Welcome to this week’s edition of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff. Check out our release calendar to keep up-to-date with all of the year’s upcoming releases!
STAFF PICKS
Fox Lake – Gaslight (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: “Gaslight” is a vicious track that features a roaring vocal performance by Marc Zelli from Paleface, all while seamlessly melding the brutality of modern hardcore with the rhythmic aggression of hip-hop that Fox Lake is known for.
The Devil Wears Prada – Time (Single)
Label – Solid State Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: “Time” demonstrates metalcore titans The Devil Wears Prada at their very best, honing in on the heavy sound of their early work whilst demonstrating the strength in the more modernized melodicism of their contemporary material.
Lorna Shore – Cursed to Die (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Matt recomends: “Cursed to Die” demonstrates Lorna Shore taking a relatively ‘moderate’ approach to their melodic brand of deathcore. Much of the melody stems from the emotive guitarwork of Adam De Micco and Andrew O’Connor over orchestral arrangements, a wonderful shift from the explosiveness of previous singles.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Ithaca – They Fear Us [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Hassle Records
Stick To Your Guns – Spectre [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Pure Noise Records
Banks Arcade – Future Lovers [FULL REVIEW]
Label – UNFD
Arron Luke – DIS(INTEGRATION) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Chaosbay – 2222
Label – Circular Wave
blacktoothed – JULI
Label – Arising Empire
Belphegor – The Devils
Label – Nuclear Blast
Krisiun – Mortem Solis
Label – Century Media Records
Highway Sniper – The Great Satan [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Smartpunk Records
Bad Wolves – Sacred Kiss (EP)
Label – Better Noise Music
Saltwound – Vol. 2: DESPAIR (EP)
Label – Independent
Oceans – Hell Is Where The Heart Is, Pt. II: Longing (EP)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Torture Killer – Dead Inside (EP)
Label – The Other Records
HourHouse – Malizia (EP)
Label – Independent
Counterparts – Whispers of Your Death (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Lamb of God – Omens (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Bullet For My Valentine – No More Tears To Cry (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Records UK
CABAL – Violent Ends (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
The Gloom In The Corner – Ronin (feat. Ryo Kinoshita) (Single)
Label – SharpTone Records
Within Destruction – Scars (Single)
Label – Ultra Heavy Records
Behemoth – The Deathless Sun (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Berried Alive – Hawaiian Punch (Single)
Label – Independent
Carcosa – Restless (Single)
Label – Independent
Confessions of a Traitor – Lovecraft (Single)
Label – Facedown Records
Dead Crown – Sleep (Single)
Label – Modern Empire Music
PhaseOne & Polaris – Icarus (Single)
Label – UNFD
As The Structure Fails – All the Weight (Singles)
Label – Independent
Elision – Ludovico (Single)
Label – Independent
Westhand – The Night I Lost Control (Single)
Label – Independent
Goatwhore – Born of Satan’s Flesh (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records
Blight – Circle Of Bones (feat. Dead/Awake) (Single)
Label – Independent
Get The Shot – Bloodbather (feat. Matthias Tarnath) (Single)
Label – New Damage Records
Loma Prieta – Sunlight (Single)
Label – Deathwish Inc.
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Dance Gavin Dance – Jackpot Juicer [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Rise Records
Bastions – Majestic Desolation [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Church Road Records
Beddy Rays – Beddy Rays [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Chat Pile – God’s Country
Label – The Flenser
Unwritten Law – The Hum
Label – Cleopatra Records
Pianos Become The Teeth – Buckley (Single)
Label – Epitaph
Brutus – Liar (Single)
Label – Sargent House
Saving Vice – Angels & Demons (Single)
Label – Independent
Bush – More Than Machines (Single)
Label – BMG Rights Management
The Hirsch Effekt – PALINGENESIS (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records
harm – Nothing Down There Is What They Say (Single)
Label – Independent
Nerv – Color//Feeling (Single)
Label – Independent
Koyo – Call It Off (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Fucked Up – Strix (Single)
Label – Independent
Preoccupations – Death of Melody (Single)
Label – Independent
World’s First Cinema – Castle (Single)
Label – B-Unique Recordings UK
Flogging Molly – This Road Of Mine (Single)
Label – Quiet Man LLC
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
The Home Team – Slow Bloom (Deluxe)
Label – Revival Recordings
Florist – Florist
Label – Double Double Whammy
Murder By Death – Spell/Bound
Label – Independent
Maggie Rogers – Surrender
Label – Debay Sounds
Aranda – Recollections Of A Painted Year
Label – The Fuel Music
purity ring – shrines X
Label – 4AD
Dispassion Turn – Songs About The End (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Anberlin – Silverline (EP)
Label – Equal Vision Records
Grayscale – Antumbra (EP)
Label – Fearless Records
Sun’s Signature – Sun’s Signature (EP)
Label – Partisan Records
Turnover – Myself in the Way (Single)
Label – Run For Cover Records
The Wonder Years – Low Tide (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Kasabian – THE WALL (Single)
Label – Columbia
Thick – Tell Myself (Single)
Label – Epitaph
Sunsleeper – Stay Home (Single)
Label – Rude Records
Charli XCX – Hot Girl (Bodies Bodies Bodies) (Single)
Label – A24 Music
Friday Pilots Club – Better With (Single)
Label – Independent
Have Mercy – SIO (Single)
Label – Zodhiac Records
Hevenshe – Trying Not To Feel (Single)
Label – PREMA Records
The Hunna – Trash (Single)
Label – LMW Records
Dear Youth – Juice (feat. Broadside) (Single)
Label – Anchor Eighty Four Records
K-POP RELEASES
PURPLE KISS – Geekyland
Label – RBW Entertainment
TWICE – Celebrate
Label – Warner Music Japan
ATEEZ – THE WORLD: EP. 1 MOVEMENT
Label – Klap