A culmination of this week’s metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff.
STAFF PICKS
Loathe – Dimorphous Display (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: Loathe impress, showing they haven’t lost their heavy edge while demonstrating their keen, heightened melodic sensibilities on “Dimorphous Display“. With there seeming to be more new tunes on the way very soon, it seems Loathe are about to have another big year.
Sonnet Of The Damned – Stand For Something, Die For Nothing (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe H recommends: The second single from the fresh UK outfit Sonnet Of The Damned is a hyper-aggressive banger evoking the likes of Slipknot and Malevolence. Be prepared for an unrelenting listen — this one is for those that fight for their dreams and swim against the tides.
woo!ah! – Catch the Stars (Single)
Label – NV Entertainment
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dallis recommends: In a catchy and snappy fashion, woo!ah! bring forth a hypnotic track that is sure to be lingering in your mind like an earworm. Certified to make you tap along to the beat!
Vein.FM – The Killing Womb (Single)
Label – Closed Casket Activities/Nuclear Blast
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: Vein.fm come out of the gate swinging with a percussive, dissonant and downright eerie masterclass in the world of metalcore with “The Killing Womb“. Chaos.
Fit For An Autopsy – Two Towers (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe E recommends: Fit For An Autopsy have hit us with another single from their upcoming album Oh What The Future Holds that is sure to melt some faces and fry some brains.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Mechina – Venator
Label – Independent
AVIIRA – Avalanche
Label – Independent
Wilderun – Epigone
Label – Century Media Records
As I May – Karu
Label – UPRISING! Records
Asleep At The Helm – Keepsake
Label – Independent
Infected Rain – Ecdysis
Label – Napalm Records
Love Like Gravity – Break the Silence
Label – LLG Music Group
Burial – Antidawn (EP)
Label – Hyperdub
Jawbone – Fracture (EP)
Label – Independent
Throat – Rot Alone (EP)
Label – Independent
Afterdusk – Fatal Strand (EP)
Label – Independent
Impvlse – POINT BLANK (EP)
Label – Independent
Falling In Reverse – Zombified (Single)
Label – Epitaph Records
An Astonishing End – Evimashinga (Single)
Label – Alpha Troodon Records
Breathe Atlantis – Changes (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Righteous Vendetta – No Vacancy (Single)
Label – Vendetta Records
Voivod – Paranormalium (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Crowmouth – Embittered (Single)
Label – Independent
Catch Your Breath – Shame On Me (Single)
Label – Independent
Arkaik – Wayward Opulence (Single)
Label – The Artisan Era
Nekrogoblikon – This Is It (Single)
Label – Mystery Box
ROCK/POST-HARDCORE RELEASES
Lordi – Lordiversity – Humanimals
Label – AFM Records
Static Dress – Di-sinTer (ft. King Yosef) (Single)
Label – Independent
Valiant Hearts – Vertigo (Single)
Label – Kontrolla Music Group
Billy Talent – Judged (Single)
Label – Warner Music Canada
Vigils – Collapse (Single)
Label – Independent
American Theory – Episode (Single)
Label – Independent
Becko – 666Skincare (Single)
Label – FiXT
A Wilhelm Scream – Be One To No One (Single)
Label – Creator-Destructor Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE RELEASES
The Weeknd – Dawn FM
Label – Republic Records
Twin Atlantic – Transparency
Label – Staple Diet
Spector – Now or Whenever
Label – Moth Noise
Led By Lanterns – Six Feet Down
Label – Independent
AURORA – Everything Matters (Single)
Label – Glassnote Entertainment Group
Softcult – Gaslight (Single)
Label – FACTOR
Blood Red Shoes – MURDER ME (Single)
Label – Velveteen Records
Citizen Soldier – Unsaid (Single)
Label – Independent
K-POP RELEASES
Kep1er – First Impact (EP)
Label – Stone Music Entertainment
GOT the beat – Step Back (Single)
Label – Stone Music Entertainment
WJSN Chocome – Super Yuppers! (Single)
Label – Starship
AleXa – TATTOO (Single)
Label – ZB
H1-KEY – Athletic Girl (Single)
Label – GLG