Recent Heroic Releases

• 
  Thirty Seconds to Mars
  America
  AllMusic
  Avg User
  Genre-bending fifth LP finds the rock trio layering their inspirational anthems with electronic sheen and hip-hop beats.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
• 
  Godsmack
  When Legends Rise
  AllMusic
  Avg User
  Massachusetts hard rock vets veer in new directions on their polished but no less powerful seventh set.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
• 
  Onyx Brass / John Wilson
  Fanfares
  AllMusic
  Avg User
  One can easily imagine these short fan fares being used in composition classes, but they're viscerally fun as well.

  - James Manheim
• 
  Pusha T
  Daytona
  AllMusic
  Avg User
  Characteristically terse and trenchant work from the GOOD Music president, supported by grimace-inducing beats from Kanye West.

  - Andy Kellman
• 
  Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
  Dirt
  AllMusic
  Avg User
  The third effort from the Canadian-Asian collective whips myth and sci-fi with psych and prog metal in a thrilling sonic squall.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
• 
  Ed Schrader's Music Beat
  Riddles
  AllMusic
  Avg User
  Ed Schrader's Music Beat shed the "reductionist garage punk duo" tag on their ambitious, Dan Deacon-produced third album.

  - Paul Simpson
• 
  Christoph König / Solistes Europeen …
  Louise Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 an …
  AllMusic
  Avg User
  Accomplished symphonies by an almost-forgotten female composer, attractively presented.

  - James Manheim