Huntress were shot into the metal world’s attention with their very solid debut album Spell Eater, which took elements of trad metal and thrash and mixed it with very occult lyrics and the incredible voice of Jill Janus. They’re now back only a year later with their second album Starbound Beast, which has presumably been pushed out in order to capitalise on that publicity.
TesseracT – Altered State
When the Djeent scene exploded a few years back TesseracT were quickly pinpointed as MVPs. Their brand of progressive metal is more intelligent, and better crafted, than nearly anything on the market at the moment and their second album Altered State will be looking to expand upon their already lofty reputation. It features Ashe O’Hara on vocals for the first time and is also their first release to feature entirely clean vocals.
Alice in Chains – The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
It says a lot that the latest Alice in Chains release will not be getting compared to their classic material, but instead their latest release Black Gives Way to Blue. The seemingly impossible task of replacing Layne Staley has been done ably by William DuVall and The Devil Puts Dinosaurs Here has a lot of expectation resting on it’s shoulders.
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White Wizzard – The Devil’s Cut
White Wizzard burst onto the scene back in 2009 with their debut album Over The Top, which saw them nominated for a Metal Hammer Golden God among other things. With a very simple goal of bringing heavy metal back to it’s roots and away from the emo and screamo genres that they felt had taken over, they were a straight up metal band in the vein of Iron Maiden and Manowar. A string of line-up changes that has seen bassist Jon Leon as the only original member led to a loss of this momentum which they will be looking to regain with latest release The Devil’s Cut.
Queens of the Stone Age – …Like Clockwork
Queens of the Stone Age were once one of the most exciting bands in modern rock music. A couple of dodgy albums however has led to many feeling cold towards Josh Homme and his gang of merry men, so latest release …Like Clockwork is beginning to feel like a last chance for these suave Americans to stop their decline from rock and rolls consciousness.
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