New Music Friday – January 12th, 2024

Welcome to New Music Friday, where we wrap-up all of the releases from the week ranging from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. Give our release calendar a look to see what other releases are coming up. The NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page.

STAFF PICKS

BIG|BRAVE – i felt a funeral (Single)
Label – Thrill Jockey
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: I’m stunned to find that BIG|BRAVE were already able to enter another album’s release cycle, so soon after the esoteric and powerful nature morte. “i felt a funeral” will be the opener of A Chaos Of Flowers, and it hints that the record will be a more pensive and withheld. Mat Ball‘s signature licks being held short of overwhelming, and swarming drones are tamed carefully whilst Robin Wattie softly sings. This is sure to be a unique album from an already storied group.

King Yosef – Cut the Cord/Shame’s Mirror (Single)
Label –
BLEAKHOUSE
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Nisrin recommends: Following the release of his first full length project, King Yosef continues to distance himself from the industrial hip hop and trap sound of his previous work with two new singles; “Cut the Cord” and “Shame’s Mirror”. Although these singles are unique in comparison to each other, both feel like a natural progression after An Underlying Hum. With its slower, yet devastatingly heavy and punchy pulse, “Cut the Cord” utilises a crunchy tone on its guitars and Yosef’s vocals while also maintaining the eerie atmosphere that Yosef likes to build into his work. On the other hand, “Shame’s Mirror” feels like a continuation of some of my favourite parts of An Underlying Hum like the more melancholy cut, “Pulling At A Thread”. Its despondent droning is eventually abandoned to segue into a Nine Inch Nails or even HEALTH adjacent break, becoming one of the coolest moments in a Yosef track thus far.

4s4ki – Magic sword (Single)
Label –
Victor Entertainment
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Picking up where they left off last year, alternative pop artist 4s4ki delivers brand new track “Magic sword” that is scattered with hyerpop influences. How 4s4ki will continue to bend the barriers of the pop genre will be a sure highlight of the coming year.

CELL – Certain Death (Single)
Label –
Unbeaten Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Max recommends: A ferocious, no-punches-pulled beatdown affair through and through, CELL‘s “Certain Death” is heavy, percussive and biting slice of heavy hardcore that finds its beauty in its simplicity. With violent chugging, aggressive and confronting vocals, and a great sense of atmosphere throughout, “Certain Death” is an absolute must-listen for fans of all things gloomy, heavy and disgusting.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Domination Campaign – A Storm of Steel
Label – Prosthetic Records

Emil Bulls – Love Will Fix It
Label – Arising Empire

Infant Island – Obsidian Wreath
Label –
Secret Voice

Afterglow – Inward
Label – Independent

Cariosus – Will, Until Beauty
Label – Independent

Drown In Sulphur – Dark Secrets of the Soul
Label – Scarlet Records

If I Were You – Wither//Without
Label – Independent

Massa Nera & Quiet Fear – Quatro Vientos // Cinco Soles
Label – Persistent Vision

Project 86 – OMNI, Pt. 2
Label – Independent

Ryujin – Ryujin
Label – Napalm Records

Escuela Grind – DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL (EP)
Label – MNRK Heavy

Alluvial – Death Is But A Door (EP)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Decoy – Re:Selection (EP)
Label – Lantern Light Records

Extinction A.D. – Ruthless Intent (EP)
Label – Unique Leader Records

Greg Puciato – FC5N (EP)
Label – Federal Prisoner

Aborted – Death Cult (feat. Despised Icon) (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Aerial – Silent (Single)
Label – Independent

Alterth – Fear For Eternity (Single)
Label – MJB Audio

Ameonna – Behavioral Health (Single)
Label – Independent

Catalust – hell to pay (Single)
Label – Independent

Caligula’s Horse – The Stormchaser (Single)
Label – InsideOutMusic

Darkest Hour – Societal Bile (Single)
Label – MNRK

Defocus – flatlines (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Fit For A King – Keeping Secrets (Single)
Label –
Solid State Records

Forged in Fire – Surrender (Single)
Label –
Independent

Godsfarm – Ashen Throne (Single)
Label – Independent

Grayscale Season – Custom Painted (Single)
Label – Independent

Light the Fire – Decompose (Single)
Label – Independent

Kill The Lights – From Ashes (Single)
Label –
Fearless Records

Normundy – Abyss (Single)
Label –
Independent

Sable Hills – Odyssey (Single)
Label – Ember Records

Sails of Serenity – SHINE (Single)
Label –
Famined Records

The Wind Covenant – The Wonders We Leave Behind (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike

The Wise Man’s Fear – What Slept Beneath Tarvos (feat. Taylor Barber of Left to Suffer & Tyler Tate of Hollow Front) (Single)
Label – Independent

WhiteRAIN – Node (Single)
Label – Independent

A Scent Like Wolves – Interstellar (feat. Marcus Vik of Invent Animate) (Single)
Label – Theoria Records

Bloom – You & I (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Infected Rain – VIVARIUM (Single)
Label –
Napalm Records

Another Now – BREATHE (Single)
Label – Independent

Berried Alive – PETRIFIED ORANGE (Single)
Label – Independent

Gates to Hell – Resurrected (Single)
Label – Independent

October Ends – DAMAGED (Single)
Label – UNFD

See You Next Tuesday – The Other Side (Black Magnet Edits) (Single)
Label – Good Fight Music

