Welcome to this week’s wrap-up of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff.
STAFF PICKS
Widowspeak – The Jacket [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Captured Tracks
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dallis recommends: Wearing summer on their sleeve, Widowspeak take you on a blissful and serene journey in their sixth studio album The Jacket.
Tomberlin – tap (Single)
Label – Saddle Creek
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Ahead of her upcoming album, i don’t know who needs to hear this... , Tomberlin has released another stellar track in “tap“. Her latest effort lives up to its name with catchy beats and gorgeous chords that are like that of a beautiful daydream.
Exit Dream – last cadence (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Following on from the beauty that was their debut track “Kaleidoscope“, Exit Dream have all the markings of something special with their latest track “last cadence“. It seems the UK scene has yet another stellar up-and-comer, given just how strong these two debut tracks are.
Thornhill – Hollywood (Single)
Label – UNFD
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: With the long-anticipated announcement of the group’s sophomore full-length, Heroine, arriving this week, Australian casanovas Thornhill share a third taste of what’s to come with “Hollywood“. The band’s unique new sound, comprised of equal parts swaggering, ethereal and downright pummelling, continues to spread its wings here on “Hollywood“, with the album’s heaviest offering yet. Be sure to check back nearer release for our full review of Heroine!
Motionless In White – Cyberhex (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dean recommends: Motionless in White have returned with their newest single “Cyberhex”, a heavier track with a sonic atmosphere that is undoubtedly inspired by Mick Gordon’s work on the Doom soundtracks. Along with the single, they have announced their newest album Scoring the End of the World to be released on June 10th via Roadrunner Records.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Angelmaker – Sanctum
Label – Independent
Haunted Shores – Void
Label – 3DOT Recordings
Wolves At The Gate – Eulogies
Label – Solid State Records
Distinguisher – Under the Weight of Things I Couldn’t Change
Label – Independent
Port Noir – Cuts
Label – Despotz Records
XweaponX – Weapon X Demo (EP)
Label – Independent
Blindspott – Volume 1 (EP)
Label – Independent
The Dialectic – A Falsehood Defined (EP)
Label – Seek & Strike
Greyhaven – Ornaments from the Well (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records
Tallah – Telescope (Single)
Label – Earache Records
The Wise Man’s Fear – Where the Sky is Empty (Single)
Label – Independent
Oceans – Home (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Aviana – Transcendent (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Glasslands – Mad (Single)
Label – Velocity Records
Monument Of A Memory – Panic & Persuasion (Single)
Label – Independent
Terror – Can’t Help But Hate (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Inertia – Arisaka (Single)
Label – Resist Records
Rammstein – Zeit (Single)
Label – Universal Music
Miss May I – Unconquered (Single)
Label – Sharptone
Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows – Satellites in Motion (Single)
Label – Velocity Records
Diesect – Snake Eater (Single)
Label – Independent
AWAKENING SUN – Letting Go (Single)
Label – Independent
For The Likes Of You – Keep Digging (Single)
Label – Independent
Cancer Bats – Lonely Bong (Single)
Label – Bat Skull Records
Patient Sixty-Seven – Fatebringer (feat. Brian Wille) (Single)
Label – Independent
LOWLIVES – Misery (Single)
Label – Death Culture Records
Misery Index – The Eaters and the Eaten (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Elision – Shadow Blur (Single)
Label – Independent
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Drug Church – Hygiene [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Pure Noise Records
Franz Ferdinand – Hits To The Head
Label – Domino Recording Co
Ghost – IMPERA
Label – Lorna Vista Recordings
Shaman’s Harvest – Rebelator
Label – Mascot Records
Set It Off – Elsewhere
Label – Fearless Records
Palisades – Better (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Alexisonfire – Sweet Dreams of Otherness (Single)
Label – Dine Alone Music
Smash Into Pieces – Vanguard (Single)
Label – Independent
Porcupine Tree – Of The New Day (Single)
Label – Music for Nations
Movements – Barbed Wire Body (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Fame on Fire – Lost In Doubt (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Future Palace – Flames (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – The Dripping Trap (Single)
Label – Independent
The Veer Union – When The World Awakens (Single)
Label – Rock Shop Records
In Her Own Words – Raining In Toronto (Single)
Label – Thriller Records
Carousel Kings – Forgive and Regret (Single)
Label – Mother West
YUNGBLUD – The Funeral (Single)
Label – Geffen Records
Dead Days – Heartless (Single)
Label – Theoria Records
Windrunner – Scarlette (Single)
Label – Famined Records
Koyo – Ten Digits Away (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Prince Daddy & the Hyena – A Random Exercise in Impermanence (The Collector) (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE RELEASES
Parannoul – White Ceiling / Black Dots Wandering Around
Label – Independent
The Districts – Great American Painting
Label – Fat Possum
Florence + The Machine – Heaven Is Here (Single)
Label – Polydor Records
Story Untold – All Time Low (Single)
Label – Independent
Sunflower Bean – Roll The Dice (Single)
Label – Mom+Pop
Spiritualized – The Mainline Song (Single)
Label – Fat Possum