{"id":95690,"date":"2024-03-01T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=95690"},"modified":"2024-03-01T20:35:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T20:35:16","slug":"newmusicfriday-march-1st-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/newmusicfriday-march-1st-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"#NewMusicFriday (March 1st 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"

March kicks off with a whole load of new releases. However, I’ll admit there’s only a handful of #NewMusicFriday<\/strong> releases that are worth mentioning.<\/p>\n

It’s led by\u00a0Iron Maiden<\/strong> legend Bruce Dickinson<\/strong> who returns with ‘The Mandrake Project’<\/em>. It’s Dickinson<\/strong>‘s first solo effort in almost two decades and looks to be a grandiose concept that even expands to a multi-part graphic novel.<\/p>\n

Goth alt-metallers New Years Day<\/strong>‘s ‘Half Black Heart’<\/em> sees frontwoman Ash Costello reconnect with returning members Jeremy Valentyne (rhythm guitar), Brandon Wolfe (bass), and Trixx Daniel (drums). The end result is a mix of melodic metal injected with brutal flourishes and anthemic hooks.<\/p>\n

I’ve previously written about Footballhead<\/strong> and their reissued debut album – ‘Overthinking Everything’<\/a><\/em>. In short, it’s a very admirable set of hooky emo rock that takes stylistic cues from Basement, Jimmy Eat World, and 90’s alt-rock. Short, sharp songs that are equally fun as they are emotional.<\/p>\n

The other noteworthy releases include Philadelphia’s Mannequin Pussy<\/strong> returning with a self-assured fourth album in ‘I Got Heaven’.<\/em>\u00a0Japanese alt-rockers Bo Ningen<\/strong> serve up ‘The Holy Mountain’,<\/em> an alternative soundtrack to the 1973 film of the same name<\/a>.\u00a0Enslaved<\/strong> mark one year of\u00a0‘Heimdal’<\/em> with a deluxe edition. Dynamic and powerful German metalcore quartet\u00a0Defocus<\/strong> release their sophomore effort;\u00a0‘there is a place for me on earth’.<\/em> Likewise, Alienist<\/strong> join the lineage of Aussie metalcore groups with their debut offering – ‘Love\/Hate’<\/em> EP<\/p>\n

What is out on #NewMusicFriday?<\/h2>\n

Bruce Dickinson – The Mandrake Project
\nNew Years Day – Half Black Heart
\nMannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
\nFootballhead – Overthinking Everything
\nBo Ningen – The Holy Mountain
\nEnslaved – Heimdal (Deluxe)
\nDefocus – there is a place for me on earth
\nMinistry – Hopiumforthemasses
\nPissed Jeans – Half Divorced
\nNoah and the Loners – A Desolate Warning
\nAlienist – Love\/Hate EP
\nGulfer – Third Wave
\nHunny – Live at Paul\u2019s
\nSuicidal Angels – Profane Prayer
\nBlind Channel – Exit Emotions
\nDez Dare – A Billion Goats. A Billion Sparks. Fin.
\nHammok – look how long lasting everything is moving forward for once
\nBlowfuse – The 4th Wall
\nDoro – Conqueress \u2013 Extended
\nFathomless Ritual – Hymns For The Lesser Gods
\nFaye Webster – Underdressed At The Symphony
\nFirewind – Stand United
\nGames We Play – Life’s Going Great
\nHollow Coves – Nothing To Lose
\nSuldusk – Anthesis
\nVolcandra – The Way Of Ancients
\nAltered Revelations – Of Monsters
\nAnchors & Hearts – Deathlist
\nDedications – Moments
\nEchoes Of Hate – Negative Thoughts
\nEinvigi – Monokroma
\nLysistrata – Veil
\nWays. – Are We Still Alive?<\/p>\n

If you think I’ve missed something or have a new album\/EP\/song to tell us about, tell us about it here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n