January Overview

Hello and welcome to the first of my "catch-up" posts. As I said in my previous blog post, I will attempt to work through my rather ridiculous backlog of new releases of 2017 (currently at 63 without tomorrow's crop), but also share some of the great albums that I HAVE managed to listen to, but have not had chance to post about on my Facebook group as of late.

As is customary, I will start with January, which saw the year get off to a rather amazing start with the release of Sepultura's finest album in at least 20 years, the return of  Alt Punk Goths, AFI and a breakout release from US Hardcore Punks, Code Orange as well as a new album from ever-reliable German Thrashers, Kreator, a surprising comeback from Finnish Industrial Metallers, Diablerie, the debut EP by brilliant Grunge throwbacks, Static Tension and for those with heavier tastes, Black Anvil dropped their latest slab of Blackened Thrash nastiness.

This isn't meant to be an exhaustive list of releases, rather I have just focussed on mypersonal highlights. Enjoy and feel free to leave me a comment below.

Band: Sepultura
Album: Machine Messiah
Track: Phantom Self

Band: AFI
Album: AFI (The Blood Album)
Track: Above the Bridge

Band: Code Orange
Album: Forever

Track: Bleeding in the Blur

Band: Kreator
Album: Gods of Violence
Track: Fallen Brother

Band: Diablerie
Album: The Catalyst Vol. 1
Track: Grey

Band: Static Tension 
Album: Out of Reach (EP)
Track: Out of Reach (EP)

Band: Black Anvil 
Album: As Was
Track: May Her Wrath Be Just