New Music Friday – October 6th, 2023

Welcome to this week’s New Music Friday, our wrap-up of all the releases ranging from metalcore, post-hardcore, indie and alternative. Take a look at our release calendar to see what releases are due soon. The NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page.

STAFF PICKS

I’m letting unseen forces take the wheel – Phantom Lily (feat. ZOMBIESHARK & TWINK OBLITERATOR)
Label –
MEAT BOG
(Spotify)

Joe recommends: Returning in their outlandish fashion, I’m letting unseen forces take the wheel drop dual-single containing “Leprechauns Are Real And I’m Going To Cook One” and “Phantom Lily“. A gunfire of blast beats on one is contrasted with chiptune on the other, taking the sheer chaos of this project to a new level.

LUNE – Progeny (Single)
Label –
Resist Records
(Spotify/Apple)

Harry recommends: Melbourne metalcore unit LUNE have announced their signing to Resist Records and released new single “Progeny“, which is off their upcoming EP The Change Around Us & The Change In You, dropping next month in November.

Every Face Becomes A Skull Friend Noises (Single)
Label
– Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: Warm chords, punchy bass, dueting vocals and roof-raising lyrics – Every Face Becomes A Skull return with a real ditty. This comes from a soon-releasing 22 minute LP, promising more upbeat punk for tiny basements. It was recorded in Nottingham’s beloved DIY-institute and venue JT Soar that the band helps to maintain, a spot that is becoming a touchstone for the UK’s post-2020 underground alternative scene.  

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Svalbard – The Weight of the Mask [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Nuclear Blast

Left to Rot – Breath of The Tomb [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Southern Death

Capra – Errors
Label – Metal Blade Records

Carnifex – Necromanteum
Label – Nuclear Blast

Of Mice & Men – Tether
Label – Sharptone Records

Xorsist – At the Somber Steps to Serenity
Label – Prosthetic Records

Awakening Sun – I Am More (EP)
Label – Seek & Strike

Beastplague – A Different Animal (EP)
Label – Independent

Cold Culture – Afterthoughts (EP)
Label – Prime Collective

Forecast – Utopia (EP)
Label – Independent

Gozer – An Endless Static (EP)
Label – Independent

Wrong Man – Big Plans (EP)
Label – Sunday Drive Records

Betraying The Martyrs – GODSPEED (EP)
Label – Out Of Line Music

Aerial – Roots (Single)
Label – Independent

ChuggaBoom – Blacklist (Single)
Label – Dead Serious Records

Demon Hunter – Some of Us (Single)
Label – Solid State Records

Flatline – Febrem Somnium (Single)
Label – Flatline Records

HANABIE. – Believer -cover (Single)
Label – Sony Music

Hand Of Juno – Destroy The Line (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music

Hungry Ghost – Time Thief (Single)
Label – Independent

Lamb of God – Evidence (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Sail’s End – A World of Darkness (Single)
Label – Independent

Set the Sun – The Impossible (Single)
Label – Independent

SoulKiller – SWARM (Single)
Label – Independent

Weightless – PERSPECTIVES (Single)
Label – Independent

Atreyu – (i) (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Records

Break Fifty – Second Skin (Single)
Label – Independent

Chaosbay – ECSTASY (Single)
Label – Circular Wave

Dreamwell – All Towers Drawn in the Equatorial Room (feat. Wounded Touch) (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records

Intervals – mnemonic (Single)
Label – Independent

Uni/Vs – So Loveless (Single)
Label – Independent

Vanitas – Secrets (Single)
Label – Independent

VENUES – Oblivion (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Vildhjarta – + ylva (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Filth – Chin Check (Single)
Label –
Gutter Music Records

Gozer – Celestial Sanctuary (Single)
Label – Independent

Paledusk – RUMBLE (feat. coldrain) (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records

Sentinels – Glitch (Single)
Label – Sharptone

Night Rider – Disaster (feat. Dana Willax) (Single)
Label – Independent

Unprocessed – Blackbone (Single)
Label – Independent

Andromida – Abandon (feat. Daedric) (Single)
Label – FiXT

HARDCORE RELEASES

Forked Tongue – The Fragility of Progress (EP)
Label –
Independent

Lacerated – 700 Scars (EP)
Label – Static Ritual Recordings

MASK – Payment in blood (EP)
Label – Independent

Darkroom – Violent Initiative (Single)
Label – E. Henderson Heston Records

Doloroes – Firebomb (Single)
Lable – Independent

Going Off – Pay the Price / Bed of Concrete (Single)
Label – Church Road Records

Southpaw FLHC – STRENGTH IN NUMBERS (SIN) (Single)
Label – FLHC Records

Vantage Point – A Reminder (Single)
LAbel – Triple B Records

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Citizen – Calling the Dogs [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Run For Cover Records

