New Music Friday – March 4th, 2022

This week’s culmination of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff.

STAFF PICKS

Stillnight – Eidolon (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Stillnight show off groovy riffs and heavy chugs in a track that builds up momentum for their upcoming album, Dream State, which is out later this month.

The Daily Chase – Killjoy (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: In this cinematic story-driven video, The Daily Chase showcase a beautiful music video to accompany what is one of the best singles to drop this week.

Vein.fm – This World Is Going To Ruin You [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Closed Casket Activities/Nuclear Blast
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dallis recommends: Eerie, ominous, destructive, haunting, and heavy as fuck. Vein.fm capture every essence in This World Is Going To Ruin You and present an absolute masterpiece of a record to be remembered.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Cold Night For Alligators – The Hindsight Notes
Label – Arising Empire

As I May – Karu
Label – UPRISING! Records

Crowbar – Zero And Below
Label – MNRK Records

Sabaton – The War to End All Wars
Label – Nuclear Blast

Midnight – Let There Be Witchery
Label – Metal Blade Records

Silvercord – Umbral
Label – Famined Records

Sanhedrin – Lights On
Label – Metal Blade Records

Circa Survive – Two Dreams
Label – Rise Records

Sylvaine – Nova
Label – Season of Mist

Deserted Fear – Doomsday
Label – Century Media Records

Hath – All That Was Promised
Label – Willowtip Records

Vio-Lence – Let the World Burn (EP)
Label – Metal Blade Records

Tool – Opiate (Single)
Label – RCA Records Label

Gravemind – Death Touch (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records

Kublai Khan TX – Loyal to None (Single)
Label – Rise Records

Windwaker – Lucy (Single)
Label – Independent

Hollow Front – The Price of Dreaming (Single)
Label – UNFD

Bleed From Within – Levitate (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Wolves At The Gate – Deadweight (Single)
Label – Solid State Records

Paleface – The Orphan (Single)
Label – Independent

Convictions – Supernova (Single)
Label – Independent

Diesect – Loose Ends (Single)
Label – Independent

From Fall to Spring – Barriers (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Crown Magnetar – God Is My Enemy (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records

Dark Watch – Yudi: The Jade King (Single)
Label – Jacobra Records

Light the Fire – Counterfeit (Single)
Label – Independent

Papa Roach – Cut The Line (Single)
Label – New Noize Records

Drudkh – The Nocturnal One (Single)
Label – Season of Mist

Nekrogoblikon – Golden Future (Single)
Label – Mystery Box

Dark Funeral – Leviathan (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Arkaik – Labyrinth of Hungry Ghosts (Single)
Label – The Artisan Era

Abbath – The Book of Breath (Single)
Label – Season of Mist

Lions at the Gate – Bed of Nails (Single)
Label – Independent

Meshuggah – Light The Shortening Fuse (Single)
Label – Atomic Fire

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Beachheads – Beachheads II [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Fysisk Format

Belmont – Aftermath
Label – Pure Noise Records

The Flower Kings – By Royal Decree
Label – InsideOutMusic

downcast – i saw hell when i was with you
Label – Independent

Just Friends – HELLA
Label – Pure Noise Records

Eva Under Fire – Love, Drugs & Misery
Label – Better Noise Music

Ghost – Twenties (Single)
Label – Lorna Vista Recordings

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Poster Child (Single)
Label – Warner Records

Stand Atlantic – hair out (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records

Columbus – Full Heart (Single)
Label – Independent

Hot Chelle Rae – Stupid Song (Single)
Label – Yama Records

Bearings – Shaking Your Mind (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

FALSET – Love Me Like My Demons Do (Single)
Label – MRI

PUP – Matilda (Single)
Label – Independent

Hopes Die Last – Silence Broken (Single)
Label – Independent

Point North – Dark Days (feat. Jeris Johnson) (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records

PLACEBO – Happy Birthday In The Sky (Single)
Label – SO Recordings

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE RELEASES

Stereophonics – Oochya!
Label – Ignition Records

Anna Shoemaker Everything is Fine (I’m Only on Fire)
Label – +1 Records

Guided by Voices – Crystal Nuns Cathedral
Label – Independent

Oh Hiroshima – Myriad
Label – Napalm Records

Band Of Horses – Things Are Great
Label – BMG Rights Management

The Weather Station – How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars
Label – Fat Possum

Luna Li – Duality
Label – In Real Life Music

Peach Pit – From 2 to 3
Label – Columbia

Bandicoot – Black After Dark
Label – Libertino Recordings

Eades – Delusion Spree
Label – Heist or Hit

KAWALA – Better With You
Label – EMI.

Charli XCX – Baby (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records UK

Pixies – Human Crime (Single)
Label – Infectious Music

Sharon Von Etten – Used To It (Single)
Label – Jagjagwar Records

Charlotte Sands – Lost (Single)
Label – PIVTL Projects

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