New Music Friday – April 22nd, 2022

This week’s round-up of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff.

STAFF PICKS

Northlane – Obsidian [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Max recommends: Northlane‘s Obsidian is a bold continuation of the band’s recent reinvention of their sound, starting with 2019’s Alien. An obtuse and polarizing initial listen is almost guaranteed, but once you sink your teeth into the meat of this record, it only grows on you. One of the strongest metalcore releases of the decade so far. Also, “Cypher” is fucking MENTAL.

Static Dress – Fleahouse (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends:Fleahouse” will leave listeners wondering if the UK’s finest group Static Dress can do no wrong. The unit now firmly have their foot on the pedal towards releasing what will be one of 2022’s best records.

Brand of Sacrifice x We Came As Romans – Darkbloom (Reimagined)
Label – SHARPTONE
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Harry recommends: Brand of Sacrifice reimagine We Came As Romans’ “Darkbloom” in a collaboration that is essentially BoS featuring Stephens’ clean chorus. The added symphonic elements, gnarly vocals, and monstrous breakdowns have turned a middling metalcore track into a true classic.

Veil of Maya – Synthwave Vegan (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Max recommends: Veil of Maya return with the strangely titled “Synthwave Vegan“, a song that, despite how its name may present, is far and away the heaviest VoM have sounded in almost a decade. Choppy, djenty and violent as all fuck, “Synthwave Vegan” is an absolute blast, and if it’s a sign of things to come, VoM may have their strongest album yet to come.

chaos.sequence – the ties that bend the flesh and mind (EP)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Bristol‘s answer to the likes of Loathe and ten56. has emerged in the form of chaos.sequence. Strap in for one of 2022’s heaviest EP’s yet including the hair-raisingly heavy single “fault_index” featuring Aaron Matts, alongside four other brutal belters.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Bodysnatcher – Bleed-Abide [FULL REVIEW]
Label – eOne Music

Ocean Grove – UP IN THE AIR FOREVER [FULL REVIEW]
Label – UNFD

Nonsun – Blood & Spirit [FULL REVIEW]
Label – dunk!records

Undeath – It’s Time… To Rise from the Grave
Label – Prosthetic Records

Caliban – Dystopia
Label – Century Media Records

Kill The Lights – The Sinner (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Fearless Records

Sicksense – Kings Today (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sound Escape

ASkySoBlack – Autumn in the Water (EP)
Label – New Morality Zine

Guerrilla Warfare – C O N T R O L (EP)
Label – 333 Wreckords Crew

Primus – Conspiranoid (Single)
Label – ATO Records

Architects – When We Were Young (Single)
Label – Epitaph

Tallah – The Impressionist (Single)
Label – Earache Records

Vatican – Reverence (Single)
Label – UNFD

King Yosef – Shifting Eyes (Single)
Label – BLEAKHOUSE

Red Handed Denial – White Water (Single)
Label – Paid Vacation

Paledusk – BBB (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records

Dead by April – Better Than You (Single)
Label – Independent

Soreption – Död Jord (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records

Conjurer – Rot (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Monasteries – Lilac (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike

Future Palace – Defeating Gravity (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

IMMERSE – Chemical (Single)
Label – Out Of It Records

The Algorithm – Multithreading (Single)
Label – FiXT

Hollywood Undead – Wild In These Streets (Single)
Label – BMG Rights Management

coldrain – Calling (Single)
Label – Warner Music Japan

Lucrecia – Mementos (Single)
Label – Independent

Spirit Adrift – Sorcerer’s Fate (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

The Armed – Ketamine (Ultrapop Remix) (Single)
Label – Sargent House

Brojob – Goodbye (Single)
Label – Hollowed Records

Cage Fight – Killer (Single)
Label – Universal Music

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Omnium Gatherum
Label – Independent

Hindsight – Let’s Not & Just Say We Did
Label – Independent

Somali Yacht Club – The Space
Label – Season of Mist

Cold Years – Goodbye To Misery
Label – MNRK Music

Alexisonfire – Reverse the Curse (Single)
Label – Dine Alone Music

Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows – Brighter Side (Single)
Label – Velocity Records

Citizen – Bash Out (Single)
Label – Run For Cover Records

Living In Fiction – Hurt You (Single)
Label – High Vibe Recordings

The Wonder Years – Oldest Daughter (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records

Grumpster – Fever Dream (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

blacktoothed – So Real (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Mono – Kioku (Single)
Label – Temporary Residence Ltd.

Anthony Green – Don’t Dance / Maybe This Will Be the One (Singles)
Label – Born Losers Records

nothing,nowhere. – MEMORY_FRACTURE (Single)
Label – Fueled By Ramen

Bring Me The Horizon x Sigrid – Bad Life (Single)
Label – Sony Music Entertainment

Those Who Dream – One Of My Kind (Single)
Label – Independent

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE RELEASES

Bowling For Soup – Pop Drunk Snot Bread
Label – Brando Records

Dorothy – Gifts From The Holy Ghost
Label – Roc Nation Records

Hatchie – Giving The World Away
Label – Secretly Canadian

Suki Waterhouse – I Can’t Let It Go
Label – Sub-Pop

Poppy Ajudha – The Power In Us
Label – Independent

Fontaines D.C – Skinty FIA
Label – Partisan Records

Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful
Label – Bella Union

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Night Gnomes
Label – Marathon Artists/What Reality?

Boston Manor – Foxglove (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE

My Kid Brother – Shoulders (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

Editors – Heart Attack (Single)
Label – Play It Again Sam

Hazel English – Summer Nights (Single)
Label – Independent

BATTS – Blue (feat. Sharon Van Etten) (Single)
Label – I Feel Fine Records

T. Gowdby – Déneigeuse (Single)
Label – Constellation

K-POP RELEASES

Jeon Soyeon – Now On, Showtime! (OST)
Label – MUSICGROUND, Abyss Company