New Music Friday – August 18th, 2023

Welcome to this week’s New Music Friday, our wrap-up of all the releases ranging from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. Have a look at our release calendar to check out what upcoming releases are due soon. NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page. (Cover: Hoshikuma Minami – 新羅DARKPOP)

STAFF PICKS

REEBZ – Hallucination (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Collaborating with the likes of Art1fact and Toronto Is Broken this year, REEBZ now returns to solo material with impassioned track, “Hallucination“. REEBZ once again show the range of their vocal abilities with gorgeous singing backed by a layering of synths that make for an emotive listen.

SAFIRE – PARADISE (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify)

Nisrin recommends: Seemingly unafraid to confine themselves to one genre, SAFIRE is back with bouncy drum and bass tune “PARADISE“. Vocal hooks and catchy beats aplenty, this is a track that will have listeners cranking up the volume on their speakers and sticking on repeat.

deep blue & Лилу – ведьмин лес (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Harry recommends: In their first collaboration, deep blue team up with artist Лилу, who adds a layer of haunting melancholy to deep blue’s shattering riffs and anguished vocals to make for a track that is utterly encompassing.

Dead Soma – For Your Time (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Max recommends: Swedish tech-metal collective Dead Soma surprise in their most reserved and melodic outing to date. Their usual brand of violent, percussive chaos takes a back seat in favour of gorgeous, verbed soundscapes and clean vocals, to great effect.


METAL/CORE RELEASES

Creak – Depth Perception [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Prosthetic Records

Orbit Culture – Descent [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Seek & Strike

Tapestry – The Pain You Desire, the Love You Deserve [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

Ringworm – Seeing Through Fire
Label – Nuclear Blast

Horrendous – Ontological Mysterium
Label – Season of Mist

Traveller – Homesick (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

Worm Shepherd – The Sleeping Sun (EP)
Label – Unique Leader Records

END – Gaping Wounds of Earth (Single) [ALBUM NEWS]
Label – Closed Casket Activities

Artemis Rising – Blacklight (Single)
Label – Independent

Andromida & Tethra – These Memories (Single)
Label – Independent

BABYMETAL – METAL!! (feat. Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine) (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Berried Alive – ZEN (Single)
Label – Independent

Blodet – The Hour (Single)
Label – Church Road Records

Dead Days – Past Life (Single)
Label – Theoria Records

Design the Void – Hazmat (Single)
Label – Independent

Dissonants – Fading (Single)
Label – Independent

Downswing – Bound To Misery (feat. AVOID) (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution

Everghost – Pantheon (SIngle)
Label – Independent

Godhand – Constant State of Worst Case Scenario (Single)
Label – Independent

Graven Image – God Who Decree (Single)
Label – The Coming Strife

PeelingFlesh – 211/187 (feat. Chris Collier) (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records

Marked as an Enemy – Cultist (Single)
Label – Independent

Militant Me – Carnivore (feat. Denis Stoff of Drag Me Out) (Single)
Label – Semper Metallum

Nights of Malice – Serpentine Visages (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution

Within Temptation – Bleed Out (Single)
Label – Force Music Recordings

Tariot – The Devil Inside Me (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music

Terrorbyte – Ghost Stories (Single)
Label – Poltergeist Activity

The Day We Left Earth – Dead on Arrival (Single)
Label – Sony Music

Xhale – Until It Floods (Single)
Label – Flow State Records

ACHE – Dark Souls (Single)
Label – Independent

alqemiste – The Swarm (Single)
Label – Independent

Atena – Hard Day (Single)
Label – Indie Recordings

ERRA – Pale Iris (Single)
Label – UNFD

Gutter King – Low Light (Single)
Label – Independent

Nasty – Heartbreak Criminals (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Bleeding Through – Love Lost in a Hail of Gun Fire (2023 Re-Recording) (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records

Born Of Osiris – Torchbearer (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records

TesseracT – The Grey (Single)
Label –  Kscope

Sinner Self – Concept of Creation (Single)
Label – Independent

Coping Method – Hypomania (Single)
Label – FiXT

Mountain Caller – The Archivist (Single)
Label – Church Road Records

Svalbard – How To Swim Down (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Thy Art Is Murder – Blood Throne (Single)
Label – Human Warfare

To The Grave – Deadskin Skimask (feat. Jake Kennedy) (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records

Vildhjarta – + den spanska känslan + (Single)
Label – Century Media Records 

Lilith’s Demise – I’m A Whore (Single)
Label – Independent

thoughtcrimes – Natural Imprudence (Single)
Label – Purenoise Records

HARDCORE RELEASES

Burden – Scorched Earth
Label – Rock & Roll Disgrace

PISS ME OFF – 2 MUCH POWER
Label – Delayed Gratification Records

Witness Chamber – True Delusion (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – DAZE Records

