New Music Friday – June 2nd, 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: knife_culture – больше никогда)

the great nothing – dirty dishes (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Max recommends: UK alt-metal exports the great nothing return with the follow-up to their debut single, “coming clean“. With George Lever and Nathan Smart yet again at the helm of production, “dirty dishes” is a valiant sophomore track from one of Britain’s most promising young bands.

BrutalligatorsWhat’s Next (Single)
Label – How To Make Friends
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: Sometimes you need a big dumb song to get you through the day. Midlands emo band Brutalligators return with an angsty track, featuring gang vocals contributed by the UK emo/indie community. The show is stolen by Luke Murphy whose singing is even better than on the debut album. The lyrics are a relatable mid-life self-evaluation through the lens of panic attacks and depression – in other words, our shit is absolutely not together, let’s party anyway.

DEVOIDANCE – Filth (feat. Volatile Ways) (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Nisrin recommends: After capturing attention with demo “Code Red“, DEVOIDANCE are back in 2023 with rager of a single “Filth“. Vicious vocals charge through the track, along with Emily Beekman’s (Volatile Ways) savage gutturals, it makes for one the heaviest tracks to drop this week.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Pupil Slicer – Blossom [REVIEW]
Label – Prosthetic Records

Avenged Sevenfold – Life Is But A Dream… [REVIEW]
Label – Warner Music

QUEEN KONA – ALL HAIL
Label – Independent

Akilla – The Gods Have Spoken
Label – Independent

Aeffect – Theory of Mind
Label – Independent

Writing the Future – Caught Between Heaven & Hell
Label – Sony Music

DETHRXNER – TAUNT (EP) [REVIEW]
Label – Prime Collective

Omnium Gatherum – Slasher (EP)
Label – Century Media Records

BRAINDEAD – Misery Vol.I (EP)
Label – Independent

Moodring – WOULDYOUWAITFORME? (Single) [ALBUM NEWS]
Label – UNFD

Burner – It All Returns to Nothing (Single)
Label – Church Road Records

Causality – Introspection (Single)
Label – Independent

Grieve – Sick Together (Single)
Label – Independent

DEAD VELVET – SOUR SWEET (Single)
Label – Dead Gang Records

Revoid – Burn With Me (Single)
Label – Independent

The Sun’s Journey Through The Night – Wordless (Single)
Label – Church Road Records

Arrow Minds – Beyond Remedy (feat. Evergreen Terrace) (Single)
Label – Dead Serious Recordings

A Serpent’s Hand – Pyre (Single)
Label – Independent

Sylosis – Poison for the Lost (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records

Kill the Lights – Broken Bones (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

DVST – Opportunist (feat. Consvmer) (Single)
Label – Easthaven Records

Irrational Cause – Inferno (Single)
Label – Independent

Only the Righteous – Worthless (Single)
Label – Righteous Records

Saltwound – The Company You Keep (Single)
Label – Independent

thrown – guilt (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Code Orange – Grooming My Replacement / The Game (Single)
Label – Blue Grape Music

To Kill Achilles – Chemical Counterpart (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Creak – Restless Dreams (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records

Within Destruction – Vengeance // 直衝地獄 (feat. Asiaboy 禁藥王 & Lizi 栗子) (Single)
Label – Ultra Heavy Records

HARDCORE RELEASES

Buggin – Concrete Cowboys
Label – Flatspot Records

Spy  Satisfaction
Label – Triple B Records

Freeze Mf – Cold Soul (EP)
Label – Independent

Lacerated – The Beauty of Agony (EP)
Label – Independent

Cherish – Project XOXO (EP)
Label – life.lair.regret. records

American Nightmare – Dedicated To The Next World (EP)
Label – Heartwarm Records

Suffocate Faster – This Is The Way Vol. 1 (EP)
Label – Smartpunk Records

Chepang – SWATTA (B) (EP)
Label – GURKHA COMMANDO BLAST TEAM

C4 – Split Your Skill In Half (EP)
Label – Independent

Apex Predator – Jesus Wept PROMO (EP)
Label – LDB Records

Guilt Trip – Sweet Dreams (feat. Florent Salfati of LANDMVRKS) (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution

Disappear. – Kill The Klan (Single)
Label – Independent

Coming Right Up – Words Written In Stone/Confusing End (Single)
Label – Independent

Retirement – No More / Life Debt (Single)
Label – Iron Lung Records

EDICT – Traitor (Single)
Label – Unbeaten Records

Sore Teeth – Unite (Single)
Label – Cleveland Records

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Superlove – follow:noise
Label – Rude Records

Beach Fossils – Bunny
Label – Bayonet Records

Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
Label – Roswell Records

Brooklane – Stay Toxic (EP)
Label – Adventure Cat Records

Aversions – Undecider (Single)
Label – Independent

Anger Party – Save Myself (Single)
Label – Independent

Drift – Begin (Single)
Label – Independent

Forever Ends Here – Cherry Chapstick (Single)
Label – Independent

Upsetter – Blossom/Hate Me (Single)
Label – Independent

Dirty Blonde – Run (When I Tell You) (Single)
Label – Independent

Bad Juju – Nothing To Give (Single)
Label – Independent

Empire State Bastard – Stutter (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records

KEN mode – The Shrike (Single)
Label – Artoffact Records

Bring Me The Horizon – AmEN! (feat. Lil Uzi Vert and Daryl Palumbo) (Single)
Label – Sony Music Entertainment

PLEIADES – Treppenwitz (Single)
Label – Independent

Popes Of Chillitown – Take A Picture (Single)
Label – Independent

After Hour Animals – What I Wanted (Single)
Label – Independent

As December Falls – Little by Little (Single)
Label – Independent

Treeboy & Arc – Behind The Curtain (Single)
Label – Clue Records

Bilmuri – ALL GAS (feat. Mitchell Tenpenny) (Single)
Label – Independent

Concrete Castles – Smile 9Single)
Label – Velocity Records

Outsider Heart – i don’t wanna be like you (feat. Colorblind) (Single)
Label – Independent

Pendulum – Halo (feat. Matt Tuck of Bullet for My Valentine) (Single)
Label – Earstorm Records

Revaira – When I’m Gone (Single)
Label – Easthaven Records

Set the Sun – The Truth (feat. Clint Lowery of Sevendust) (Single)
Label – Independent

This Wild Life – No More Waiting (feat. Brian Burkheiser of I Prevail) (Single)
Label – Epitaph Records

Young Misery – Until I Break (Single)
Label – Noise Garden Studios

Saint Agnes – Outsider (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Records

Crystal Joilena – The High Priestess (Single)
Label – Independent

Heavenward – Be My Blues (Single)
Label – Fever Ltd.

Trophy Eyes – Life in Slow Motion (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records