

Simply press play on Mélonade’s excellent self-titled release and enjoy all of the vapor/chill wave you’d like, splashed with plenty of EDM and enough samples to even justify a “plunderphonics” descriptor. Summer might be coming to a close but there’s nothing stopping you from conjuring those buoyant summer vibes whenever you’d like. Big riffs, sweeping vocals, majestic solos and more contained herein. Is there a sub-genre with a worse ratio of worthwhile releases to overall releases than melodic metal? Regardless, I keep listening to it for gems like Graveshadow’s The Uncertain Hour, an album that’s just metal personified.


A perfect soundtrack to shout to at the top of your lungs, ride your bicycle really fast and kick ass in diverse and varied ways. Bouncy riffs, powerful vocals, all the angst you could possibly need.
SIMEON OBEY ME FULL
Previously promising death-pop/pop-punk/punk ensemble Blood Command have released their full length Praise Armageddonism and it’s a hoot and then some. Less time writing means more time listening – for us, and you. Moreover, sometimes all you need is an elevator pitch to know whether something is worth checking out, which is why we’ve developed our revamped Hey! Listen to This! column where our writers can come together to recommend you all the things that have taken their fancy, but who don’t necessarily need a page-long sales pitch to go with them. We do our best at Heavy Blog to bring you all the best new music we’ve been listening to, but there’s only so much time and so many things you can say about a band or album.
