New Music Releases – October 2013

October 2013 will see an absolute boatload of new releases. Start saving your spare cash now, because you'll be throwing it around during this Halloween season.

This October, Korn will unleash their first album to feature guitarist Brian 'Head' Welch in a decade! The nu-metal pioneers will gift their fans with 'The Paradigm Shift' on Oct. 8 and we can't wait to hear what Welch has brought along with his sonic homecoming.

Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison will unveil his new project Scar the Martyr with a self-titled debut album on Oct. 1. Motorhead will also impact October 2013 with their 21st, count' em, 21st studio album, 'Aftershock.' Interestingly enough, both Sepultura and Soulfly will both release new material on October, so get ready for a double dose of Brazilian heaviness.

Additional October releases include new offerings from Devin Townsend, Alter Bridge, Trivium, Death Angel, Testament, AFI + many more.

Check out all these essential October releases below!

New Music Releases - October 2013:

Oct. 1:

Devin Townsend, 'The Retinal Circus' (CD/DVD)
Fates Warning, 'Darkness in a Different Light'
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, 'Unvarnished'
Rush, 'The Studio Albums 1989-2007' (Box Set)
Scar the Martyr, 'Scar the Martyr'
Smile Empty Soul, 'Chemicals'
Within Temptation, 'Paradise' (What About Us?) (EP)

Oct. 8:

A Day to Remember, 'Common Courtesy'
Alter Bridge, 'Fortress'
Cage the Elephant, 'Melophobia'
Korn, 'The Paradigm Shift'
Soulfly, 'Savages'
The Stranglers, 'Skip Deep: The Collection'
Ulver, 'Messe I.X-VI.X'

Oct. 15:

Death Angel, 'The Dream Calls for Blood'
Deep Purple, 'Perfect Strangers Live (DVD)
Halestorm, 'ReAnimate 2.0: The CoVeRs eP'
Monster Magnet, 'Last Patrol'
Pearl Jam, 'Lightning Bolt'
Red Fang, 'Whales and Leeches'
Testament, 'Dark Roots of Thrash' (CD/DVD)
Trivium, 'Vengeance Falls'

Oct. 22:

AFI, 'Burials'
Def Leppard, 'VIVA! Hysteria'
Ihsahn, 'Das Seelenbrechen'
Lita Ford, 'The Bitch is Back… Live'
Motorhead, 'Aftershock'
Pestilence, 'Obsideo'

Oct. 29:

Bad Religion, 'Christmas Songs'
Inquisition, 'Obscure Verses for the Multiverse'
Kataklysm, 'Waiting for the End to Come'
Protest the Hero, 'Volition'
Sepultura, 'The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart'
Skeletonwitch, 'Serpents Unleashed'
Toxic Holocaust, 'Chemistry of Consciousness'
Warbringer, 'IV: Empires Collapse'
Winds of Plague, 'Resistance'