Welcome to this week’s edition of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff.
STAFF PICKS
The Devil Wears Prada – Salt (Single)
Label – Solid State Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: Continuing their string of stellar singles teasing their new record, Color Decay, The Devil Wears Prada reign in the heaviness for a moment on “Salt” to provide a incredibly infectious, melodic-angled track.
Modes – Infamous (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe H recommends: MODES showcase their seriously sublime songwriting chops on “Infamous“; expect nothing short of a soaring modern metalcore banger.
Colletto Bianco – Throne (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Joel is best known for his work with Endless Heights, now shows off he is a master of his craft his new side project, Collette Bianco. With “Throne“, it’s difficult not to be pulled into the tracks by its enchanting beats and vocal melodies.
Holding Absence & Alpha Wolf – Aching Longing (Single)
Label – SharpTone Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dallis recommends: Filled to the brim with atmosphere and charm, Holding Absence & Alpha Wolf return with a split EP on their hands that is sure to deliver if it’s anywhere near this caliber.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Motionless In White – Scoring The End Of The World [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Roadrunner Records
Secrets – The Collapse
Label – Velocity Records
Dragged Under – Upright Animals
Label – Mascot Records
Kardashev – Liminal Rite
Label – Metal Blade Records
Soreption – Jord
Label – Unique Leader Records
Seventh Wonder – The Testament
Label – Frontiers Records S.R.L
Kreator – Hate Über Alles
Label – Nuclear Blast
The Silverblack – Judgment
Label – DarkTunes Music Group
Inanimate Existence – The Masquerade
Label – The Artisan Era
Wind Rose – Warfront
Label – Napalm Records
UNDEAD CORPORATION – J.O.I.N.T.
Label – Ichigeki Record
Deathwhite – Grey Everlasting
Label – Season of Mist
Severe Torture – Fisting the Sockets (EP)
Label – Season of Mist
Escape The Void – Irrational Dreaming (EP)
Label – Independent
Lamb of God – Nevermore (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Parkway Drive – Glitch (Single)
Label – Epitaph
October Ends – Play Time (Single)
Label – UNFD
Ov Sulfur – Wide Open (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
coldrain – Before I Go (Single)
Label – Warner Music Japan
VEXES – Energy Vampires (Single)
Label – Independent
ATLVS – Synthetic Heaven (Single)
Label – Independent
Jawbone – Parasite Inferno (Single)
Label – Independent
Soulfly – Scouring The Vile (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Kubrick – Nightmare (Single)
Label – Independent
Carcosa – Nihilus (Single)
Label – Independent
Katahdin – Nails (Single)
Label – Independent
Wormrot – Voiceless Choir (Single)
Label – Earache Records
Set For Tomorrow – Flaws of Nature (feat. Orion Stephens) (Single)
Label – Outlast Entertainment LLC
Blind Channel – Don’t Fix Me (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
A Trust Unclean – Tempered In Torture (Single)
Label – Independent
The Artificials – Like Watercolor (Single)
Label – Study Sound Recordings
Five Finger Death Punch – Welcome To The Circus (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music
Emery – Daniel, I’m Not Gonna Make It. Go Ahead Without Me (Single)
Label – Tooth & Nail Records
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Moodring – Stargazer [FULL REVIEW]
Label – UNFD
Future Palace – Run
Label – Arising Empire
FALSET – Monarch
Label – MRI
Abyss, Watching Me – Nix
Label – Independent
The Tangent – Songs From The Hard Shoulder
Label – InsideOutMusic
Rise Against – Nowhere Generation II (EP)
Label – Lorna Vista Recordings
awakebutstillinbed – Hymns for the Scorned (EP)
Label – Twelve Gauge Records
Saint Asonia – Better Late Than Never (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Records
Devil May Care – The Snow (Single)
Label – Uncle M Music
Villain of the Story – Jester (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music
Pianos Become The Teeth – Genevieve (Single)
Label – Epitaph
Shallowsky – Ascendant (Single)
Label – Independent
The Rasmus – Rise (Single)
Label – Playground Music Scandinavia
Becko – The Rumbling (Single)
Label – FiXT
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE RELEASES
Joyce Manor – 40 oz. to Fresno
Label – Epitaph
Liss – I Guess Nothing Will Be The Same
Label – Independent
Shearwater – The Great Awakening
Label – Polyborus
Vance Joy – In Our Own Sweet Time
Label – Atlantic Records
Grace Ives – Janky Star
Label – True Panther Records
Billy Howerdel – What Normal Was
Label – BMG Rights Management
XYLØ – unamerican beauty
Label – Opposition
Yoo Doo Right – A Murmur, Boundless to the Eats
Label – Mothland
Of Monsters and Men – TÍU (EP)
Label – Republic Records
Rythe – Isolation (Single)
Label – Independent
Joji – Glimpse of Us (Single)
Label – 88rising Records
Pale Waves – Reasons To Live (Single)
Label – Dirty Hit
Colorblind – Love Is Red (Single)
Label – Independent
Editors – Karma Climb (Single)
Label – Play It Again Sam
Tiny Moving Parts – Day Drunk (Single)
Label – Independent
Jimmy Eat World – Something Loud (Single)
Label – Exotic Location Recordings
K-POP RELEASES
woo!ah! – Joy
Label – NV ENTERTAINMENT
BTS – Proof
Label – BIGHIT MUSIC
SECRET NUMBER – DOOMCHITA
Label – VINE Entertainment
Kim JaeHwan – Snail (Single)
Label – SWING ENTERTAINMENT