New Music Friday – August 2nd, 2024

Welcome to New Music Friday, where we wrap-up all of the releases from the week ranging from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. Give our release calendar a look to see what other releases are coming up. The NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page.

 STAFF PICKS 


SHOVE – King Diamond (Single)
Label –
Rack Off Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Noisy, raw and relentless comes Melbourne band SHOVE’s latest single, “King Diamond”. A brazen punk rock sound, packed with punchy moments, with shredded riffs that have a brutal energy to them. 

Stressed – End (feat. Terminal Sleep) (Single)
Label –
Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: Making their return after dropping a Demo in 2023, Stressed kick the door down into this year with single “End”, which features stalwarts Terminal Sleep. Rapid and vicious in every manner, the addition of Thorwesten’s vocal make for a merciless listen. 

Trauma Bonds – Sepulchre Heart (Single)
Label –
Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: After a breakout year in 2023 for the Dundee band Trauma Bonds, they now look to expand on that with their new single “Sepulchre Heart”. Drawing from both their heavy metallic hardcore sound, with some gorgeous melancholic moments, making for another sublime single from Trauma Bonds.

Yaoguai – Demo II (EP)
Label –
Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Impressing on their initial Demo I, UK unit Yaoguai are back with their follow up. Demo II contains “Cold Snap” and “…From Decay”, drawing on an old school metallic hardcore sound, with an impressive vocal performance and crunchy riffs, this release shows that Yaoguai should be noted as a prospect in the UK scene.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

A Night in Texas – Digital Apocalypse
Label – Unique Leader Records

Convictions – The Fear of God
Label – Independent

Gravemind – Introsphere
Label – Greyscale Records

Four Winds Away – Four Winds Away (EP)
Label – Independent

Lost To Light – Conceal (EP)
Label – Independent

Sonagi – Everything Is Longing (EP)
Label – Secret Voice

Vanitas – Chaos Theory (EP)
Label – Independent

VIOLENTY ENTITY – EVERY WOUND, A BLADE (EP)
Label – Independent

Counterparts – Live in Toronto (EP)
Label – Pure Noise Records

156/Silence – Wants I Need (feat. Craig Owens) (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records

Blessings of Mara – Voidwalker (Ethereal Version) (Single)
Label – Independent

Darknet & Hollow – broken.toys (Single)
Label – Independent

DYING HEAVEN – THE HOLY BLADE (Single)
Label – Independent

Evergreen Terrace – Jail on Christmas (Single)
Label – Dead Serious Recordings

Future Palace – Decarabia (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Glasswaves – Monarch (Single)
Label – Tough Luck Music

Inchaos – Sparrow (Single)
Label – Independent

In Decay – Faded (Single)
Label – Independent

Indigo Ice – Progenial Martyrdom (Single)
Label – Independent

Inertia – Leviathan (Single)
Label – Resist Records

Mafia Birdhouse – Derision (Single)
Label – Independent

MelloW – Coma (Single)
Label – Independent

Miss May I – Architect (feat. Brian Wille of Currents) (Single)
Label – Solid State Records

Varia – Obsidian (Single)
Label – Independent

Lacuna Coil – Hosting the Shadow (feat. Randy Blythe) (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

The Northern – Place Of Solace (Single)
Label – Independent 

Better Lovers – A White Horse Covered In Blood (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE

Oranssi Pazuzu – Valotus (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

World Divided – Entwined (Single)
Label – Independent 

Bartok37 – Cost Cut (Single)
Label – Independent 

Goetia – Naturam Demonto (Single)
Label – Heavy & Fast Records

To The Grave – Burn Your Local Butcher (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records

Dreadhound – CABIN FEVER (Single)
Label – Independent

HARDCORE RELEASES

Cold Times, Out of Hand & Martyr’s Tongue – Cold Hands of a Martyr
Label – Independent

G.O.O.N. – God’s Only Option Now
Label – Convulse Records

Sidestep – Sidestep
Label – Static Era Records

Gylt – I Will Commit A Holy Crime (EP)
Label – Popular Affliction

Smoked909 – PROMO (EP)
Label – Independent

Uncertainty – Creation of a New Normal (EP)
Label – Independent

3ND7R & Blood Sermon – Unstable Elements (EP)
Label – DAZE/Quality Control

Filth Is Eternal – Violet (Hole Cover) (Single)
Label – MNRK

Iron Gate – Cursed (feat. Blake Kinnamon of 9 Dead) (Single)
Label – Independent

Lethal Method – C.L.Y.D. (feat. Cold Hard Steel) (Single)
Label – Independent

Scarfold – Cracked (Single)
Label – Useless Pride Records

Shock Treatment – Repose/Your Eyes Speak (Single)
Label – Independent

Slept On – Reaper’s Hotline (Single)
Label – Independent

Collapsed Skull – Dreamless Error (feat. Brody King) (Single)
Label – Closed Casket Activities 