Aggrieved & Cold Case – Split 2023 (EP)
Label – Upstate Records

Search Warrant – Secret City Stomp (EP)
Label – Independent

Spell It Out – Draw A Line (EP)
Label – Relaxor Records

Broken Vow – 1.5 (Single)
Label – Triple B Records

Cosmic Joke – Empty Nesting Doll (Single)
Label – Triple B Records

Disappear. – Pestilence (Single)
Label – Chipped Tooth Audio

Filth is Eternal – Pressure Me (Single)
Label – MNRK Records

Immortal Blade – Blood for Blood (Single)
Label – Independent

No Cure – No Cure Straight Edge Die Slow Fuck You (Single)
Label – Blaythe Steur

Harms Way – Devour (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records

Pain of Truth – You and Me (feat. Madball) (Single)
Label – DAZE Records

Private Hell – Tower of Silence (Single)
Label – Persistent Vision Records

SHUT AWAY – WHAT NOW CRUEL WORLD (Single)
Label – Independent

Suffocate Faster – Do What You Want (Single)
Label – Smartpunk Records

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Fiddlehead – Death Is Nothing to Us [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Run For Cover Records

Movements – RUCKUS! [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Fearless Records

Bearings – The Part About Being Human
Label – Pure Noise Records

Descape – You Had It All But It Fell Apart
Label – Independent

Point North – Prepare for Despair
Label – Hopeless Records

The Sleeping – I Feel Like I’m Becoming A Ghost
Label – Independent

The XCERTS – Learning How to Live and Let Go
Label – UNFD

Magnolia Park – MoonEater (EP)
Label – Epitaph Records

Magnolia Park – SoulEater (EP)
Label – Epitaph Records

A Foreign Affair – Control (Single)
Label – SGB Records

After Hour Animals – Sideways (Single)
Label – Independent

Aviations – Blink (Single)
Label – Independent

Catch Your Breath – Y.S.K.W. (Single)
Label – Thriller Records

Closure in Moscow – Keeper of the Lake (Single)
Label – Independent

Dead Pony – COBRA (Single)
Label – LAB Records

Fight the Fade – Stranger (Single)
Label – FiXT

Galleons – Violent Delights (Single)
Label – Independent

Haken – Canary Yellow (feat. Courtney Swain) [Acoustic Version] (Single)
Label – InsideOutMusic

Her Last Sight – Serenity (Single)
Label – Liron Avital Productions

Misplaced – Real World (Single)
Label – 7 West Music

Night Verses – Karma Wheel (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records

Seeing Things – Dead Inside (Single)
Label – Independent

Wildways – Химия (Single)
Label – Independent

Wolf & Bear – THERE’S NO DUST IN THE CITY (feat. Andrew Wells of Dance Gavin Dance & Eidola) (Single)
Label – Blue Swan Records

Glass Tides – Over My Head (Single)
Label – Independent

High Regard – Dead To Me (feat. Charlie Rolfe of As Everything Unfolds) (Single)
Label – Independent

Just Friends – JUMP (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Of Virtue – Holy (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Oxymorrons – Look Alive (Netic) (Single)
Label – Mascot Records

Shangrila – Afterlife (Single)
Label – Independent

As Friends Rust – No Gods, Some Masters (Single)
Label – End Hits Records

CLT DRP – See My Body Through You (Single)
Label – Venn Records

Death Cab for Cutie – An Arrow In The Wall (Single)
Label – Atlantic Recording Corporation

Hot Milk – BREATHING UDNERWATER (Single)
Label – Music For Nations

Static Dress – Di-sinTer (Glitter Redux) (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records

awakebutstillinbed – airport / redlight (Single)
Label –  Tiny Engines

Thirty Seconds To Mars – Seasons (Single)
Label – Concord Recordsga

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Birdy – Portraits
Label – Warner Music

Craig Owens – VOLUME 1
Label – Velocity Records

Deafcult – Future Of Illusion
Label – Hobbledehoy

Dizzy – Dizzy
Label – Communion Group

Hozier – Unreal Unearth
Label – Universal Music

King Tuff – Smalltown Stardust (deluxe dust)
Label – Sub Pop Records

Naked Lungs – Doomscroll
Label – Independent

Peter Sandberg – Constellations (Deluxe)
Label – Believe UK

Bilk – Bilk Unplugged (EP)
Label – Scruff of the Neck Records

Jeron Braxton – Oxytocin (EP)
Label – Pizzaslime Records

Paige – Breathwork (EP)
Label –  SHÈN Recordings

Hoshikuma Minami – 新羅DARKPOP (Single)
Label – QOOLONG

Damona – Girl across the street (Single)
Label – superolrecords

Eyedress – The Dark Prince (feat. Mac DeMarco) (Single)
Label – Sony Music

JAWS – Sweat (Single)
Label – Independent

CHVRCHES – Manhattan (Single)
Label – Liberator Music

Roosevelt – Rising (Single)
Label – Counter Records

S.Carey – Transient (feat. John Raymond) (Single)
Label – Libellule Editions

Sextile – Crash (Single)
Label – Sacred Bones Records

GUNSHIP – Taste like Venom (Single)
Label – Horsie In The Hedge Limited

Mirabi Frame – Kataomoi Riguretto (Single)
Label – Chaotic Noiz

Oliver Beardmore – The Risk (Single)
Label – Independent

The Streets – Too Much Yayo (Single)
Label – Warner Music

Dreamstation – Dreamstation (feat. Blksmiith) (Single)
Label – Independent

Former Hero – flowertek / adieu Pt.1 (Single)
Label – birkham records

hdhd – my smiling face is just a mask of emptiness (Single)
Label – Independent

In Explosions – destroyer of worlds (Single)
Label – Independent