THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From NITA STRAUSS, BLACKBRAID & More Out Today 7/7

Plus releases from Will Haven, Lockjaw, Feuerschwanz, and Butcher Babies.

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This week's new heavy metal releases include a pair of records from a summer festival mainstay, an album one of our writers gave a perfect ten to, and more! To the metals…

Genre: Black metalOrigin: Adirondack Mountains, New YorkLabel: Self-released

Buy now from Bandcamp

Happy Friday! Here's some black metal.This band includes traditional Indigenous percussion and flutes to elevate an already solid black metal sound scape. Jeff has a full review here.

Genre: Groove metalOrigin: Los Angeles, CaliforniaLabel: Century Media

Buy now from Butcher Babies

It's been a decade since the Butcher Babies debuted with Goliath and to celebrate this the band are dropping two full records. One that harkens back to that sound and one that showcases where they are now. The records wind up being a presentation of this act's ability to shift and dabble outside of what is perceived to be their usual sound. Lots to enjoy here if you're a fan. Chad's full review is here.

Genre: MetalcoreOrigin: Dallas/Forth Worth, TexasLabel: AISAUS/The Orchard

Buy now from Lockjaw

Next up is a melodic metalcore trip. This record sounds like classic 00's metalcore, and it will scratch a nostalgic itch you didn't realize you had. Heads will bang and high kicks will be performed in the pit.

Genre: Heavy metal/shredOrigin: Los Angeles, CaliforniaLabel: Sumerian

Buy now on Amazon

Nita Strauss is a bad ass. She has guitar chops for days, but songwriting abilities allow her to overcome the shredder cliché of mundane tracks that are just an excuse for someone to wank over. Instead, you get a musically exciting and dynamic record that happens to have oodles of guest vocals like Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), and Alice Cooper. About half of the songs are sans guests and they are just as exciting.

Genre: Noise metalOrigin: Sacramento, CaliforniaLabel: minus HEAD Records

Buy now on Bandcamp

Wrapping this week with the noisy underground legends of Sacramento. The band's first album in five years is all rage and atmosphere. It's a hell of a ride. If you want sludge, they have you covered. Hardcore? Yep. Epic black metal? Oddly, yeah. Or at least pretty damn close.

Also dropping this week

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The History of Metal and Horror" is now on Thunderflix!

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