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
Decoy – Becoming (Single)
Label – Bound by Modern Age Records / Betrayed By Life Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: With riffs that rip ears off and a snare that pops like a shotgun, “Becoming” shows itself as a track intent on violence that has a feral streak. Decoy‘s path in 2025 looks to be filled with carnage, we can’t wait to hear and see it.
Hour of Reprisal – Surgical Strike (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Vengeful and venomous as ever, Hour of Reprisal drop the first taste of their new material with “Surgical Strike“. The seething vocal performance gives a cutting edge with a staple Hour of Reprisal breakdown that will have people swinging.
The Throwaway Scene – Talking Slowly (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Jack recommends: Talking Slowly sees emo-punk upstarts The Throwaway Scene double down on some of the sounds they’d explored on the fantastic On Death & Dying EP. Anthemic choruses, catchy riffs, and toe-tapping drum beats, this new single sees the band leaning further into their influences in Placebo and My Chemical Romance, and it’s something they are remarkably good at. We can only hope that this is the beginning of something great.
The Losing Score – Exhausting (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify)
Dobbin recommends: The Losing Score make alt rock with emo flair, harkening back to the good songs on the school dance playlist. “Exhausting” is their first track in three years following an album cycle that sent the plucky UK band over the Atlantic. This track hand-claps its way through all the anxieties they endured throughout that process.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
ameokama – i will be clouds in the morning and rain in the evening
Label – Independent
One Hundred Thousand – Liminal
Label – Independent
Pulse – Body Is Reality
Label – Independent
Unreqvited – A Pathway to the Moon
Label – Prophecy Productions
Captive – Conditioned To Suffer (EP)
Label – Independent
CLEARxCUT – Against Civilization (EP)
Label – BBMA
I Drink My Coffee Alone – Endlick unendlich (EP)
Label – Independent
The Crimson Armada – Ceremony (EP)
Label – TCA EMPIRE
DARKO US – DEATHMASK 3 (EP)
Label – Independent
False Body – Leaving to Mourn (EP)
Label – Independent
ACCVSED – Don’t Let Me Fall Apart (feat. The Narrator) (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Archers – Never Enough (Single)
Label – SBG Records
Brains Outward – I Hope You Die (Single)
Label – Independent
chaos.sequence – UNDER THE KNIFE / HUSH (Single)
Label – Independent
Demon Hunter – Falling Apart (feat. Set the Sun) (Single)
Label – Independent
Earth Caller – Venom (Single)
Label – Independent
Imminence – Death Shall Have No Dominion (Single)
Label – Independent
Karmella – INTO THE EMPTY (Single)
Label – Independent
Kulan Gath – Empty Words (Single)
Label – Independent
Lost in Separation – Black Mirror (Single)
Label – Independent
Major Moment – Lunacy (Single)
Label – Independent
MAYFLOWER – The Cure (Single)
Label – Independent
Plini – hägring (Single)
Label – Independent
Slaughterhouse – Sick and Tired (Single)
Label – pirates press records
Small Voice – The Ring (Single)
Label – Independent
Spiritbox – No Loss, No Love (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Tidebringer – Kage (Single)
Label – Independent
Blood May Rise – CONTROL (Single)
Label – Independent
Comeback Kid – Wake The Dead (20 Year Anniversary Version) (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
Doomsday – The Outlaw (Single)
Label – Creator-Destructor Records
Vicious Rain – The Devil & Lovers (feat. Future Static) (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Mirabi Frame – Shokuazi (Single)
Label – Chaotic Noiz
Rivers of Nihil – House of Light (Single)
Label – Independent
Sugar Spine – Burnt Beyond Recognition (Single)
Label – Heavy Collective
The Rising Tide – Coward (Single)
Label – TIDE Records
Revnoir – Revenge (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Slaughtercult – Repulsed By Your Haggard Appearance (Single)
Label – Independent
Stray From The Path – Kubrick Stare (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
Synestia – Dies Irae (Single)
Label – Independent
The Xebellian Triangle – Omnes Bonae Puellae Ite Ad Infernum (Single)
Label – Independent
