New Music Friday – May 26th, 2023

Welcome to this week’s New Music Friday, our wrap-up of all the releases ranging from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. Have a look at our release calendar to monitor what upcoming releases are due soon. NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page. (Cover: Erythh – DARK MAGIK)

STAFF PICKS

Mizmor (מזמור)No Place To Arrive (Single)
Label – Profound Lore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: The high priest of blackened doom, A.L.N., has readied his next salvo of chasmic metal. The second track and first single from the upcoming Prosaic LP, “No Place To Arrive” has all the key features of a Mizmor track: doom dirges, luscious acoustics, and black metal bursts. The track ought to make for a solid centrepiece on Mizmor’s shortest record to date, and A.L.N. promises the record is his most focused and least self-indulgent.

ARCHIVES – Matriarch (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Max recommends: Belfast metalcore quintet ARCHIVES return with “Matriarch”, a hard-hitting track complete with sharp percussion, bouncy riffs, and husky vocals which is sure to satisfy fans of Bury Tomorrow and Aviana.

Puppy Angst – TKO (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Harry recommends: Puppy Angst lean into their dream pop stylings on “TKO”, a hypnotic rollercoaster dripping with 20s melancholy, brought about by the heartfelt, diary-like lyricism of vocalist Alyssa Milman.

Cherish – Give ‘Em The Rope (Single)
Label – life.lair.regret. records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends:Give ’Em The Rope” leaps out the gates with galloping riffs, rapid percussion, and aggressive screams which immediately set the tone for another characteristically visceral offering from Aussie up-and-comers Cherish. Incredibly dynamic guitarwork and vocals elevate it from bombastic hardcore to a mature track which is sure to have real staying power.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Balance Breach – ABYZMAL
Label – Out of Line Music

Arrival Of Autumn – Kingdom Undone
Label – Nuclear Blast

Kalmah – Kalmah
Label – Ranka Kustannus

Cloak – Black Flame Eternal
Label – Season of Mist

Church of the Dead – Beyond Death
Label – Redefending Darkness Records

BRAINDEAD – Lifeless (EP)
Label – Independent

Ice Sealed Eyes – Vol.1: Torments (EP)
Label – Independent

Set for Tomorrow – Perfect Strangers (EP)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution

Marked;Life – Rare Candy (EP)
Label – Kontrolla Music Group

Monuments – Nefarious (Single) [NEWS]
Label – Century Media Records

ACCVSED – Deadweight (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution

Bury the Darkness – Paralyzed (Single)
Label – Independent

Clot – Trauma Bound (Single)
Label – Terminus Hate City

Cruelty – An Endless Awful Now (Single)
Label – Independent

DETHRXNER – ALPHA JUSTICE (Single)
Label – Prime Collective

Fox Lake – Hammer and Nail (feat. Chris Roetter of Like Moths to Flames) (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution

Hunt the Dinosaur – Tinfoil Hat (Single)
Label – Independent

I Prevail – Deep End (Stripped) (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

In Gloom – Hall of Sin (Single)
Label – Papa Collin’s Rodeo Recordings

Johnny Booth – Full Tilt (Single)
Label – Booth Records

One Step to Abyss – DAEINSFORMEN (Single)
Label – Independent

Shallowsky – Reap (Single)
Label – Independent

The Motion Below – Fast Tracking My Collapse (Single)
Label – Independent

Signs of the Swarm – Tower of Torsos (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Mental Cruelty – Nordlys (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Mugshot – Left in the Wake (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution

VIBORA – DANA (Single)
Label – Independent

Polaris – Inhumane (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records

We Blame the Empire – As I Fall (Single)
Label – Animals Mosh Harder Records

Citadel – Nightmare Frontier (Single)
Label – Independent

blessthefall – Wake the Dead (Single)
Label – Rise Records

Defying Decay – System Of Sinners (Single)
Label – LEGEND Recordings

NEMOPHILA – Night Flight (Single)
Label – Masterworks Publishers

Nylist – Suicide Watch (Single)
Label – Independent

The Raven Age – Forgive & Forget (Single)
Label – Music For Nations

VEXED – X my <3 (Hope to die) (Single)
Label – Napalm Records

Coma Waves – Shattered (Single)
Label – Independent

Disposition – Death Rattle (Single)
Label – Independent

Hell on Earth – Heavier Yet (Single)
Label – Independent

SorrowEater – Incantation (Single)
Label – Independent

HARDCORE RELEASES

Incendiary – Change the Way You Think About Pain [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Closed Casket Activities

