New Music Friday – July 28th, 2023

Welcome to this week’s New Music Friday, our wrap-up of all the releases ranging from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. Have a look at our release calendar to monitor what upcoming releases are due soon. NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page. (Cover: Midbooze – Eyeliner)

STAFF PICKS

HANABIE. – 来世は偉人!
Label – Sony Music
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Jonathan recommends: Gloriously over-the-top, yet feeling more genuine than actual novelty, Japanese metalcore unit HANABIE. make their major label debut with Raise wa Ijin! An intriguing blend of jpop and good old fashioned metalcore, the group delivers an energetic yet crushing sound that is a refreshing take on heavy music.

Coletta – Crystal (Single)
Label – LIFE OR DEATH
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Kath recommends: Coletta make their highly-anticipated return with “Crystal,” their first new offering since their 2020 debut record Idealism. Fans of the album should be satisfied as the group haven’t missed a beat since then, with Coletta’s trademark blend of psychedelic R&B-infused pop-rock on full display in the melty lovesick summer cut.

Threshold – Your Name / Smash Your Enemies (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Melbourne metallic hardcore quartet Threshold continue the caustic and rough sound blended with fist-throwing riffs displayed on their debut EP with double single “Your Name / Smash Your Enemies“. The tracks amp up the aggression and will only further add to the buzz around the group.

CYPARISS – FLY ME TO THE MOON (Single)
Label – nxnameslxft
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Harry recommends: Phonk project CYPARISS deliver a more lowkey electronic track in “FLY ME TO THE MOON“. A more chill and atmosphere-orientated offering, “FLY ME TO THE MOON” is infectious and awash in good vibes; it is sure to be the perfect soundtrack for late nights.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

The Sun’s Journey Through the Night – Worldless [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Church Road Records

Signs of the Swarm – Amongst the Low & Empty
Label – Century Media Records

Porta Nigra – Weltende
Label – Soulseller Records

Panzerchrist – Last Of A Kind
Label – Emanzipation Productions

Mairu – Sol Cultus
Label – Trepanation Records

Broken by the Scream – Whitewater Park (EP)
Label – Tokuma Japan Communications

Bloodmouth – Carnist Industrial Complex (EP)
Label – Oblivious Maximus Records

Secret Keeper – Dear Love, I Let You Go. (EP)
Label – Independent

Dying Wish – Watch My Promise Die [ALBUM NEWS]
Label – Sharptone Records

Serration – Shroud of Gnarled Tongues (Single) [ALBUM NEWS]
Label – DAZE Records

Acranius – Mother (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution

ACCVSED – What We’ll Never Be (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution

Blodet – Death Mother (Single)
Label – Church Road Records

CHAOSBAY – Revolution (Single)
Label – Circular Wave

Colony Collapse – Take Forever (Single)
Label – Theoria Records

DAMN NATION – AM I LOUD ENOUGH NOW? (Single)
Label – Independent

Devitalized – Godslayer (ft. Tom Barber) (Single)
Label – Independent

DVST – Losing (Single)
Label – Easthaven Records

Heart Of A Coward – Devour Me (Single)
Label Arising Empire

Gods End – Carbomb (Single)
Label – Independent

Interloper – Sanctum (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

MAVIS – Tortured Land (Single)
Label – Independent

Nasty – Roses (Single)
Label – Century Media Record

PALESKIN – Absence of You (Single)
Label – Independent

Polaris – Nightmare (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records

Rising Insane – Demons (Single)
Label – Believe

SiM – Do The Dance (Single)
Label – PONY CANYON INC. / Rise Records

Slaughter to Prevail – Viking (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records

Tired Violence & Patient Sixty Seven – Maybe the Jet Ski Investments Weren’t Such a Great Idea (Single)
Label – Independent

Wolves At The Gate – Stupid Deep (Single)
Label – Solid State Records

Monosphere – Bleak (Single)
Label – Blood Last Distribution

Traitors – Unhinged (Single)
Label – Independent

VCTMS – Stranger (Single)
Label – Independent

Worm Shepherd – The Dying Heavens (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records

HARDCORE RELEASES

Blood Runs Cold – Blood Runs Cold (EP)
Label – DAZE Records

Street Soldier – Original Murda Material (EP)
Label – Independent

GOD AWFUL – Premeditated (EP)
Label – Independent

Risk & Fools Game – Split (EP)
Label – Never Ran Never Will Records

Hard Reset – 66615 (EP)
Label – Tranquil Garden Studios

New World Man – The Beast is Back (EP)
Label – Streets Of Hate

Pink Mist – Belt Fed Justice (EP)
Label – Hardknock NY

Stedfast – 4 Song Promo (EP)
Label – Armageddon Records

Sunstroke – Ceiling (Memorial Day) (Single)
Label – Sky Valley Records

Smuther – SKWAH MIXTAPE MASSACRE (EP)
Label – Slow Death Records

Rabbit – Tail Wags Dog (EP)
Label – Delayed Gratification Records

Cold Case – Lucky (Single)
Label – Upstate Records

Crossface – Distorted Perceptions (Single)
Label – Black Blood Audio

Cruelty – The Fall Of Ninevah (Single)
Label – Independent

Kanonashi – Blood Red Camry Dance Party (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records

