New Music Friday – August 5th, 2022

This week’s wrap-up of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff. Check out our release calendar to keep up-to-date with all of the year’s upcoming releases!

STAFF PICKS

Stray From The Path – Bread & Roses (feat. Jesse Barnett) (Single)
Label – UNFD
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Stray From The Path deliver arguably the best single off their upcoming record, with a magical feature from Stick To Your Guns’ Jesse Barnett.

Scarlett O’Hara – Witching Hour (Single)
Label – South Texas Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dallis recommends: Scarlett O’Hara keep you on your toes with an intriguingly modern sound and grotesque visuals in “Witching Hour“, providing exactly just that cursed sound to be expected.

ENOLA – Strange Comfort (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dallis recommends: Chill and reverberant, “Strange Comfort” provides just that sound to help you unwind, giving the exact vibe to fade out to. The perfect tune to throw onto your meditation/relaxation playlist.

noyou – The Way You See Me (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Max recommends: noyou debut their highly contagious track “The Way You See Me”, which is brimming with soaring melodies, 80s inspired electronics and bouncy pop-rock guitars.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Liveconformdie – Vol. II: Music For Living Failures [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Guffy Crew Records

Bullet For My Valentine – Bullet For My Valentine (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Spinefarm Records UK

In Hearts Wake – Green Is the New Black
Label – UNFD

Psycroptic – Divine Council
Label – Prosthetic Records

Soulfly – Totem
Label – Nuclear Blast

Amon Amarth – The Great Heathen Army
Label – Metal Blade Records

Wake Up Hate – I Just Don’t Love You Anymore
Label – Independent

Avalanche Effect – Katharsis
Label – Independent

SHEORU – Forever Sleep (EP)
Label – Independent

Slipknot – Yen (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records

The Wise Man’s Fear – The Rival (Single)
Label – Independent

Unprocessed – Berlin (Single)
Label – Airforce1 Records

Fallujah – Soulbreaker (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

In Flames – The Great Deceiver (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Orthodox – Dissolve (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Thoughtcrimes – New Infinities (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Time, the Valuator – Ivy (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records

Borders – SUFFER (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Ingested – Shadows in Time (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records

The Bunny the Bear – Playing With Fire (Single)
Label – The Dead Don’t Sleep

For The Fallen Dreams – Sulfate (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Dream Demon – Wasted Time (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music

Caustic Waves – Evolution (Single)
Label – Independent

Demon Hunter – Heaven Don’t Cry (Single)
Label – Weapons MFG

Elwood Stray – Uncertain Me (Single)
Label – Independent

Eyes Wide Open – Duality (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Never Back Down – Call to Arms (Single)
Label – Independent

Season of Ghosts – The Great Unknown (Single)
Label – Independent

Kingsmen – Bitter Half (Single)
Label – SharpTone Records

I, the Oracle – Pressure (Single)
Label – Living Dead Recordings

After Smoke Clears – The Fear (feat. CJ McMahon) (Single)
Label – Independent

Your Misery – Still Existence (Single)
Label – Independent

God Eater (UK) – God Complex
Label – Independent

ChuggaBoom – Should Have Been (feat. Kellin Quinn of Sleeping With Sirens) (Single)
Label – Dead Serious Recordings

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Emery Heights – Miles Away (EP)
Label – Independent

Holding Absence – Coffin (Single)
Label – SharpTone Records

Alter Bridge – Silver Tongue (Single)
Label – Napalm Records

Dayshell – Letting Go (Single)
Label – Independent

Resilia – Olive (Single)
Label – Independent

Malevolence – Higher Place (Acoustic) (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

My Kid Brother – Never Break Your Heart (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Art Moore – Art Moore
Label – Anti-Records

Hot Milk – The King And Queen Of Gasoline (EP)
Label – Music For Nations

Carly Rae Jepsen – Beach House
Label – Interscope Records

The Comfort – Supernova (feat. AJ Perdomo of The Dangerous Summer) (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records

Armor For Sleep – Whatever, Who Cares (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records

Landlords – Perfect Life (Single)
Label – Church Road Records

Bad Suns – Maybe You Saved Me (feat. PVRIS) (Single)
Label – Epitaph

Flight Paths – Addicted (Single)
Label – Independent

The Bobby Lees – Monkey Mind (Single)
Label – Ipecac Recordings

Grave Goods – Source (Single)
Label – Tulle

Breanna Barbara – Diamond Light (Single)
Label – Fuzz Club

K-POP RELEASES

YENA – SMARTPHONE
Label – YUEHUA ENTERTAINMENT KOREA

NMIXX – Kiss (Single)
Label – PROJECT RE:BORN