Welcome to New Music Friday, with our round-up all the new metalcore, post-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
TK from Ling Tosite Sigure – FIRST DEATH (Chainsaw Man ED) (Single)
Label – Sony Music
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Harry recommends: TK‘s latest offering, produced especially for Chainsaw Man, is every bit as nuanced and chaotic as its source material. “First Death” blends intricate and disorientating guitarwork with a chromatic soundscape and the vocalist’s trademark manic vocals.
HEAVENSGATE – SHEMOVESLIKETHUNDER (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: HEAVENSGATE continue to impress with a stellar second single. Channelling energy reminiscent of scene leaders such as Loathe and Void of Vision, “SHEMOVESLIKETHUNDER” further demonstrates HEAVENSGATE‘s quick-accruing pedigree as one of nu-metalcore’s most exciting new acts.
Tariot – Grave Future (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Jonathan recommends: Tariot returns with an explosive new single, “Grave Future”. Fast-paced and hard-hitting, it provides an interesting contrast with its gentle intro, courtesy of Fairuz Ramlan of Tides. The Out Of Line newcomers are not one to miss.
Whenyoung – Unchained (Single)
Label – AntiFragile Music
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Harry recommends: Indie rock duo Whenyoung present a captivating track in “Unchained“, backed by potent percussion, smooth ambient layers, and a versatile, enchanting vocal performance from Aoife.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Amongst Thieves – Hostile (EP)
Label – Independent
Aphyxion – Heavy Shadows (Single)
Label – Circular Wave
ARTKILLS – KillGallery (EP)
Label – Independent
AXTY – Unbreakable (Single)
Label – Independent
Brojob – A Very Deathcore Christmas With Brojob (EP)
Label – Independent
Bury Tomorrow – Boltcutter (Single)
Label – Music For Nations
Circlewind – Lost December (EP)
Label – Independent
Coffin Feeder – Over The Top (EP)
Label – Independent
Dead/Awake – Vile
Label – Independent
Despite Exile – WOUND
Label – Kontrolla Music Group
Distant – Orphan Of Blight (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Entheos – In Purgatory (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records
EYES – Congratulations!
Label – Indisciplinarian
Falsifier – Drown in Misery (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution
Filth – Coffin Talk (Single)
Label – Gutter Music Records
GhostSeeker – Ghost of Us (Single)
Label – Independent
Gideon – Too Much Is Never Enough (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records
Gorepot – How Much Is A Gram Over There
Label – Brutal Mind
Guilt Trip – Tearing Your Life Away (Single)
Label – MLVLTD
Headcave – Gathering Silence (Single)
Label – Independent
Heirloom – Passenger Seat (Single)
Label – Judge and Jury Records
Icarus Witch – 10,000 Light Years From Home (Single)
Label – Cleopatra Records
Kaonashi – I Hate the Sound of Car Keys (Single)
Label – Rude Records
KAQRIYOTERROR – Reaper feeder (Single)
Label – Cocodomental
Katatonia – Austerity (Single)
Label – Napalm Records
Left To Suffer – Primitive Urge (Single)
Label – Independent
Levels – Opium of Man (Single)
Label – Independent
LEYKA – TwentySeven (Single)
Label – Independent
Main-De-Gloire – Cry (Loudtink Remix) (Single)
Label – MDG Production
Massa Nera – Derramar | Querer | Borrar
Label – Zegema Beach Records
Metallica – Lux Æterna (Single)
Label – Blackened Recordings
Motörhead – Bullet In Your Brain (Single)
Label – Silver Lining Music
Obituary – Dying of Everything (Single)
Label – Relapse Records
Ov Sulfur – Death Ov Circumstance (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
PhaseOne x ERRA – World Unknown (Single)
Label – UNFD
Polar – Rush (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Relentless 3 – Fighting Me (Single)
Label – Tsukishima Meltdown Records
