Welcome to this week’s edition of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff.
STAFF PICKS
As Everything Unfolds – Blossom (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: As Everything Unfolds follow up the outstanding and anthemic “Felt Like Home” with “Blossom“, another foray into their more melodic-angled direction, alongside a fierce, if admittedly brief, taste of their heavier sound sprinkled in.
Traveller – Sleepless (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Jonathan recommends: German metalcore quartet Traveller unleashes “Sleepless“, an offering that is as hard-hitting as it is gorgeous. A blanket of ambience envelopes the barrage of djenty riffs and aggressive vocals to create a must-listen track for fans of Invent Animate.
Currents – Vengeance (Single)
Label – SharpTone Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Matt recommends: With “Vengeance“, the Connecticut-based metalcore titans lean into their heavy side and create a brutalizing cut. Packed with chunky riffs, relentless drumming, a vicious vocal performance, and a healthy dose of Currents technicality, it is a track which further shows the group are brewing something massive.
Headwreck – Let It Feel (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Harry recommends: “Let It Feel” is a polished yet intensely raw nu-metalcore anthem from Australian up-and-comers, Headwreck. The measured breakdown and ethereal clean vocals in the ambient bridge lend the track a maturity and depth, turning it from an aggressive two-step rager into a complete journey. Definitely one to watch.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Our Mirage – Eclipse [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Arising Empire
Pincer+ – Hunting God Tapes. Vol. 1: Violence (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Greyscale Records
Melted Bodies – The Inevitable Fork, Vol. 1 (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Oceans – Hell Is Where the Heart Is, Pt. III: Clarity (EP)
Label – Nuclear Blast
The Last Ten Seconds of Life – Disquisition of an Execution (EP)
Label – Unique Leader Records
Sanction – Sixhundredthirtyone (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Darkmatter – Claustrophobia (Single)
Label – Independent
Caliban – The Shadow (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Alera – Never Meant to Go This Way (Single)
Label – Independent
Beneath My Feet – Caught in a Hurricane (Single)
Label – Noble Demon
High Command – Eclipse Of The Dual Moons
Label – Southern Lord
Once Awake – Once Awake
Label – Independent
Karg – Resignation (EP)
Label – AOP Records
Circle of Contempt – Assent (Single)
Label – SFC Music
Hitbox – GLOBAL AND OFFENSIVE (EP)
Label – KILLMILORD
Judicator – The Majesty of Decay
Label – Prosthetic Records
Archetype X – Regression
Label – Independent
Embrace The Eternity – The Soul (Single)
Label – Independent
Colour in the Clouds – Inosculation (Deluxe)
Label – Independent
Sold Soul – Cathedral of Dracul (Single)
Label – Independent
Going Off – More Love (Single)
Label – More Love Records
Angelmaker – In Dying Days (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Shape I’m Takin’ (Single)
Label – Warner Records
David Maxim Micic – BILO IV
Label – Independent
Lansdowne – Halo
Label – AFM Records
Rabea Massaad – Giving 6
Label – Genghis Records
Superlove – Colours (Deluxe)
Label – Rude Records
Circles – The Stories We Are Afraid Of, Vol. 1 (EP)
Label – Wild Thing Records
Story of the Year – Take the Ride (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Acres – Into Flames (Single)
Label – A Wolf At Your Door Records / Silva Screen Records
Dead Eyes – Caged (Single)
Label – Independents
Frostbitt – Cyber Walk (Single)
Label – Independent
Meliorist – Daydreaming (Single)
Label – Independent
Patient Sixty-Seven – Feel Alive (feat. Kellin Quinn of Sleeping With Sirens) (Reimagined) (Single)
Label – Independent
Conquer Divide – Santa Tell Me (Single)
Label – Mascot Records
Elder – Innate Passage
Label – Stickman Records
Between Oceans – Private Hell (Single)
Label – Independent
Solarset – Let’s Get Personal (EP)
Label – Independent
THE MADNA – CREAM SODA (EP)
Label – littleHEARTS.Music
Killakoi – βETA (Single)
Label – Independent
These Four Walls – Marigold (Single)
Label – Independent
INDIE/ALTERNATIVE RELEASES
Skyler Accord – made of (Single)
Label – True Viridian
The Smith Street Band – Life After Football
Label – Pool House Records
Andrew Wasylyk – Hearing the Water Before Seeing the Falls
Label – Clay Pipe Music
New Habits – Higher Price (Single)
Label – Independent
Jamie Lenman – The Atheist
Label – Big Scary Monsters
Cornelia Murr – Corridor (EP)
Label – Full Time Hobby
Humour – Pure Misery (EP)
Label – So Young Records
Ofdrykkja – After the Storm
Label – AOP Records
Gentle Stranger – Upon Return
Label – PRAH Recordings
Avril Lavigne – Love Sux (Deluxe)
Label – DTA Records / Elektra Records
Chase Ceglie – Chaseland
Label – Independent
Sanah – sanah śpiewa Poezyje
Label – Magic Records
RoseMerry – Zamknij mi oczy
Label – Independent
Acidgvrl – SELECTED SLIMEGVRL WORKS (21-2022)
Label – Independent