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