THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From CAVALERA, EVILE & More Out Today 7/14

Plus releases from Auralayer, Edge Of Paradise, The Mighty Fall, Preacher, Voyager, and a compilation of Soundgarden covers from Magnetic Eye records

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This week's new heavy metal releases include re-recorded groove metal classics, a whole lot of Soundgarden covers, epic prog, and more! To the metals…

Genre: Doom/progOrigin: Greenville, South CarolinaLabel: King Volume Records

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If you're a fan of trippy Mastodon, the riffs of The Sword, and the melodies of recent Torche, then you should get to cranking Thousand Pedals now. They're proggy, they're psychedelic, and they bring the riffs.

Genre: Groove metal/thrashOrigin: Phoenix, ArizonaLabel: Nuclear Blast

Buy now Amazon Morbid Visions – Bestial Devasation

Brothers Max and Iggor Cavalera seem pretty set on never returning to Sepultura, but they have no qualms bringing back Seplultura to them. Today sees the brothers releasing their own recordings of two of the earliest Sepultura releases. It's kind of like Taylor's Version, but thrashier. J. Andrew's full review is here.

Genre: Hard rock/modern metalOrigin: Los Angeles, CaliforniaLabel: Frontiers

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Now for something a little more… futuristic, maybe? Hologram features a blend of shredding guitars, danceable synth-led rhythms, and soaring choruses. This might be the catchiest release of the week.

Genre: ThrashOrigin: Huddersfield, EnglandLabel: Napalm

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Now we have the second entry in the Ole Drake-fronted era of Evile. While still thrash at its core, this has some chunky mid-tempo jams that will get a head bobbing. In terms of song structures, this sort of feels like their Black Album.

Genre: HardcoreOrigin: Providence, Rhode IslandLabel: Self-released

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I first became aware of this band with their EP Look The Part, and since then the band have a shiny new singer and a revamped sound. Filmed On Location is a fun, hardcore, firework show of riffs and rhythms. They're self-described as "New England cowbell hardcore," and they'll get you moving.

Genre: MetalcoreOrigin: Reno, NevadaLabel: Self-released

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Preacher are a band I caught live last year and was impressed by their fresh take on modern metalcore. There's tons of melody mixed with riffs and breakdowns and you'd hope from a band of their ilk. The band then elevates the songs with piano and synth runs that sound like you're discovering treasure in a video came while getting hit with an emotional sonic wall.

Genre: Soundgarden coversOrigin: VariousLabel: Magnetic Eye

Buy now Bandcamp Superunknown – Best Of

After the success of their artists take on Alice In Chains, Black Sabbath, and AC/DC Magnetic Eye are now dipping back into the Seattle grunge scene with a couple tributes to Soundgarden. This time you're getting unique takes from Witch Ripper, Marissa Nadler, Frayle, Spotlights, and many, many more. One record is all of Superunknown and the second includes covers of "Outshined," "Jesus Christ Pose," "Burden In My Hand," and other classics from the catalog.

Genre: Progressive metalOrigin: Perth, AustraliaLabel: Season Of Mist

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Wrapping this week with some ethereal, djenty prog. This is catch as hell, groovy as hell, and features a frontman with a keytar. They're like if Periphery and Leprous smooshed together and plopped out some Australian offspring. Hell yeah.

Also dropping this week

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