experimental

Massachusetts genre colliders Vein.fm have announced details of their hugely anticipated second album “This World is Going to Ruin You”, to be released on March 4th, 2022, through Nuclear Blast Records in all territories except North America, where it will be released via Closed Casket Activities.

To mark the news, the band have released a horrifying new video for the record’s first single “The Killing Womb”, which you can watch below.

Hungarian experimental progressive rock band Ghost Toast is set to release their fifth studio album “Shade Without Color” on March 3rd, 2022, via Inverse Records. The first single “Get Rid of” is released today and it can be listened below.

The band comments:
“"Get Rid Of" is some kind of a battle cry - who the enemy is, is up to you! We wanted this song to be a fast and heavy opener with a sad vibe that turns into a desire for freedom.
 

Imagine blending the early frenzy of System Of A Down, the heaviness of Slipknot, and the explosive energy of Social Distortion in a Mexican setting and multiply it tenfold and you might come close to the rabid intensity that is 8 Kalacas (spoken: “Ocho Kalacas”). Not so much an ordinary band than it is a tidal wave of bristling energy, hard-hitting music, and biting social commentary, this Californian skacore collective is set on conquering the world with their astounding musical exorcism.

May those of Sense and Earth gather for the new dawn... Enslaved’s new EP “Caravans to the Outer Worlds” was released unto the universe last month. It is a tale of departure, about leaving behind a barren and desolate world, travelling boldly into the future. It signaled the end of an era for the psychedelic Norwegians, hinting at new pastures.

Unforgiving, merciless, beautiful, Buñuel is the sound of a difficult situation made worse by an unwillingness and an inability to play nice. Buñuel’s unpredictable amalgam of angular rhythms, drum salvos, blitzkrieging guitars and vocals that sound more like threats than promises is post-punk, proto-heavy and arty (as in avant-garde noise).

Nefarious Industries introduces trio Bye Bye Tsunami, and their experi-metal/post-mental sounds from planet 無, by way of Denmark. Announcing their eponymous debut EP for January release, the label today issued the cover art, track listing, preorders, and lead single, “Pornceptual”.
 

Deeper Graves – the solo project of Jeff Wilson of Chrome Waves, Contrition, and formerly of Nachtmystium, Wolvhammer, Abigail Williams, and more – will release its second album, “The Colossal Sleep” through Disorder Recordings in late January 2022.
 

Genre-defying alt duo The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara continue to excel with the launch of their incoming new single, “The Prophet”, which arrives via all major streaming sites on Friday 26th November, 2021. This imposing track will also be backed by a stunning new video, set to be released on Thursday 2nd December, 2021.

Pax Aeternum announces the December release of the eponymous debut album from Slow Burning Rage, a new musical project formed by drummer Ryan Parrish, who here acts as a multi-instrumentalist. The album’s cover art, track listing, and long list of guest contributors has been issued alongside preorders and the lead single, “The Slow Burn of Madmartigan”.
 

Silent Pendulum Records has announced the December 3rd, 2021, release of “None But a Pure Heart Can Sing”, the new album by So Hideous. It’s the New York City band’s first new album since 2015’s acclaimed “Laurestine”, released on Prosthetic Records.