Dispersed – Sick As A Dog (Single)
Label – Independent

Headcheese – I Wanna Be Special (Forces)
Label – Neon Taste Records

Brass Tongue – Street Psalms (Single)
Label – Watchin’ It Cook Records

Split Image – SLOTH (Single)
Label – Low Budget Productions

Search Warrant – Weak Link (Single)
Label – Independent

Lowsight – Pain of Truth (Single)
Label – Independent

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

From Ashes to New – Blackout
Label – Better Noise Music

Mutoid Man – Demons
Label – Sergeant House

Yonaka – Welcome To My House (EP)
Label – Republic

least – Sitting in the Best Light (EP)
Label – Friend Club Records

The Skies Are Shifting – Mind Awake // Body Asleep: Act Two (EP)
Label – Independent

Advents – RED THIRTEEN (Single)
Label – Independent

Boys Like Girls – The Outside (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

Catch Your Breath – 21 Gun Salute (Single)
Label – Thriller Records

Conquer Divide – N E W H E A V E N (Single)
Label – Mascot Records

Creeper – Teenage Sacrifice (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Records

Dayshell – You Wish (Single)
Label – Mascot Records

Glass Tides – Breaking Down (Single)
Label – Independent

Koyo – Message Like a Bomb (ft. Daryl Palumbo) (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Hackedface – color (Single)
Label – Independent

Kala – Antidepressants (Single)
Label – Judge and Jury Records

newshapes – glass (Single)
Label – Independent

Of Mice & Men – Warpaint (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records

slo/tide – Too Much Weight (feat. Sir Sly) (Single)
Label – Feltone

Speaking With Ghosts – 99 Mining (Single)
Label – Independent

Toronto Is Broken – Euphoria (feat. REEBZ) (Single)
Label – FixT Records

Truth & Tragedy – Take It to Your Grave (Single)
Label – Independent

Artio – Sertraline (Single)
Label – Slam Dunk Records

LEAVE. – Dead Dreams (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music

Captives – Shadow Cat (feat. Ryo Kinshita) (Single)
Label – Independent

Concrete Castles – Kill The Lights (Single)
Label – Independent

KNIFE BRIDE – sacrifice/surrender (Single)
Label – Independent

Reside – Leave You For Dead (Single)
Label – Independent

Tropic Gold – Adrenaline (Single)
Label – UNFD

51st Avenue – Mind Your Own (Single)
Label – Independent

Hawthorne Heights – The Storm (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Defying Decay – Clouds (feat. Violette Wautier) (Single)
Label – Independent

Empire State Bastard – The Looming (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Carly Rae Jepsen – The Loveliest Time
Label – Interscope Records

Echosmith – Echosmith
Label – Independent

Georgia – Euphoric
Label – Domino

Bethany Cosentino – Natural Disaster
Label – Concord Records

Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760
Label – Warp Records

Anne-Marie – Unhealthy
Label – Asylum Records

TURQUOISEDEATH – Se Bueno
Label – Independent

Sore Dream & Hisham Akira Bharoocha – Sore Dream & Hisham Akira Bharoocha
Label – Independent

Scattle – Access Denial
Label – Independent

Varsity – Head in the Clouds
Label – Independent

TWINK OBLITERATOR – scout eater (EP)
Label – Independent

omiah – run away (Single)
Label – Independent

FEEZZ – Hit Hard (Single)
Label – Boanerge

Naked Lungs – River (Down) (Single)
Label – Independent

Nation of Language – Too Much, Enough (Single)
Label – Play It Again Sam

Daedric – Titan (Single)
Label – FiXT

OBLXKQ – MESSAGE (Single)
Label – Goost Music

Softboy7 – Dreamwave (feat. FlowerBoyDeMii)
Label – Independent

Purity Ring & Black Dresses – shines (Single)
Label – The Fellowship

Roosevelt – Paralyzed (Single)
Label – Counter Records

S. Carey – Steadfast (feat. Gordi) (Single)
Label – Red Hook

Sextile – New York (Single)
Label – Sacred Bones

Romy – The Sea (Single)
Label – Young

In Explosions – lost future (Single)
Label – droneshipx

Midbooze – Eyeliner (Single)
Label – MIDBVVZE

KPOP RELEASES

MiSaMo – Masterpiece [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Warner Music Japan

LE SSERAFIM – ジュエリー (Prod. imase) (Single)
Label – Universal Music