New Music Report – February 4, 2022

A few really great, and often overlooked artists to cover this week, along with a long list of really, really amazing singles. If this is any indicator this early on, 2022 is going to be a big year for music, and I’m hoping I can spend more time looking at artists like these, ones that I know I like but definitely need to pay more attention to.

Rolo Tomassi – Rolo Tomassi is an amazing, well loved, but often overlooked band in metalcore. Everyone I talk to always has nothing but glowing things to say about this band, but aside from the odd reference, they’re hardly a hot topic. But there is really nobody that does the whole atmospheric clean vocal/harsh breakdown dichotomy than this band. Being able to blend those two so effortless and maintain such a high level of technical mastery is insanely difficult, and these guys deserve way more credit than they get.

Lights & Motion – I found Lights & Motion completely by accident about 7 years ago after he put out his debut album and I was absolutely blown away by what this dude from Sweden was able to put together in his bedroom with his cinematic post rock. Since then, he’s gone on to write scores for several films, had music appear in trailers, etc. He’s truly an incredible musician that can really paint a picture with his notes, and this new album is no exception.

Singles/Albums – The Devil Wears Prada (Metalcore), Venom Prison (LP, Death Metal), D.R.U.G.S (Post-Hardcore), Pupil Slicer (Mathcore), Black Matter Device (Mathcore), Knuckle Puck (EP, Pop Punk), Loathe feat. Sleep Token (Metalcore), Kill the Lights (Metalcore), Korn (LP, Nu-Metal), Oh Hiroshima (Post Rock), Monuments (Djent)