Night Parade of One Hundred Demons is the fifth studio album by the San Diego heavy psychedelic rock power trio Earthless, released on January 28, 2022, via Nuclear Blast Records. The album serves as a definitive return to form, abandoning the shorter, vocal-driven tracks of their 2018 record Black Heaven to return to the massive, sprawling instrumental jams that defined their early career.

Something to Consume is the critically acclaimed 2025 debut studio album by Austin-based alternative rock band Die Spitz, released via Third Man Records. Produced by Will Yip, the 11-track record delivers a massive, abrasive wall of sound that seamlessly fuses elements of grunge, punk, thrash rock. The project is defined by the band’s unique collaborative dynamic, where members fluidly swap instruments and lead vocal duties across tracks. Thematically, the album explores the multi-faceted concept of consumption, from modern societal greed and substance abuse to the overwhelming nature of love, identity, and political frustration. This raw, chaotic energy has earned the band widespread critical praise and explosive mainstream momentum.

Deep Sage (2024) is a masterclass in modern post-hardcore that brilliantly bridges the gap between intense, abrasive punk and expansive 90s alternative rock. Recorded almost entirely live to tape by engineer Jack Shirley, the album captures a raw, visceral energy that highlights the band's musical evolution toward more complex, texturized sonic landscapes. Stylistically, Gouge Away moves beyond pure hardcore fury to incorporate elements of noise rock, angular indie, and lush shoegaze, defining their sound through the sharp contrast between heavy dissonance and melodic atmosphere. Vocalist Christina Michelle anchors this dynamic shift with an incredible vocal performance, effortlessly transitioning from fierce, unhinged screams to quiet, melancholic spoken-word verses. Lyrically, the record serves as a heavy, introspective exploration of climate anxiety, isolation, and the overwhelming weight of the unknown, making Deep Sage both their most diverse and emotionally mature release to date.

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It’s been nearly eight years since the last Mondo Drag album came out. In that time, the Bay Area psych-prog band toured the US and Europe, performed at major festivals and—once again—reformed their rhythm section. But in the context of the band’s nearly two-decade existence, this period may have been the most fraught. Vocalist and keyboardist John Gamiño lost friends and family members. Meanwhile, humanity suffered the throes of a global pandemic.

Anches En Maat is the first new album from Grails in over a half-decade – following the masterful Chalice Hymnal in 2017 – and their first album recorded with all members in the studio together since Doomsdayer’s Holiday in 2008. With every Grails album released since Doomsdayer’s Holiday being a sprawling double-album endeavor, Anches En Maat was conceived as a return to the comparatively efficient single LP runtime. With that, Grails set out to craft the same sonically dense world that their longer albums showcased, while trading singular indulgences for live collaborative interplay. The core group of founding members Alex Hall and Emil Amos (Om, Holy Sons) joined Jesse Bates, Ilyas Ahmed, and AE Paterra (Zombi, Majeure) in Atlanta, GA to record Anches En Maat together – a novel event for a band who had become so accustomed to recording separately and then laboring in post-production for months or even years on end. An improbable blend of melted 1980s softcore and daytime soap opera soundtracks, cosmic minimalism, aching Westerns, melancholy electronic pulses, and massive soul-disco strings, Anches En Maat is one of Grails’ most ambitious albums of their 20+ year career.