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