"Despite brief moments of heaviness, EVEN IN ARCADIA is #sleeptoken at their most pop-forward, and oh boy, does it ever expose the weaknesses in the formula." #metalsky
Read our full staff review here: sputnikmusic.com/review/89809...
The votes are in! Our sputnikmusic.com March 2025 album of the month is the new #ImperialTriumphant album GOLDSTAR.
"Chaos in modest doses can energize you as doctors always say, but sometimes it’s okay to cater to some accessibility and semi-lighthearted fun."
www.sputnikmusic.com/blog/2025/04...
We've also got staff reviews up for all of these albums, as well as for new releases from Julien Baker & Torres, Superheaven, Brain Stem, Melvins, and many more on the way...
Sputnikmusic.com Top 5 Trending Albums (4/21/25):
1) #messa - THE SPIN
2) #deafheaven - LONELY PEOPLE WITH POWER
3) #thornhill - BODIES
4) #bloodabscission - II
5) #tomarum - BEYOND OBSIDIAN EUPHORIA
We've got staff reviews up for every one of these albums, as well as reviews for new albums from Young Widows, Cytotoxin, Backxwash, and many more!
Need new music on this fine Monday morning? Check out our sputnikmusic.com Top 5 Trending albums:
1) #thornhill - BODIES
2) #deafheaven - LONELY PEOPLE WITH POWER
3) #allegaeon - THE OSSUARY LENS
4) #messa - THE SPIN
5) #snooze - I KNOW HOW YOU WILL DIE
It's Friday yall 😮💨
Were kicking off this week of new releases with the new #boniver album SABLE, fABLE.
"Upon closer observation, the ebb and flow of SABLE, fABLE’s overall quality can be viewed as a mirror of this struggle."
Read our full review here: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89698...
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming 🗞️
"FOREVER HOWLONG sounds like a band unsure of itself, aiming in a lot of directions but not quite knowing when to settle in and pull the trigger."
Read our review for the new #blackcountrynewroad album here: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89677...
"I KNOW HOW YOU WILL DIE is a wonderful listening experience, filled with rhythmic brilliance, technical expertise, and imagination."
Don't sleep on this one 😴. Read our review for the Snooze album here: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89667...
"The best of both, the charm of neither."
Sputnikmusic favorites Invent Animate and Silent Planet team up for BLOOM IN HEAVEN... an EP that left us rather cold.
Read our full review here: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89663...
Happy Friday yall 😮💨
Average rating for the new #blackcountrynewroad album FOREVER HOWLONG:
AOTY: 85/100
RYM: 3.72/5
sputnikmusic.com : 2.6/5
Which side of the isle do you sit on?
"Try as I might, a good portion of GLORY seems to roll by its picturesque scenery without causing too much of a stir."
Read our review of the new Perfume Genius album here: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89661...
"BLACK SABBATH is every bit the masterpiece today as it was back then."
We are kicking off our new series The Look Back (in which Gen Z listens to classic albums for the first time) with the first #metalsky album ever.
Read the full piece here: www.sputnikmusic.com/blog/2025/04...
Earshot is BACK.
With the announcement of their new album AFTERMATH (their first in 17 years) we sat down with the alt-rock veterans to discuss their return, the album, and upcoming lead single "Where Were You?".
Check out our interview here, premiering April 7th: m.youtube.com/watch?v=dNjQ...
"UNDERNEATH sees Floodlights at their best yet, delivering eleven impressive songs in a fuller and richer framework - nicely textured yet punchy, while sitting on the artsy side of the indie rock spectrum."
Read our full review here: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89635...
It's getting squirrelly in here 🐿️
"THE SQUIRRELY YEARS REVISITED is bound to cater to longtime @ministryband.bsky.social fans who bothered listening to these early career tunes in the first place."
Our full review: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89653...
PSA: sputnikmusic.com is not just a music review website. We are also #haiku aficionados ✍️
...and when it comes to Yumiko Morioka and Takashi Kobubo's new collaboration GAIAPHILIA... haiku may be the only way to truly describe its elegance.
Full review: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89655...
We've got staff reviews for every one of these albums up right now... along with new releases from Ministry, Japanese Breakfast, Great Grandpa, Envy of None, Floodlights, and many more to come 😮💨
Another Monday 🤮
Check out this morning's sputnikmusic.com Top 5 trending albums:
1) Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
2) Imperial Triumphant - Goldstar
3) Cradle of Filth - The Screaming of the Valkyries
4) Drudkh - Shadow Play
5) Coheed and Cambria - The Father of Make Believe
The moment we've all been waiting for. #metalsky
"LONELY PEOPLE WITH POWER is a masterpiece that turns the story of #deafheaven on its head, leaving greyed out charcoal marks where Sunbather was once penciled in."
Read our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ staff review here: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89654...
Upon the release of their debut album CUZCO, we sat down with #mathcore upstarts Jackal Twins to discuss their origins, writing process, and their extremely wide range of influences. #metalsky
Read the full interview here: www.sputnikmusic.com/blog/2025/03...
Anyone else have Deafheaven making album of the year on their 2025 bingo card? Just us?
"The cycle is broken, as Mechina returns to form." #metalsky
Read our review for BELLUM INTERRUPTUM here: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89634...
"MICROTONIC is an excellent leap forward and caters to the niche’s niche of drem fans who don’t like being understimulated. Sweet."
Read our full review for the new @smellybdrmm.bsky.social album here: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89648...
Only on sputnikmusic.com will you find #indie reviews that start with Dennis Rodman quotes 🏀
"To experience Great Grandpa's PATIENCE, MOONBEAM is to unlock and unblock a previously stifled tenderness and vulnerability."
Read our full review here: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89647...
It's Friday morning... and you know what that means!
"Envy of None is the latest project by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, but if you are expecting progressive rock, you are in for a surprise."
Read our review for STYGIAN WAVZ here: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89646...
Who said we can't review a classic every now and then?
Celebrating 30 years of Mayhem's infamous DE MYSTERIIS DOM SATHANAS. #metalsky
"This album is everything that the Norwegian black metal scene wanted to represent. It was, and is, pure darkness and hatred."
www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89641...
We also plan on covering new releases from:
Deafheaven
Lucy Dacus
Perfume Genius
Envy of None
Great Grandpa
Invent Animate x Silent Planet
Sick Puppies
Underoath
...and plenty more
Check out our full list of new releases here: www.sputnikmusic.com/blog/2025/03...
It's almost Friday 😮💨
We're kicking off tomorrow's new release slate with a review of Teitanblood's FROM THE VISCERAL ABYSS, one of the fiercest extreme metal records you’ll hear all year.
"What you condemn as chaos, we hold sacred as scripture."
Full review: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89642...
"Trumpet & keys ambient-jazz duo? Say less."
Apologies for double jazz-posting today (not)... but @vijayiyer.bsky.social & Wadada Leo Smith just dropped a fresh slice of ECM last week and we couldn't help but celebrate it.
Read our review for DEFIANT LIFE here: www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89630...
