All the new metalcore, rock and alternative releases for the week, with some staff picks from the team!
Holding Absence – The Greatest Mistake Of My Life
Label: Sharptone Records
Genre: Post-Hardcore, Alt Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Rachelle recommends: I love this album because it kept the aspects of their self-titled that I enjoyed the most while simultaneously feeling like a step forward. Lucas has unreal vocals and their use of them here in the melodic parts as well as the more post-hardcore sounding raspy parts are wonderful and the instrumentals do his voice great justice.
While She Sleeps – Sleeps Society
Label: N/A
Genre: Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dean recommends: UK metalcore mainstays While She Sleeps return with ferocity and societal disillusionment on this synth-laden follow-up to 2019’s So What?
Hail The Sun – New Age Filth
Label: Equal Vision Records
Genre: Post-Hardcore
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)
Max recommends: A quick, concise flurry of post-hardcore goodness. Soaring vocals, twinkly riffs infectious hooks aplenty; New Age Filth is a hell of a lot of fun in an extremely tight package. Don’t overlook this one!
The Armed – Ultrapop
Label: No Rest Until Ruin
Genre: Noise Rock, Hardcore Punk
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)
Joe recommends: A noisy, unrelenting and creative album from the anonymous & ever-mysterious troupe. Refract.
Suffocate For Fuck Sake – Fyra
Label: Moment of Collapse Records
Genre: Post-Metal
Summers recommends: The Post-Metal/Screamo legends are back with another great album, a follow up to their critically acclaimed In My Blood album from 2016 and it is personally my favourite of the week. The band are up to usual antics of Screamo based Post-Metal in the vein of Amenra and newer envy over smooth spoken word post-rock passages that are very reminiscent of bands like Nordic Giants. It can get very intense at points, but there are also peaceful harmonies to bring things back down to earth and balance the music out perfectly.
To The Grave – Epilogue
Label: Unique Leader Records
Genre: Deathcore
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)
Escape the Fate – Chemical Warfare
Label: Better Noise Music
Genre: Alt Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)
August Burns Red – Guardians Sessions EP
Label: Fearless Records
Genre: Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Enter Shikari – Moratorium (Broadcasts From The Interruption)
Label: Silva Screen Records
Genre: Post-Hardcore, Acoustic
(Spotify/Apple Music)
The Offspring – Let The Bad Times Roll
Label: Epitaph Records
Genre: Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Cannibal Corpse – Violence Unimagined
Label: Metal Blade Records
Genre: Death Metal
(Spotify/Apple Music)
The Disaster Area – Glasshearts
Label: Redfield Records
Genre: Post-Hardcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)
The Vintage Caravan – Monuments
Label: Napalm Records
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)
Son Lux – Tomorrows III
Label: City Slang
Genre: Art Rock, Alt Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)
Motorpsycho – Kingdom of Oblivion
Label: Rune Grammofon
Genre: Progressive Rock, Space Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Softcult – Year Of The Rat (EP)
Label: Easy Life Records
Genre: Alt Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Silverstein – Bankrupt (Single)
Label: UFND
Genre: Post-Hardcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Trash Boat – Silence Is Golden (Single)
Label: Hopeless Records
Genre: Pop Punk, Alt Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Foxing – Go Down Together (Single)
Label: Hopless Records
Genre: Indie Rock, Emo
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)
Fear Factory – Disruptor (Single)
Label: Nuclear Blast
Genre: Industrial/Groove Metal
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Wolves At The Gate – Stop the Bleeding (Single)
Label: Solid State Records
Genre: Post-Hardcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Ghost Iris – Cult (Single)
Label: Long Branch Records
Genre: Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)
Caliban – nICHts (Single)
Label: Century Media Records
Genre: Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)