New Music Friday – September 9th, 2022

Welcome to New Music Friday, with our wrap-up all the new metalcore, hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff. Check out our release calendar to keep track with all of the year’s upcoming releases!

STAFF PICKS

The Wise Man’s Fear – The Absence of Light (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Harry recommends: The Wise Man’s Fear demonstrate their versatility once again with blackened track “The Absence of Light“. Mongolian throat chanting, haunting cleans, and some Make Them Suffer-esque piano integration – this is one of the eeriest and most dynamic heavy tracks of the year.

Bilmuri – The Void Approacheth (Single)
Label Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Jonathan recommends: Seamlessly weaving the punch of modern metal into the skeleton of a pop song, Bilmuri releases another fun earworm in “The Void Approacheth“. His signature melancholic vocal melodies pair well with guest vocalist Summer Hoop‘s, a satisfying contrast against the track’s chunky guitars.

Tokky Horror – Jazz Music (Single)
Label – Prangin’ Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Tokky Horror are back with another absurdly fun track in the form of “Jazz Music“, and it’s one to have a shimmy and a singalong to. I cannot wait to see what this trio have to offer up in the future with new material and their upcoming headliner tour.

Harpy – Medicine (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dallis recommends: Harpy makes a welcome return with new “Medicine“, a catchy and carnal anthem drenched in bloodlust. The pitch black pop artist is seemingly carving their own route in the genre, and there will undoubtedly be anticipation towards what comes next.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Stray from the Path – Euthanasia [FULL REVIEW]
Label – UNFD

Parkway Drive – Darker Still [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Epitaph Records

Until I Wake – Inside My Head [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Fearless Records

Fallujah – Empyrean [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Nuclear Blast

Slugcrust – Ecocide
Label – Prosthetic Records

Ozzy Osbourne  Patient Number 9
Label – Epic Records

I Am – Eternal Steel
Label – MNRK Records

Revocation – Netherheaven
Label – Metal Blade Records

Warforged – The Grove | Sundial
Label – The Artisan Era

Shadow of Intent – Elegy (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Blood Blast

END & Cult Leader – Gather & Mourn (EP) [FULL REIVEW]
Label – Closed Casket Activities

Grief Ritual  Spiritual Disease (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

Counterparts – Bound To The Burn (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

For the Fallen Dreams – RE-Animate (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Signs of the Swarm – Unbridled (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records

Lamb of God – Grayscale (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Alter Bridge – Sin After Sin (Single)
Label –

Lexi Layne – Self Sabotage (Single)
Label – Independent

We Came as Romans – Golden (Single)
Label – Sharptone

Borders – Godless (feat. Elijah Witt of Cane Hill) (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Fit for a King – Falling Through the Sky (Single)
Label – Solid State Records

Godeater – Backwash (Single)
Label – Independent

Chelsea Grin – The Isnis (Single)
Label – ONErpm

Consvmer – Stimmen (feat. Connor Sweeney) (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music

landless – Nobody (Acoustic) (Single)
Label – Independent

Never Back Down – Best of Me (feat. IFA) (Single)
Label – Independent

One Morning Left – Tonight (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Ovtlier – Living Dead (Single)
Label – Independent

Frostbitt – Ocean Flanger (Single)
Label – Independent

Crooked Royals – Ill Manor (Single)
Label – Many Hats Distribution

CABAL – Exit Wound (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast Records

Gillian Carter – Drowning in Poison (Single)
Label – Skeletal Lightning

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Holy Fawn – Dimensional Bleed [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Wax Bogeda

Armor for Sleep – The Rain Museum [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Rude Records

Eat Your Heart Out – Can’t Stay Forever [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Fearless Records

Berried Alive – Our Own Light
Label – Independent

Crippled Black Phoenix – Banefyre
Label – Season of Mist

ONE OK ROCK – Luxury Disease
Label – Fueled By Ramen

Flogging Molly – Anthem
Label – Rise Records

Polkadot Stingray – 踊る様に
Label – Universal Music

Zachary Ross & The Divine – Rebuilding Heaven (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Smartpunk Records

Paul Bartolome – Reflections, Pt. 2 (EP)
Label – LEGEND Recordings

Nickelback – San Quentin (Single) [ALBUM NEWS]
Label – BMG

The Comfort – Grace (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records

