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.
STAFF PICKS
iRis.EXE – chemical bleed (circles in the dark) (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: iRiS.EXE returns with her first single since her stellar 2022 debut EP, masterfully combining her signature frenetic electronics and soaring vocals with pummelling low-tuned guitars, resulting in one of the strongest tracks I’ve heard all year.
Days Spent – Memorial (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dallis recommends: Days Spent are back with crunching track “Memorial“, following on from their 2021 EP, Tourist. With huge metallic riffs commanding the track, blended with in with a brutal vocal performance that comes from the heart, it only adds to what is an absolutely thriving scene down in Florida.
ART1FACT & REEBZ – Shiver (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: The third instalment in the trio of collaborations between Art1fact and REEBZ, continues on from “Helpless” and “Grey“, in the form of “Shiver“. An entrancing and spectacular track that sees two exciting prospects combine their talent in a track that many will return to.
Lockstep – Weave (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Nisrin recommends: Shoegaze group Lockstep deliver a haunting performance of dual-vocals akin to the likes of Holy Fawn, with gorgeous rhythms and mellow riffs, “Weave” ignites an anticipation for their upcoming debut EP, Arrival.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Bury Tomorrow – The Seventh Sun [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Music For Nations
Kingsmen – Bones Don’t Lie
Label – Sharptone Records
Ohhms – Rot
Label – Church Road Records
Archetypes Collide – Archetypes Collide
Label – Concord Records
Rotten Sound – Apocalypse
Label – Season of Mist
Sermon – Of Golden Verse
Label – Prosthetic Records
Hollow Front – The Price of Dreaming (Instrumentals)
Label – UNFD
Angelic Desolation – Orchestrionic Abortion
Label – Independent
Defamed – Blackblood (EP)
Label – Independent
DOWNED – Pure Hate Only (EP)
Label – Independent
Sunscourge – Wraith (EP)
Label – Independent
Nonel – Empire (EP)
Label – Independent
In Fear – Trace My Skin (Single)
Label – Year Of The Rat Records
Portrayal of Guilt – Devil Music (Single)
Label – Run For Cover Records
ACHE. – Murphy’s Law (Single)
Label – Independent
After the Burial – Embrace the Infinity (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
Boundaries – Bedlam (Single)
Label – 3DOT Recordings
Causality – Overflooded (Single)
Label – Independent
DEAD VELVET – CROOKED SPINE (Single)
Label – Dead Gang Records
Like Moths to Flames – Predestination Paradox (Single)
Label – UNFD
Shadow of Intent – The Migrant (Single)
Label – Independent
Catch Your Breath – No Evil (Single)
Label – Thriller Records
A War Within – Detached (Single)
Label – Independent
Johari – Daedalus (Single)
Label – Bluedrake42 Limited Company
Heart Of A Coward – This Place Only Brings Death (Single)
Label – Independent
Grave Rats – Bare King (Single)
Label – Independent
Metallica – 72 Seasons (Single)
Label – Blackened Recordings
Dead Like Juliet – Let Me Die for You (Single)
Label – Independent
Her Last Sight – R.I.P. (Single)
Label – Liron Avital Productions
Headwreck – Poseidon (Single)
Label – Independent
Patient Sixty-Seven – Hibbertia (Single)
Label – Independent
Apex Alpha – Void (Single)
Label – Independent
Not Enough Space – No Way Out (Single)
Label – Independent
dEMOTIONAL – Lost In This City (Single)
Label – AFM Records
Cattle Decapitation – Scourge of the Offspring (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records
Currents – So Alone (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Defocus – let the bond be my grave (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Enforced – Starve (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Granite State – Cut Off From The Sun (Single)
Label – Independent
Life After Last – Into The Gray (Single)
Label – Independent
Splutter – Blinded Eyes (feat. Left to Suffer)
Label – RedHeat Records
Skywalker – Goliath (Single)
Label – Easthaven Records
DETHRXNER – POWER (Single)
Label – Prime Collective
Divine Hatred – The Blade (Single)
Label – Independent
Drop Shot – Naraka Institutional (Single)
Label – DSHI Records
KEYAN – Arrhythmia (Single)
Label – Independent
Notions – Waterfowl Dance (feat. Pleague Beast) (Single)
Label – Phantom Gang
The Motion Below – Colour In The Grey (Single)
Label – Independent
HARDCORE RELEASES
GEL – Only Constant [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Convulse Records
Xiao – Burn
Label – Independent
Enemic Interior – Enemic Interior II
Label – Independent
Apprehend & Joyboy – Split (EP)
Label – Independent
FREE 4 ALL – Promo ’23 (EP)
Label – Riff Room Recordings
Spiritkiller – TWO THOUSAND TWENTY THREE (EP)
Label – Independent
Street Soldier – Nonce Killaz (Ultimate Annihilation)
