New Music Friday – April 12th, 2024

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

deathdotgov – Tweak
Label –
Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: After exceptional debut single “The Observer“, it was evident what followed would match that, and latest single “Tweak” does that. Gliding between post-hardcore, emo and mathier moments, deathdotgov are difficult to quantify in their genre and sound, which makes for a fascinating listen.

Mountainscape – Towering Monoliths (Single)
Label – Celestial Dream
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends:Towering Monoliths” is the longest Mountainscape song since their debut, and thus a natural choice for a single from a riffy post metal band. It boats a raw sound, with hench bass and crazy drumwork, that is backed by soaring drones that fill the high register with pedal generated gales. Wait for triumphant turn at seven minutes in for a terrific solo and emotional outro.

never easy – show me (Single)
Label –
prettyugly
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Nisrin: Taking moments of emo, shoegaze and even scattering of nu-core comes project never easy, as they continue their foray with latest single “show me“. Delicately reverb guitar chords glisten in the track alongside vocals that build an atmosphere while sinking in vocal hooks.

Sixth Wonder – BRUTAS (Single)
Label –
Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Glasgow unit Sixth Wonder dip their toes into 2024 with latest single “BRUTAS“, chugging riffs matched with rage-filled vocals from Rebekah backed with relentless kicks make for a track that not only is pleasing on the ear but also for fists to be thrown to.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Benighted – Ekbom
Label – Season of Mist

Evergloam – Nocturnal No More
Label – Independent

Heavenly Blue – We Have the Answer
Label – Secret Voice

Imminence – The Black
Label – Independent

Sable Hills – Odyssey
Label – Arising Empire

Vampire Champagne – Decay/Metamorphosis
Label – Independent

And Hell Followed With – Untoward Perpetuity (EP)
Label – Hollowed Records

Assurance – From Ruin: Volume II (EP)
Label –
Independent

Grayweather – The Soma Collective (EP)
Label – Independent

LEYKA – Resurrection (EP)
Label – Dystopian Records

Northlane – Mirror’s Edge (EP)
Label – Independent

Annalynn – Circle the Flame (Single)
Label – Warner Music

At the Ruins – Тет-а-тет (Single)
Label – Independent

BROJOB – SLOBBER TO PREVAIL (Single)
Label – Hollowed Records

Candlelit Vigil – Clouty With a Chance of Divorce (Single)
Label – Lizard Kingdom Records

Catalust – The Other Side (Single)
Label – Independent

CHAINTWIST – AWOL (Single)
Label – Independent

Convictions – Four Horses (Single)
Label – Independent

Deep as Ocean – The Dawn (Single)
Label – Independent

Die Another Day – Transcend (Single)
Label – Independent

Exist Immortal – Dreamscape (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike

Fragments – ALLINSANE (Single)
Label – Independent

GRAY STATE – Oblivion (Single)
Label – The Coming Strife

harm.icu – small_dog32 (Single)
Label – Independent

Harroway – Heresy (Single)
Label – Independent

Half Heard Voices – Familiar Ghosts (feat. Chaney Crabb) (Single)
Label – SOUNDS OF PANIC RECORDS

Keepsake – The Ghost of Us (Single)
Label – Independent

Lanticblue – Full Circle (feat. Notions) (Single)
Label – Mad Studios

Manhack – Are You That Somebody (Single)
Label – Independent

Overthrone – Shaded Grey (Single)
Label – Independent

Keepsake – The Ghost Of Us (feat. Ricky McCandish of Saving Face) (Single)
Label – Independent

Monochromatic Black – Maligned (Single)
Label – Independent

Mutually Assured Destruction – Hexer (Single)
Label – Creator-Destructor Records

SlingBlade.GA – Goodbye (Single)
Label – Independent

Stormo – Alte Mura (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records

THRNWLKR – COUNTERFEIT KIN (Single)
Label – Independent

Traveller – Homewrecker (Single)
Label – Independent

thrown – nights (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Villain of the Story – Spiral (feat. Taylor Barber of Left to Suffer) (Single)
Label – Independent

Wage War – NAIL5 (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

Walled City – Righteous One (Single)
Label – Post Reality

Wiltwither – Locked Away (Single)
Label – Independent

Aphasia – Evergreen (Single)
Label – Theoria records

Consvmer – Agony (feat. DVST) (Single)
Label – Out Of Line

Life Moths To Flames – Dissociative Being (Single)
Label – UNFD

Malice – Abhor (Single)
Label –
Independent 

Sonja – Discretion for the Generous (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Another Now – WOULD IT KILL YOU? (Single)
Label – Independent

August Burns Red – The Cleansing (feat. Will Ramos) (Single)
Label – Sharptone 

Desolate – too old to be cobain, too young to be farley (Single)
Label – Independent

Rising Insane – Malicious (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Sunfall – Broken Mirrors // Lies (Single)
Label – Out Of Line

Dååth – Ascension (feat. Dean Lamb & Archspire) Ascension (feat. Dean Lamb & Archspire) (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records

In Hearts Wake – Farwell (Single)
Label – UNFD

UnityTX – Playing Favorites (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Black Tusk – Breath of Life (Single)
Label – Season of Mist

