Top Releases of 2012

Type 3 Media’s list of the top 10 music releases of 2012:

Kylesa Releases “From The Vaults, Vol. 1″

Kylesa From The Vaults, Vol. 1 Release Date: November 20, 2012 Record Label: Season of Mist Review: Kylesa has released From The Vaults, Vol. 1, a twelve-song collection featuring unreleased, new and alternate versions of songs spanning their catalog. The release includes one entirely new song, “End Truth,” as well as the band’s cover of [...]

How to destroy angels_ Release “An Omen_EP”

How to destroy angels_ An Omen_EP Release Date: November 13, 2012 Record Label: Columbia Records Review: How to Destroy Angels, the musical group featuring Trent Reznor, Mariqueen Maandig, Atticus Ross, and Rob Sheridan, has released An Omen_EP, the follow-up to their 2010 self-titled EP. This release finds the group drawing from a wide variety of [...]

Aerosmith Releases Music from Another Dimension!

Aerosmith Music from Another Dimension! Release Date: November 6, 2012 Record Label: Columbia Records Review: Aerosmith is back! The band has returned with their first album of original music in 11 years, titled Music from Another Dimension! The album kicks off with the heavily Beatles influenced song “LUV XXX.” The band even enlisted Julian Lennon [...]

Flyleaf Closes a Chapter with “New Horizons”

Flyleaf New Horizons Release Date: October 30, 2012 Record Label: A&M Octone Records Review: Three years after the release of Memento Mori, Flyleaf has returned with their third full-length album, titled New Horizons. It will be the last Flyleaf album featuring vocalist Lacey Sturm, who announced her departure from the band last week. The album [...]

Review: Call Me No One – “Last Parade”

Call Me No One Last Parade Release Date: June 5, 2012 Record Label: 7Bros/Independent Label Group Review: Guitarist Clint Lowery and drummer Morgan Rose (Sevendust) have unveiled their new side project named Call Me No One.  Their debut release, Last Parade, is set for release on June 5 via Sevendust’s label 7Bros in conjunction with [...]

Review: Candlebox – “Love Stories & Other Musings”

Candlebox Love Stories & Other Musings Release Date: April 3, 2012 Record Label: AudioNest/Fontana/Universal Review: Love Stories & Other Musings, the fifth studio album from Candlebox, is being released on April 3, 2012 via AudioNest/Fontana/Universal. Produced by Ken Andrews (Pete Yorn, A Perfect Circle, Tenacious D, Beck), the album features nine new songs, along with [...]

Review: Beak – “Eyri”

Beak Eyri Release Date: April 3, 2012 Record Label: Someoddpilot Review: As of late, new releases in music have been far from inspiring for myself. It seems with each new release, bands are becoming more contrived and forced with the help of slick production. As a result, this has made me long for the raw [...]

Review: HURT – “The Crux”

HURT The Crux Release Date: May 1, 2012 Record Label: Carved Records Review: Hurt is set to release their latest album, The Crux, on May 1, 2012 via Carved Records. The album was produced by guitarist Michael Roberts and the band and mixed by John Kurzweg (Creed, Puddle of Mudd, Godsmack). The writing and recording [...]

Review: Rocco DeLuca – “Drugs ‘N Hymns”

Rocco DeLuca Drugs ‘N Hymns Release Date: March 6, 2012 Record Label: 429 Records Review: Drugs ‘N Hymns is the latest release from California native Rocco DeLuca.  Previously working with producers Jude Cole and Daniel Lanois, this time around Deluca chose to take on the project himself.  During a casual spin one might only hear [...]

Review: The Pretty Reckless – “Hit Me Like A Man” EP

The Pretty Reckless Hit Me Like A Man EP Release Date: March 6, 2012 Record Label: Interscope Records Review: The new EP from The Pretty Reckless, titled Hit Me Like a Man, includes live renditions of “Make Me Wanna Die” and “Since You’re Gone” which were recorded at London’s Hammersmith Appollo on November 4 & [...]

Review: Deer Tick “Tim” EP

Deer Tick Tim EP Release Date: February 28, 2012 Record Label: Partisan Records Review: The new EP from Deer Tick, Tim, is out on February 28, 2012, through Partisan Records. The tracks were recorded during the Divine Providence sessions, the band’s latest full-length. Included on the EP are four unreleased songs as well as an [...]

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