2025 Covers You May Have Missed

January 17, 2026 — Leave a comment

I am working on the Top 50 of 2025, and I realized that there were quite a few covers released last year. I don’t include cover songs on that list, so I thought I’d share them here.

Also – Crispin Earl of The Veer Union released Covers Collection, Vol. 2 on December 5th, which includes his renditions of “The Kill” by Thirty Seconds to Mars, “Even in Arcadia” by Sleep Token, and more!

Aesthetic Perfection: Suckers For Punishment Tour 2026

January 4, 2026 — Leave a comment

Industrial pop outfit Aesthetic Perfection is coming back to the U.S., and they’re bringing some friends. With support from Priest and Julien-K, the band will be trekking from coast to coast throughout April and early May. Tickets are on sale now at aesthetic-perfection.net!

4/2 – West Hollywood, CA – Whisky A Go Go
4/3 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
4/4 – Pomona, CA – Flyway
4/5 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
4/10 – West Chicago, IL – The WC Social Club
4/11 – Cleveland, OH – The Foundry Concert Club
4/12 – Harrisburg, PA – Capital City Music Hall
4/14 – Clifton, NJ – Dingbatz*
4/16 – Rochester, NY – Photo City Music Hall
4/17 – New York, NY – The Meadows
4/18 – Hartford, CT – The Webster
4/19 – Manchester, NH – Jewel Music Venue
4/21 – Raleigh, NC – Chapel of Bones
4/24 – Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
4/25 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
4/26 – Dallas, TX – Trees (New date!)
4/29 – Glendale, AZ – The 44 Sports Grill & Nightlife
4/30 – Las Vegas, NV – The Dive Bar
5/1 – Salt Lake City, UT – Liquid Joe’s
5/2 – Denver, CO – Ritual Noize Festival 2026+

* Aesthetic Perfection + Julien-K only

+ Festival

Albums Released From October to December 2025

January 1, 2026 — Leave a comment

Daughters of Mara – I Am Destroyer [10/3]
Bullet to the Heart – Echoes: The Final Chapter [10/3]
Linx – Annihilation [10/10]
Living Dead Girl – Conspiracy [10/10]
Batchelor – Shadow Protocol [10/14]
Heartsick – Break the Curse [10/14]
Julien-K – DRK|MODE [10/17]
Dead Deceased – Chasm of Radiant Despair [10/17]
Starver – The Silent Letter [10/17]
The Thing With Feathers – So Electric [10/24]
Anaria – Piercing the Veil [10/24]
POET The Band – Night Era (Nightcore) [10/24]
Buried Beneath Me – The House of Ash [10/24]
Parhelyon – From Dark to Light [10/24]
Dark Moon Spirit – Sacrificial Moon [10/31]
Wraithlurk – Engraved [10/31]
MethodOne – Novus Initium [10/31]
Armchair Cynics – The Lost Tapes [11/7]
Soulhound – The Divine Purge [11/7]
Citizen Soldier – Family Heirlooms [11/12]
Stellar Circuits – Phantom::Phoenix [11/14]
Suicide Queen – Crowned in Blood [11/14]
The Malt – Weeping Red [11/15]
DENIGH – Sleep With No Sound [11/17]
Falls for the Elderly – Insomnia [11/20]
Never Enough – Aurora [11/21]
Moonscape – Entity, Chapter III: A Sudden Glimpse of Clarity [11/21]
The Pretty Wild – zero.point.genesis [11/21]
RedPrint – Beyond Reality [11/26]
Sleeper Signal – Tales of the Misguided Souls [11/26]
Jungle Dream – We Are Legion [11/28]
Black Dog Moon – Hell and Back [11/28]
Excide – Bastard Hymns [11/28]
Distant Legacy – The Lighthouse’s Fate [11/28]
Devil-M – Titanomachie [11/30]
Michael Botte Band – Demos & Diamonds, Vol. 1 [12/5]
the OWLiNG – You Don’t Bow You Will Learn [12/5]
Immunosuppressed – Lilith [12/5]
Set For Tomorrow – ARCS [12/5]
Crispin Earl – Covers Collection, Vol. 2 [12/5]
Stain the Canvas – Honey Rot [12/12]
Eye of Atlantis – Eye of Atlantis [12/13]
Severed Skies – Oblivion [12/15]
Vagabond – Ode to Isotopia [12/17]
Priest – Live in Hollywood [12/19]
Dark Enchantment – Fragments of Faith [12/20]
Matti Hoffman – Ascend [12/20]
SouthsideFerris – Dying Light [12/23]
The Further I Get – Life [12/25]
Libricide – Kismet [12/26]
Cirkus – Still Remains [12/27]
Damnum – Obsidian Machine [12/30]

