Welcome to New Music Friday, where we wrap-up all of the releases from the week ranging from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. Give 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
Glixen – foreversoon (Single)
Label – AWAL
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Harry recommends: Glixen artfully intertwines feverish fuzz, enchanting guitar melodies, and ethereal whispers in their newest release, “foreversoon“, serving as the inaugural track from their forthcoming EP slated for release later in the year.
Simulakra – Heathen’s Prayer (Single)
Label – DAZE
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Simulakra, the metallic hardcore unit, boasting members also associated with Gridiron, Foreign Hands and Scarab, have dropped new single “Heathen’s Prayer“. Standing as a profoundly weighty prelude, offering a glimpse into the relentless intensity awaiting listeners.
Where Memories May Rot – Inanimate Red (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: Offering up something equally vicious, pained and haunting come Where Memories May Rot on their latest single “Inanimate Red“. Blending noodling guitar riffs with blast beats, that are accompanied by visceral vocals, how the Scottish duo continue to progress and expand their sound will be of interest.
Glassbone – Every statue falls (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Nisrin recommends: Wasting no time after previously released “No elevation for the sinners“, Glassbone are back with furious single “Every statue falls“. Gravelly vocals command the chaos that is invoked by crunchy riffs and fist-throwing beats.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Infected Rain – TIME
Label – Napalm Records
Spiritual Deception – Semitae Mentis
Label – Amputated Vein Records
Theophonos – Ashes in the Huron River
Label – Profound Lore Records
The Last Ten Seconds of Life – No Name Graves
Label – Unique Leader Records
CELL – The Unbearable Form (EP)
Label – Independent
Esprit D’Air – Leviathan (Special Edition) (EP)
Label – Starstorm Records
Shane Driscoll – Intrusive Thoughts and Usual Death (EP)
Label – Independent
Where Oceans Burn – The Faces We Portray (EP)
Label – Independent
XaogcX – An Endless Search For Clarity (EP)
Label – Future Sight Sounds
ALESTI – Free Fall (Single)
Label – Independent
Alienist – Distorted Reflections (Single)
Label – UNFD
Artificial Language – Skinwalker (Single)
Label – Independent
Awaken I am – House of Cards (Single)
Label – SBG Records
AVRALIZE – HIGHER (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Bad Party – Pray (Single)
Label – Independent
Balance Breach – Maniacs (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music
BLACKGOLD – Today’s My Day (Single)
Label – Independent
BÖSE FUCHS – Snake In The Grass (Single)
Label – Independent
BRCDS – The Razor (Bleed You Dry) (Single)
Label – Independent
Burn Absolute – Waste Away (feat. Phantom Limbs) (Single)
Label – Independent
CLEARxCUT – Against Leviathan (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Downswing – Deadweight (Single)
Label – Independent
ENGRAVED – The Wretched One (Single)
Label – Independent
Final Story – Untamable (Single)
Label – Redfield Digital
Gloves Off – Compost Feelings
Label – Upstate Records
Grayscale Season – Still Hurts (Single)
Label – Independent
Houses We Die In – lonely grave (Single)
Label – Independent
Imminence – Continuum (Single)
Label – Independent
Iridium – Maaji (Single)
Label – Independent
Lost in Separation – Dakhma (Single)
Label – Independent
Lowhill – DEAD SERVANT (Single)
Label – Big Road Records
Mirrorcell – Dissolve (Single)
Label – Independent
Monument of a Memory – Devil in the Details (Single)
Label – Independent
Never Back Down – Outcast (Single)
Label – Circular Wave
OCEANS – Slaves to the Feed (feat. Misstiq of Earth Caller) (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast Records
Prompts – Sun Eater (Single)
Label – Independent
Sable Hills – No Turning Back (feat. Trevor Phipps of Unearth) (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Tally Spear – Here Comes The Rain (Single)
Label – Independent
The Wind Covenant – Beyond the Mortal Sight (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike
thrown – backfire (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Vilified – Oracle (Single)
Label – Independent
Waterlines – BRACE. (Single)
Label – Independent
Boundaries – Easily Erased (Single)
Label – 3DOT Recordings
Like Moths To Flame – Paradigm Trigger / Angels Weep (Single)
Label – UNFD
Bloom – Siren Song (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records
Left to Suffer – Lost in the Dark (Single)
Label – Independent
Melvins – Working The Ditch (Single)
