Best New Music This Week: Protest The Hero, Loathe, The Menzingers, And More
Photo: Sandra Lee Layden
Every Friday, we challenge ourselves to sift through new music releases and curate a list of albums we think you should be listening to.
Leading the charge this week is Canada’s own Protest The Hero with Within, a technical and explosive return that reinforces their place at the top of modern metal. Loathe follows with A Stranger to You, continuing their boundary-pushing blend of heaviness and atmosphere, while The Menzingers bring heart and grit on Everything I Ever Saw. Post-hardcore veterans Quicksand return with Bring On The Physics, delivering sharp, driving energy, and Boundaries round things out with Yearning: The Unbeautiful After, a crushing and emotionally charged entry in the metalcore space.
Tap your favourite music app, put those headphones on, and listen to some new music you hopefully discover for the first time. See below for this week's recommendations.
PROTEST THE HERO – WITHIN
Genre: Prog Metal
Label: Protest The Hero Inc.
LOATHE – A STRANGER TO YOU
Genre: Metalcore
Label: SharpTone
THE MENZINGERS: EVERYTHING I EVER SAW
Genre: Punk Rock
Label: Epitaph
QUICKSAND – BRING ON THE PHYSICS
Genre: Post-Hardcore
Label: Equal Vision
BOUNDARIES – YEARNING: THE UNBEAUTIFUL AFTER
Genre: Metalcore
Label: Sumerian
