New Music Friday – March 10th, 2023

Welcome to this week’s edition of New Music Friday, our wrap-up of all the metalcore, hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, plus picks from our staff. Check out our release calendar to keep track of what is releasing this year. Cover: Distorted – Make My Day

STAFF PICKS

Veil of Maya – Red Fur (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Max recommends: At long last, a new Veil of Maya album is on the horizon! While their last two singles leading up to the announcement have taken on a far more punishingly heavy sound than the band have dabbled in in some time, “Red Fur” recaptures the gorgeous melodic essence of their last two records, whilst maintaining their signature freneticism throughout.

DRAIN – FTS (KYS)
Label – Epitaph Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dallis recommends: Santa Cruz hardcore-punk outfit DRAIN unleash themselves in brutal fashion, donning a hint of nostalgic thrash with “FTS (KYS)“. With Living Proof set to release early May, if this is but a glimpse of the chaotic fun that is to be had, then listeners will need to find the strength to compose themselves until then!

Hatchie – Rooftops (Single)
Label – Ivy League Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Presenting itself as a b-side for sophomore album Giving The World Away, Hatchie beams with euphoric charm with “Rooftops“. Sporting a classic dream-pop/shoegaze fusion, it allows many to get lost in its frequencies of intangible bass melodies and beautiful harmonies.

TWICE – READY TO BE
Label – JYP Entertainment
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Jonathan recommends: Riding off the momentum of English single “MOONLIGHT SUNRISE”, k-pop powerhouse TWICE present their latest comeback, READY TO BE. Armed with a lethal set of promotional videos and photos, the group presents a more mature image that will leave a lasting impact. TWICE are going strong and are here to stay.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Periphery – Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre [FULL REVIEW]
Label – 3DOT Recordings

Suicide Silence – Remember… You Must Die [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Century Media Records

For The Fallen Dreams – For The Fallen Dreams [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Arising Empire

Employed to Serve – Conquering (Deluxe)
Label – Spinefarm Records

Make Them Suffer – Neverbloom (Remaster)
Label – Greyscale Records

She Must Burn – Umbra Mortis (Deluxe)
Label – Grey Rock Records

Dream Awake – Enigma
Label – Independent

Zorn – Zorn
Label – Furo Bungy

Asphagor – Pyrogenesis
Label – Self-Released

REZN – Solace (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

Dirge – Dirge (EP)
Label – Independent

SPAWN – re : SPAWN (EP)
Label – Independent

Fit For An Autopsy – Hellions (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Dead/Awake – Terminus (feat. Matt Shanahan) (Single)
Label – Independent

Wildways – Коллампи (Single)
Label – Independent

Nik Nocturnal & Left To Suffer – 578 (Single)
Label – Independent

Bloodred Hourglass – The Sun Still in Me (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music

Bitterwood – One Shot (Single)
Label – Independent

Black Coast – Chains (Single)
Label – BloodBlast Distribution

Sharks In Your Mouth – oh, what a shame (Single)
Label – Independent

Frontières – Mirage (feat. Lochie Keogh) (Single)
Label – Independent

KEN Mode – Painless (Single)
Label – Artoffact Records

Project: Vengeance – Cut.Bleed.Repeat (Single)
Label – Independent

If I Were You – Ghost (Single)
Label – Independent

Grieve – Hollow (Single)
Label – Independent

Revaira – Soulshade (Single)
Label – Independent

Mélancolia – [Inure] (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

HORSEPOWER – Change Of Heart (Single)
Label – New Ethic Records

a crowd of rebellion – ALVA (Single)
Label – Warner Music

Where the Waves Are Born – Aurora (Single)
Label – Independent

Age of Panic – Act of Treachery (Single)
Label – Independent

Chaidura – Heart of Fire (Single)
Label – Independent

Angelic Desolation – Shake The Baby (Single)
Label – Independent

Beyond All Recognition – Conspiracy (Single)
Label – Gain

Neon Sky – Dead Eyes (Single)
Label – Orange Wolf

omiah – the wanderer (Single)
Label – Independent

Pariah System – Fire of Autumn (Single)
Label – Independent

Long.Way.Down – a:eulogy:in:essence (Single)
Label – Zegema Beach Records

Toby Peterson-Stewart – D.H.D.
Label – Independent

Berried Alive – I Love A Robot (Single)
Label – Independent

In Gloom – Hand of God (Single)
Label – Papa Collin’s Rodeo Recordings Inc

SWARM – Consumed (Single)
Label – Independent

Swollen Teeth – CAR CRASH (Single)
Label – Blowed Out Records

chaos.sequence – parasite (Single)
Label – Independent

IMMERSE – It’s All Good (Single)
Label – Adventure Cat

SPLIT//BITE – Error Ends (Single)
Label – loyal Blood Records

Stasis – Finding Solace in the Black (Single)
Label – No Sleep Records

Verge Of Lunacy – Like a Venom (Single)
Label – Independent

HARDCORE RELEASES

Judiciary – Flesh + Blood [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Closed Casket Activities

