"'Nighttime Stories' is a solid record from a unique band. Purely instrumental records may be difficult to pull off, but Pelican has more than enough brains and brawn to show how well it can be done" - PopMatters says about first new album by the Chicago post-metal quartet in six years. Listen to album at BandCamp.

PM chose 14 new metal albums for this month's edition of MetalMatters, they vary from emo to grind-core. It's: Baroness with their most ambitious project; Cave In and Pelican who released works that were conceived and recorded under struggling times; The Austerity Program returned with one of its strongest works to date; Darkthrone unleashed record containing […]