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
False Thoughts – rip. (feat. Izabel Lavin of Rozemary & Demeanour) (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: False Thoughts throw their heaviest hand with latest single “rip.”, with chainsaw riffs that will command rooms when played live. Calling in Izabel Lavin to add extra wrath to the track alongside two gnarly breakdowns makes for a release that is the equivalent of getting a spin kick to the face.
SoulShatter – BLEACH (feat. chaos.sequence) (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify)
Joe recommends: Another fledgling nu-core project spreads its wings on “BLEACH”. A grimy mood pervades the track, culminating in nasty verses and a groover of a chorus. Enlisting veterans chaos.sequence is another smart move to add extra textures to the vocal mix.
Long Goodbye – fix the memory (Single)
Label – The Coming Strife
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Ed recommends: After releasing their monstrous debut EP and “Simulating Respiration” in 2024, Long Goodbye have returned with their new single, “Fix the Memory“. Honing their unique brand of metalcore to a razor sharp edge, Long Goodbye have once again shown listeners why they are among the most promising acts right now.
Tearmyself – Hollow Chambers (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: ”Hollow Chambers” reactivates the Connecticut trio for deathcore that hits like the crisp winter air. Tearmyself find their furrow in the form of evil mid-tempo grooves, a crystal clear mix and grand, arresting vocals. This track marks a release cycle worth following for all death-heads.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
ByoNoiseGenerator – Subnormal Dives
Label – Transcending Obscurity Records
Fallujah – Xenotaph
Label – Nuclear Blast
King 810 – Rustbelt Numetal
Label – Independent
War of Ages – Eternal (15th Anniversary Rerecorded Version)
Label – Facedown Records
Angel Shot – god is not a safe space (EP)
Label – Independent
A Sense of Purpose – Own My Own (EP)
Label – Theoria Records
Breathing Below – the body i left behind (EP)
Label – Independent
Deadguy – War with Strangers (EP)
Label – Relapse Records
fromjoy – Ataraxia 19.13.8.1.19 (EP)
Label – Independent
Vile Deformity – Forced Conviction (EP)
Label – Independent
Adept – YOU (Single)
Label – Napalm Records
ANIYA FALLS – Lonewolf (Single)
Label – Independent
As We Stray – The Remedy (Single)
Label – Independent
Attack Attack! – ONE HIT WONDER (Single)
Label – Oxide Records
Aversions Crown – A Voice from the Outer Dark (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
blessthefall – mallxcore (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Bloodred Hourglass – Royally Done (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music
Callejon – CBRTRK (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records
Deliquesce – Compound Dysphoria (Single)
Label – BTK Recordings
Earthists. – SAYYOUKILL (Single)
Label – DIGITALCULT RECORDS
Fallweather – I Must Be Sick // Rain (Single)
Label – Independent
Forbidden Order – Open Wound (Single)
Label – Order Record
Gideon – ‘Til the Wheels Fall Off (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records
Gore. – Sepsis (Single)
Label – Spinefarm
Harroway – Narsociety (Single)
Label – Independent
Heaven Shall Burn – Numbered Days (feat. Jesse Leach) (Single)
Label – Century Media
Hell – Bog (Single)
Label – Sentient Ruin Laboratories
Hollow God – Intestinal Tapeworm (Single)
Label – Independent
Justice For The Damned – Stay Relentless (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records
LEYKA – Coffin Nail (Single)
Label – Golden Tides
My Ticket Home – Tearjoint (Single)
Label – Universal Music
Out of Vision – Crossroads (Single)
Label – Independent
panicwaves – Disguis (Single)
Label – Independent
Party Cannon – Thirst Trap (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records
Mizmor – Mnemonic VI (Single)
Label – Profound Lore
Nylist – Emotionless (Single)
Label – Independent
SHINOREI – Into the Void (feat. D-Mad Devil & Christian Grey from Villain of the Story) (Single)
Label – Independent
Tallah – augmented (Single)
Label – Earache Records
THROATCUT. – stray. (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Windwalkers – Eat My Heart Out (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
HARDCORE RELEASES
Disputa – Embrace Your Flaws
Label – Ante Todo Records
MINDHOLD – Bearing the Weight of Sin and Judgement
Label – Independent
Iron Mind – Test of the Iron Mind
Label – Flatspot Records
Standover – …when a clenched fist is no longer an option
Label – DEADBOY RECORDS
View From The Soyuz – Ubiquitous
Label – Independent
Bane – 6:58 PM Boston (EP)
Label – Triple-B Records
Broken Ankles – Game of Life (EP)
Label – Independent
Ignite – Where They Talk: 30th Anniversary Edition (EP)
Label – Revelation Records
Cross Of Disbelief & Impunity – New York v.s. North Yorkshire (EP)
Label – STREETS OF HATE
BOZO – Is There More Than This? (EP)
Label – Burning Hammer Records
Shot Out – Making All Stops (EP)
Label – Independent
Conflict Resolution – The Architechs Of Fear (EP)
Label – Citizen Resistance Records
Crossjaw – Undertow (Single)
Label – Flak Jacket Records
Cruelty – We Will Be Forgotten (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
Dogpile – Canine Warfare (feat. Lethal Method) (Single)
Label – Big Corporate Records
Hate9Ten – SEIZE WITH TEETH (Single)
Label – Independent
Peace Of Mind – Blood Is the Price/Peace Of Mind (feat. Speed) (Single)
Label – Independent
RAIN – Nights Like These (Single)
Label – Epitaph
Bayway NJ – Watch Your Mouth (Single)
Label – New Trustkill Records
Modern Life Is War – Johnny Gone (Single)
Label – Deathwish Inc.
