STAFF PICKS
bosses – bosses (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify)
Joe: Duo bosses offer up a gorgeous atomspheric gaze-y sound on their dual singles “Grace” and “Halocline“, the soundscapes built with vocals and guitars sink themselves into the mind, to create something ethereal, emotive and captivating.
IOTA – Rose (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: IOTA serve a cocktail of grunge, shoegaze and 90s punk rock that blend the harshness of Robinson‘s snarled vocals and the reverbed guitar harmonies. With other acts such as Uzumaki starting to break through, it will be sooner rather than later that the Bristol unit do the same.
MERIT – GLASS CROWN (Single)
Label – Hermitage Recording
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: MERIT deliver a sledgehammer to the head with their maddening and blistering sound on “GLASS CROWN” that is a grizzled mix of the likes of Helpless and Death Goals, that ensures any listener who passes through is marked by their hardened vocals and riffs.
Stitched – The Human Cost (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin: Back and heavy as ever, Stitched deliver their beatdown riffs and barked vocals that will have mosh pits swinging and adrenaline coursing through the veins on “The Human Cost“. Bludgeoning riffs and beefy barked vocals make for one of the most pissed listens this week.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Beartooth – The Surface (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Red Bill Records
Blighted Eye – Agony’s Bespoke
Label – Beyond the Top Records
Coffin Rot – Dreams of the Disturbed
Label – Maggot Stomp
GIVER – The Future Holds Nothing But Confrontation
Label – End Hits Records
Glacial Tomb – Lightless Expanse
Label – Prosthetic Records
Groza – Nadir
Label – AOP Records
Ice Nine Kills – Welcome to Horrorwood
Label – Fearless Records
Illyria – Wanderlust (Instrumental Edition)
Label – Independent
I Prevail – TRUE POWER (EXPANDED)
Label – Fearless Records
Kublai Khan TX – Exhibition of Prowess
Label – Rise Records
My Own Private Alaska – All the Lights On
Label – Independent
Nightwish – Yesterwynde
Label – Nuclear Blast
The Sleeper – Veil
Label – Pennyworth Records
Vended – Vended
Label – Independent
Void of Vision – What I’ll Leave Behind
Label – UNFD
Attack Attack! – Disaster (EP)
Label – xide Records
Kingdom of Giants – Bleeding Star (EP)
Label – Sharptone
sincerely yours – Acclimate to the Sounds of a Beating Heart (EP)
Label – Independent
Aimless BCN – Traicionado (Single)
Label – Independent
AVRALIZE – upside down (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Backslide – Deep Within Suffering (Single)
Label – Independent
Beauty in a Plastic Bag – Reimagined (Single)
Label – Outlive Records
Bolu2 Death – Rjukan (Single)
Label – B2D Records
Burn Down Eden – Fake News For Breakfast (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike
Citadel – Old Blood (Single)
Label – Limbo Records
cohen_noise – Bruise (Single)
Label – Independent
INDEVTH – SICK (Single)
Label – Independent
Intercessor – Monolith (Single)
Label – Visceral Life Experiences
Seething Akira – Times Change (Single)
Label – Independent
SHIVA – Whispers in the Void (feat. A Night in Texas) (Single)
Label – Narkotix
Spliced – MASK (feat. Tyler Shelton) (Single)
Label – Independent
Traitors – SBC (Single)
Label – Independent
TYRANTS – ROT (Single)
Label – Independent
Veiled – The Sentence (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike
Vicious Rain – Hysteria (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Voided & BLACK SCUM – Paranoia (Single)
Label – Independent
Arcaeon – Celestial (Single)
Label – Independent
Saltwound – Severance (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
Shapethrower – Death Dealer (Single)
Label – Independent
The Unending – Catalyst (Single)
Label – Independent
Utsu-P – cold death (Single)
Label – KARENT
Bleeding Through – Dead But So Alive (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
Nylist – Burn (Single)
Label – Independent
Signs of the Swarm – IWONTLETYOUDIE (Single)
Label – Century Media
HARDCORE RELEASES
Daufødt – Glitter
Label – Fysisk Format
Regional Justice Center – FREEDOM SWEET FREEDOM
Label – Closed Casket Activities
Mystique – Face Your Fate (EP)
Label – Independent
Natural Human Instinct – Second Stage (EP)
Label – Northern Unrest
Body Count – Comfortably Numb (Single)
Label – Sire Records
COMMODITY – All We Have (Single)
Label – Independent
Depravity – Sweet Tooth (Single)
