Welcome back to this week’s installment of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff.
STAFF PICKS
Loathe & Sleep Token – Is It Really You? (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: The third part of Loathe‘s collaboration series sees Sleep Token covering “Is It Really You?” in full. Vessel‘s gorgeous, unique vocal timbre over the beautifully composed piano work breathes new life into what was already my favourite Loathe song to date.
Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Ninja Tune
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Tim recommends: With the news that vocalist and integral member Isaac Wood is leaving the group, the significance of Black Country, New Road‘s innovative new album Ants from Up There looms even larger. Dizzying, varied, and full of unexpected moments, this album demands attention and shouldn’t slip under the radar.
Pupil Slicer – Thermal Runaway (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe E recommends: “Thermal Runaway” carves away the ears and soul with it’s anarchic hooks and candid lyricism, mixed in with a fine feature from The Armed‘s Cara Drolshagen.
Monuments – Cardinal Red (ft. Mick Gordon) (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe H recommends: Djent trailblazers Monuments offer up a delectable taste of their upcoming fourth studio album with new single, “Cardinal Red“. Surpassing even their previous single “Lavos” in sheer technical ridiculousness and intensity, “Cardinal Red” is straight up one of the fiercest Monuments tracks to date.
Darkmatter – DNA (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dallis recommends: Coming from the underground, Darkmatter craft up a well-versed and straight up exhilarating banger in their third release “DNA”.
The Devil Wears Prada – Watchtower (Single)
Label – Solid State Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: The most consistent band in metalcore seem to only keep getting better, with yet another stellar single following the release of ZII and “Sacrifice” in 2021. Hoping an album announcement is around the corner, because whatever The Devil Wears Prada are cooking up may just be their strongest release yet.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Rolo Tomassi – Where Myth Becomes Memory [FULL REVIEW]
Label – MNRK Records
Venom Prison – Erebos [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Century Media Records
KoЯn – Requiem
Label – Lorna Vista Recordings
Annisokay – Aurora (Special Edition)
Label – Arising Empire
Persefone – Metanoia
Label – Napalm Records
El Moono – Temple Corrupted (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Lockjaw Records
Abysmal Dawn – Nightmare Frontier (EP)
Label – Season of Mist
Arch Enemy – House of Mirrors (Single)
Label – Savage Messiah Music
Kublai Khan TX – Swan Song (feat. Scott Vogel) (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Kill the Lights – Dead From The Start (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Windrunner – Lavender (Single)
Label – Famined Records
Inertia – Hivemind (Single)
Label – Resist Records
Haunted Shores – Nocturnal Hours (Single)
Label – 3Dot Recordings
Hollow Front – Comatose (Single)
Label – UNFD
Bloom – Sink Into The Soil (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records
Earth Eater – Darkness Resurrected (Single)
Label – Independent
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Mitski – Laurel Hell
Label – Dead Oceans
A Place to Bury Strangers – See Through You
Label – Dedstrange
As It Is – I WENT TO HELL AND BACK
Label – Fearless Records
Slash – 4 (feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators)
Label – Snakepit Records
Bodyjar – New Rituals
Label – Pile of Sand Records
Circa Survive – A Dream About Death (EP)
Label – Rise Records
Knuckle Puck – Disposable Life (EP)
Label – Wax Bodega
Bring Me The Horizon – Moon Over The Castle (from GRAN TURISMO 7) (Single)
Label – Sony Music Entertainment UK
Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows – DESTINY (Single)
Label – Velocity Records
Halestorm – The Steeple (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Black Summer (Single)
Label – Warner Records
nothing, nowhere – Sledgehammer (Single)
Label – Fueled By Ramen
In Her Own Words – Lights Out (Single)
Label – Thriller Records
Machine Gun Kelly – emo girl (feat. WILLOW) (Single)
Label – Bad Boy/Interscope Records
Citizen Solider – Pretend My Pain Away (Single)
Label – Independent
Survive Said The Prophet – Papersky I Win / Lose (Single)
Label – Sony Music Labels
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE RELEASES
Bastille – Give Me The Future
Label – EMI
The Slow Show – Still Life
Label – Velveteen Records
yeule – Glitch Princess
Label – Bayonet Records
Hembree – It’s a Dream!
Label – Oread Records
Softcult – Year Of The Snake (EP)
Label – Easy Life Records
Terra – Reverie (EP)
Label – Independent
Oh Hiroshima – All Things Pass (Single)
Label – Napalm Records
Kavinsky – Zenith (Single)
Label – Virgin Records
Girlfriends – Missing You / Pretty Mouth (Singles)
Label – Big Noise Music Group
Tokio Hotel – Bad Love (Single)
Label – Epic Local
More In Luv – Living For Two (Single)
Label – Independent