Welcome to New Music Friday, with our wrap-up all the new metalcore, hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff. Check out our release calendar to keep an eye on this year’s upcoming releases!
STAFF PICKS
Mantikore – Altar Of Mammon (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe: Running out of Florida, Mantikore return with an absolutely vicious track “Altar of Mammon“, off their upcoming EP Venerate the Disease. Containing maddening riffs and furious vocals, it gives a taste of what is to come from this unit in 2023.
The Acacia Strain – UNTENDED GRAVES (Single)
Label – Rise Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: The Acacia Strain return with their first track in over two years with “UNTENDED GRAVES“, a predictably ferocious romp of gloomy hardcore violence.
Malignant Altar x Gosudar – Malfeasance
Label – Dark Descent Records
(Bandcamp)
Dobbin recommends: Here’s a track from a split releasing today between Malignant Altar and Gosudar. The track is a bleak valley of slow death metal, scoured by dramatic fills and dungeon-synthy-trumpets in its gravelly mid-section. The glacial progression really makes you wait for the final minute of guitar heroism.
The Mayor – Quit While You’re Ahead (EP)
Label – Kill Iconic Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Featuring Joe Occhiuti of Ice Nine Kills, Mike Abiuso of The Venetia Fair and James Ryan formerly of Porches, the trio form group The Mayor. Who close out 2022 by dropping their debut EP, Live At The Acropolis, packed with groovy riffs and crazed vocals.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
PALESKIN – Honey Poison
Label – Independent
Severals – Algorithm
Label – Independent
Echoes – Ever After (EP)
Label – Independent
Metaline – Hidden Hand (EP)
Label – VAUVISION
No Face No Case – Flex Fiesta (EP)
Label – Ultra Heavy Records
Ascending Me – Valley of Defilement (Single)
Label – Independent
Forest Fire – Светлячки (feat. KICKROX) (Single)
Label – StartUp Music
Full Bloom – Get Out (Single)
Label – Independent
SANGUISUGABOGG – Necrosexual Deviant
Label – Century Media Records
Shell Beach – Absolution (Single)
Label – Wild Thing Records
Shrezzers – Libertad (feat. Michael Barr of Volumes) (Single)
Label – Gentlepunks
Social Prisoner – Entitlement (Single)
Label – Independent
The Pauline Principle – Tear Out the Pages (Single)
Label – Independent
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Body Thief – Every Ending
Label – Rise Records
Circa Survive – Two Dreams
Label – Rise Records
Foxblood – Dissociation Vacation
Label – Independent
Mimi Barks – Deadgirl (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Silent Cult
Club Dread – Severance Songs (EP)
Label – Silent Cult
Letters Sent Home – Fire in Me (EP)
Label – Hassle Records
After Hour Animals – Dangerous (Single)
Label – Blood Blast
Hundred Reasons – The Old School Way (Single)
Label – Silva Screen Records
Luring – Meant Something (Single)
Label – Independent
Maelføy – Away (Single)
Label – Uncle M Music
Miss Fortune – Rolling Blackout (Single)
Label – We Are Triumphant
Narrow Head – Gearhead (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
Nevertel – modified_HYPER (Single)
Label – Independent
Softcult – Someone2Me (Single)
Label – Easy Life Records
The Sight of Impact – Situations (Single)
Label – Independent
Through Arteries – Giving Up On Giving Up (Single)
Label – Independent
Us in Motion – Snowfall (Single)
Label – Independent
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Tricot – 不出来 (Fudeki)
Label – Independent
Aiming For Enrike – The Rats and the Children (Single)
Label – Jansen Records
Andy Shauf – Catch Your Eye (Single)
Label – ANTI-
Eric Sleeper – Son Of A Gun (Single)
Label – Independent
Mozey – Knocked Ya Block Off (VIP)
Label – Souped Up Records
NAUT – Dissent (Single)
Label – Season of Mist