Welcome to New Music Friday where we round-up all the week’s releases from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. For a full view of what’s coming up, check out 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
bottom surgery – glassing (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Shane recommends: Powerhouse duo bottom surgery are beginning to align with every characteristic of technological singularity in terms of both output and quality. Their latest single, “glassing“, incorporates a slew of post-hardcore subprocesses over the familiar cybergrind elements we’ve come to expect.
Cissné – Water Lily (Single)
Label – Lauren Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Drawing on influences of avant-garde, screamo and shoegaze, Cissné crafts gorgeous soundscapes that are intertwined with the crashing waves of their harsh screamo sound, which makes for a contrast of sounds unlike much else that can be found in the screamo genre. With this project being in its genesis, how it will continue to evolve will be of great interest.
fakeyourdeath – Shapeshifter (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: The world of fakeyourdeath makes its electrifying return, as their frenzied sound of drum grooves, dancing synths and passion-filled vocals, craft a captivating single in “Shapeshifter“. The duo once again showing their penchant for their electronic-come-alternative sound, and it’s still one that is some of the best across the UK, and deserves to be bouncing off the walls of venues much more in 2025.
Healing Wound – Purging Visions (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: A delicious drop from Brighton’s most irreverent and aggressive band, Healing Wound returned on Monday with a truly addictive single. Hitting all the marks of quality for grindcore, powerviolence, and hardcore at once, it’s also unreasonably catchy for such a cacophony. An incredibly promising start to their debut album cycle.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Before I Turn – Immoral and Malevolent Happenings
Label – Independent
Mayhem – Liturgy of Death
Label – Century Media Records
parapariah – Whispers in the Dark
Label – Independent
Capsize – Under a Hollow Sky (EP)
Label – Roux & Ruin Records
Chaver – Cruzifiction (EP)
Label – BDHW Records
Federal Death Alliance – Ashen Paradise (EP)
Label – Independent
Infinite Misery – Altar of Extracted Teeth (EP)
Label – Iron Fortress Records
Predatory Void – Atoned In Metamorphosis (EP)
Label – Pelagic Records
Granite State – PROPER FORMS OF PROTEST (EP)
Label – Independent
Dance & Ends In Tragedy – A Dance; a Tragedy (EP)
Label – Kingpin Melbourne Records & Uzis Akimbo
Attila – ATL (Single)
Label – Duetti
Brains Outward – Death Sentence & Bloodbath (First Ultra True Slam Version) (Single)
Label – Independent
Caro Tere – River Of Ejaculate (Single)
Label – KlotKorp Promotions
False Thoughts – I’ve Got Friends (Single)
Label – GBU Independent
King Abyss – In The Ground (Single)
Label – Independent
Haste The Day – Shallows (Single)
Label – Solid State Records
Hollow God – R.T.S.G (Single)
Label – Independent
Olhava – The River Wakes (Single)
Label – Avantgarde Music
PARAMENA – MISTHAVEN.exe (Single)
Label – PRMN Records
Turmoil – Commander & Thieves (Single)
Label – Independent
Votive – Unitary Form (Single)
Label – Persistent Vision
Antrisch – Conquista – Prolog (Single)
Label – AOP Records
Nailed Shut MA – Heaven Below Earth (Single)
Label – Promised Death Records
Sovereign – Desperate Place (Single)
Label – MLVTD
The Amity Affliction – House Of Cards (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Armed For Apocalypse – FISTS LIKE FEATHERS (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
Digustingest – Digital Cyst (Single)
Label – Independent
Only Pain – Bled Out (Single)
Label – Independent
Snake Father – Slithering Too Much To Keep Track Of (Single)
Label – Independent
Wielded Steel – In The Line Of Fire (Single)
Label – 1126 Records
Mauled – Drop Dead Gorgeous (feat. Surfaced) (Single)
Label – Independent
Midwinter – Champagne (Single)
Label – PAPERCUT
Sylosis – Lacerations (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
UnityTX – BODY ROC (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Poison Ruïn – Eidolon (Single)
Label – Relapse Records
Gutvoid – Spell Reliquary (Single)
Label – Profound Lore
ZERRE – Deception of the Weak (Single)
Label – Dying Victims Productions
Kicked in the Head by a Horse – Memento mori (Single)
Label – Horse inflicted head injury records
Era’s End – Scream (Single)
Label – Independent
HARDCORE RELEASES
SlutBomb – SlutBomb
Label – Independent
TUMOUR – Human Salvage
Label – B.I.G Records
Backlash – Bacllash A.D. (EP)
Label – FINDPEACE
Boltgun – Mod. 5.012 (EP)
Label – AAK Records
Burning Lord & Collateral – Burning Lord Split EP (EP)
Label – STREETS OF HATE/FORTRESS
Bayway NJ – World of Bayway, Vol. III (EP)
Label – New Trustkill Records
Emergency Broadcast – Make Them Pay (EP)
Label – Independent
IMPERTINENCE – Awaiting Waste (EP)
Label – Last Rites Records
INVASIONHC – Matricide for a pockets weight (EP)
Label – 1782 promotions.