MSPAINT – Post-American
Label – Convulse Records

Aight Bet – Stop Playin
Label – Independent

Illiterates – No Experts
Label – Sorry State Records

Skourge – Torrential Torment
Label – Lockin’ Out Records

The Cutthroats – Self-Titled (EP)
Label – Upstate Records

Defiant Path – Spring Pomo (EP)
Label – Independent

Enervate – All Said And Done (EP)
Label – Restricted Airspace Records

Offside – Back The To Streets (EP)
Label – Independent

I Recover – Until I Wake Again (EP)
Label – Independent

JAWDUST – JAWDUST I
Label – Independent

Hateflies – Make Them Pay (EP)
Label – Infiel Records

Languish. – Hard to Reach (EP)
Label – Independent

Husted – Die And Nobody Know (EP)
Label – United Stance Records

Done Deal – Demo (EP)
Label – Takedown Records

CATCHWEIGHT – METHOD 2 MADNESS (Single)
Label – Mone

Bad Blood – Apology Denied (Single)
Label – Flatspot Records

Officer Down – PRESCRIBE (feat. hitbox) (Single)
Label – Independent

Xiao – Fools (Single)
Label – Independent

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Story of the Year – Tear Me To Pieces
Label – SHARPTONE

100 gecs – 10,000 gecs
Label – Dog Show Records

Meet Me @ The Altar – Past // Present // Future (EP)
Label – Fueled By Ramen

SNAYX – Weaponized Youth: Part 1 (EP)
Label – Independent

Atlantis Chronicles – Hybris (EP)
Label – Independent

Enter Shikari – Bloodshot (Single)
Label – Silva Screen Records

Death Goals – P.A.N.S.Y (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records

Closure in Moscow – Better Way (Single)
Label – Sabretusk

The XCERTS – Ache (feat. Sam Carter) (Single)
Label – UNFD

Dwellings – Devices (Single)
Label – Tragic Hero Records

KICKROX – Никогда (Single)
Label – Independent

El Moono – Eastman (Cover)
Label – Small Pond Recordings

Chemical Youth – FINE (Single)
Label – Independent

Outloved – Dial Tones (feat. Noah Cunane)
Label – Independent

Outsider Heart – High (Wasted On You)
Label – Independent

The Anix – Bleach (Single)
Label – FiXT

Bellwether – Hurricane ft. Brooklane (Single)
Label – Independent

Poison Ruin – Resurrection II (Single)
Label – Relapse Records

Semaphore – 01000110 (Single)
Label – Independent

Protomartyr – Make Way (Single)
Label – Domino Recording Co

Cemetery Sun – Sabotage (Single)
Label – Independent

Your Broken Hero – blink-182 (Single)
Label – Independent

HopeFool – Burn (Single)
Label – Independent

Mike Shinoda – In My Head (feat. Kailee Morgue) (Single)
Label – Warner Records

Waterparks – Brainwashed (Single)
Label – Fueled By Ramen

Devour The Day – Killing Time (Single)
Label – Concord Music Group

Gallus – Eye To Eye (Single)
Label – Marshall Records

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Fever Ray – Radical Romantics
Label – Rabid Records

Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
Label – Columbia

Robbie & Mona Tusky
Label – Spinny Nights

Lennixx – Enough To Get Away
Label – Independent

Shana Cleveland – Manzanita
Label – Hardly Art

Death Cab for Cutie – Asphalt Meadows (Acoustic)
Label – Atlantic Recording

Laura Dre – Project AD-01
Label – Xetashell Corporation

Infinity Crush – sestinas
Label – Independent

Manchester Orchestra – The Valley Of Vision (EP)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings

Paige – Obsessed (EP)
Label – Odd One Out

No Sleep – STIMULATE (EP)
Label – Independent

Angel Olsen – Nothing’s Free (Single)
Label – Jagjaguwar

Nation Of Language – Sole Obsession (Single)
Label – Play It Again Sam

Æ Mak Shimmer Boy (Single)
Label – Spacer

Treeboy & Arc – Retirement (Single)
Label – 2023 Clue Records

Beach Fossils – Don’t Fade (Single)
Label – Bayonet Records

Mareux – Lovers From The Past (Single)
Label – Revolution Records

Indigo De Souza – Smog (Single)
Label – Saddle Creek

LibraLibra – SADFACE (Single)
Label – Independent

Moreish Idols – Between These Ears (Single)
Label – PIAS

Tesla Boy – Last Time I See You (Single)
Label – Independent

The Nightmares – Cursed (Single)
Label – Venn Records

Echosmith – Hindsight (Single)
Label – Warner Records

Fazerdaze – Flood Into (Single)
Label – section1

Midbooze – Perfect Blue (Single)
Label – Independent

Rawzilk – Accomplice (feat. Xiu Xiu) (Single)
Label – Independent

Bleach Lab – Indigo (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group 

Anne-Marie – Expectations (feat. MINNIE & (G)I-DLE)
Label – Warner Music

K-POP RELEASES

PIXY – CHOSEN KARMA
Label – ALLART ENTERTAINMENT

Cherry Bullet – Cherry Dash
Label – FNC ENTERTAINMENT

CRAVITY – MASTER : PIECE
Label – Starship Entertainment

YUJU – O
Label – KONNECT ENTERTAINMENT

Minnie & Anne-Marie – Expectations (Single)
Label – CUBE ENTERTAINMENT

Jimin – Christmas Love & Promise (Singles)
Label – HYBE

8485 – sweet dreams (feat. blackwinterwells)
Label – HELIX