New Music Friday – June 10th, 2022

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