Sh*t That Comes Out Today – May 31, 2024
I know it’s still a little early to say this, but it’s finally summer. Time to break out the grills, shotgun some beers, and do some stupid shit in the name of soaking up some sun. Or maybe it’s about staying inside in the air conditioning. Whatever your flavor of summer fun, we’ve got a whole mess of new releases to keep the tunes bumping as the temperature rises.
Bastardane
Catatonic Symphony (Self-release)
Okay, I’ll come clean — this release is featured because the drummer Castor Hetfield is James Hetfield’s son. That being said, these guys are musicians in their own right. Frontman Jake Dallas has a sort of Danzig-esque quality to his voice, while Castor’s occasional backing vocals sound like his dad did in his early days — seriously, it’s uncanny. These guys have a sort of grimy, yet groovy sound that goes hard at times.
Black Sabbath
Anno Domini 1989 – 1995 (Rhino)
I usually don’t like to feature box sets of re-released albums, but this is worthy of an exception. For the longest time we’ve talked about the Tony Martin-era Sabbath records finally getting a reissue on vinyl and here it is. Anno Domini 1989 – 1995 includes newly remastered versions of Headless Cross, Tyr, and Cross Purposes, as well as a new version of Forbidden that was personally remixed by Tony Iommi himself. This is absolutely worth checking out if you’re a Sabbath devotee.
Four Stroke Baron
Data Diamond (Prosthetic Records)
With this being their fourth full-length release, Four Stroke Baron take their efforts as a progressive metal duo to a new place. Originally created as two separate EPs (titled Data and Diamond, respectively), this full-length is “confidently unhinged,” as they put it. If you like your music weird and trippy with a healthy helping of narrative interwoven in the tracks, this might just be for you.
High Desert Queen
Palm Reader (Magnetic Eye Records)
This album was previewed in its entirety yesterday along with the release of their music video for the title track. As I said in that previous post, High Desert Queen is chock-full of “beer-fueled, fuzz-infused riffs…that just makes me want to hop into a 1980 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 and break a few traffic laws.”
Thou
Umbilical (Sacred Bones Records)
Bursting with raw energy and an insanely hard to categorize cacophony, Thou return with their first full-length release on Sacred Bones since 2018’s Magus. Bursting at the seams at seemingly all times, the band describe this record as their “firmest nod to the raw intensity of obscure ’90s DIY hardcore punk.” If this doesn’t make you want to smash some shit into oblivion, then maybe we’re not listening to the same thing.
Other Shit That Comes Out Today:
Adversarial, Solitude With The Eternal (Dark Descent Records)
Beaten To Death, Sunrise Over Rigor Mortis (Mas-Kina Recordings)
Bonecarver, Unholy Dissolution (Unique Leader Records)
CHVE, Kalvarie (Relapse Records)
Cloven Hoof, Heathen Cross (High Roller Records)
Ereley, Garden (Wormholedeath Records)
Hellbutcher, Hellbutcher (Metal Blade Records)
Lowlives, Freaking Out (Spinefarm)
Nestor, Teenage Rebel (Napalm Records)
Saltpig, Saltpig (Heavy Psych Sounds Records)
