New Music Friday – March 25th, 2022

This week’s wrap-up of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff.

STAFF PICKS

Architects – For Those That Wish To Exist At Abbey Road [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Epitaph
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dean recommends: Architects and the Parallax Orchestra are a match made in heaven when it comes to an incredible reimagining/live performance, For Those That Wish to Exist at Abbey Road is proof of that. Every theme, every emotion, all of it is very significantly enhanced on this live record. It is one of the best renditions of a metal record I have ever heard in my entire life, and it is absolutely worth every second of your time and attention. Perfection.

Northlane – Carbonized (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Sean recommends: Carbonized” is high energy and chock full of what makes Northlane one of the best bands out there.

Dayseeker – Neon Grave (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Records UK
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Max recommends: Expanding on and further exploring the more pop-infused sensibilities as seen on Sleeptalk, Dayseeker impress with “Neon Grave” by doing what they do best: blending the gorgeously melancholic with the incredibly satisfying emotional payoffs in its heavy moments. A new album truly can’t come soon enough.

Malevolence – Life Sentence (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: If “Life Sentence” is anything to go by, Malevolence are here to claim the throne of the UK scene with their upcoming record Malicious Intent.

Conquer Divide – Atonement (Single)
Label – Mascot Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dallis recommends: Wrapped in a beautiful package of entrancing melodies and brutal breakdowns, Conquer Divide make a notable return in their newly released single “Atonement“.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Animals As Leaders – Parrhesia [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sumerian Records

Stillnight – Dream State [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

Paleface – Fear & Dagger
Label – Independent

COHEN – HAPPY.wav
Label – SUFFERWITHUS

Gridiron – No Good At Goodbyes
Label – Triple B Records

Abbath – Dread Reaver
Label – Season of Mist

Ignite – Ignite
Label – Century Media Records

Night Demon – Year Of The Demon
Label – Century Media Records

The Fallen State – Between Hope & Disillusion
Label – Independent

8 Kalacas – Fronteras
Label – Atomic Fire Records

thrown – extended pain (EP)
Label – Arising Empire

Crown Magnetar – Alone In Death (EP)
Label – Unique Leader Records

Lost In Separation – The Secrets We Keep (EP)
Label – Rise Records

Bodysnatcher – Wired For Destruction (Single)
Label – MNRK Records

Meshuggah – I Am That Thirst (Single)
Label – Atomic Fire

Jason Richardson & Luke Holland – Ishimura (Single)
Label – Independent

Bury Tomorrow – DEATH (Ever Colder) (Single)
Label – Music For Nations

ten56. – Yenta (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music

Traitors – Enemy (Single)
Label – Independent

Windwaker – Glow (Single)
Label – Cooking Vinyl Australia

Grayscale Season – Slow Emotions (Single)
Label – Ty Dax

Ibaraki – Ronin (ft. Gerard Way) (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Caliban – VirUS (feat. Marcus Bischoff of Heaven Shall Burn) (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Portrayal of Guilt – Chamber of Misery Pt. III (Single)
Label – Independent

The Oklahoma Kid – A Velvet Feel (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

ALLT – Paralyzed (Single)
Label – Independent

Chaosbay – Eternal Eyes (Single)
Label – Circular Wave

No Face No Case – Bad Boys (Single)
Label – Ultra Heavy Records

A Night In Texas – God’s Throne (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records

Horizon Ignited – Reveries (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

VR Sex – Rough Dimension [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Dais Records

Camp Cope – Running with the Hurricane
Label – Run For Cover Records

Port Noir – Cuts
Label – Despotz Records AB

Fucked Up – Do All Words Can Do
Label – Matador Records

Sleep Token – This Place Will Become Your Tomb (Instrumentals)
Label – Spinefarm Records UK

Columbus – Driving In The Dark (EP)
Label – Independent

The Difference Between – Old Ghosts (EP)
Label – Theoria Records

Telltale – Lie Your Way Out (Single)
Label – Rude Records

Dance Gavin Dance – Synergy (ft. Rob Damiani) (Single)
Label – Rise Records

GILT – Amethyst (feat Shaolin G) (Single)
Label – Smartpunk Records

Secrets – The Collapse (Single)
Label – Velocity Records

Nothing More – TURN IT UP LIKE (Stand In The Fire) (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music

Stuck Out – Split In Two (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records

PUP – Totally Fine (Single)
Label – Cooking Vinyl Australia

Shinedown – The Saints Of Violence And Innuendo (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records

Bad Juju – What’s Mine Is Yours (Single)
Label – Independent

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE RELEASES

Placebo – Never Let Me Go
Label – Rise Records

Guerilla Toss – Famously Alive
Label – Sub Pop Records

Aldous Harding – Warm Chris
Label – 4AD

Young Prisms – Drifter
Label – Fire Talk

Kavinsky – Reborn
Label – Virgin Records France

Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future
Label – Loma Vista Recordings

Emma Ruth Rundle – Orpheus Looking Back (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sargent House

Crawlers – I Can’t Drive (Single)
Label – Polydor Records

Let’s Eat Grandma – Levitation (Single)
Label – Transgressive Records

Soccer Mommy – Shotgun (Single)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings

Bloc Party – If We Get Caught (Single)
Label – BMG

The Vaccines – Disaster Girl (Single)
Label – Super Easy

Greet Death – Panic Song (Single)
Label – Deathwish Inc.

Holly Humberstone – I Would Die 4 U
Label – Universal Music

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Not the One (Single)
Label – Warner Records

The Bobby Lees – Hollywood Junkyard (Single)
Label – Ipecac Recordings

K-POP RELEASES

Red Velvet – The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm
Label – SM Entertainment

MAMAMOO – I SAY MAMAMOO: THE BEST – Japan Edition
Label – Victor Entertainment

Seori – Can’t Stop This Party (Single)
Label – 88rising Records

Song HaYoung – still love me? (Single)
Label – PLEDIS Entertainment

Ahn Ye Eun – Line (Single)
Label – Genie Music Corporation

Jeon Gunho – roller coaster (Single)
Label – Kakao Entertainment