Seraphim – Singularity (Single)
Label – Independent
Sold Soul – I Hope We Make It Out of This Alive
Label – Independent
Synestia – Maleficium
Label – Independent
The Amity Affliction – Show Me Your God (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Unprocessed – Gold (Instrumental)
Label – Airforce1 Records / Universal Music
Violent Answer – Self-Threat (EP)
Label – VA Records
Within Destruction – Lotus (Instrumental)
Label – Ultra Heavy Records
Worm – Gloomlord (Remastered)
Label – 20 Buck Shot
Your Spirit Dies – Our Saints Drown in Ash (EP)
Label – Acrobat Unstable Records
Zulu – Fakin’ Tha Funk (You Get Did) (Single)
Label – Flatspot Records
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Against The Current – blindfolded (Single)
Label – Fueled By Raman
Anti-Flag – VICTORY OR DEATH (WE GAVE ‘EM HELL) (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Records / Universal Music
Blind Channel – Alive or Only Burning (INHUMAN Remix) (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Call of Charon – The Sound of Sorrow (EP)
Label – Massacre Records
Citizen Soldier – Limit (Single)
Label – Independent
Crown The Empire – Immortalize (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Cyan Kicks – Someone Like You (Single)
Label – Warner Music Group
Dead Lakes – stamina (Single)
Label – SharpTone Records
Divide The Fall – Without You (Stripped) (Single)
Label – Independent
Dream Demon – Fear (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music
Elwood Stray – No Cure (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music
Fame on Fire – This Love (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
FLOYA – Florescent (Alternate version) (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Galleons – Slow Dancing In The Dark (Single)
Label – Independent
Half Me – Blacklight (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Hollow City – Two Legged Freak (Single)
Label – Pale Chord
Magnolia Park – Catastrophe (Single)
Label – Epitaph Records
Paul Bartolome – Reflections (Deluxe)
Label – LEGEND Recordings
pulses. – run the ghouls (Single)
Label – Oh Word? Records
RED – UNTIL WE HAVE FACES: LIVE & UNPLUGGED
Label – Independent
Suasion – Equilibrium (Single)
Label – Atomic Fire Records
Void Chapter – Drones (Single)
Label – FiXT Music
VRSTY – Welcome Home, Pt. 3 (EP)
Label – Spinefarm Records
Wage War – The Stripped Sessions
Label – Fearless Records
We’re Wolves – Titanium (Single)
Label – Independent
INDIE/ALTERNATIVE RELEASES
AVA AKIRA – X2C 2007 (Single)
Label – Independent
Blacklist – Afterworld
Label – Profound Lore
Brakence – Hypochondriac
Label – Columbia Records
Flight Paths – Bigger Than the Whole Sky (Single)
Label – Independent
Half Alive – Conditions of a Punk
Label – RCA Records
John-Allison Weiss – The Long Way
Label – Get Better Records
Letters Sent Home – Fire in Me (EP)
Label – Hassle Records
Lonely Spring – Misfit (Single)
Label – Ivorytower Records
NOFX – Double Album
Label – Fat Wreck Chords
Scarred – With all the love I withheld (Single)
Label – Independent
Sophie Jamieson – Choosing
Label – Bella Union
Sweet Pill – Sweet Pill on Audiotree Live
Label – Independent
The Plague – Hope For The F.U.T.U.R.E 2.0
Label – FiXT Music
The Psychotic Monks – All That Fall (Single)
Label – FatCat Records
TRUTHTELLER – Emptiness (Single)
Label – Independent
White Lung – Premonition
Label – Domino Recording Company
J/KPOP RELEASES
Hong Jin Young – Girl In The Mirror (Single)
Label – IMH Entertainment
ITZY – Cheshire (EP)
Label – JYP Entertainment
KARA – MOVE AGAIN (EP)
Label – Rainbow Bridge World
Shiroma Miru – Melty (EP)
Label – Universal Music
Red Velvet – ‘The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday’ (EP)
Label – SM Entertainment
RM (Kim Nam-joon) – Indigo
Label – Big Hit Music
XEED – Dream Land (EP)
Label – Nature Space Entertainment
Yein – 버스정류장 (Single)
Label – SUBLIME / Kakao Entertainment