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
Exist Immortal – Higher Ground (feat. VEXED) (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Ed recommends: After experimenting with their more melodic side through the chorus-heavy trio of EPs (the ‘triptych’ trilogy), and dipping their feet back into heaviness with the 2022 self titled album, British prog metal masters Exist Immortal return with the latest single series where they are combining these themes. “Higher Ground ” experiments with their techiest riffs along with possibly their catchiest chorus yet, with the complementary and brutal assault of Meryck de la Fuente and guest Megan Targett of Vexed. If this is a taste of what’s to come, tech metal fans are in for a treat.
FINAL GIRLS – Arachne (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: We’ve been keenly waiting for new material from this New Jersey group since their EP last year. On the unrelenting “Arachne” they reach new levels of heaviness with their blend of hardcore death metal. Gritty riffs are scratched out like nails across a coffin, and drider-like vocals constrict around the listener, sealing an atmosphere of terror.
erasermouth – drown (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: erasermouth are metallic harcore-emo upstarts from Las Vegas, ready to make a splash. Equal parts nostalgic and hard hitting, their sound is completely welcome in the modern scene. The ambience is taken to another level with screaming ghosts that are seemingly trapped in the mix, surfacing during the breakdown.
silverglass – Anhedonia (Single)
Label – Cell Collapse
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: The pretty “Anhedonia” is like following a rain drop’s journey as it falls on grassy highlands and flows down to a neon city. silverglass deftly merge math, post and electronic rock, and with a track that could fit on lo-fi hip hop or tech metal playlists alike, the Dubliners are really on to something with their sound.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Graphic Nature – Who Are You When No One Is Watching? (REVIEW)
Label – Rude Records
In Hearts Wake – Incarnation (REVIEW)
Label – UNFD
Obscene – Agony & Wounds
Label – Nameless Grave Records
Black Lava – The Savage Winds To Wisdom
Label – Season of Mist
Diarsia – Armageddon
Label – Independent
TURIN – The Unforgiving Reality in Nothing
Label – MNRK
What Lies Below – Darker Colors (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Theoria Records
Bastion – Loss (EP)
Label – Independent
Devour the Day – Fragments Of Us (EP)
Label – A Window In
Heaven Unknown – It Hurts The Most (EP)
Label – Independent
King 810 – Under the Black Rainbow (EP)
Label – Independent
Unearth – Bask in the Blood of Our Demons (EP)
Label – Century Media Records
Attack Attack! – Blood on the Walls (Single)
Label – Oxide Records
bulletsbetweentongues – My Dearest Faith (Single)
Label – Ephyra
Convictions – The Coastal Glow (Single)
Label – Independent
Darling Decay – Heavy Artillery (Single)
Label – Independent
Dead Cassette – Running In Circles (Single)
Label – Independent
Despite Exile – Never Before, Never Again (Single)
Label – Independent
HATE COMPLEX – Corrosion (Single)
Label – Independent
Hereisaropegoodluck – DOWN WITH THE SNAKES (Single)
Label – Independent
Homicyde – Immortal (feat. Shane Jost of Cognitive) (Single)
Label – Independent
House of Anxiety – Sunrise (Single)
Label – Independent
Kamizol-k – Between the Eyes (Single)
Label – Independent
Interloper – The Rot (Single)
Label – Independent
Miss May I – Forgive and Forget (feat. Fit for a King) (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Negatives – Syphon (Single)
Label – Independent
Ovtlier – Warriors (feat. Chris Motionless) (Single)
Label – Independent
Provoked – End (Single)
Label – Indpendent
Save Your Last Breath – Overthrown (Single)
Label – Independent
STRXNDED – Intro + Slams N’ Giggles (feat. Jeffrey Judas of Morbid Atrocity) (Single)
Label – Independent
Thousand Below – Wrong Again (Single)
Label – Pale Chord
Trying Times – Under My Skin (Single)
Label – Independent
Vomit Forth – Rotting Wool (Single)
Label – Century Media Record
Weller – Edge of a Knife (feat. Adam Leader of In Search of Sun) (Single)
Label – Independent
Widow7 – Pins and Needles (Single)
Label – Oxide Records
156/Silence – Better Written Villain (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
A Night in Texas – Death Protocol (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records
Caliban – I Was a Happy Kid Once (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
ENMY – Hourglass (Single)
Label – FiXT
Oceano – The Price of Pain (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
Rising Insane – Carousel (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
The Five Hundred – DRAGGED OUT (feat. Charlie Rolfe) (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records
Waiting 4 April – You & I (Single)
Label – Indpendent
And So I Watch You from Afar – Years Ago (Single)