BackTalk – A.N.T.Hill (Single)
Label – CoreHands Records

The Last Ten Seconds of Life – Broken Glass Incantation (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records

DEVILOOF – Song for the Weak. (Single)
Label – TOKUMA JAPAN COMMUNICATIONS

Stay Design – Rise of Paradise (Single)
Label –
Independent

HARDCORE RELEASES

Splitknuckle – Breathing Through the Wound
Label – DAZE

Rough Justice – Faith in Vain
Label – MVLTD

Cosmic Joke – Cosmic Joke
Label – Triple B Records

Good Cop – No Country For The Young (EP)
Label – Prank Monkey Records

Lethal Minds & xHour of Reprisalx – Burning Earth (EP)
Label – Independent

CLIQUE – Sedition (EP)
Label – Criminalized

Lifesick – Love and Other Lies (EP)
Label – Independent

Civilian – Civilian (EP)
Label – Convulse Records

SALT – WINTER PROMO ‘24 (EP)
Label – Independent

Display of Violence & Street Alleys – Northside Aggression (EP)
Label – JORELIACVLT

Aight Bet – I.D.F.W.Y. (Single)
Label –
Independent

Enemic Interior – Pilars de la decadència (Single)
Label –
Independent

Ignite – Done Digging the Grave (feat. Andrew Neufeld of Comeback Kid) (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Gouge Away – Stuck in a Dream (Single)
Label –
Deathwish Inc.

The Runts – Fence Walker (Single)
Label –
Nothing Less Records

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Casey – How to Disappear
Label – Hassle Records

Raizer – Run (EP)
Label – FiXT

The Darkest Moment – Love & Loss (EP)
Label – Prime Collective

The Plot In You – Vol.1 (EP)
Label –
Fearless Records

Anchors & Hearts – After All (Single)
Label – Redfield Records

Asking Alexandria – Dark Void (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music

Being as an Ocean – The Fullness of My Being (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music

Blanket – Ceremonia (Single)
Label – Church Road Records

Brain Cave – Death Weapons (Single)
Label –
Head2Wall Records

Chemical Youth – Eat the Rich (Single)
Label – Independent

Coilguns – You and I in the Gap (Single)
Label – Humus Records

EXTS – The Void (Single)
Label – Independent

Greywind – Swing and Sway (Single)
Label – VERSION III

Night Thieves – Through the Looking Glass (Single)
Label – Independent

Ómoia – Can You Hear Me? (Single)
Label – Independent

Purge of Sanity – Psychosis (Single)
Label – Independent

South Arcade – Nepo Baby (Single)
Label –
LAB Records

Telltale – Cardinals (Single)
Label –
Rude Records

The Broken View – Need a Friend (Single)
Label – Independent

Wake Up Hate – DRAG ME TO HELL (Single)
Label – Dark Harmony Records

What Haunts You – All Rose (Single)
Label –
Independent

Yellowcard & Hammock – Ocean Avenue (Single)
Label –
Equal Vision Records

51st Avenue – Chapters (Single)
Label –
Independent

Acres – A Different Shade of Misery (Single)
Label – Wolf At Your Door Records

Ghost Atlas – Seeker (Stretch the Night) (Single)
Label – UNFD

meth. – Shame (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records

So Far as I Know – For the Heart Seems Hollow (Single)
Label – Independent

Cyan Kicks – Dancing With Demons (Single)
Label –
Ranka Kustannus

FOXHAUNT – Blissfuck Ingorance (Single)
Label –
Independent

Issues – Since I Lost You (Single)
Label – Rise Records

Shoreline – Reviver (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

билборды – Снег (Single)
Label – Independent

СЕГМЕНТЫ – Синдром (feat. BLACK SCUM) (Single)
Label – Independent

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

CVC – B-Real
Label – CVC Recordings

Mathbonus – Pitch Black
Label – Independent

SENTRIES – Snow as a Metaphor for Death
Label – Eau Claire Records

The Vaccines – Pick-Up Full Of Carnations
Label – Super Easy

The Violent Youth – Na Igle
Label – Artoffact Records

Fainting Dreams – Those Left Untouched by the Light (EP)
Label – Independent

Anika Pyle – Arizona (Single)
Label – Independent

Black Polygons – Foliole (Single)
Label – Independent

Cape Sleep – I Want To Be Your Friend (Single)
Label –
Snowstar Records

Jasmine Clarke – Paradise (Single)
Label –
Independent

hdhd – everything to me (Single)
Label –
astralvision

Helios – Slow Motion Dream (feat. Hollie Kenniff) (Single)
Label –
Unseen

Murder Club – Pictures of Myself (Single)
Label – Le Public Space

Night Drive – I Wanna Be Adored (Single)
Label –
Chicken Ranch Records

utsyō\\ – I’m scared (Single)
Label – Independent

Volition – Take It All (feat. REEBZ) (Single)
Label –
YANA Music

Ride – Peace Sign (Single)
Label –
Wichita Recordings

Letters Sent Home – I hope I die first. (Single)
Label –
SHARPTONE

Suki Waterhouse – OMG (Single)
Label –
Sub Pop Records

The Chisel – Those Days (Single)
Label –
Pure Noise Records

Trace Amount – Living Accessory (Single)
Label – Independent