Lastbreath – SouthSide (Single)
Label – Time To Kill Records

Squint – Magic (Single)
Label – Sunday Drive Records

Onryo – Wretched Mind (Single)
Label – Blast Noise

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Anberlin – Vega
Label – Equal Vision Records

Bad/Love – Mono No Aware
Label – Independent

Footballhead – Before I Die (EP)
Label – Tiny Engines

Wolf Creek – Relapse (EP)
Label – Independent

A Villains Neverland – Funeral Soundtrack (Single)
Label – Independent

Nova Dream – Black Cinema | Rearrange (Single)
Label – Grand Shed Records

One Hundred Thousand – Let You (In) (Single)
Label – Independent

PALESKIN – Love me, slow (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music

Phrenia – You Are Your Own Worst Enemy (Single)
Label – Zeneműkiadó Kft.

Queen Cult – Be Better (Single)
Label – Mother City Ltd

Rain City Drive – Over Me (Single)
Label – Thriller Records

Traceless – Deify (Single)
Label – Independent

The Broken View – Need a Friend (Acoustic) (Single)
Label – Independent

The Comfort – The Weight of the World (Single)
Label –
Independent

The Funeral Portrait – Blood Mother (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music

The Plague – Clean Slate (Single)
Label – FiXT

The Plot in You – Been Here Before (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

Underlet – Bury the Icon (Single)
Label – Independent

Boston Manor – Horses In A Dream (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE

Chubby and the Gang – There’s A Devil In The Jukebox (Single)
Label – Flatspot Records

Fight The Fade – Quarantine (Single)
Label – FiXT

Foxing – Greyhound (Single)
Label – Grand Paradise 

Heartline – Synthetic (Single)
Label – Independent

I See Stars – SPLIT (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records

Stand Atlantic – FRENEMIES (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records

51st Venue – MOMENTS (Single)
Label – Independent

Beauty School – Cowboy Milk (Single)
Label – Slam Dunk Records

Beyond Unbroken – Lost and Broken (Single)
Label – FiXT

Colourburn – Appetite (feat. Marcel Gadacz) (Single)
Label – Independent 

CRASHFACE – MANIAC (feat. Sam Matlock) (Single)
Label – Independent 

High Vis – Mind’s a Lie (Single)
Label – Dais Records

Less Than Jake – Walking Pipebomb (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Misplaced – Underneath My Skin (Single)
Label – People of Punk Rock Records

MOTHICA – Afterlife (Single)
Label – Heavy Heart Records

NEMOPHILIA – G.O.D. (Single)
Label – MASTERWORKS PUBLISHERS INC.

POLKADOT STINGRAY – JO-DEKI (Single)
Label – Universal Music

Skyler Acord – it’s you that i’m missing (Single)
Label – Passion Eight Records

zebrahead – Pulling Teeth (Single)
Label – MFZB Records

Love Is Noise – Jawbreaker (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

ALEX & TOKYO ROSE – DEMONS & REVERB II
Label – AKUMA RECORDS

WHY? – The Well I Fell Into
Label – Waterlines

Red Velvet – Cosmic
Label – Independent

april june – baby’s out of luck again (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group

IST IST – Dreams Aren’t Enough (Single)
Label – Kind Violence Records

Kill Eva – Popstars (feat. Мэйби Бэйби) (Single)
Label – umamgmt

Mimi Webb – Erase You (Single)
Label – Epic Records

Nedaj – WHAT DO YOU FEAR?? (feat. OZZHTX & amore) (Single)
Label – NUMBPROMISES

NERO – Solar (Single)
Label – Create Music Group

Rachel Bochner – Groupie (Single)
Label – Handwritten Records

Crows – Vision Of Me (Single)
Label – Bad Vibrations

Ftlframe – Past Lives (Single)
Label – Independent 

Sparks – Sports (Single)
Label – Lil Beethoven Records

American Football & Iron & Wine – Never Meant (Single)
Label – Polyvinyl Record Co.

Charli xcx – Guess (feat. Billie Eilish) (Single)
Label – Atlantic Recording Company

illuminati hotties – The L (Single)
Label – Snack Shack Tracks

Kimbra – Keen (Single)
Label – Independent 

New Haunts – Something Falls Away (Single)
Label – Independent 

Snail Mail – Tonight, Tonight (Single)
Label – Matador Records

Soccer Mommy – M (Single)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings

Suki Waterhouse – Blackout Drunk) (Single)
Label – Sub Pop Records

Chelsea Wolfe – Tunnels Lights ( ✝✝✝ (Crosses) Remix) (Single)
Label – Loma Vista

Lael Neale – Electricity (Single)
Label – Sub Pop Records

Roosevelt – In The Dark (Single)
Label – Counter Records