On January 14th, 2022, artist Years & Years released a new track, “Sooner or Later”. This was the last single released for his album, Night Call, which was released on January 21st.

Clutch has announced that they will embark on a massive North American tour this Spring. This will be the band’s return to touring since their successful co-headlining tour with Dropkick Murphys back in 2019. The band has decided to split the 38-day tour into two legs. Each leg of the tour will feature different supporting acts.

On January 12th, 2022, Belgian musician Stromae released new single “L’enfer”. The song will be a track featured on Multitude, which will come out on March 4th of this year.

Since forming in 2014, Shadow of Intent has attracted a following due to their progressive rock styling of deathcore. The band uses their highly technical musical skills to create symphonic style metal that has contributed to a new renaissance within the deathcore scene. To this day, Shadow of Intent has earned 60 million streams, 22 million YouTube videos, and 240,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Shadow of Intent looks to continue their success with the new album, Elegy.

On January 7th, 2022, New Jersey pop-punk group All Systems Go released a new single, “Don’t Let Me Go”. Paired with a music video released on January 14th, this song is a motivating and hopeful song through times of struggle.

The creepy Las Vegas-based shock rockers Vampires Everywhere have released a new single and music video for their song "Sudden Death.” While fans of Vampire Everywhere will no doubt greet the announcement with great pleasure, news of the release can be thrilling for the members of the band themselves.

On January 14th, heavy metal band Once Human released their fourth latest single and music video for “Erasure” off their soon-to-be-released album “Scar Weaver” available on February 11th. The band had been working hard the last handful of years to release their third studio album and so far it seems it has been well worth the long wait since their previous album back in 2017 titled “Evolution”.

Pop-punk band Loss Of Signal is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland but you would be forgiven if you thought they came straight out of Southern California. Loss Of  Signal has a style that is very much influenced by the pop-punk bands of the 90s and early 2000s. Fans of bands such as Blink-182, Sum 41, and New Found Glory will gravitate towards Loss Of Signal whose sound, while reminiscent of earlier pop-punk, also throws in newer influences as well. 

On Friday, January 7, 2022, the undeniable rock chanteuse DIAMANTE dropped her latest single "Difícil De Amar" (out via Anti-Heroine). The track is the Spanish version of her heartbreaking single "Unlovable" which has already clocked up a staggering 763,000 views and counting on YouTube.

Waterparks has been one of my favorite bands for the past 6 years or so. I’ve watched them release their first full-length album, and I’ve seen them grow from that. In 2021, their album Greatest Hits was released, paired with the “A Night Out on Earth” tour - which I, of course, attended. 

On December 17th, musical group Christopher Hill and the Stardust Crush released their new single, “The Gravity of the Goddess (No One Else Can Dance Like You)”. It is paired with a music video, featuring Christopher Hill themself laid over nature and space scenes.

Fans of ethereal and dark genres such as goth, synthwave, and shoegaze will find much to enjoy in the music of Black Rose Burning. Instrumentalist, producer, and engineer George Grant formed this dark rock band. Reminiscent of classic bands like The Dammed, The Cult, and The Veldt and newer acts Twin Tribes and Creux Lies, Black Rose Burning combines pop sensibilities with a grounding in hard rock amid a gothic atmosphere. Four years after the band’s debut, Black Rose Burning has announced the release of the sophomore album, The Wheel. 

This year just kept on giving with new albums and singles at every turn. After the hellish 2020 year, we all needed some normalcy in a world of chaos. Every genre of music rolled out new singles for their fans to get back to what we all know and love. Along with new albums, new singles, and tour dates being released, we all can't help but feel spoiled with getting back to what we missed most.

Here at Death Moth Press, we wanted to give you all our opinions of Album of the Year for 2021. It was hard to narrow down to just one but in case you missed it, here’s the albums that made our year.

The multi-faceted artist AMMO has utilized her experience as a photographer and filmmaker to better connect with audiences. A rock photographer, AMMO became very much involved in the music community by profiling bands she saw as being vital to the scene. After getting her start in fashion photography and directing music videos, AMMO would eventually produce a feature film. She then co-founded PLAG Present, a platform to promote women and LGBTQ  musicians. 

On December 16th, musician Nat Puff - known as Left at London - released a new single, “Bloodlust”. After coming up with the lyrics in an Instagram live and fleshing it out from there, the song took a different musical form and was released as a standalone single.

On December 8th, 2021, Vancouver-based deathcore band AngelMaker released another two-track EP, Eclipse, along with a music video for the lead single “Exit Signs”.

Hailing from San Francisco, funk metal band No Captains has been electrifying the Bay Area club scene and beyond with their highly energetic performances. One of the few heavy, hard-hitting bands that encourages their audiences to dance and not just bang their heads, No Captains makes every show a true party experience. Audience participation is appreciated, and the group leads chants and singalongs making a typical show a more inclusive experience for their fans. 

Daniel Rosenfeld, also known as C418, is a German producer, sound engineer, and legendary video game artist. C418's newest release is EP Cookie Clicker, with a total of five songs and a length of roughly 22 minutes. 

Dark and edgy, the band Dead Posey has been attracting a following of fans who are drawn to the group’s anti-establishment lyrics and blistering industrial sound. The duo of Danyell Souza and Tony F. have tackled issues such as sexism, mental illness, and oppressive political systems through their hard-hitting songs and music videos depicting surreal imagery and scenes of horror. The latest music video from Dead Posey, “Sorry I’m Not Dead” upholds the group’s defiant stance against the forces of repression. Among the visceral scenes in the video has a pig-headed man tied to a chair with the alluring, yet dangerous Souza dancing around him menacingly brandishing a knife.

On November 24th, Olly Alexander - better known as Years & Years, released a new single with Galantis, “Sweet Talker”. This single will be featured on his upcoming album Night Call which you can pre-order here.