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