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
Avicide – In The Hands Of You (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: The dual-single “In The Hands Of You” showcases an impressive debut from Bristol unit Avicide. It meticulously weaves an array of genres, including potent moments of drawn-back metallic cleans, and the blackened riffs that burst out of its belly of the track. This opening offers a haunting sense of unease akin to that of Heriot.
Before I Turn – Wilting (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Shane recommends: Before I Turn continue their follow-up to Claustrophobic with another somber outing of progcore in “Wilting“. As aggressive, down-tuned verses and emotional choruses trade blows on the backdrop of darkened ambience, the Connecticut outfit is primed to showcase the rest of this tragic tale with sonic indignation in the coming weeks.
Stressed – Oceans of Despair / Control to Decay (Single)
Label – Life.lair.regret. Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: With their summer in full swing, we are seeing Australia hardcore begin to drop some quality releases. The likes of KRISTOL PISSTOL and Out of Spite delivered some cracking records at the end tail of last year. Now Stressed add two blistering tracks, “Oceans of Despair” and “Control to Decay“. With swinging riffs and vocals worthy of a mic grab, Stressed have delivered up some good ol’ fashioned hardcore to two-step and spin kick your friends to.
Wildernesses – Maintenance (Single)
Label – Floodlit Recordings
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: Just as we announce Wildernesses as one of our ones-to-watch for 2026, we’re proven right immediately. They announced their debut LP Growth, and dropped “Maintenance“, a lovely showcase of their dreamy shoegaze style. Balmy low-register vocals and luscious guitar swells and plucks populate this track’s wintry landscape. The video demonstrates that this isn’t just music for swaying, as the band really get into the groove for the energetic ending.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Cold Night For Alligators – With All That’s Left
Label – Heavy Collective
Ov Sulfur – Endless
Label – Century Media
Plasteotomy – Block Based Eradication
Label – Ampuated Vein Records
Tombseeker – Tombseeker
Label – Iron Fortress Records
I Promised The World – I Promised The World (EP)
Label – Rise Records
Sanity Slip – Sanity Slip (EP)
Label – Bayway Records
Vexatious – Empty Threat (EP)
Label – Vexatious
Silver Fang – Death or Devotion (EP)
Label – Independent
WHOLE WORLD WEPT – GUILT TRAILS (EP)
Label – Golden Basset Baby Records
Coraline’s Collapse – The Fragile Texture of a Spider’s Web (Remastered) (EP)
Label – Independent
sear – O Merciful (EP)
Label – Tomb Tree
As Everything Unfolds – GASOLINE (Single)
Label – Century Media
Before I Turn – Wilting (Single)
Label – Before I Turn
Deathtape – Tramp Stamp (Single)
Label – Independent
DUSTHOUSE – Lead Balloon (feat. Owen Cousins) (Single)
Label – Independent
Glassbone – E.K.F.I.V (Single)
Label – Independent
Grove Warden – Honourless (Single)
Label – Independent
HourHouse – CHALKED OUT (Single)
Label – Independent
Humanity’s Last Breath – Godhood (Single)
Label – Century Media
Mirrorcell – Supernova (Single)
Label – InVogue Records
Sunborn – Glacier (Single)
Label – Independent
Unseen Faith – Graveheart (feat. MØL) (Single)
Label – Heavy Collective
DIESECT – FOUR WALLS (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records
Inferi – The Rapture of Dead Light (Single)
Label – The Artisan Era
Lamb of God – Into Oblivion (Single)
Label – Epic Records
Monosphere – Limbic (Single)
Label – Independent
Moodring – Masochist Machine (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
Nailed Shut MA – Centipede (Single)
Label – Promised Death Records
Neon Rituals – Embrace (Single)
Label – Independent
No/Más – Ley indígena (Single)
Label – Redefining Darkness Records
Sylar – Pushing Me Off (Single)
Label – Pluto Flux
The Last Ten Seconds of Life – The Dead Ones (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records
Gaerea – Phoenix (Single)
Label – Century Media
JEWELTONE – I WANT TO BE ME (Single)
Label – Triple Hammer Records
Marked;Life – Sidewinder (Single)
Label – Dark Horse Records
Splitleaf – SMILE AT ME (Single)
Label – Independent
Story Of The Year – Disconnected (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