Dogz Of War – Still Undisputed
Label – 1054 Records

Terminal Sleep – Chapter 2: Elicit Fear (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

Anklebiter – To Live and Withstand (EP)
Label – Independent

Drop Off Point – Bridge City Crew (EP)
Label – NZHCPP

Harm/Shelter – Banished By Life (EP)
Label – Independent

Truth Ruiner – The Violent Years (EP)
Label – Independent

World’s Grasp – Pure HEat Promo ’23 (EP)
Label – Reticulated Media

Backstabbed – Paralyzed (Single)
Label – Independent

Doped Up – Pain (Single)
Label – Independent

End Reign – Desolate Fog (Single)
Label – Relapse Records

EGO – EGO (Demo) (Single)
Label – Independent

New Clear Future – Trouble (Single)
Label – Aggrocidal Records

Notions – BLUE-EYES (feat. ROMA JONSON) (Single)
Label – Phantom Gang

Trenchknife – Crown Of Thorns (Single)
Label – Independent

Power of Fear – Tears of Shame / Eye to Eye (Single)
Label – DAZE Records

Claymore – Nothing Above / Demise (Single)
Label – Independent

Dead Heat – Endless Tortment (Single)
Label – Triple B Records

ROT AWAY – Ghost City (Single)
Label – Independent

SPINE – P.O.C (Single)
Label – Convulse Records

Wreckonize – Tried & True (Single)
Label – Divided We Fall Records

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Chain of Flowers – Never Ending Space [FULL REVIEW]
Label ALTER

Phoxjaw – notverynicecream
Label – Hassle Records

Miss Fortune – Gravity’s Rainbow
Label – LIFE OR DEATH

WSTR – Til’ the Wheels Fall Off
Label – LIFE OR DEATH

Heart Attack Man – Freak Of Nature
Label – Evil Doer

The Dirty Nil – Free Rein To Passions
Label – Dine Alone Records

The Intersphere – Wanderer
Label – OMN Label Services

JAAW Supercluster
Label – Svart Records

Sea in the Sky – Fall in Place (EP)
Label – Independent

nascar aloe – HEY ASSHOLE! (EP)
Label – Epitaph Records

Blood Command – World Domination (Single)
Label – Loyal Blood Records

Haken – The Last Lullaby (Bonus Track) (Single)
Label – InsideOutMusic

Harm – I Fear Only That My Rage Will Fade Over Time (Single)
Label – Independent

Honey Revenge – Favorite Song (Single)
Label – Thriller Records

Luring – You Disgust Me (Single)
Label – Independent

Farewell Signs – Language (Single)
Label – Independent

Not Enough Space – Nightmares (Single)
Label – Independent

Riyah – Make It Rain (Single)
Label – Prime Collective

TrainwreckSheerwood (Single)
Label – Independent

The Anix – Tethered (Single)
Label – FiXT

TRUTHTELLER – Calling / Vox (Single)
Label – Independent

CITΛDEL – Nightmare Frontier (Single)
Label – Independent

LEAVE. – Voices (Single)
Label – Independent

Movements – Fail You (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

SETYØURSAILS – Best of Me (Single)
Label – Napalm Records

Dwellings – It’s All There (Single)
Label – Tragic Hero Records

Militarie Gun – Will Logic (Single)
Label – Concord Records

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Twin Princess – Blood Moon [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

Miranda and the Beat Miranda and the Beat
Label – Ernest Jenning Record

Sparks – The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
Label – Island Records

Miya Folick – Roach
Label – Nettwek

Gia Margaret – Romantic Piano
Label – Jagjaguwar

Ftflframe – AERIA CHAPTR I (EP)
Label – Independent

Erythh – DARK MAGIK (EP)
Label – Independent

Bailey – You’re The One (Single)
Label – Independent

Dua Lipa – Dance The Night (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records

Home Is Where – floral organs (Single)
Label – Waz Bodega

Maisie Peters – Two Weeks Ago (Single)
Label – Ginerbread Man Records

Sabrina – Modo Avión (Single)
Label – SC ENTERTAINMENT

The Jackets – Life’s Not Like The Movies (Single)
Label – Chaputa! Records

CHADWICK – Butter (Single)
Label – Independent

Eden FM – Perfect Despair (Single)
Label – Garden’s Gate

Lucy In Disguise – Neon Rose Garden (Single)
Label – Independent

Roosevelt – Ordinary Love (Single)
Label – Counter Records

Slay Squad – Tote (Single)
Label – Independent