Welcome to this week’s New Music Friday, our round-up of all the releases ranging from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. Have a look at our release calendar to see what upcoming releases are due soon. NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page. (Cover: Prospective – Trapped)
STAFF PICKS
Slow Pulse – Trapped (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify)
Joe recommends: Austin, TX unit Slow Pulse have dropped new track “Trapped“, ahead of the release of their EP next month. Pissed off vocals backed with some thumping instrumentals make for a track that will pop-off live and knock a few teeth loose.
VOLA – Paper Wolf (Single)
Label – Mascot Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: Danish prog metallers VOLA come out swinging with a heavy first taste of new music since their 2021 masterwork in Witness. With a slick hook, great riffing and a surprisingly hefty breakdown to boot, this new era of VOLA is off to a strong start.
SeeYouSpaceCowboy – Chewing The Scenery (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: SeeYouSpaceCowboy embrace their MySpace revival with a strong track to lead their new album cycle. Straight into clean vocals from its get-go, “Chewing The Scenery” is still plenty heavy and bouncy, silly breakdowns included. You haven’t yet heard the band at this fidelity, either, so if the lack of polish on previous releases gave you pause in the past, now is your time.
War of Ages – Laodicea (Single)
Label – Facedown Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Jonathan recommends: Melodic metalcore unit War of Ages ramps up for their next album with “Laodicea”. The band takes a modernized twist on a classic sound and the result is a well-crafted display of technical skill.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Celestial Sanctuary – Insatiable Thirst for Torment [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Church Road Records
The Word Alive – Hard Reset [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Thriller Records
Monasteries – Ominous [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Seek & Strike
Heirloom – ROMANTICIZE
Label – Judge and Jury Records
Incantation – Unholy Deification
Label – Relapse Records
Volatile Ways – Compendium
Label – Independent
Across The White Water Tower – A Lesson in Heart Safety (EP)
Label – Independent
Born In Blood – Can’t Save Us All (EP)
Label – Shattered Earth Records
Full Of Hell & Gasp – Split (EP)
Label – Independent
Leveler – By the Scythe (EP)
Label – Independent
Lifespark. – Weightless (EP)
Label – Independent
Nixil – From The Wound Spilled Forth Fire (EP)
Label – Prosthetic Records
RATGOD – Key to the Bottomless Pit (EP)
Label – Independent
Revaira – Loss (EP)
Label – Easthaven Records
Scream Blue Murder – Creature City (EP)
Label – Manic Kat Records
Sleep Talk – Have You Ever Seen a God (EP)
Label – Independent
Frontières – Acte 3 : Désolation (EP)
Label – Independent
Silent Planet – Collider (Single) [ALBUM NEWS]
Label – Solid State Records
Spiritbox – Jaded (Single)
Label – Rise Records
4 Oceans – Dance on Knives (feat. Lead Horizon) (Single)
Label – Independent
American Dream Machine – Scapegoat (Single)
Label – Independent
Asleep at the Helm – Like Candles (Single)
Label – Pacific Ridge Records
As We Burn – Tempest (Single)
Label – Independent
Beartooth – Doubt Me (Single)
Label – Red Bull Records
Berried Alive – NIGHTPEARS (Single)
Label – Independent
Carnifex – Death’s Forgotten Children (feat. Tom Barber of Chelsea Grin & Darko (US)) (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Cypecore – I’ll Be Back (Single)
Label – Independent
DEMATERIALIZE – Rancid Earth (feat. Pat Olson of Speaking With Ghosts) (Single)
Label – Famined Records
Elyne – DEAD END, EMPTY SHELLS (Single)
Label – Believe
Great Falls – Ceilings Inch Closer (Single)
Label – Neurot Recordings
Heart of a Coward – Surrender to failure (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Imminence – Heaven Shall Burn (Single)
Label – Independent
Immortal Disfigurement – King (Single)
Label – Independent
Morokh – Prophecy (Single)
Label – SPRL
NTH RD – Teeth (Single)
Label – Independent
Oakheart – Tension Break (Single)
Label – Independent
Out of Vision – Deceiving Lights (Single)
Label – Independent
Prospective – Trapped
Label – Believe
Retri – Stillwater (feat. Taylor Barber of Left to Suffer) (Single)
Label – Independent
SAME PAINS – palebodypaleheart (Single)
Label – Independent
SoulKiller – BLACKLIST (feat. Dillon Hare of Dead/Awake) (Single)
Label – Independent
Stain the Canvas – friXion (Single)
Label – inVogue Records
Termina – Inside My Walls (Single)
Label – Termina Productions
The Devil Wears Prada – Salt (feat. Rory Rodriguez of Dayseeker) (Single)
Label – Solid State Records
Viscaya – Gods Before Me (Single)
Label – Independent
War of Ages – Laodicea (Single)
Label – Facedown Records
Without Me – Oni (Single)
Label – Amphibians Records Entertainment
Woe, Is Me – Red (Single)
Label – Independent