Label – Ipecac Recordings
Summer Hailstorm – Smoke & Mirrors (Single)
Label – Superbia Music Group
Vultures Above Us – Headscape (Single)
Label – Independent
The Animal In Me – Greedy (Single)
Label – TAIM Inc
Captive State – Emblematic (Single)
Label – Independent
Ephemerist – dirtnap (Single)
Label – Midnight Revival Music
Insights – New Light (Single)
Label – Independent
The Ghost Inside – Wash It Away (Single)
Label – Epitaph
HARDCORE RELEASES
No Heroes Left – Busted
Label – Independent
A Knife in the Dark & Heavens Die – Split (EP)
Label – Independent
COOKED – Ad Nauseam (EP)
Label – Independent
MISERY WHIP – MWII (EP)
Label – Independent
PUSCH – Bow to Me (EP)
Label – Independent
Search Warrant – Re-Execution (EP)
Label – Independent
Snuffed – Lobotomy Dream (EP)
Label – Another City Records
Sleepwell – Buried Young (EP)
Label – Club Scout
THE BREATH – 道理なき憎悪 Reasonless Hate (Single)
Label – Convulse Records
Cold Case – Twist of the Knife (Single)
Label – Hive Minded
LockedUp – ENEMY (Single)
Label – $outhern $moke
Pure Bliss – On The Wheel (feat. Trae Roberts) (Single)
Label – Unbeaten Records
Sweat – Give Me Action (Single) (Single)
Label – Vitriol
BRAT – Hesitation Wound (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records
Worst Doubt – Immortal Pain (Single)
Label – BDHW Records
CLOBBER – Council estate of Mind (Single)
Label – Venn Records
Comeback Kid – Disruption (Single)
Label – Sharptone
Domain – Corrode (feat. Indecision) (Single)
Label – DAZE
Planet On A Chain – Cocalero (Single)
Label – Revelation Records
Boost – United by Hate (Single)
Label – Day After Records
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Crush++ – Power Pleasure
Label – Independent
Galleons – Violent Delights
Label – Famined Records
Normandie – Dopamine
Label – Easy Life Records
nothing,nowhere. – Dark Magic
Label – Independent
The Chisel – What a Fucking Nightmare
Label – Pure Noise Records
The Pineapple Thief – It Leads to This
Label – Kscope
Yellowcard & Hammock – A Hopeful Sign
Label – Rude Records
ALBA SERA – アルバ・セラ
Label – Sony Music
CVLTE – DIGITAL PARANOIA 2025
Label – F.C.L.S.
Cicadia – INEQUIEM (EP)
Label – Kontrolla Music Group
Hollow Suns – Free Fall (EP)
Label – Sunday Drive Records
Last Chance to Reason – Level 4 (EP)
Label – Independent
Ómoia – The Sickness (EP)
Label – Independent
Anchors & Hearts – Lost Without You (Single)
Label – Redfield Records
Beyond Unbroken – The Madness (Single)
Label – FiXT
Capstan – Misery Scene (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
EarlyRise – Everything for Free (Single)
Label – Independent
Eidola – No Weapon Formed Shall Prosper (Single)
Label – Rise Records
falselove – candlelight (Single)
Label – Independent
Forager – Crash FM (Single)
Label – Independent
Kill the Lights – Sleep With the Devil (Single)
Label – Fearless Record
Last Night of Solace – Kenopsia (Single)
Label – Independent
LOVEBREAKERS – Wonder (Single)
Label – Sabbath City Records
Lø Spirit – Breathe (Single)
Label – Misfit Records
LVPSE – View from Above (Single)
Label – Unconscious States
Mayfield – Keep You (Single)
Label – Independent
Niis – Crazy (Single)
Label – Independent
Palmist – I Can’t Stop (Falling in Love) (Single)
Label – Independent
SNAYX – Better Days (Single)
Label – SNAKE SOUNDZ RECORDS
Telltale – EDDY (Single)
Label – Independent
Timelost – Wet J (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
билборды – В ноль В ноль (Single)
Label – Independent
El Moono – The Charm (Single)
Label – Lockjaw Records
Hopes Avenue – PANIC (Single)
Label – Independent
Mimi Barks – FSU (Single)
Label – Silent Cult
Belmont – Liminal (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
+CAREGIVER+ – Daylily (Single)
Label – Independent
Higher Power – Absolute Bloom (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Gouge Away – Dallas (Single)
Label – Deathwish Inc.
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
A-Sun Amissa – Ruins Era
Label – Gizeh Records
Chelsea Wolfe – She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
Label – Loma Vista
Mathbonus – Swim
Label – Timur Pogosov
LADYBABY – Gotcha nippon! (EP)
Label – CLEARSTONE RECORDS
Alohaii – Rose (feat. Ember Amane) (Single)
Label – Summertide
Felix Cartal – Feel Less (feat. Lights) (Single)
Label – Physical Presents
In Explosions – loomers (Single)
Label – droneshipx
Madison Beer – Make You Mine (Single)
Label – Epic Records
The Dirty Shirts – Wicked Game (Single)
Label – Independent
mui zyu – everything to die for (Single)
Label – Father/Daughter Records
Caroline Polachek – Butterfly Net (feat. Weyes Blood) (Single)
Label – Perpetual Novice
YENA – DNA (Single)
Label – DREAMUSIC
BIG SPECIAL – DUST OFF / START AGAIN (Single)
Label – Silva Screen Records