New Music Friday – May 20th, 2022

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

Karmella – Porcelain Roots (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Harry recommends: With ‘Porcelain Roots‘, New York City alternative outfit Karmella offer their heaviest song to date, a powerful and emotive metalcore tune backed by low-tuned guitars, haunting ambience, and a superb, piano-infused breakdown that hits way harder than it has any right to.

Mimi Barks – DEADGIRL (Single)
Label – Silent Cult Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Mimi Barks pushes genre boundaries with her latest track ‘DEADGIRL‘, this venomous track once again shows that Mimi Barks will soon become one of the standout stars in the UK.

Microwave – Straw Hat (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Sean recommends: Microwave’s new single ‘Straw Hat’ is intimate and emotional. Combined with some eclectic riffs, it makes for another strong showing from the band.

A Dozen Black Roses – Treading Ever So Deeply (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dallis recommends: In a sonically expansive track, A Dozen Black Roses put forward an addictively demolishing and melody riddled sound that is demanding of your attention.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Malevolence – Malicious Intent [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Nuclear Blast

Casket Feeder – Servants of Violence [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

TARLD – Trapped [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Blood Blast

Imonolith – Progressions [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

Cave In – Heavy Pendulum
Label – Relapse Records

VOLA – Witness (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Mascot Records

Septicflesh – Modern Primitive
Label – Nuclear Blast

Sadist – Firescorched
Label – Agonia Records

Evergrey – A Heartless Portrait (The Orphéan Testament)
Label – Napalm Records

James LaBrie – Beautiful Shade Of Grey
Label – InsideOutMusic

Anvil – Impact Is Imminent
Label – AFM Records

Earth Eater – Infinite Ruin
Label – Independent

Drag Me Out – Crystal Arms (Single)
Label – Lödereih Music

Cane Hill – A Form of Protest (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music

Soreption – The Artificial North (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records

Dragged Under – Suffer (Single)
Label – Mascot Records

Arch Enemy – Sunset over the Empire (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Brojob – Recidivism (feat. And Hell Followed With) (Single)
Label – Hollowed Records

Bleeding Through – Rage (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records

Lost Society – 112 (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Fox Lake – Dog Eat Dog (Single)
Label – Independent

Bitter Bliss – Family // Enemy (feat. ten56.) (Single)
Label – Independent

Tidebringer – Coward (Single)
Label – Independent

P.U.L.S.E. – Flies (Single)
Label – Independent

Kardashev – Glass Phantoms (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records

Patient Sixty-Seven – Feel Alive (feat. Kellin Quinn) (Single)
Label – Independent

The Algorithm – Data Renaissance (Single)
Label – FiXT

Life Right Now – Bones (Single)
Label – Independent

SPAWN – Apologist (Single)
Label – Independent

Catch Your Breath – Dial Tone (Single)
Label – Independent

The Disaster Area – We All Will Lose (Single)
Label – Redfield Records

Dub War – Vibes In The Place (Single)
Label – Earache Records

Set For Tomorrow – The Alphablegh (feat. Tired Violence) (Single)
Label – Outlast Entertainment

Creature – Lines (Single)
Label – Independent

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Static Dress – Rouge Carpet Disaster [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

SPICE – Viv [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Dais Records

Secrets – Get Outta My Head (Single)
Label – Velocity Records

Alexisonfire – Sans Soleil (Single)
Label – Dine Alone Music

Asking Alexandria – Faded Out (feat. Within Temptation) (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music

Coheed and Cambria – Comatose (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records

Thrice – Dead Wake / Scavengers (Acoustic) (Singles)
Label – Epitaph

Anthony Green – Center of It All (Single)
Label – Born Losers Records

Glass Tides – Paranoia (Single)
Label – Independent

Our Last Night – Uninstall (Single)
Label – Independent

Palaye Royale – Broken (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records

Valleyheart – Miracle (Single)
Label – Tooth & Nail Records

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE RELEASES

Flume – Palaces [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Future Classic

Everything Everything – Raw Data Feel
Label – Infinity Industries

Lykke Li – EYEYE
Label – Play It Again Sam

Porridge Radio – Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
Label – Secretly Canadian

The Unlikely Candidates – Panther Island
Label – Another Century

Oakman – Fantasy (Single)
Label – Rude Records

The Barnum Meserve – Gaslight (Single)
Label – 34D Records

Hundredth – Fantasize (Single)
Label – Independent

Magnolia Park – Feel Something (feat. Derek Sanders) (Single)
Label – Epitaph

The Wonder Years – Summer Clothes (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records

Mayday Parade – Losing My Mind (Single)
Label – Rise Records

Yours Truly – Hallucinate (feat. You Me At Six) (Single)
Label – UNFD

Oliver Tree – I Hate You (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records

Seahaven – Apartment / Lost (Singles)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Human Impact – Imperative (Single)
Label – Ipecac Recordings

K-POP RELEASES

Yerin – ARIA
Label – SUBLIME

Kassy – LOVE & HATE
Label – Nextar Entertainment

HYO – DEEP
Label – SM Entertainment

ONEUS – TRICKSTER
Label – RBW Inc.

(G)I-DLE X R3HAB – Tomboy (R3HAB Remix) (Single)
Label – Cube Entertainment