Northlane — Node (UNFD)
The long-anticipated return of Northlane with their brand new singer, Marcus Bridge, has left the band proving their "expansion in sound and songwriting is turning Northlane into an experimental juggernaut". Node contains "waves of prog-metal, post-hardcore and touches of djent shifting the focus from their straight metalcore roots", scoring themselves our Album Of The Week with four-and-a-half stars and "high on the list of musical highlights of 2015".
Holy Holy — When The Storms Would Come (Sony)
The duo have created a "pure-sounding" record, with "each track sounding as through it's drifting through the breeze across a field stretching towards the horizon". Outside Of The Heart shows "plenty of heart", while You Cannot Call For Love Like A Dog has "ethereal harmonies, commanding drum beat and a powerful nature of the guitar work". Our reviewer thought Holy Holy are sounding more confident in their style and approach, scoring them four stars.
and the rest of the releases…
Alan Jackson — Angels And Alcohol (Sony)
Ashley Monroe — The Blade (Warner)
At The Dakota — Stories (Independent)
Counterparts — Tragedy Will Find Us (Pure Noise/Sony)
Diger Rokwell — Seeds (Independent)
Ducktails — St. Catherine (Domino/EMI)
Eves The Behavior — Eves The Behavior (Dew Process/Universal)
Gena Rose Bruce — Mad Love (Independent)
Gwenno — Y Dydd Olaf (Heavenly Recordings/[PIAS] Australia)
Hope Drone — Cloak Of Ash (Relapse)
Jill Scott — Woman (Atlantic/Warner)
Joe Satriani — Shockwave Supernova (Sony)
Katie Noonan's Vanguard — Transmutant (Kin/Universal)
Kid Radio — Kid Radio (Independent)
Lamb Of God — VII: Sturm Und Drang (Independent)
Mas Ysa — Seraph (Downtown/Create Control)
Orpheus Omega — Partum Vita Mortem (Kolony Records/Rocket)
Prince Royce — Double VIsion (RCA/Sony)
SANS — Torquay (Independent)
Suze DeMarchi — Home (Social Family Records)
Symphony X — Underworld (Nuclear Blast/Caroline)
The Doobie Brothers — The Warner Bros: Years 1971-1983 (Rhino/Warner)
Various Artists — Southpaw (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture) (Shady Records/Universal)
Verticoli — Punching Bag (Firestarter Distributions)
Warren Hayes — Ashes & Dust (Provogue/Mascot Label Group)
We Came As Romans — We Came As Romans (Spinefarm/Caroline)