Gatherers – black marigold (Single)
Label – No Sleep Records

Stain the Canvas – Stolen Youth (feat. Jeremy Tollas of Famous Last Words & Jonathan Grimes of Outline in Color) (Single)
Label – InVogue Records

Of Mice & Men – Fighting Gravity (The Forgotten Remix) (Single)
Label – Sharptone

KEN mode – Throw Your Phone in the River (Single)
Label – Artoffact Records

LUURK – Isn’t Pretend (feat. Sink With Me & Denis Stoff of Drag Me Out) (Single)
Label – Independent

Oakman – SCP (Single)
Label – Rude Records

Nonel – Whispers (Single)
Label – Independent

Brutus – Victoria (Single)
Label – Sargent House

Kingsmen – Dead Letter (Single)
Label – Sharptone

Placebo – Shout (Tears For Fears Cover) (Single)
Label – SO Recordings

Anti-Flag – IMPERIALISM feat. Ashrita Kumar (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Records

Suspyria – Tabula Rose (Single)
Label – Independent

AlienBlaze – Not Yours Never Was (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records

Dream Awake – Polar Opposites (Single)
Label – Independent

We’re Wolves – One Step Closer (Linkin Park Cover) (Single)
Label – Independent

Tigers Jaw – Old Clothes (Single)
Label – Hopeless Record

Colorblind – Ghosts (Single)
Label – Oxide Records

South Haven – Lost in the Feeling (Single)
Label – Prime Collective

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Grave Good – Tuesday. Nothing Exists. [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Tuelle

Preoccupations  Arrangements
Label – Independent

The Midnight – Heroes
Label – Counter Records

Saintgold – Spirituals
Label – Little Jerk Records

Sarah Davachi – Two Sisters
Label – Late Music

Highly Suspect – The Midnight Demon Club
Label – Roadrunner Records

Marlon Williams – My Boy
Label – Dead Oceans

The Afghan Whigs – How Do You Burn?
Label – Royal Cream

Beacon – Along The Lethe
Label – Apparent Movement

Madison Cunningham – Revealer
Label – Verve Label Group

Wyldest – Feed the Flowers Nightmares
Label – Hand In Hive

Julian Lenon – Jude
Label – Music From Another Room

The Summer Set – Blossom
Label – Independent

Oliver Sim – Hideous Bastard
Label – Young

Gabe Gurnsey – Diablo
Label – Phantasy Sound

EDEN – ICYMI
Label – MCMXCV

Miya Folick – 2007 (EP)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group

Goldpark – Summer In My Head (Single)
Label –  Hazel Street Records

CLT DRP – Aftermath (Single)
Label – Small Pond Records

The Bobby Lees – Ma Likes To Drink (Single)
Label – Ipecac Recordings

brakence – caffeine (Single)
Label – Columbia Records

Young Medicine – I’m Going to Hit Rock Bottom, You Guys Want Anything? (Single)
Label – FiXT

Suki Waterhouse – Nostalgia (Single)
Label – Sub Pop Records

Phoenix – Tonight (feat. Ezra Koenig)
Label – Glassnote Entertainment Group

Hyd – So Clear (Single)
Label – PC Music

Creature Cult – ughly
Label – Cult Recordings

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Ice V (Single)
Label – KGLW

Somebody’s Child – Broken Record (Single)
Label – Frenchkiss Records

The Big Moon – Trouble (Single)
Label – Fiction Records

Lonely The Brave – Only You Say It (Single)
Label – Easy Life Records

girlpuppy – Destroyer (Single)
Label – Royal Mountain Records

pure xtc – get lost (Single)
Label – Independent + Gatto Black

Sorry – Key to the City (Single)
Label – Domino Recording Co

Ruth Radelet – Stranger (Single)
Label – Like LTD / Gweilo

Black Lips – No Rave (Single)
Label – Fire Records

AJAY – Swindlers (Single)
Label – Independent

Winter – good (Single)
Label – Bar None Records

Chartreuse and Orlando Weeks – Satellites (Single)
Label – Independent

Jordana – Is It Worth It Now?
Label – Grand Jury Music

Mandrake Handshake – Emonzaemon (Single)
Label – Glasshouse Records

The Snuts – Knuckles (Single)
Label – Parlophone Records