Next Objective – Trinity Test (EP)
Label – NWHC
Pilori – Lèse-Majesté (EP)
Label – Frozen Records
Broken Lungs – No Remedy (Single)
Label – Independent
Final Words – Dogs Get Put Down (Single)
Label – Independent
Truth Grip – Chain Of Command (Single)
Label – Independent
Vulgar – Let Their Heads Roll (Single)
Label – Independent
xEIGHTY-SIXEDx – Sharp/Behind Pt. I (Single)
Label – Independent
Mizery – The Weapon Pt. II (Single)
Label – Flatspot Records
Defective Chain – Winter Promo (Single)
Label – Defective Chain
Dropkick Murphys – Citizen I.C.E. (feat. Haywire 617) (Single)
Label – Play It Again Sam
FLESH CREEP – KING OF THE HILL (Single)
Label – Music For Nations
JEWELTONE – LOVE TOO GREAT (Single)
Label – Triple Hammer Records
Bad Move – Never A Victim (Single)
Label – Lewganistan Street Slam
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Dear Seattle – TOY
Label – Domestic La La
Dream Nails – You Wish
Label – Marshall Records
Bilmuri – TWICE (Single)
Label – Columbia
Chat Pile – Masks (Single)
Label – Sub Pop Records
Good Tiger – When Death First Appeared (Single)
Label – Independent
Human Error – make it okay (Single)
Label – Independent
LEVELS – Fume / Death Dance (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
falselove – blurb (Single)
Label – Independent
never easy – perfect hell (Single)
Label – prettyugly records
Starling – 571 (Single)
Label – Independent
Bitter Branches – Pity Party (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records
Bridget. – FOR THE HELL OF IT (Single)
Label – Independent
Cruel Queen – The Fly (Single)
Label – Independent
Palette Knife – Sleep Paralysis (Single)
Label – Take This To Heart Records
VRSTY – qué pasaría (Single)
Label – Spinefarm
WIN BIG – Pack It In (Single)
Label – Short Corner Records
Charlotte Sands – back to you (Single)
Label – Independent
Matador – Glitter Skin (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
Napoleon – No Victory (Single)
Label – Independent
Koyo – Irreversible (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Safeguard – You Will Reappear (Single)
Label – Independent
Shoreline – Youthfully Naive (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Waterparks – ICE (Single)
Label – BMG
thoughtcrimes – The Violent Garden (Single)
Label – Independent
Jawless – (I Just Want To) Skate (Single)
Label – iMD-london hc
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Danz CM – MYTHS
Label – Computer Magic Music
Mandy, Indiana – URGH
Label – Sacred Bones Records
stripmallravestarrr – halo
Label – Sunday Drive
E_DEATH – PTSD
Label – Eternal Life
Cathedral Bells – stray (Single)
Label – Artoffact Records
Ladytron – A Death in London (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group
PhaseOne – DISAPPEAR (feat. Kompany) (Single)
Label – Sounds Of Mayhem
SAFIRE – DIGITAL FREAK (Single)
Label – Independent
Sxnctuary – Shift (Single)
Label – Independent
timesgone – wasted times (Single)
Label – Independent
dead fave – Half Awake (Single)
Label – dead fave
ILLENIUM – Slave to the Rithm (feat. Bring Me The Horizon) (Single)
Label – Independent
Play Fair – Time It! (Single)
Label – Miss That Feeling
A.A. Williams – Wolves (Single)
Label – Reigning Phoenix Music
Art School Girlfriend – Doing Laps (Single)
Label – Fiction Records
Exploring Birdsong – 42 (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records
Hystria – Angela (Single)
Label – Independent
Strange Futures – Scrap Metal (Single)
Label – Independent
cruush – Great Dane (Single)
Label – Heist Or Hit Records
Cult Objects – Diamond Dust (Single)
Label – Cult Objects
Echos – CAROUSEL (RE-IMAGINED) (Single)
Label – ETERNAL SUFFERING RECORDS