Welcome to this week’s wrap-up of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff.
STAFF PICKS
Kublai Khan TX – Lowest Form Of Animal (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Rise Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dean recommends: After finishing Lowest Form of Animal, I’ve realized that this EP is showcasing Kublai Khan TX at the top of their game so far. Definitely a collection of their best tracks yet, and if this were a full length I’m sure I would be saying the same.
WREX – Sleepless (Single)
Label – Favour The Brave Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: The Brighton based based duo WREX offer up the huge tune “Sleepless” that will have you tapping and singing along to each lyric and beat that is part of this frenzied track. WREX are slowly ensuring they will be a UK band to keep an eye on throughout this year and we eagerly look forward to what else they have in stock.
KYTARO – Non-Binary (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: KYTARO form and fill a landscape with their sublime guitar riffs and catchy drum grooves, paired with some lovely synth work to close out the track out. “Non-Binary” gives a hint at what is sent to be an enticing full length release from the trio in Temporary Internet Files.
Whimsical – Melt
Label – Shelflife
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dallis recommends: Fusing dream pop with shoegaze aesthetics, Whimsical spread a soothing sensation for listeners looking towards a mellowed down yet upbeat experience.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Meshuggah – Immutable [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Atomic Fire
VOLA – Live From The Pool
Label – Mascot Records
Windrunner – TAN
Label – Famined Records
Nekrogoblikon – The Fundamental Slimes and Humours
Label – Mystery Box
The Dead Rabbitts – Rumination
Label – Independent
Bite Down – Damage Control (EP)
Label – We Are Triumphant
Centinex – The Pestilence (EP)
Label – Agonia Records
Novelists FR – Smoke Signals (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music
Memphis May Fire – Only Human (feat. AJ Channer)
Label – Rise Records
Ice Nine Kills – Hunting Season (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Rose Funeral – Father Death (Single)
Label – Independent
Banks Arcade – Chosen (Single)
Label – UNFD
The Callous Daoboys – A Brief Article Regarding Time Loops (Single)
Label – MNRK Music
King Yosef – Fair Bloom (Single)
Label – BLEAKHOUSE
Berried Alive – Pearanoid (Single)
Label – Independent
The Daily Chase – Light You Up (Single)
Label – Independent
DREGG – Dr. Fauci Didn’t Kill Himself (Single)
Label – Epitaph
Our Sorrows – Mercy (Single)
Label – CB Entertainment
Black Gold – Sorry (Single)
Label – Independent
The Zenith Passage – Synaptic Depravation (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records
Cancer Bats – Pressure Mind (Single)
Label – Dine Alone Records
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
PUP – The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Little Dipper
Superlove – Colours
Label – Rude Records
Islander – It’s Not Easy Being Human
Label – Better Noise Music
The Hellacopters – Eyes Of Oblivion
Label – Nuclear Blast
THE HARA – We All Wear Black (EP)
Label – Scruff of the Neck Records
Gen and the Degenerates – Only Alive When In Motion (EP)
Label – Marshall Amplification Plc
Design Flaw – Beasts of a Future Decay (EP)
Label – Independent
Versus Me – In the Dark (Single)
Label – Independent
In Her Own Words – Circles (Single)
Label – Thriller Records
Fox Lake – Metamorphosis (Single)
Label – Old Press Records
Saliva – Revelation Man (Single)
Label – MRI
Hot Milk – Bad Influence (Single)
Label – Music For Nations
Koyo – Straight North (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Magenta Mountain (Single)
Label – Independent
Our Last Night – Tea Leaves (Single)
Label – Independent
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – Girl Sports (Single)
Label – Domestic La La
Masked Wolf – Fallout (ft. Bring Me The Horizon) (Single)
Label – Teamwrk Records
BRKN LOVE – Like A Drug (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE RELEASES
Carpenter Brut – Leather Terror [FULL REVIEW]
Label – No Quarter Prod
Lights – PEP
Label – Elektra Music Group
Weezer – SZNZ: Spring
Label – Crush Music
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Unlimited Love
Label – Warner Records
Confidence Man – Tilt
Label – Heavenly Recordings
Papercuts – Past Life Regression
Label – Slumberland Records
Slow Crush – Blue / Billow (Singles)
Label – Church Road Records
Foals – Looking High (Single)
Label – Warner Records
Halflives – Dynamite (Single)
Label – Independent
Krush Puppies – Why (Single)
Label – Holm Front Records
Petrol Girls – Clowns (Single)
Label – Hassle Records
Lady Lamb – Ivy (Single)
Label – Ba Da Bing!
K-POP RELEASES
PURPLE KISS – memeM
Label – RBW Entertainment
OH MY GIRL – Real Love
Label – WM Entertainment
YOUNHA – End Theory: Final Edition
Label – C9 Entertainment