Welcome to the first New Music Friday of April, our round-up of all the releases ranging from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. Check out our release calendar to monitor what upcoming releases are due soon. NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page. (Cover: Cryalot – Hurt Me (Viticz Remix))
STAFF PICKS
Omerta – Antiamorous (feat. JOHNNASCUS) (Single)
Label – Blowed Out Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: After a lengthy wait, Omerta are back with “Antiamorous“, to begin the Suicycle era. A cocktail of nu-metal, j-rock and hyperpop, that sees the Houston unit elevate their sound to another level, there should be no doubt left that Omerta are now the blue-chip prospect in the metal scene.
PSYCHO-FRAME – 24 HOURS LEFT (Single)
Label – The Swamp Sound
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Harry recommends: Featuring members of Moodring and the dual-vocalists of Vatican, Psycho-Frame burst onto the scene with a thrashing nu-deathcore track evocative of early Whitechapel. High-octane, vicious, and offered a crunchiness by ridiculous bass drops and pummelling drums, “24 Hours Left” is sure to instantly steal hearts.
The Great Nothing – Coming Clean (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify)
Max recommends: The Great Nothing blast onto the scene in style with “Coming Clean”. Produced by George Lever, this stellar debut track is sure to satisfy the palate of any fans of weighty post-hardcore.
Dying Wish – Torn From Your Silhouette (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: Dying Wish make their comeback with a short track touring everything they can do: thrashy guitars with melodic metal spirit, rancid vocals, and melodic parts. All this, and there’s still time for two nasty breakdowns. It’s a really exciting preview for what could be coming next.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Born Through Fire – Purify and Refine
Label – Seek & Strike
Our Hollow, Our Home – Burn in the Flood (Deluxe)
Label – Arising Empire
Rise of the Northstar – Showdown
Label – Atomic Fire
Fit for an Autopsy, Thy Art Is Murder & Malevolence – The Aggression Sessions (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Nuclear Blast Records
Tina Fey // Louise – Split [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Nefarious Industries
Headwreck – Reflection Room (EP)
Label – Independent
Swamp & SLUGCRUST – Split (EP)
Label – Terminus Hate City
Worthy of the Crown – Inertia (EP)
Label – Independent
Earth Caller – Renormalization (EP)
Label – Independent
Burial Clouds – Beirut Shores (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
ten56. – Choky (Single)
Label – Out of Line
Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean – Hole in My Head (Single)
Label – Independent
Breakthrough Even – Your Blood is Changing (feat. James Deberg) (Single)
Label – Independent
Cliffside – Cult (Single)
Label – Independent
Lo – No Pressure (Single)
Label – Independent
Faraday – WHEEL OF TIME (Single)
Label – Independent
Inconvenience – Hollow and Empty (Remastered) (Single)
Label – Independent
Elyne – I DON’T FEEL ANYTHING (Single)
Label – Believe
dead7 – pay up (Single)
Label – Independent
Ocean Harvest – Snake Deceiver (Single)
Label – Independent
Teeth – Hate Me (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
QUEEN KONA – Atomic Diplomacy (Single)
Label – Moosh Man Records
7eventh Sea – Narcissist (Reignited) (feat. Jake Searle) (Single)
Label – Independent
UNDUSTED – Now We Are Equal (Single)
Lagel – Independent
Bluhd – disappear (Single)
Label – Independent
Left to Suffer – Disappoint Me (Single)
Label – ONErpm
Squid Pisser – Vibe Monster (feat. Joseph K. Karam) (Single)
Label – Three One G
Violent Conflict – Backfire (Single)
Label – Independent
Unearth – Into the Abyss (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
VCTMS – Bitter // Pill (Single)
Label – Independent
Glower – Hara-Kiri (Single)
Label – Independent
HARDCORE RELEASES
Hiatus – Out of Hand
Label – Independent
Spøgelse – Spøgelse
Label – Welfare Sounds & Records
Scowl – Psychic Dance Routine (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Flatspot Records
Carried By Six & Holy My Own – Split (EP)
Label – Never Ran Never Will Records
Decoy – Natural Selection (EP)
Label – Independent
The Suse – Self Titled (EP)
Label – Independent
Inner Peace – ’23 Demo (EP)
Label – Electric Outlet
Grandpa Vern – The Worst of You (EP)
Label – Hardly awake records
Bad Blood – The Bad Kind Decides (EP)
Label – Flatspot Records
Relentless & JAEGER – Feeling Cold, Will My Eyes Still Closed (EP)
Label – Independent
Asidhara – Echoes of the Ancients (EP)
Label – Independent
SPACED – Boomerang / Cycle Killer (Single)
Label – New Morality Zine
Raptured – Born in the Dark (Single)
