New Music Report – April 15, 2022

When you’re tracking as many releases as I do every year, it’s almost hard to get excited about too many of them. But there are always going to be those bands that I’m waiting years to hear more from, and those new releases are always very special to me, and this week I get one of those albums with Greyhaven, so please check that one out at the very least, and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do.

Greyhaven – Empty Black was one of my absolute favorite albums of 2018 and their follow up has been one of my most anticipated albums for years. Granted, when I heard the first singles, I have to say I wasn’t completely sold, but man, does the full album live up to all my expectations. It’s absolutely incredible, completely captures the vibe of Empty Black, and goes one step closer to filling the ETID shaped void in my heart.

Monuments – This is one of those albums that took me a few listens to really understand. It’s mostly just because there’s a lot going on here, this happens with a lot of djent albums, it’s more of a slow burn as you begin to find more and more details on what they actually did to make it so special but now that I’ve got it figured out, I can say with full confidence this album is phenomenal; incredibly technical, a perfect mix of catchy hooks and breakdowns, well placed guest appearances, and a tasteful amount of clean vocals. Very well done.

Singles/Albums – A Wilhelm Scream (LP, Punk), Undeath (LP, Death Metal), Greyscale Season (LP, Metalcore), Cancer Bats (LP, Punk), In Dying Arms (Metalcore), Machine Head (Metal), Within Destruction (Deathcore), Motionless in White (Dadcore)