big Big Train – Are We Nearly There Yet? (English Electric) – Progressive rock
• Chaoseum – Life 4 Sale (Self-released) – Nu metal/metalcore
• DD Verni & The Cadillac Band – Buckle Up (Deko) – Rock
• Ded – Resent (UNFD) – Nu metal
• Dreadnoughts – Polka Pit (Punkerton) – Street punk/polka
• Dusted Angel – This Side Of The Dirt (Heavy Psych Sounds) – Stoner/doom
• Evilcult – Triumph Of Evil (Awakening Records) – Speed metal/thrash
• Gawthrop – Kuboa (Sentient Ruin Laboratories) – Sludge doom
• Heretoir – Solastalgia (AOP) – Atmospheric black metal/post-metal
• Ho99o9 – Tomorrow We Escape (Last Gang Records) – Punk/rap
• A Killer’s Confession – Victim 2 (MNRK Heavy) – Alternative/nu metal
• Kamra – Unending Confluence (Avantgarde Music) – Atmospheric/experimental black metal
• Kittie – Spit XXV (Sumerian) – Nu metal re-recordings
• Krigsgrav – Stormcaller (Willowtip) – Black metal/doom
• Meridian – Meridian (From The Vaults) – Heavy metal
• Mirador – Mirador (Republic) – Hard rock
• Missing Link – Miracle Smile (Triple B Records) – Hardcore
• Motion City Soundtrack – The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World (Epitaph) – Pop punk
• New World Depression – Abysmal Void (Testimony Records) – Death metal
• Hunter Oliveri – Teen Slug (Spinefarm) – Hard rock/grunge
• Ospa 1959 – Ospa 1959 (Bolverk Records) – Depressive black metal
• Ousted – How Do You Cope? (Ashtray Monument Records) – Hardcore
• Sadistic Goatmessiah – Violence (Dying Victims Productions) – Black metal/thrash
• Scorpion Milk – Slime Of The Times (Peaceville) – Post-punk
• Soukeeper – Join Us In Creating Excellence (Pure Noise) – Metalcore/industrial
• Species – Changelings (20 Buck Spin) – Progressive thrash
• Stoned Jesus – Songs To Sun (Season Of Mist) – Stoner/doom
• Sunniva – Hypostasis (Svart Records) – Sludge/post-metal
• Tithe – Communion In Anguish (Profound Lore) – Doom/grind
• Mike Tramp – Songs Of White Lion – Vol. III (Frontiers) – Rock
• Undead – This Side Of The Grave (Edged Circle Productions) – Death metal
• Vittra – Intense Indifference (Self-released) – Melodic death metal/thrash
• Wolfheart – Draconian Darkness II (Reigning Phoenix) – Melodic death metal