NEW ALBUMS
EYEHATEGOD – A HISTORY OF NOMADIC BEHAVIOR
A History of Nomadic Behavior is only the third album this millennium from Eyehategod after the 14 year gap between 2000’s Confederacy of Ruined Lives and their 2014 eponymous fifth album. The New Orleans quartet deliver an album that gbhbl.com (Games Brrraaains & A Head-Baning Life) says “oozes passionate intent and is delivered in their inimitable sludge metal way”, and bloody-digusting.com refers to as “g*ddamn essential [effing] listening”.
Stream • Record Label • 2021
GANG OF FOUR – 77-81
Gang of Four‘s 77-81 boxset collects their influential early work, which incudes the albums Entertainment! and Solid Gold, as well as a singles LP, the double live album Live at American Indian Center 1980 and much more.
Stream • Matador • 2021
SHIP THIEVES – IRRUPTION
Chris Wollard, co-singer/guitarist for Hot Water Music, has returned with album number four (Irruption) from his band Ship Thieves.
Stream • Chunksaah Records • 2021
BUTCH WALKER – AMERICAN LOVE STORY: LIVE AND QUARANTINED
Butch Walker released his love story rock opera last year in the midst of the pandemic. With live shows coming to a halt around that time, he celebrated the release of his ninth solo album by playing it in its entirety via livestream.
American Love Story: Live and Quarantined is that one-man show, live in full. Watch the complete livestream below.
Stream • Ruby Red • 2021
ROB ZOMBIE – THE LUNAR INJECTION KOOL AID ECLIPSE CONSPIRACY
It’s been five years since Rob Zombie released The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser. He’s been busy during that time writing and directing the films 31 and 3 from Hell. His seventh solo studio album, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy, is out now.
Stream • Nuclear Blast • 2021