Label – Pelagic Records
Dekaytah – Rot (Single)
Label – Independent
Earthburner – Permanent Dawn (Single)
Label – Salem Rose Music
Eschalon – Shroud (Single)
Label – Independent
Great American Ghost – Forsaken (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Respire – The Sun Sets Without Us (Single)
Label – Dine Alone Music
As I Lay Dying – The Cave We Fear to Enter (Single)
Label – Napalm Records
CANTERVICE – Chasing the Sky (Single)
Label – FiXT
Ice Nine Kills – Walking on Sunshine (feat. Reel Big Fish) (Katrina and the Waves Cover) (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
Midwinter – Counting Sheep (Single)
Label – Independent
PassCode – WILLSHINE (Single)
Label – MoooD Records
Terminal Sleep – Spineless / Shadows (Single)
Label – Independent
HARDCORE RELEASES
SPEED – ONLY ONE MODE (REVIEW)
Label – Flatspot Records
Juice B.C. – Festival Of Fools
Label – WAR Records
Condition One – Another Hopeless Prayer
Label – Streets of Hate
Deal With It – That Just Ain’t Me (EP)
Label – Delayed Gratification Records
Doubt – Held in Contempt (EP)
Label – Get Better Records
OPPOSITION – A Legacy of Tragedy (Single)
Label – Independent
Liminal – Lost With Broken Pieces (EP)
Label – Hiraeth Recordings
Gun – Laser Gun (Feat. Le Bang) (Single)
Label – Independent
Blanket Hill – Eau Rouge (Single)
Label – 1038 Recordings
Berthold City – The Cost (Single)
Label – WAR Records
Beyond Reach – Price 2 Pray (Single)
Label – HARDCORE DEMONSTRATION
Phantoms – The Big Adios (Single)
Label – Last Ride Records
Trail of Lies – Unbroken (feat. Seb48) (Single)
Label – Independent
Mile End – Bind (Single)
Label – NEW MORALITY ZINE
Torena – False Compassion (Single)
Label – DAZE
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
The Home Team – The Crucible of Life (REVIEW)
Label – Thriller Records
Windwaker – HYPERVIOLENCE (REVIEW)
Label – Fearless Records
Cassadee Pope – Hereditary
Label – Awake Music
Pack Rat – Life’s a Trap
Label – Hosehead Records
Halflives – Inferno (End of the World Edition) (EP)
Label – Still Standing Group
Archtypes Collide – Destiny (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
As December Falls – Mayday (Single)
Label – Independent
A Killer’s Confession – Filth (Single)
Label – MNRK
Bad/Love – Vultures (Single)
Label – Independent
Bellwether – Homecoming (Single)
Label – Independent
Cat Company – bodytalk (Single)
Label – MossHaus
Census – Overthink It (Single)
Label – Get Dead Records
EarlyRise – Rinse and Repeat (Single)
Label – Independent
Emerald Royce – Fireball Days (feat. LiveLikeSage) (Single)
Label – Independent
Fame on Fire – Suicide (The Lovers) (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Five AM – Save Face (Single)
Label – Oxide Records
Heart Of Gold – Human Nature (Single)
Label – Adventure Cat Records
Love Like Enemies – IVY (feat. Tyler Tate) (Single)
Label – Independent
New Medicine – Skin (Single)
Label – Independent
Nova Charisma – Stolen from Each Other (Single)
Label – Rude Records
Queen Cult – To Be a Boy (Single)
Label – other City
SAVE US – Intentions (Single)
Label – Year Of The Rat Records
Tigress – B-O-R-E-D (Single)
Label – Independent
TRUTHTELLER – Ambulance (Single)
Label – Independent
WARGASM – 70% Dead (feat. Corey Taylor) (Single)
Label – Republic Records
Harpy – Not My God Anymore (Single)
Label – Independent
Mayday Parade – Pretty Good to Feel Something (Single)
Label – Independent
Toothwalker – Remember Me (Single)
Label – Independent
Trophy Eyes – Enmore (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Eyes Set to Kill – Wilderness (Single)
Label – Revival Recordings
Family Dinner – Shine On (Single)
Label – Other People Records
Knuckle Puck – Stick Season (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
MOTHICA – Mirage (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Yellowcard – Hear You Me (Jimmy Eat World Cover) (Single)
Label – Rude Records
State Faults – Divination (Single)
Label – Deathwish Inc.
Tropic Gold – HAPPY (Single)
Label – UNFD
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Clairo – Charm
Label – Independent
Cathedral Bells – Another Lifetime (EP)
Label – Spirit Goth Records
quinnie – you can hold the stars until they burn right through your hands you can hold the stars until they burn right through your hands (EP)
Label – Columbia Records
Bella White – Nobody Dies Anymore (Single)
Label – Rounder Records
Cults – Hung The Moon (Single)
Label – IMPERIAL
First Day of Spring – The Rising Tide (Single)
Label – Independent
Flowerbabe – FANGS (Single)
Label – Mr. D’s Magic Records
little image – STRANGE FRIENDS (Single)
Label – Hollywood Records
Arphanet – aesthetic specter (Single)
Label – Record Makers
Sun Mahshene – Pale Azure (Single)
Label – Deathcapades Music Ltd
Pale Waves – Glasgow (Single)
Label – Dirty Hit
Parannoul – Painless (Single)
Label – POCLANOS
COOL HEAT – Little Romance (Single)
Label – Spirit Goth Records
Hello Mary – Three (Single)
Label – Frenchkiss Records
SAFIRE – HARD FAST (Single)
Label – Independent