EPs Released From April to June 2025

July 1, 2025 — Leave a comment

Hand of the Tribe – Makinas, Vol. 1 [4/4]
Wraithlurk – Suffering [4/4]
Rise to Ruin – The Alchemy EP [4/4]
Once Unnoticed – Forever Again [4/5]
In Passing – In Passing [4/11]
postdrome – Postdrome [4/15]
Jutes – The End [4/23]
Traverse the Abyss – Memento Mori [4/25]
Death Valley High – U DON’T KNOW WHAT UR ASKING [4/25]
Bad Valentines – Memory Tattoos [4/25]
Valtozash – Sundered Synapses [5/2]
The Journals Kept – Strike the Match [5/2]
Anaria – Spark of Life [5/9]
I Was the Crown – Broken Wings [6/1]
StarrShine – As a Kid [6/5]
Kumiko – The Space Between [6/7]
Atomic Fate – Try It… You Might Like It!!! [6/10]
Eayondig – Ivory Eye [6/11]
L.O.U.D. – FM Broadcast [6/13]
Traverse the Abyss – Memento Mori (Instrumental) [6/13]
Lucretia Death – Half Dead [6/20]
Priest – Chaos EP [6/20]
Stain the Canvas – Gattini [6/27]
Have I Weather – Porch Sessions [6/27]
splinter kid – Control Freak [6/27]
The Lucidia Project – The Twilight Affliction [6/30]

The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 5 (Updated 5/31/25)

May 31, 2025 — Leave a comment

The second half of May has come in as strong as the first! Check out these tracks that have been released since May 16th.

Be sure to visit the other installments of The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist. You could discover your new favorite song/artist!

Pt. 1 – Pt. 2 – Pt. 3 – Pt. 4 – Pt. 5

The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 4 (Updated 4/30/25)

April 30, 2025 — Leave a comment

Hey, y’all, and welcome to another playlist update! April has been a very weird month for me on a personal level, but at least the soundtrack was fire!!! Here are the songs that have been added to part four since April 16th.

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And, as always, be sure to check out the 2025 playlist in its entirety!

Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4

Three Covers That I Did Not See Coming

April 22, 2025 — Leave a comment

I always enjoy hearing artists’ takes on songs they love, and the most fun reimaginings to me are the ones that come from a completely different genre than the original. Over the past week, two such renditions have been released into the world. The third cover… Well, it was always a dark song, so an infamously dark artist sharing his version makes sense.

1. Priest: “Black Hole Sun”

Yes, that “Black Hole Sun.” It’s so Priest, but I think it’s a very respectful nod to Soundgarden and the original. And, let’s be honest, it takes balls to release a song and know everyone is going to be comparing your vocals to Chris Cornell’s.

2. Aesthetic Perfection: “Fade to Black”

Aesthetic Perfection is a self-proclaimed industrial pop act. Hearing them do a Metallica track was unexpected, but I dig it.

3. Marilyn Manson: “In the Air Tonight”

Manson prides himself on shocking people. His entire career is based on it, in fact. He has done odd covers before. However, I just never would have predicted a Phil Collins song. Lol. As stated above, it kinda makes sense. The subject matter of “In the Air Tonight” is rather dark. Who better to reimagine it than Marilyn Manson and Tyler Bates?