Label – Independent
MOUTH BREAKER – FALSE ALLIES (feat. Sinizter) (Single)
Label – RMANT//SCVMFUX
Negative Frame – Bad Blood (Single)
Label – The Coming Strife Records
SALT – CONSTANT (Single)
Label – Independent
Thirdface – Meander (Single)
Label – Exploding In Sounds Records
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Alien Nosejob – Turns the Colour of Bad Shit
Label – Anti Fade Records
Bad Neighbour – Millions
Label – Independent
Bearings – The Best Part About Being Human (Deluxe)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Giant Walker – Silhouettes
Label – Church Road Records
Pythies – Disillusion (EP)
Label – Independent
All Regards – FALLBACK (Single)
Label – Independent
ALTERJOY – ren(ai)ssance (feat. Mac Shaye) (Single)
Label – Independent
Asking Alexandria – Where Do We Go from Here? (Fairlane Remix) (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music
Chase Atlantic – DOUBT IT (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Chidori – For Sure, Chauffeur! (Single)
Label – Independent
Coilguns – The Wind to Wash the Pain (Single)
Label – Hummus Records
Dashboard Confessional & BOYS LIKE GIRLS – Watch the Fire (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group
Drew Thomas – You, Me & Desire (Single)
Label – Independent
From Fall to Spring – COME ALIVE (Single)
Label – Uncle M Music
From First to Last – REV (Single)
Label – SKELETOR INTL
Grayscale – Let Go (Single)
Label – Independent
Hostile Array – Underneath (Single)
Label – Independent
In Her Own Words – I Think It’s Time (Single)
Label – Thriller Records
Krave – Unalive (Single)
Label – Independent
Lifespark. – So Long (Single)
Label – Independent
lolitslea – Exit Plan (Single)
Label – Head Bitch Music
L.S. Dunes – Fatal Deluxe (Single)
Label – Fantasy Record
Osatia – wonderfuL (Single)
Label – Ghost Killer Entertainment
RedHook – Dr. Frankenstein (feat. Lucas Woodland of Holding Absence) (Single)
Label – Independent
Tally Spear – Sliding Doors (Single)
Label – Independent
The Throwaway Scene – Honeyface (Making a Scene) (Single)
Label – Independent
Twin Atlantic – I Couldn’t Miss You Much More (Single)
Label – Staple Diet
ENMY – On the Edge (Single)
Label – FiXT
FEVER 333 – MURDERER + NOSEBLEEDS (Single)
Label – Century Media
Half•alive – Sophie’s House (Single)
Label – Independent
Hot Mulligan – Warmer Weather (Single)
Label – Independent
State Champs – Light Blue (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Drug Church – Slide 2 Me (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
TSS – KILLING ME (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
A Burial At Sea – Boss Man Tony With His Big Heart (Single)
Label – Pelagic Records
Some Heard Trouble – Bitter Faith (feat. Alera) (Single)
Label – Independent
High Vis – Drop Me Out (Single)
Label – Dais Records
Lambrini Girls – Company Culture (Single)
Label – City Slang
Origami Angel – Sixth Cents (Get It?) / secondgradefoofight Sixth Cents (Get It?) / secondgradefoofight (Single)
Label – Counter Intuitive Records
Poppy – they’re all around us (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
SPLIT DOGS – Monster Truck (Single)
Label – Venn Records
The Armed – NEW! Christianity (Single)
Label – Sargent House
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Alaskan Tapes – Something Ephemeral
Label – Nettwerk Music Group
Kat Von D – My Side of the Mountain
Label – Independent
IST IST – Light A Bigger Fire
Label – Kind Violence Records
adore – disappear (feat. Bibi Babydoll) (Single)
Label – broke
Ava Max – Spot a Fake (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records
Bon Iver – S P E Y S I D E (Single)
Label – Jagjaguwar
Flowerbabe – bitebitebite (Single)
Label – Mr. D’s Magic Records
FlowerBoyDeMii – a world that seems unattainable (Single)
Label – dreamstation
Hell’s Ditch – Emergency Brakes (Single)
Label – Silent Cult
Hurtwave – Satin Sheets | Bliss in Misery (Single)
Label – Independent
IOTA – Rose (Single)
Label – Independent
Kavinsky – Nightcall (feat. Phoenix & Angèle)
Label – Universal Music
Kimbra – Honeycomb (feat. Candy Crush Saga) (Single)
Label – Independent
Lizzy McAlpine – Pushing It Down and Praying (Single)
Label – Indigo Blue/RCA Records
Slayyyter – No Comma (Single)
Label – Independent
slo/tide – Rather Be Blind (Single)
Label – Feltone
Vitesse X – Get In Girls (feat. Pearly Drops)
Label – Music Website
LAUREL – Kissing With The Top Down (Single)
Label – Communion Records
phonewifey – C_DOS CRASHDUMP (Single)
Label – New Dance Craze