New Music Report – October 22, 2021

Ok, so I’m gonna be honest here, there’s only one album I really want to talk about this week. There have been lots of great albums and singles coming out this week; Sentinels put out an incredibly technical metalcore album, Silent Planet singles are always awesome, SeeYouSpaceCowboy are still one of the best new-ish names in the game, and Phaeleh’s music is always breathtaking. But holy fuck this ETID album.

Every Time I Die – I don’t know, man, what do I even say here? ETID is one of the few bands I’ll actual fanboy over, and I’ve been waiting for this album for like 2 years thanks to Covid. Of course I’m gonna love it. But man, this is fucking sick. This is so good. First off, Goose is the best drummer they’ve ever had, and that’s a very high bar. Everyone talks about how ETID is one of those bands that manages to raise the bar with every release, and this is just another example of that upward trend. Radical feels like the most complete ETID album, bringing elements from their back catalog and all their past sounds into this lengthy masterpiece. It features some of their chunkiest, heaviest riffs, clean vocals from Keith that sound like the ETID version of a Damned Things song, some of the most quotable lyrics Keith has ever written, and their most touching song ever with Andy from Manchester Orchestra on guest vocals. I mean, honestly, it’s pretty much a perfect album. I’m definitely biased about this, I adore this band, but this album is a perfect example of why.

Singles/Albums – Sentinels (LP, Metalcore), Thecityisours (LP, Post-Hardcore), Phaeleh (LP, Downtempo/Ambient), Bullet for my Valentine (LP, Metalcore), Waking the Cadaver (LP, Deathcore), Cradle of Filth (LP, Metal), Circa Survive (EP, Post-Hardcore), Silent Planet (Metalcore), No Bragging Rights (Hardcore), Obscura (Progressive Metal), Void of Vision (Nu-Metalcore), SeeYouSpaceCowboy (Screamo), Arch Enemy (Metal), Kublai Khan (Metalcore), The Word Alive (Metalcore)