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
Akkadian – Mirror Soul (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Maximo recommends: Providing one of their most dynamic and face-melting offerings to date, Akkadian’s “Mirror Soul” is a biting and melodic metal anthem, that arrives just ahead of their performance at the legendary Bloodstock Open Air.
Hidden Mothers – Defanged (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: From their highly anticipated debut album, Erosion / Avulsion, “Defanged” delivers the intense blast beats, driving riffs, and passionate screams that Hidden Mothers are known for, along with rich atmosphere, haunting melodies, and delicate emotions.
Malice – The Art of Letting Go (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: The fourth track from Malice is their most esoteric yet. It’s gritty deathcore that bounces and lurches, cutting straight to its point. Malice continue to show they’re rising far above the ashes of their previous projects.
Pest Control – Time Bomb (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommend: Hot off a busy summer of festivals and opening for Turnstile, Pest Control drop new track “Time Bomb”, packed with the thrashy riffs and whirling guitars that Pest Control have become known for, and only spikes excitement for their upcoming EP.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Duhkha – A Place You Can’t Come Back From
Label – Good Fight Music
Fulci – Duck Face Killings
Label – Buck Spin
HELL CAN WAIT – Reaching The Point Where Pain Ends
Label – Independent
Inertia – Second Shadow
Label – Independent
Never Back Down – Never Back Down
Label – Circular Wave
Ghost Iris – M.U.R.K. (EP)
Label – Independent
VICTIMBLAMED – Death is Our Only Release (EP)
Label – Independent
Advents – Liminal (Single)
Label – Independent
Brains Outward & Slaughter Street – Bloodbath (Single)
Label – Independent
Consume the Assailant – Barbed Wire Strangulation (Single)
Label – Independent
Descape – Feel the Pain (feat. Wind Walkers) (Single)
Label – Independent
Diesect – SECOND DEATH (Single)
Label – Hollowed Records
Exist Immortal – Hollow (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike
Fox River – Эпилог (Single)
Label – CraftCore
Kublai Khan TX – Supreme Ruler (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Make Them Suffer – Oscillator (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
Polar – Unkillable (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Sickret – Rolling With the Punches (Single)
Label – darkTunes Music Group
The Way of Silence – Сказ: Проклятие топи (feat. Anton Kosarev of DEADBIRDS) (Single)
Label – Independent
Unprocessed – Sacrifice Me (Single)
Label – Independent
Vicious Rain – Shadow Dancer (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Void of Vision – Blood for Blood (Single)
Label – UNFD
ACCVSED – Avoider (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Nightwish – The Day Of… (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Rising Insane – Monster (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records
VOLA – I Don’t Know How We Got Here (Single)
Label – Mascot Records
Burn Absolute – Expire (Single)
Label – Independent
HANABIE. – メタ盛るフォーゼ！(Single)
Label – Sony Music
Nylist – Wired (Single)
Label – Independent
Saltwound – Hollow (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
The Undertaking! – Touch Dirt (Single)
Label – Futurelore Records
Many Eyes – Harbinger (Single)
Label – Perseverance Media Group
Oceans Ate Alaska – Onsra (Single)
Label – Independent
VCTMS – snuff.tape (feat. VCTMS) (Single)
Label – Independent
PeelingFlesh – Creepin’ Out The Cut (feat. Liturgy) (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records
The Black Dahlia Murder – Mammoth’s Hand (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records
Nails – Lacking The Ability To Process Empathy (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
HARDCORE RELEASES
Fucked Up – Another Day
Label – Fucked Up Records
Cold Authority – Ash and Blood
Label – Independent
Various Artists – One Scene Unity: A Hardcore Compilation, Vol. 4
Label – From Within Records
Cold Hard Steel – Vicious Cycle (EP)
