Welcome to this week’s edition of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff.
STAFF PICKS
HERIOT – Profound Morality (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Church Road Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: UK up-and-comers Heriot impress greatly on a sludgy, atmospheric and violent display in their debut release, Profound Morality. If this is a sign of things to come from the UK troupe then they’re sure to become scene sensations in no time.
Dissonants – Harlequin (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Southampton quintet arise like a phoenix from the ashes with their gloriously catchy and groovy new single.
Amber Palace – Numb Enough (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify)
Joe recommends: Amber Palace making their debut with stunning single “Numb Enough“. Filled with catchy hooks and pleasant vocal melodies, hopefully this is a sign of things to come of the new group.
Nik Nocturnal & Will Ramos – Recreant (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Harry recommends: Following on from his recent Sleep Token vocal cover, Lorna Shore vocalist Will Ramos returns to his deathcore side, pairing up with Nik Nocturnal to revitalise Chelsea Grin’s classic “Recreant”. Who knew that breakdown could get heavier?
Reflections – The Fantasy Effect [Redux]
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: Reflections at last deliver the long-anticipated facelift of their iconic debut record for its tenth anniversary. Vildhjarta‘s Buster Odeholm helms the mix on this masterclass of a remake, giving these classic tracks the attention, love and production chops they deserve.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Saviour – Shine & Fade [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Greyscale Records
Rammstein – Zeit
Label – Universal Music GmbH
And Hell Followed With – Quietus
Label – Hollowed Records
Watain – The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain
Label – Nuclear Blast
Bragging Rights – DEAD ECHOES
Label – Independent
Battle Beast – Circus of Doom
Label – Nuclear Blast
No/Más – Consume / Deny / Repent
Label – Closed Casket Activities
Void Of Vision – CHRONICLES II: HEAVEN (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – UNFD
Revoid – Sleepless Still (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Allt – The Seed of Self-Destruction (EP)
Label – Independent
Erase Them – Crawling From The Negative (EP)
Label – Evildoer Records
CMD81 – VOL_1 (EP)
Label – Independent
Deep as Ocean – Chronicles (EP)
Label – Independent
Malevolence – Still Waters Run Deep (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Betraying the Martyrs – Swan Song (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music
Fame on Fire – Welcome to the Chaos (feat. Spencer Charnas) (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Moodring – SYNC.wav (Single)
Label – UNFD
Our Hollow, Our Home – Shatterdome (Single)
Label – Independent
Fallujah – Radiant Ascension (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Of Virtue – Sinner (Single)
Label – SharpTone Records
The Oklahoma Kid – Dye Black to Pink (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Haken – Nightingale (Single)
Label – InsideOutMusic
As Monuments Fall – Hollow Frame (Single)
Label – Independent
As The Structure Fails – Backdown (Single)
Label – Independent
Confessions of a Traitor – Peacekeeper (Single)
Label – Acorn Records
Distant – Cursed (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records
GWAR – Mother Fucking Liar (Single)
Label – Pit Records
Glass Tides – Wake Me Up (Single)
Label – Independent
Terror – Pain Into Power (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Profiler – Alpha Nine (Single)
Label – SharpTone Records
Cave In – Blood Spiller (Single)
Label – Relapse Records
Misery Index – Complete Control (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Defamed – Crystal Prison (Single)
Label – Independent
Diamonds to Dust – Plight of the Wicked (Single)
Label – Independent
DREGG – Context (feat. City Morgue) (Single)
Label – Epitaph
Walking Wounded – Birth (Single)
Label – Independent
Lions at the Gate – Find My Way (Single)
Label – Independent
Until I Wake – Inside My Head (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Nothing More – TIRED OF WINNING (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music
The Anchor – Miscreation
Label – Independent
Bury Tomorrow – DEATH (Ever Colder) (Rework by Modern Error) (Single)
Label – Music For Nations
Bleed The Sky – Rot In Flesh (Single)
Label – Independent
POORSTACY – Abuse Me (feat. L’exquisite Douleur) (Single)
Label – 10K Projects
Final Light – In The Void (Single)
Label – SIVIANA
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Fox Lake – Repose
Label – Old Press Records
Vagrants – Be Consumed
Label – Equal Vision Records
Citizen Soldier – This Is Your Sign Part II
Label – Independent
The Gathering – Beautiful Distortion
Label – Psychonaut Records
Us in Motion – Death Poems
Label – Independent
The Difference Between – Old Ghosts (EP)
Label – Theoria Records
Scene Queen – Bimbocore (EP)
Label – Hopeless Records
Graywave – Rebirth (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
Don Broco – Fingernails (Single)
Label – SharpTone Records
Deaf Havana – On the Wire (Single)
Label – SO Recordings
Villain of the Story – Don’t Go (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music
Emarosa – Preach (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music
Our Last Night – Valley of Vision (Single)
Label – Independent
Down Again – Saboteur (ft. Kylle Reece) (Single)
Label – Independent
In Her Own Words – Daydream (Single)
Label – Thriller Records
Hereafter – Weathering the Storm (Single)
Label – Independent
Coheed and Cambria – The Liars Club (Acoustic) (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records
The Faim – The Alchemist (Single)
Label – BMG Rights Management
The Motion Below – It’s All The Same (Single)
Label – Independent
Vermont – Over Our Head (Single)
Label – Independent
Tiny Moving Parts – North Shore (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Raizer – Hate (Single)
Label – FiXT
Phrenia – Dissonance (Single)
Label – H-Music
Brooklane – Breakaway (Single)
Label – We Are Triumphant
Like Ghosts – Iris Vol. II (feat. Kellin Quinn) (Single)
Label – Independent
Beddy Rays – Sort It Out (Single)
Label – Independent
The Seafloor Cinema – Traitor / a Favor House Atlantic (Singles)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Halestorm – The Steeple (Acoustic) (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE RELEASES
Tomberlin – i don’t know who needs to hear this… [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Saddle Creek
Helms Alee – Keep This Be The Way [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sargent House
Bloc Party – Alpha Games
Label – BMG Rights Management
Blossoms – Ribbon Around The Bomb
Label – EMI
Toro y Moi – MAHAL
Label – Dead Oceans
Melody’s Echo Chamber – Emotional Eternal
Label – Domino Recording
Dälek – Precipice
Label – Ipecac Recordings
Waxflower – The Sound of What Went Wrong (EP)
Label – Rude Records
daine – Quantum Jumping (EP)
Label – Warner Music
Faye Webster – Car Therapy Sessions (EP)
Label – Secretly Canadian
Holly Humberstone – Sleep Tight (Single)
Label – Polydor Records
Maggie Lindemann – How Could You Do This To Me (feat. Kellin Quinn) (Single)
Label – swixxzaudio
Tegan and Sara – F*****g Up What Matters (Single)
Label – Mom+Pop
MUNA – Kind Of Girl (Single)
Label – Saddest Factory Records
The Black Keys – It Ain’t Over (Single)
Label – Nonesuch
The Wrecks – Where Are You Now (feat. girlhouse) (Single)
Label – Independent
Metric – All Comes Crashing (Single)
Label – Independent
K-POP RELEASES
MIYEON – MY
Label – Cube Entertainment
PSY – Everyday
Label – PNation
MONSTA X – SHAPE OF LOVE
Label – Starship Entertainment
MoonByul – C.I.T.T.
Label – RBW Inc.
Lee SuJeong – My Name
Label – Wollim Entertainment
ICHILLIN’ – Bridge of Dreams
Label – KMENT
SOYOU – Day & Night
Label – Starship Entertainment
VIVIZ – BOP BOP! (Yves V Remix) (Single)
Label – BPM Entertainment