Label – Independent
Officer Down – TOXIC (Single)
Label – Independent
SCARAMANGA HC – T.K.O. (Single)
Label – Independent
Human Animal – The Great ReVealer (Single)
Label – Surprise Attack Records
Buggin – All Eyes On You (Single)
Label – Flatspot Records
Mudhead – Create And Destroy (Single)
Label – Independent
PISS ANT – Force Fed (feat. lil sleepy) (Single)
Label – In Hollow Records
DRAIN – Good Good Things (Single)
Label – Epitaph Records
Gumm – Slogan Machine (Single)
Label – Convulse Records
SOUR – Model Boy (Single)
Label – Delayed Gratification Records
Total Loss – More Weight (Single)
Label – Independent
Human Form – Ache (Single)
Label – Independent
Bandit – Bring the War Home (Single)
Label – Independent
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Covet – catharsis [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Triple Crown Records
Sunrot – The Unfailing Rope [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Prosthetic Records
Linkin Park – Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition)
Label – Sony Music
Papercut – Papercut 2
Label – Independent
HMLTD – The Worm
Label – Lucky Number
All Faces Down – AWOL
Label – Forevermore Records
Silverstein – Misery Made Me (Deluxe)
Label – UNFD
Kidd Judo – An Excuse to Drink Beer…
Label – Independent
Savage Hands – Rock Bottom (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sharptone Records
Divide The Fall – Stripped Sessions, Vol. 1 (EP)
Label – Independent
InTechnicolour – Midnight Heavyweight Remixed (EP)
Label – Small Pond Recordings
Death Goals – Year of the Guillotine (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records
King Yosef – Echo (feat. Ghrins) (Single)
Label – BLEAKHOUSE
Andromida – Conquer (feat. Fight the Fade) (Single)
Label – Independent
Dead by April – Dreamlike (Single)
Label – Fifth Island Music
Acacia Ridge – Teeth (Single)
Label – Independent
Riyah – Dead Rose (Single)
Label – Prime Collective
Days Like These – Oblivion (feat. Death Tour) (Single)
Label – Independent
Holding Absence – A Crooked Melody (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Poison Ruin – Torture Chamber (Single)
Label – Relapse Records
Therapy? – Poundland Of Hope And Glory (Single)
Label – Marshall Records
Poppy – Church Outfit (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
Pollyanna Blue – Stray (Single)
Label – Independent
Through Fire – Over The Influence (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
ANGER PARTY – Shadows (Single)
Label – Silent Cult
Swollen Teeth – LETHAL (Single)
Label – Blowed Out Records
Bad Juju – The Other Side (Single)
Label – Independent
Excision, Wooli & The Devil Wears Prada – Reasons (Single)
Label – Subsidia
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Tim Hecker – No Highs [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Kranky Records
healthyliving – Songs Of Abundance, Psalms Of Grief [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Hatchie – Giving The World Away (Deluxe)
Label – Ivy League Records
Teleman – Good Time/Hard Time
Label – Moshi Moshi Records
Daughter – Stereo Mind Game
Label – 4AD
The Nightmares – Séance
Label – Venn Records
Yaeji – With A Hammer
Label – XL
Billie Marten – Drop Cherries
Label – Fiction
Wednesday – Rat Saw God
Label – Dead Oceans
Mudhoney – Plastic Eternity
Label – Sub Pop
Blondshell – Blondshell
Label – Partisan
Crocodiles – Upside Down in Heaven
Label – Lollipop
Overcoats – Winner
Label – Never Fall Back Record
Ellie Goulding – Higher Than Heaven
Label – Polydor
Whenyoung – Paragon Songs
Label – Antifragile
Lights – dEd (EP)
Label – Fueled By Ramen
Cryalot – Icarus Remixes (EP)
Label – Independent
Bailey Bryan – Sensitive Bad Bitch Music Vol. 1 (EP)
Label – Firebird Music
Skyler Acord – True Viridian (Single)
Label – Independent
Mareux – Little Lies (Single)
Label – Revoultion Records
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns – Break for You (Single)
Label – Independent
Graywave – Blur Into One (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
Hoshimachi Suisei – スイちゃんのメンテナンスソング (Single)
Label – cover corp.
Shit Present – Unravelling (Single)
Label – Specialist Subject
Beach Fossils – Dare Me (Single)
Label – Bayonet Records
Avalon Emerson – Karaoke Song (Single)
Label – Another Dove / One House
Sue Clayton – Runaway Bridge & Extraordinary Life (Single)
Label – Independent
Indigo De Souza – You Can Be Mean (Single)
Label – Saddle Creak
Moreish Idols – Chum (Single)
Label – Speedy Wunderground
Madison Watkins – Find You (Single)
Label – Independent
Gryr – Shimmer (feat. Adna) (Single)
Label – NORR
FEEZZ – Vergiss Mich (Single)
Label – Independent
CYPARISS – RXKU (feat. NOIZZ) (Single)
Label – Independent
K-POP RELEASES
DreamNote – BLUE (Single)
Label – Kakao Entertainment
NewJeans – Zero (Single)
Label – ADOR