Cold Steel – Blacksmith of Damnation (Single)
Label – Spinefarm
Sophisticated Adult & Gumskab – 456/Rivco Needle (Single)
Label – Independent
Gumskab – Graveyard (Single)
Label – SVU Records
No Consent – Waste Your Life Away (Single)
Label – Grimace Records
S.M.I.L.E. – Send Your Location (Single)
Label – TRUCREATIVES
DEMISE – III (Single)
Label – DEMISE
Dogpile & Lethal Method – Canine Warfare (Single)
Label – DogpileStyle
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Followship – follow.zip
Label – Yie Or Die!
letlive. – The Blackest Beautiful (Revisited)
Label – Epitaph Records
PALESKIN – Euphoric End
Label – Out Of Line Music
Quiet Zoo – The Mire
Label – Independent
SYGH – Reverence
Label – Silver Skin Audio
The Home Team – The Crucible of Life (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Thriller Records
Archers – Temporary High (EP)
Label – SBG Records
Designer Disguise – Cold Blue (EP)
Label – Independent
Lakes – Trouble (EP)
Label – Big Scary Monsters
My Hair is a Rat’s Nest – A Life With No Caveats (EP)
Label – My Hair is a Rat’s Nest
Only Fools and Corpses – Western Standards for the Ensuing Apocalypse (EP)
Label – Only Fools and Corpses
Down Not Out – Discontent (EP)
Label – On The Outside Records // Proud House Records
Atlas – Anodyne (Single)
Label – Independent
Colorblind – Misery Loves Company (Single)
Label – Tooth & Nail + Solid State Records
Hot Milk – The American Machine (Single)
Label – Music For Nations
La Dispute – II (Single)
Label – Epitaph
Laura Jane Grace – Wearing Black (Single)
Label – Polyvinyl Records
Lilac Kings – Passing Out (feat. Pulses.) (Single)
Label – Life or Death
Pain Magazine – Dead Meat (Single)
Label – Independent
Pinkshift – Anita Ride (Single)
Label – Hopeless Record
Pile – Uneasy (Single)
Label – Sooper Records
Profiler – Waste (Single)
Label – Independent
Real Friends – Waiting Room (Acoustic) (Single)
Label – Independent
Rivals – Porcelain Face (Single)
Label – Independent
Scary Kids Scaring Kids – Suspended in Air (feat. Albert Schweizer) (Single)
Label – Velocity Records
Wind Walkers – Eating My Heart Out (Single)
Label – Independent
Boys of Fall – DYWTYLM (Single)
Label – Boys of Fall
Dream Nails – This Is Water (Single)
Label – Marshall Records
Witch Fever – THE GARDEN (Single)
Label – Music For Nations
Stay Inside – Super Sonic (Single)
Label – Tiny Engines
Letterbombs – Burial Letter (Single)
Label – No Funeral Records
Bedroom Floor & Granite State – Archangel (Single)
Label – Independent
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Goldmund – Layers of Afternoon
Label – Western Vinyl
akiaura & LONOWN – Fake Everything (EP)
Label – Independent
daine – i want the light to swallow me whole (EP)
Label – Create / Pack Records
ITZY – Girls Will Be Girls (EP)
Label – Republic Records
Chastity – Jittery (Single)
Label – Deathwish Inc
Chief – Bad Luck (Single)
Label – Independent
nothing,nowhere. – Counterfeit (Single)
Label – Independent
Joshua – TRUE SYMBOL OF GOD (EP)
Label – Joshua
LE SSERAFIM – DIFFERENT (Single)
Label – Universal Music LLC
ILLENIUM – In My Arms (Cinematic Version) (Single)
Label – Illenium, LLC
New Medicine – Somebody Else (Single)
Label – New Meds Records
Krewella – Crying On The Dancefloor (Single)
Label – Mixed Kids Records
Fever Ray – I’m Not Done (Therapy Session) (Single)
Label – Rabid Records
Margo Price – Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down (Single)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings
POORSTACY – Parasite (Single)
Label – Independent
Acid Arab – Barbès (Single)
Label – Universal Music Division Barclay
Alaskan Tapes – Blooms (I-III) (Single)
Label – We All Speak In Poems
Scattle – Flowers Will Grow / Lovin Feeling (Single)
Label – Scattle
Helios & Tim Hecker – Luminal (Single)
Label – Sorekara Music
Hibou – Cityscape (Single)
Label – Spirit Goth Records
FlowerBoyDeMii – grave. (Single)
Label – KxrmA x FlowerBoyDeMii
Sandrayati – Bedrock (Single)
Label – An OPIA Community & Mercury KX release
Midwife – Rickety Ride (Single)
Label – Relapse Records
Rocket – Crossing Fingers (Single)
Label – Transgressive Records
Fifty Grand – Tangerine (Single)
Label – Red Mirror Records
Hotel Pools – Freeway (Single)
Label – Wild Nature
Emma Aibara – i can’t go back (Single)
Label – Emma Aibara
Antipole – Alone Again (Single)
Label – Antipole
Akts – Oh Bleeding Roots of Love… (Single)
Label – Akts
Pain Magazine & Birds in Row – Dead Meat (Single)
Label – Humus Records
Rawzilk – kss kss kss (Album)
Label – Independent