Label – Independent
Falstaff – Trash (EP)
Label – Independent
Fatal Realm – Demo (EP)
Label – Independent
FINAL GIRLS – Prey on the Weak (EP)
Label – Independent
God Talk KC – THE TENSION MIXTAPE VOL. I
Label – Independent
Gumskab – Cut Your Teeth (EP)
Label – Cheap Life Records
Knives Chau Fan Club – inspiteofthecircumstances (EP)
Label – Independent
Revelation – Cursed To Death (EP)
Label – Faze Out
Regional Justice Center – FREEDOM (Single)
Label – Closed Casket Activities
Slugger CA – Politician (Single)
Label – LSM/TASM
WRONG STATE – IITAKUNAI (Single)
Label – Independent
You Die First – The Truth (Single)
Label – Collyde Records
Roll Call – We’ll Run You Out (Single)
Label – Independent
Sugar – Night Cruising (Single)
Label – Independent
Torture Culture – Breaker (Single)
Label – Independent
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
And So I Watch You from Afar – Megafauna
Label – Pelagic Records
Candy Hearts – You Could Be Anyone
Label – Iodine Recordings
Destroy Boys – Funeral Soundtrack #4
Label – Hopeless Records
Four Year Strong – analysis paralysis
Label – Pure Noise Records
Honey Revenge – Retrovision (Extended Edition)
Label – Thriller Records
Nova Charisma – Metropolitan
Label – Equal Vision Records
Siamese – Elements
Label – Long Branch Records
Twin Atlantic – Meltdown
Label – Staple Diet
sinema – Fear of the Fall
Label – Ephyra
Scream Mountain – Enshrined & Martyred (EP)
Label – Independent
blacktoothed – Get Me Down (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Chasing Dreams – This Is Love. (Single)
Label – Independent
Colorblind – Needle Eye (Single)
Label – Oxide Records
Fame on Fire – Nothing Left (The Fool) (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Have Mercy – Dead Letters (Single)
Label – Sparrow Sleeps
HIGHSOCIETY & Daedric – Dead by Dawn (Single)
Label – FiXT
House of Protection – Pulling Teeth (Single)
Label – Red Bull Records
Lø Spirit – SAD SONGS (Single)
Label – Misfit Records
LOVELOST – WHEN THE PANIC SETS IN (Single)
Label – Year Of The Rat Records
Mitchell Tenpenny – Demon or Ghost (feat. Underoath) (Single)
Label – Riser House Entertainment
Mouth Culture – Dead In Love (Single)
Label – InVogue Records
One Hundred Thousand – Hidden (Single)
Label – Independent
Town of Lake – No Gloss (Single)
Label – Peach Bandana Records
We Came from Wolves – Cauterise (Single)
Label – Independent
Cursive – Imposturing (Single)
Label – Run For Cover Records
Despïa – Mas (Single)
Label – Independent
Silly Goose – Tsunami (Single)
Label – Blue Grape Music
BAND-MAID – SHOW THEM (feat. The Warning) (Single)
Label – PONY CANYON
Deadlands – Villain (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Music Group
Delta Sleep – Figure in the Dark (Single)
Label – Sofa Boy Records
Itoldyouiwouldeatyou – Moscow is Silent (feat. awakebutstillinbed) (Single)
Label – Beth Shalom Records
Real Friends – Our Love Was Like A Sad Song (Single)
Label – Many Hats
Bearings – Make Your Way Back To Me (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Zetra – Suffer Eternally (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Glass Heart – The Worst Part of Me (Single)
Label – Independent
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
beadadoobee – This Is How Tomorrow Moves
Label – Dirty Hit
Bleached Cross – Columns of Impenetrable Light
Label – Protagonist Music
COOL HEAT – Abandon
Label – Spirit Goth Records
Laura Dre – Moving Spaces II: Twilight Soundscapes
Label – Independent
NIKI – Buzz
Label – 88rising
Parannoul – Sky Hundred
Label – POCLANOS
Rawzilk – primal thoughts and all (EP)
Label – Independent
Lucy In Disguise – Passing Mirrors (EP)
Label – Independent
London Grammar – Fakest Bitch (Single)
Label – Ministry of Sound
Slowly Slowly – All Time (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group
la.nskey – ABEL (Single)
Label – Guesswork
Kimbra – Ride Or Die (Single)
Label – Independent
Machine Girl – Unit I Die (Single)
Label – Future Classic
Molchat Doma – Белая Полоса / Belaya Polosa (Single)
Label – Sacred Bones Records
TORQUISEDEATH – Hold Tight (Single)
Label – Dismiss Yourself
bleach.bath – Shimmer (Single)
Label – dreamstation
Ece Era – You Know What Goes Down (Single)
Label – 2MR