Algiers – Shook (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Matador Records

Mil-Spec – Marathon
Label – Lockin’ Out Records

Tropic Gold – What a Wonderful Experience (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label –
UNFD

LaVire – No Truth To Tell, Pt.2 (EP)
Label – Independent

Nevertel – feed the machine_COLLECTION (EP)
Label – Independent

Drift – Candyland (EP)
Label – Independent

Abandoned in Destiny – Ocean Floor (Single)
Label – Independent

American Arson – Hammer & Gavel (Single)
Label – Facedown Records

Being as an Ocean – Swallowed by the Earth (Single)
Label – Out of Line Records

Blue Eyed Giants – Expendable (Single)
Label – Famined Records

††† (Crosses) – Big Youth (feat. El-P) (Single)
Label – Warner Music

DARLAH – Trials (Single)
Label –
Independent

Death X Destiny – Defiance (Single)
Label – FiXT

Dream Drop – Nudes (Single)
Label – Sony Music

FOXCULT – SILICONE DREAM (Single)
Label – Adventure Cat Records

Ghost Heart – Light It Up (Single)
Label – Independent

Harpy – Inside Out (Single)
Label –
Independent

HEALTH – CHILDREN OF SORROW (Single)
Label – Concord

Mike Shinoda – Already Over (Single)
Label – Warner Records

Mirrorcell – ZOMBIE (Single)
Label – Independent

Belmont – SSX Trickmont (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

High Regard – Surrounding (Single)
Label – Independent

Rosecoloredworld – piecesofme (Single)
Label –
Independent

Three Times Royal – Wildfire (Single)
Label – Independent

The Seafloor Cinema – If This Were A Film (feat. Onlyfriend) (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Weller – Long For The Light (Single)
Label – Independent

World Divided – Eyes to the Star (Single)
Label – Independent

Magnolia Park – The Witching Hour (Single)
Label – Epitaph Records

Nave – Never Stops Ringing (Single)
Label – Blind Rage Records

Normandie – Hourglass (feat. Dani Winter-Bates) (Single)
Label – Easy Life Records

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Bewilder – From the Eyrie
Label – Independent

Dorian Electra – Fanfare
Label – Independent

Former Hero – means to an end
Label – Birkham Records

LAUREN LAKIS – A Fiesta And A Hell
Label – Independent

Paramore – Re: This Is Why
Label – Atlantic Records

The Dear Hunter – Migrant Returned
Label – Equal Vision Records

The Keening – Little Bird
Label – Relapse Records

YOASOBI – BOOK 3
Label – Independent

Florence Arman – Love’s The Worst (EP)
Label – Independent

Mirabi Frame – Mirage (EP)
Label – Independent

She’s In Parties – End Scene (EP)
Label – Submarine Cat Records

YESUNG – Unfading Sense – The 5th Mini Album (EP)
Label – SM Entertainment

なきごと – kimitokurashinomannakade (EP)
Label – [NOiD]/murffin discs

Carpool Tunnel – Driving to the Moon (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Hazel English – There She Goes (Single)
Label – Independent

Aimer – 白色蜉蝣 (Single)
Label – Sony Music

Cindy – Likely Story / Saw It All (Single)
Label – Tough Love

ENOLA – Looking Back (Single)
Label – Hell Beach

NewJeans – GODS (Single)
Label – Riot Games

Bear’s Den – Honest Mistake (Single)
Label – Communion Group

Ghost Woman – Yoko (Single)
Label – Full Time Hobby

Ragana – Winter’s Light Pt.2 (Single)
Label –
The Flenser

sophie meiers – forever mine (single)
Label – Epitaph

The Nightmares – Cruelly Yours (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records

Hdhd – first class (Single)
Label –
astralvision

TURQUIOSEDEATH – Lemon (Single)
Label – Independent

utsyō\\ – take me out (Single)
Label – Independent

LOMAJI – Reset (Single)
Label – Independent