3TEETH – Higher Than Death (feat. Mick Gordon) (Single)
Label – The Century Family
Blind Equation – killing me (feat. Rat Jesu) (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records
Coverslut – Entropy (Single)
Label – Independent
Monosphere – Ava (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution
Polaris – Overflow (Single)
Label – Resist Records
SeeYouSpaceCowboy – Chewing The Scenery (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Teeth – Black is the New Green (Single)
Label – Independent
Serration – Altar of Guilt (feat. Sanction) (Single)
Label – DAZE Records
UNITYTX – DIAMOND DIEZ (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
HARDCORE RELEASES
Cruelty – Salvation
Label – Independent
Cold Blood AU – PRIMAL (EP)
Label – Loudmouth Records
DSM-5 – DSM-5 暴力装置 SPLIT (EP)
Label – Skärblacka d-beat tapes and records
GODCOLLIDER – Unhallowed Blasphemies (EP)
Label – Indecision Records
Neck Lock – Deprivation of mankind (EP)
Label – Independent
Sweat & Negative Blast – Split (EP)
Label – Vitriol
Prevention – Split The World (EP)
Label – Delayed Gratification Records
Final Dose – Like Rats (Single)
Label – Neon Nile
HALT – Tunnel Vision (Single)
Label – Independent
Horsewhip – Plague Machine (Single)
Label – Iodine Recordings
Peasant – Cape Death (Single)
Label – Independent
RATS WILL FEAST – Hellhole (Single)
Label – Independent
Ratking – S.W.Y (Single)
Label – Independent
Hard Feelings – Pray for Forgiveness (Single)
Label – Heroes & Martyrs
BiteWound – Lessons (Single)
Label – Independent
Mouth for War – Under The Gun (Single)
Label – MNRK
Run into the Sun – No One Sees Me / Nothing Heals Here (Single)
Label – Independent
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Asking Alexandria – Where Do We Go From Here [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Better Noise Music
Daedric – Mortal [FULL REVIEW]
Label – FiXT
Holding Absence – The Noble Art of Self Destruction [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sharptone Records
The Armed – Perfect Saviors [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sargent House
The Dangerous Summer – Coming Home (Deluxe)
Label – Rude Records
Des Rocs – Dream Machine
Label – Sumerian Records
Spanish Love Songs – No Joy
Label – Pure Noise Records
Bury the Darkness – Dead Inside
Label – Independent
Concrete Castles – Brand New Me
Label – Independent
Hot Milk – A Call to the Void
Label – Music For Nations
KNIFE BRIDE – don’t dream too much (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Cinnamon Babe – FATHERLESS (EP)
Label – VERSION III
Uzumaki – Squared One (EP)
Label – Square One
The Callous Daoboys – Waco Jesus (Single)
Label – MNRK
Amarionette – Novocaine (Single)
Label – Independent
Archives – No Sweat (Single)
Label – Independent
Bad/Love – Dead Weight (Single)
Label – Independent
Being As An Ocean – Death Can Wait (Single)
Label – Out of Line
BOYS LIKE GIRLS – CRY (Single)
Label – Independent
Dayshell – Not Welcome (Single)
Label – Independent
FOXCULT – Glacier (Single)
Label – Adventure Cat Records
KEN mode – These Wires (Single)
Label – Artoffact Records
Lightwave – Summer (Single)
Label – Independent
L.S. Dunes – Old Wounds (Single)
Label – Fantasy Records
Neverland in Ashes – LOST IN THE MOMENT (Single)
Label – Independent
Paloma – You and I (feat. Michael Swank of Foxera) (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Pariah System – Harvey Dent (Single)
Label – Independent
Sunsleep – Moonlight Euphoria (Single)
Label – SBG Records
Wake Up Hate – Relapse (Single)
Label – Independent
Fame on Fire – Seven (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Cherie Amour – 702 (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records
Of Mice & Men – Castaway (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Sugar Horse II – Or (Single)
Label – Fat Dracula Records
Citizen – Hyper Trophy (Single)
Label – Run For Cover Records
Empire State Bastard – Moi? (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Ashnikko – WEEDKILLER
Label – Parlophone
SPELLING – Spelling & the Mystery School
Label – Sacred Bones
Drab Majesty – An Object in Motion (EP)
Label – Dais Records
Bombay Bicycle Club – Want To Be Your Only Pet (Single)
Label – AWAL Recordings
Lilac Haze – Daisy Girl (Single)
Label – Independent
little image – OUT OF MY MIND (CHILLED) (Single)
Label – Hollywood Records
Pile – Scaling Walls (Single)
Label – Exploding In Sound Records
San Huan – Factory Girl (Single)
Label – L4gw
Spiritual Camp – Talkin’ On The Internet (Single)
Label – Blue Grape Music
Soccer Mommy – I’m Only Me When I’m With You (Taylor Swift Cover) (Single)
Label – Loma Vista
Squirrel Flower – Alley Light (Single)
Label – Mirror Records
FlowerBoyDeMii – SKIN (Single)
Label – Independent
In Explosions – t i t l e t r a c k (Single)
Label – Independent
INHUMAN – SOMERSET (feat. Orphan Planet) (Single)
Label – Lauter Lauter
EDDIE – Pocketknife (feat. Lights) (Single)
Label – HypnoVizion Records
K-POP RELEASES
aespa – We Go (Single)
Label – Genie Music