DISECT – TOO MANY SCARS (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records
DOOMSCEOPE – FAUX GODS (Single)
Label – Independent
Mizmor – Pandemonium’s Throat (feat. Hell) (Single)
Label – Gilead Media
Splinters. – Broken (Single)
Label – Independent
Wounded Touch – The Damning Variable / Choleradio (Single)
Label – Smartpunk Records
HARDCORE RELEASES
Blvd of Death – Street Fight
Label – Born Dead Collective
HAG – RISE
Label – Treeline Recording
No Leash – THE KIDS WILL HAVE THEIR SAY
Label – Independent
FINAL RESTING PLACE – BOUND BY AFFLICTION (EP)
Label – Daze Records
Impending Doom – TOWARDS THE LIGHT (EP)
Label – Independent
Major Pain – Ability Promo (EP)
Label – Indecision Records
Neven – Zakon Ijubavi (EP)
Label – Geenger Records
Ravine – Second Chance (EP)
Label – Independent
Born To Die – For Cleansing (Single)
Label – HardKill Records
DETHRONED – Numb 2 Life (feat. Words of Concrete) (Single)
Label – recordJet
Nasty – Iron Grip (feat. Terror) (Single)
Label – Independent
Combust – Everyone’s Enemy (Single)
Label – Triple B Records
10 Sluggz – Inveterate Disease (Single)
Label – Independent
False Reality – Cranium (Single)
Label – Hassle Records
Rot – Oubliette (Single)
Label – Daggers Out Recodings
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
THE DEFECT – DEATH X DESTINY
Label – FiXT
since torino – a long night down to calgary (EP)
Label – Independent
Aim High – TIPTOES (Single)
Label – Sauce With Spoons
Amira Elfeky – Death of Me (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records
Black Orchid Empire – Angelfire (SIngle)
Label – Year Of The Rat Record
Blackout Problems – FRONTROW (Single)
Label – Munich Warehouse
BUG MOMENT – Chaos Emerald (Single)
Label – Independent
Deadlands – Kundalini (feat. The Pretty Wild) (Single)
Label – Spinefarm
Maelføy – Breathe (Single)
Label – Independent
Prospective – Closer (Single)
Label – Independent
Saetia – Three Faces Past (Single)
Label – Independent
Wake Me – Follow Me Down (Single)
Label – Independent
Air Drawn Dagger – Apparitions (feat. Trash Boat) (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records
Calva Louise – W.T.F (Single)
Label – Mascot Records
Cloakroom – The Story of the Egg (Single)
Label – Closed Casket Activities
Comastatic – ZORRO (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Wren – Betrayal Of The Self (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
Arcadia Grey – Her name engraved (Single)
Label – Independent
Shoreline – Forgive (feat. Joe Taylor) (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Mesker – No Drive, No Worries (Single)
Label – Independent
SENNA – High Note (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
THENEWLEVEL – BUTTERFLY (Single)
Label – Independent
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Biig Piig – 11:11
Label – RCA Records Label
Carlie Hanson – too late to cry
Label – Fearless Records
Low Roar – House In The Woods
Label – Tonequake Records
Sharon Van Etten – Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
Label – Jagjaguwar
Squid – Cowards
Label – Warp Records
Maeyuuki & FloweBoyDeMii – наш собственный мир (EP)
Label – Independent
SODA BOYZ – Not Boyz Anymore (EP)
Label – PAPATI Records
A-Sun Amissa – Our Hearts Bent As Crooked Lightning (Single)
Label – Gizeh Records
Ava Max – Lost Your Faith (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records
Dom Dolla – Dreamin (feat. Daya) (Single)
Label – Good Fortune Records
Georgie Riot – Drop It (Single)
Label – Riot Records
Sacred Skin – The Lights (HEALTH Remix) (Single)
Label – Artoffact Records
timesgone – scattered dream (Single)
Label – Independent
In Explosions – seer (Single)
Label – droneshipx
Isaac Howlett – House Of Cards / Endless Night (Single)
Label – Terrifying Tiger
Lights – ALIVE AGAIN (Single)
Label – Independent
S1RENA – Atlantis (Single)
Label – Columbia Local
Tennis – Weight Of Desire (Single)
Label – Mutually Detrimental
DJ Kuroneko – melancholic angel (Single)
Label – LUC Records
Korine – In Your Eyes (Single)
Label – Born Losers Records
Hamartia – Bloom (Single)
Label – Independent
Pale Blue Eyes – The Dreamer (Single)
Label – Broadcast Recordings
Rum Jungle – What’s it Like (Single)
Label – Independent
she’s green – Graze (Single)
Label – Photo Finish Records
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Earth 1 (Single)
Label – Jagjaguwar
Esther Rose – New (Single)
Label – New West Records