5 Notable Album Releases for 10/5/2018

The week of October 5th has a wide array of albums and genres to choose from, and while there's no Kanye or Eminem album within sight, there are a lot of old favorites who are putting out new stuff. Below you'll find new albums from bands like Coheed and Cambria, Behemoth and T.I.'s return from the big screen to the small stream.

The cover and most anticipated album of the week go to Coheed and Cambria.

Coheed and Cambria—'The Unheavenly Creatures'

Coheed and Cambria – The Unheavenly Creatures

By far Coheed and Cambria are the most popular sci-fi prog emo band that have ever existed. You're correct if you detect a hint of sarcasm in that opening line, but in reality that's a pretty cool flag to fly. Just the thought that a band could be sci-fi and emo at the same time is meaningful.

Coheed and Cambria is a band a lot of people hate for some reason, but the lovers love with the same measure of passion. They return on October 5th with their ninth studio album and also return to their Armory Wars narrative that they left behind for their last album The Color Before the Sun.

The new album's full name is Vaxis—Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures and the songs they've released are entertaining and I'm here to tell you it's okay to be lukewarm on a band like Coheed and Cambria. They have released an official music video for the title track "Unheavenly Creatures" and visualizers for "The Gutter" and "Old Flames."

Atmosphere—'Mi Vida Local'

Atmosphere is left field underground hip hop that has had a huge following despite not getting media and marketing attention of other hip hop acts.

When all is said and done Atmosphere, consisting of production by Ant and Slug as the MC, will be considered hip hop underground royalty. Slug is known for introspective lyrics and storytelling skill and Ant supports that style by typically not producing and forcing the banger mentality. God Loves Ugly is Atmosphere's seminal work but they've continued to release quality hip hop even if the style isn't for everyone. It's not often my favorite but I recognize their significance.

Mi Vida Local looks to continue that tradition based on the songs that have been released from the album Virgo, Jerome, and Make It All Better Again.

Dave East and Styles P—'Beloved'

Dave East is a rapper that does not sound special on first listen but he has the old school ethic, style and flow. He is a throwback to 90s and early 2000s hip-hop with a contemporary flavor and being someone new, that still has that 90s urban feel and that actually raps is meaningful in today's hip-hop climate.

For this reason the joint album by Dave East and Styles P should be supported. "Feels Good" is the only full song they've released and it features Kehlani. It remains to be seen if Dave East will be free to see his album released into the wild.

Behemoth—'I Loved You at Your Darkest'

If you're feeling like something evil then you can't do much better than Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth. Their last album, The Satanist is considered by many as their best but that is not decided law quite yet.

On October 5th Behemoth will try to one up themselves with their new release I Loved You at Your Darkest, which by all accounts IS NOT a re-hash of The Satanist. That's a good thing considering many death metal and black metal bands are content with the typical sounds of the genres and churn out mediocre music because of it.

Behemoth have released three songs as of this writing with "Bartzabel" being closest to mainstream. And "Wolves of Siberia" and the poorly named "God = Dog" meeting any extreme metal sustenance you are seeking.

T.I.—'Dime Trap'

In my music lover's mind T.I. is the epitome of trap music. That would have been an insult if I wrote that sentence in 2007 but I've grown up and now see how great some of that music was, mostly in the face of the cloud rap that permeating the hip hop atmosphere. Much like emo in the rock world, trap music was oversaturated during its peak and it made me sick of it before I got to know it. T.I. and Killer Mike when he was on T.I.'s label were an exception, they always produced quality rhymes on top of trap beats.

T.I. doesn't need to release this album, he's found success as an actor and that alone makes the album worth a listen. Is the hunger there?

Bonus Honorable Mention

High on Fire—Electric Messiah

Hey I wanted to fit this in. It'll definitely have a little write up in the top 5 metal releases on Not Part of Your Scene.