Label – Independent
Eyes Front – Short Rope (Single)
Label – Independent
Crown Court & the Enforcers Split (EP)
Label – Independent
Bad Blood – 716 / Bad Blood (Single)
Label – Flatspot Records
Southpaw FLHC – TOTAL WAR (Single)
Label – Independent
Without Love – Common Enemy (Single)
Label – Independent
Scowl – Psychic Dance Routine (Single)
Label – Flatspot Records
Ass Life – Catch The Rainbow (Single)
Label – Independent
Bag – Hive (Single)
Label – Independent
Cross Control – Half Right (Single)
Label – New Age Records
Doubt It! – Brothers Creed (Single)
Label – Independent
Eteraz – Destined to Kill (Single)
Label – Iron Lung Records
Harm/Shelter – Belier (Single)
Label – BB Records
Inner Peace – DTP (Single)
Label – Electric Outlet
Pure Bliss – The Age of Judgement (Single)
Label – Independent
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
The Ongoing Concept – Again [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sold State Records
Dead Lakes – Daydreamer [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sharptone Records
nothing,nowhere. – VOID ETERNAL
Label – Fueled By Ramen
Samiam – Stowaway
Label – Pure Noise Records
WLVS – Камео
Label – Fuzz and Friendship
Lordi – Screem Writers Guild
Label – Atomic Fire
Hematite – Speak of The Devil (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Attack Attack! – Dark Waves (EP)
Label – Oxide Records
Resilia – Well Intentioned: The Name of the Game (EP)
Label – Independent
Widow7 – Our New Doomsday (EP)
Label – modern tiger records
Escape the Fate – LOW (Single)
Label – Big Noise Music Group
Hollywood Undead – Salvation (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Void Chapter – Diabolic (feat. Daedric) (Single)
Label – FiXT
Hot Milk – HORROR SHOW (Single)
Label – Music For Nations
Yonaka – Welcome to My House (Single)
Label – Republic Records
PVRIS – GOOD ENEMY (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Throw the Fight – Hourglass (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records
Against the Current – Blindfolded (Acoustic) (Single)
Label – Fuelled By Ramen
Cyan Kicks – Addicted (Single)
Label – Ranka Kustannus
Chemical Youth – HOME (Single)
Label – Independent
AMAESTRA – Frozen (Single)
Label – Astral Group Entertainment
Bad/Love – Activist (Single)
Label – Independent
Stage Knives – Кенотаф (Single)
Label – Showstopper Records
Our Last Night – Kill Bill (SZA Cover) (Single)
Label – Independent
Fame on Fire – Love Again (The Kid LAROI Cover) (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
New Habits – Sunflares (Single)
Label – Independent
The Smashing Pumpkins – Spellbinding (Single)
Label – Martha’s Music
a crowd of rebellion – ALVA (Single)
Label – Warner Music
CLT DROP – NEW BOY (Single)
Label – Venn Records
Puppet – Best Alone (Single)
Label – Independent
Siamese – The Shape of Water (feat. ten56)
Label – Long Branch Records
Sugar Horse – Thrash Music (Single)
Label – Fat Dracula Music
American – Trouble? Shoot! (Single)
Label – Independent
happydaze – (Full Free) Radical (Single)
Label – Thriller Records
Lightwave – Good Enough (Single)
Label – Independent
Liquid State – Cynical (Single)
Label – Independent
The Atomic Beau Project – IN THE STORM (Single)
Label – Independent
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Melanie Martinez – Portals
Label – Atlantic Records
PACKS – Crispy Crunchy Nothing
Label – Fire Talk
City and Colour – The Love Still Held Me Near
Label – Still
Ist Ist – Protagonists
Label – Kind Violence Records
LIES – LIES
Label – Polyvinyl Record
Charlie Cunningham – Frame
Label – BMG
FlowerBoyDeMii – Elysium
Label – Full Metal Records
DMA’S – How Many Dreams?
Label – I OH YOU
Boygenius – the record
Label – Interscope
Buzzy Lee – Internal Affairs
Label – Future Classic
Alpha Wolf & Mik – Shh (EP)
Label – SHARPTONE
The Aces – Solo (Single)
Label – Red Bull Records
Concrete Castles – Jealousy (Single)
Label – Velocity Records
Joe Vann – Sweetheart (Single)
Label – little shuteye
Cinder Well – A Scorched Lament (Single)
Label – Free Dirt Records
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal – Moving Without Movement (Single)
Label – Run For Cover Records
Cryalot – Touch The Sun (Wavedash Remix)
Label – Independent
Dizzy – Open Up Wide (Single)
Label – Communion Group
DEADLETTER – The Snitching Hour (Single)
Label – So Recordings
Fury Weekend – Misery (feat. House Of Serpents)
Label – FiXT
Sad Boys Club – Lumoflove (Single)
Label – Modern Sky
Weathers – She Hates Me (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
Oliver Beardmore – The Smiles Don’t Reach Their Eyes (Single)
Label – Independent
Varsity – Reference Point (Single)
Label – Independent
CYPARISS – MY CAGE (Single)
Label – Independent
FEEZZ – Verrückt (Single)
Label – Boanerge
In Explosions – microwaves (Single)
Label – Independent
INHUMAN – NEW_WORLD (Single)
Label – Lauter Lauter
Kayzo – SUFFOCATE (VIP) (Single)
Label – Welcome Records