Make Them Suffer – Epitaph (Single)
Label – Sharptone

SeeYouSpacwCowBoy… – Red Wine And Discontent (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

HARDCORE RELEASES

Burning Lord – Arcane Demolition
Label – Streets Of Hate

Kharma – A World of Our Own
Label – Flatspot Records

False Reality – Path of Self Destruct (EP)
Label – Independent

PRINCESS – WISHES FOR AN UNTIMELY DEMISE (EP)
Label – Independent

Take it in Blood – Roadmap of pain (EP)
Label –
Quality Control Records

Stop At Nothing – Stop At Nothing (EP)
Label – Independent

Cran – Rejet (EP)
Label – Une Vie Pour Rien Vinyles

Final Form – The Devil’s Game (EP)
Label – The Coming Strife

Blindside – Cycle (Single)
Label – Loudmouth Records

Dislocation – Envy (Youth of Today) (Single)
Label – Execution

Going Off – Bound by Blood (feat. Ian Fidance) (Single)
Label – Independent

Halo Bite – Love Lighter (Single)
Label – Independent 

Set The Bar Low – Stately Lives (Single)
Label – Independent

Squid Pisser – Virus Assholes (Single)
Label – SWEATBAND Records

Cutters – An Ode To Shoplifting (Single)
Label – Legless Records

Doubt – Delusion (Single)
Label – Get Better Records

Perfect Sky – Racial Abuse (Single)
Label – WTF Records

Thin Ice – Nothing Changed (Single)
Label – Independent

DEVAN – Tales Of Sin (Single)
Label – Independent 

LEYKA – Insight (Single)
Label – Dystopian Records

PUSCH – BIG LIES (Single)
Label – Independent 

Violent Way – Forever Be Unheard (Single)
Label – Independent

World Of Joy – Walk Alone (Single)
Label – Independent

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Belmont – Liminal
Label – Pure Noise Records

Eidola – Eviscerate
Label – Rise Records

Foxblood – Whalefall
Label – Independent

Linkin Park – Papercuts
Label – Warner Records

Metz – Up on Gravity Hill
Label – Sub Pop Records

SETYØURSAILS – Bad Blood
Label –
Napalm Records

sleepmakeswaves – It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It
Label – Independent

Greyhaven – Stereo Grief (EP)
Label – Solid State Records

After Hour Animals – Tightrope (Single)
Label – Independent

Arrow Minds – S.A.D. (Single)
Label – Dead Serious Recordings

Awaken I Am – Upside Down (feat. Dillon Jones of Nerv) (Single)
Label – SBG Records

Bad Party – Drown In You (Single)
Label – Independent

Balboa Son – My Fate Is in the Fire (Single)
Label – Soundhill Oy

Cane Hill – Midnight Sun (Single)
Label – Out Of Line

Convictions – Four Horses (Single)
Label – Independent

From Inside – When You Cry (Single)
Label – Independent

James and the Cold Gun – The Sting in Your Tail (Single)
Label – Loosegrove Records

Like Ghosts – Wish You Were Dead (Single)
Label – LG Universal Audio

RedHook – Breaking Up With (Single)
Label – Independent

Rarity – Kiss! / Sick To My Stomach (Single)
Label – New Damage Records

Tally Spear – Want To Want You (Single)
Label – Independent

The Continuous – Become A Part of You (Single)
Label – Continuity Records

The Oklahoma Kid – Overpowered (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Thursday – Application For Release From The Dream (Single)
Label – Independent

Heartsick – Nightmares (feat. Sapphire Noel) (Single)
Label – THC Music

El Moono – The Waking Sun (Single)
Label – Lockjaw Records

Foxhaunt – White Nose (Single)
Label – Independent 

Living In Fiction – Where Did The Time Go (Single)
Label – High Vibe Recordings 

Shit Present – Acting Tough (Single)
Label – Specialist Subject 

Narrow Head – Love Sick (Single)
Label – Run For Cover Records

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Benjamin Stewart & Slowly Slowly – Pushing Daylight
Label – Independent

Letters Sent Home – Forever Undone
Label – Sharptone Records

Sangam – Mind-Scapes
Label – Dream Catalogue

Seagoth – How to Stay Wide Awake
Label –
Independent

Soft Kill – Escape Forever
Label – Cercle Social Records

Cruush – Nice Things, All The Time (EP)
Label – Heist or Hit

Dua Lipa – Illusion (Single)
Label – Warner Music

Kim – lost in space (feat. airshade) (Single)
Label – from heart to heart

Mimi Webb – Mistake (Single)
Label – Epic Records

Lionlimb – Dream of You (feat. Angel Olsen) (Single)
Label – Bayonet Records

Suki Waterhouse – My Fun (Single)
Label – Sub Pop Records

Lawrence Rothman – Dreams Die Hard (Single)
Label – KRO Records

claire rousay – lover’s spit plays in the background (Single)
Label – Thrill Jockey

Razor Braid – Berate Me (Single)
Label – Independent

The Lemon Twigs – How Can I Love Her More? (Single)
Label –
Captured Tracks