Suicide Cages – Fuck City (Single)
Label – Braeburn Records
Unverkalt – Oath Ov Prometheus (Single)
Label – Season of Mist
Bound in Fear – Three Knee Deep (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records
Converge – We Were Never The Same (Single)
Label – Epitaph
Filth is Eternal – Stay Melted (Single)
Label – MNRK Music
Lintworm – Rot (Single)
Label – Genet Records, Lay Bare Recordings
Poison The Well – Thoroughbreds (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
Predatory Void – New Moon (Single)
Label – Pelagic Records
DeadVectors – The Undying (Single)
Label – Big Swag Daddy Djenty Boi Records
HARDCORE RELEASES
Gylt – In 1,000 Agonies, I Exist
Label – Get Better Records
Rifle – Rifle
Label – YEAR0001
VERDICT – Split 12″ with Nightfeeder
Label – Bye Bye Productions
Enemy of Man – Enemy of Man (EP)
Label – Live & Suffer
Mind/Knot – Mortale (EP)
Label – Independent
Negative Love – Negative Love (EP)
Label – Static Era Records
Crush Your Soul – ICE WATER
Label – STREETS OF HATE
HONEY WORLD – COLD STEEL
Label – PLEAZING CASE RECORDS & FUTURA RECORDS
All Beat Up & COCKRING – Humiliation Ritual
Label – Human Future Records & No Time Records
Violent Way – A Need for Something More
Label – VWS
SIN AGAINST SIN – DEMO 2 (EP)
Label – STREETS OF HATE
Madrugado – Infierno Eterno (EP)
Label – Independent
Cruel Idols – Hellbound (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution
Ratbite – Judged (Single)
Label – Independent
Vitamin X – Ride the Apocalypse (Single)
Label – Svart Records
LOTUS – JLD (Single)
Label – Independent
XCOMM – FAKE ID (Single)
Label – Blowed Out Records
Xiao – Tourettes (Single)
Label – Independent
Frayed Ends BC – Disowned (Single)
Label – Singular/Gokuhi
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Greywind – Severed Heart City
Label – FLG
Mother Vulture – Cartoon Violence
Label – Independent
Dream Drop – blackcastle: pt.2 (EP)
Label – GAIN
Last Hounds – STRNGEWRLD (EP)
Label – Venn Records
myheartyourhands – in memoriam (EP)
Label – Independent
Good Tiger – Decades on My Feet (Single)
Label – Independent
Hoshikuma Minami – NIRVANA (Single)
Label – Independent
Kami Kehoe – SEX ON FIRE (Single)
Label – Coup D’Etat Recordings / Atlantic Recording Corp
Night Thieves – Mycelia (Single)
Label – Independent
Normandie – Cyanide (Single)
Label – Independent
Silly Goose – Cowboy (Single)
Label – Blue Grape Music II, LLC
The Devil Wears Prada – Play The Old Shit (Single)
Label – Solid State Records
Trash Boat – Even If I Never Get There (Single)
Label – Independent
Yellowcard – Bedroom Posters (feat. Good Charlotte) (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music
YONAKA – Trouble Follows (Single)
Label – Distiller Records
BITTER KISSES – Friend Or Faux (Single)
Label – Sourpatch Records
Rarity – Far From Fine (Single)
Label – New Damage Records
Static Dress – human props (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
VRSTY – heartbreak blues (Single)
Label – Spinefarm
билборды – Заставь меня молчать (Single)
Label – Independent
New Found Glory – Beer and Blood Stains (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Red Vanilla – Sunkissed Pools (Single)
Label – Independent
Doubt It! – Heat (Single)
Label – Independent
VENUS GRRRLS – 3×3 (Single)
Label – Killabop
Jagged City – Ocean East, Ocean West (Single)
Label – Pelagic Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Blanket – True Blue
Label – Adventure Cat Records
Carpenter Brut – The Misfits / The Rebels (Single)
Label – Universal Music Division Virgin Music Distribution Deal
Eden FM – It’s You (feat. Violet Grace) (Single)
Label – Cursus Audio
Hangwire – Nerv (Single)
Label – Artoffact Records
Lande Hekt – Lucky Now (Single)
Label – Tapete Records
Lucy In Disguise – Soft Glow (feat. Mellow Fields) (Single)
Label – Liminal Drift Records
Mara Liddle – SPIN (Single)
Label – Independent
Daughter – Not Enough (Single)
Label – 4AD ltd
dead fave – Eros & Her Deadly Blade (feat. Theo) (Single)
Label – /:faceless humanoid
Layen_ – Unravel (feat. brody) (Single)
Label – BKM Artists
In Explosions – thin air (Single)
Label – Independent
Wildernesses – Maintenance (Single)
Label – Floodlit Recordings
Kee Avil – itch (Single)
Label – NNA Tapes
Nothing – toothless coal (Single)
Label – Run For Cover
trauma ray – Hannibal (Single)
Label – DAIS Records
stripmallravestarr -2much (Single)
Label – sunday drive records
Dusqk – Lost Sanctuary 01 (DECRYPTED) (Single)
Label – Heaven/11