The Test Drive (Early Album Previews)

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    ASM

    The Test Drive: ASM – Blue Cocoon

    ASM has dropped their new album titled 'Blue Cocoon'. The first track, 'Marathon' came as a complete surprise to me. Almost anti-climatic, the track actually fits almost perfectly as to signify the slow burn...
    The Agency - In the Haunted Woods

    The Test Drive: The Agency – In the Haunted Woods

    The Agency is set to release their upcoming album titled 'In the Haunted Woods' on October 23rd.
    Kleopatra

    The Test Drive: KLEOPATRA – Machina

    KLEOPATRA has dropped her new EP titled 'Machina' as of today (September 18, 2020). With 'Machina' being her debut outing and with it being an electronica album at that, I am very pleasantly surprised...
    The Asteroid No.4

    The Test Drive: The Asteroid No.4 – Northern Songs

    The Asteroid No. 4 is set to drop their new album titled 'Northern Songs' tomorrow. Ahead of that, we get a glimpse of greatness with what I feel could be a subtle definitive album for #Indie in 2020.
    Soft Set

    The Test Drive: Soft Set – Love and Dancing

    Soft Set has just released their new album titled 'Love and Dancing'.
    Watch Clark

    The Test Drive: Watch Clark – Generator Room

    Watch Clark is set to drop his new EP titled 'Generator Room' on October 16th.
    The Subtheory

    The Test Drive: The Subtheory – IMPACT

    The Subtheory is set to release their new album titled 'IMPACT'.
    South of Eden - The Talk

    The Test Drive: South of Eden – The Talk

    South of Eden officially releases their new EP titled 'The Talk'. Featuring the first single and video titled 'Dancing With Fire', South of Eden proves they live just north of Hell with the level...
    A Shoreline Dream

    The Test Drive: A Shoreline Dream – Melting

    Progressive shoegaze postpunk outfit A Shoreline Dream have released their long-awaited 'Melting' LP via Latenight Weeknight Records.
    Karolina Rose

    The Test Drive: Karolina Rose – Rosemary

    Karolina Rose today premieres her new EP titled 'Rosemary' right here on Jammerzine. From the first track, 'Greytopia', you get that sense of not only accomplishment but an enthusiasm for the music by the...
    Babybird

    The Test Drive: Babybird – King Of Nothing

    Babybird is set to drop his upcoming album titled 'King of Nothing' on September 22. Stephen Jones, a.k.a. Babybird, is a person who has lived and learned many times over. And some of those...
    Black Bordello

    The Test Drive: Black Bordello – Black Bordello

    Black Bordello have released their eponymous album. A solid fusion of a little of everything from Fusion to vintage show and everything in between but one thing is for sure, this is all Black...
    River Of Souls

    The Test Drive: River Of Souls – Usurper

    River Of Souls has dropped their new album titled 'Usurper'. A solid set of old school heavy tinged death metal, 'Usurper is a well mixed, mastered, and 'mayhemed' set of solid tracks fit for...
    Mantis and the Prayer - Murder Ballad and the Blue

    The Test Drive: Mantis and the Prayer – Murder Ballad and the Blue

    Mantis and the Prayer drop the new EP/Double AA Single titled 'Murder Ballad and the Blue'. The first track, titled 'I Know you', is a sonically diverse yet subtle track with a somber vocal...
    Les Techno

    The Test Drive: Les Techno – Flowers for Dystopia

    Les techno drops his new album titled 'Flowers for Dystopia' right here on Jammerzine. Part social satire and part concept with dashes of prog and funk guitars overlaid upon a sea of electronica and...
    Perseide - The Only Thing

    The Test Drive: Perseide – The Only Thing

    Perseide has released their new album titled 'The Only Thing'. Modern styles of Metal have varied in both quality and consistency for over a decade now. But, what we get here with Perseide, is...
    Inhaler Collective

    The Test Drive: Inhaler Collective – Hunger

    Inhaler Collective have released their new album titled 'Hunger'. That initial listen gives that smooth underground jazz club with a smokey room and a malt scotch in a short glass. Adding to the flavor...
    Atta Boy - Big Heart Manners

    The Test Drive: Atta Boy – Big Heart Manners

    Atta Boy has released their new album titled 'Big Heart Manners'. The album is an explosion of Alt-Americana and a splash of Indie and a slight trace of Country in a beautiful melting pot...
    Jabbawoki - Something's Cookin'

    The Test Drive: Jabbawoki – Something’s Cookin’

    Jabbawoki has released their new album titled 'Something's Cookin''. Harking to the days when jam-bands truly jammed, Jabbawocki delivers an improvisationally infused original rock-packed set of varied power-punches that inspire musicians as much as...
    Wolfhounds - Electric Music

    The Test Drive: Wolfhounds – Electric Music

    Wolfhounds have released their new album titled 'Electric Music'. The album is more than I expected while listening to the lead single 'Can't See the Light'. What we get here is a diversity in...
    Union Kain - Black Dawn

    The Test Drive: Union Kain – Black Dawn

    Union Kain is set to drop their new album titled 'Black Dawn' on July 18, 2020. Partly an homage to the classic metal sound that most new bands never get right, and partly a...
    Felixity - Love Sick Remixed

    The Test Drive: Felixity – Love Sick Remixed

    Felixity has released her album of remixes titled 'Love Sick' Remixed. To go back and re-examine an album can be a daunting task. Hit or miss even. But what we get here is an...
    Lorraine Leckie & Her Demons

    The Test Drive: Lorraine Leckie – Razor Wing Butterfly

    Lorraine Leckie officially drops her new album with Her Demons titled 'Razor Wing Butterfly'.  Starting off with the track titled 'Only Darkness' was a perfect choice, in my opinion, because it sets such a...
    Fly Stoner Motive

    The Test Drive: Fly Stoner Motive – Rookie of the Year

    Independent artist Fly Stoner Motive released a new album titled 'Rookie of the Year', a testament to his music career humble beginnings. Taking a different approach than his other projects, Motive omitted all features...
    The Academy of Sun - The Quiet Earth

    The Test Drive: The Academy of Sun – The Quiet Earth

    The Academy of Sun has officially released their new album titled 'The Quiet Earth'. Epic in scope and broad in vision, 'The Quiet Earth' could, years from now, be considered The Academy of Sun's...