Albums Released January to June 2024

June 30, 2024 — 1 Comment

There have been several albums released so far in 2024, and I decided to compile them in a post separate from the EPs. Much as with the other list, I am sure I’ve missed a few, so if there are any you know of that are not shared here, feel free to tell me in the comments!

Be sure to check out my list of EPs that have dropped over the past 6 months, as well!

Jack the Elbow: Crush [1/5]
Shadow Person: Person of Interest [1/18]
Ghost Atlas: Dust of the Human Shape [1/26]
Immortal Girlfriend: Sojourner [2/2]
Kluu, availax: lunar isolation [2/2]
It Came From the Basement: Revenant [2/9]
Jester Syndrome: Shape [2/9]
Crude Mothas: Crude Mothas [2/11]
Gravehuffer: Mile High Live [2/14]
As A Treat: A Little Extra [2/14]
The Transits: The Transits [2/16]
Framing the Red: Three to Get Ready [2/16]
The Requiem: A Cure to Poison the World [2/16]
ENMY: Breaking Down (Deluxe) [2/20]
A Scent Like Wolves: Distant Dystopia [2/23]
AnAkA: The Oblivion Call [2/23]
Black Sonic Pearls: Sonixomnia [2/23]
Seven Year Witch: Vampire Calamity [3/1]
Damned Anthem: The Arsenal 2 [3/1]
Blind Channel: Exit Emotions [3/1]
Isenordal: Requiem for Eirênê [3/8]
NinémiA: Weapons of Math Destruction [3/22]
Dead Energy: Dark Savior [3/23]
Blacktop Mojo: Pollen [4/5]
Blackwood: Release Me [4/9]
technically nothing: it’s past ur bedtime [4/19]
Valemon: Enemies [4/19]
K.A.R.L. (Kill All Remaining Life): Dying Memories (2009-2024) [4/19]
Violet Vanity: Violet Vanity [4/19]
Dead Heart Bloom: Dream States [4/23]
GLOSSA: Death is Not the End [4/26]
3 Bravo: Divine Wreckage [4/30]
Ian Cuthbertson: Alabama Flower [4/30]
Circuit Preacher: Made to Burn [5/3]
Danger Silent: The Revival [5/4]
Crownshift: Crownshift [5/10]
Powerman 5000: Abandon Ship [5/10]
Haunting Ghosts: Shadow Work [5/12]
The Edge of Reason: Ocean [5/17]
Glis: Gateway to Oblivion [5/17]
The Royal Ritual: Pleasure Hides Your Needs [5/24]
Central: The Fall [5/27]
Priest: Dark Pulse [5/31]
GLASSFIRES: Gemini [5/31]
Three Days Bright: Weight of the World [6/11]
Synthetik Blonde: Dark Side of Your Love [6/12]
Crywolf: let me be your womb [6/14]
FortyMore: FortyMore [6/14]
Eden Architect: Form and Function [6/18]
Chatrooms: Something Went Wrong… [6/28]

The Mostly Music 2024 Playlist, Pt. 3 (Updated 5/5/24)

May 5, 2024 — Leave a comment

Welcome to the first update of The Mostly Music 2024 Playlist, Part 3! Be sure to visit the first two parts, featuring releases from January through April: partes uno y dos.

Here are the songs that have been added since April 21st.

The Mostly Music 2023 Playlist, Pt. 3 (Updated 11/05/23)

November 5, 2023 — 1 Comment

Visit the playlist here.

Links to parts 1 and 2 can be found in this post.

Songs added since 10/22:

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	Metal Odyssey on Powerman 5000 Shares Spring 20…
	Metal Odyssey on Who Is a Band or Artist You Li…
	Metal Odyssey on Seether Announces May 2025 Dat…
	Anonymous on Song of the Day – Shiili…