Welcome to another addition of New Music Friday, our round-up of all this week’s metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie releases, with picks from our staff. Check out our release calendar to keep track of what is releasing this year. (Cover: Scowl – Shot Down)
STAFF PICKS
King Yosef – Power (Single)
Label – BLEAKHOUSE
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Ahead of their upcoming record An Underlying Hum, King Yosef have dropped “Power“, Yosef‘s ruthless and authoritative vocals act as the centre point of the track that are compliment by ruminating guitars and brooding drum grooves.
Puppet – Ignorant Fool (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Jonathan recommends: New York producer Puppet once again displays his eclectic blend of EDM and pop punk on “Ignorant Fool”. A melancholic reflection on comfort zones, it creates an impactful atmosphere unlike any other. To anyone who enjoys genre blending, Puppet is one you shouldn’t miss.
Svalbard – Eternal Spirits (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: Svalbard return with a no-nonsense track emphasising their hardcore qualities. Soaring guitars bring in a blackgaze element over the swarming rhythms, and the outro gets a little bit symphonic – perhaps singer-guitarist Serena Cherry‘s recent influences obsessions are creeping in (she tweets mostly about power metal, rollercoasters, and video games – we love to see it).
Torena – Slave No More (Single)
Label – Daze Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Nisrin recommends: “Slave No More” is made for the pit as two-step ready melodies and shouty gang vocals dominate the first half of the song before leading into thick instrumentals.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Zulu – A New Tomorrow [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Flatspot Records
Entheos – Time Will Take Us All
Label – Metal Blade Records
Viscera – Carcinogenesis
Label – Unique Leader Records
FAIM – Your Life and Nothing Else
Label – Safe Inside
Beneath My Feet – In Parts, Together
Label – Noble Demon
Staple R – Remember the Young Blood
Label – Independent
Social Stigma – Class Warfare
Label – Independent
Falling Asleep – HEAVEN’S WHERE OUR SOULS BELONG
Label – Falling Asleep
Ghostblade – Machine Made God
Label – Independent
Imminence – Heaven in Hiding (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Arising Empire
.gif from god – Digital Red (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Prosthetic Records
Earth Groans – Tongue Tied (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Solid State Records
Full of Hell & Primitive Man – Suffocating Hallucination (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Closed Casket Activities
Skorn – Summer Demo (EP)
Label – Independent
Two Witnesses – From The Old To The New.. (EP)
Label – Streets Of Hate
Surfaced – Sacrifice (EP)
Label – Independent
ARTICLE V – ARTICLE V (’23) (EP)
Label – Independent
Abaddonia – Dawn of the Serpent (EP)
Label – Independent
In Time – Save Your Breath (EP)
Label – Indecision Records
Greyhound – DECLINE (EP)
Label – Independent
Bolster – Bolster III (EP)
Label – The Caller Is In The House Records
Caustic Waves – Full Circle (EP)
Label – Independent
Gavel – Promo 2023 (EP)
Label – Independent
Movin’ Target – Emblem (EP)
Label – Independent
Tigerknife – Prying Eyes (EP)
Label – Independent
Gender Warfare – Bridging Prescription (EP)
Label – Independent
Celestial Sanctuary – Perpetual Annihilation (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
Ocean Harvest – Legends (Single)
Label – Independent
Kingsmen – Diamondize (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Paleface Swiss – Best Before: Death (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution
Iress – Ricochet (Single)
Label – Dune Altar
Scowl – Shot Down (Single)
Label – Flatspot Records
Ironed Out – No Lacking (Single)
Label – Grey Rock Records
Vamachara – How Long Until It Kills Me (Single)
Label – Closed Casket Activities
Fight the Fade – Scratching (feat. Daedric) (Single)
Label – FiXT
Jermones Dream – Stretched Invisible From London (Single)
Label – Iodine Recordings
PhaseOne & Void of Vision – Eyes Wide Shut (Single)
Label – UNFD
Dawn Ray’d – Go As Free Companions (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records
The Undertaking! – Yes (Single)
Label – Futurelore Records
Samurai Pizza Cats – Pizza Homicide (feat. Nico Sallach of Electric Callboy) (Single)
Label – Easthaven Records
Aphasia – Absent (Redux) (Single)
Label – Theoria Records
CMD81 – IVORY TOWER (Single)
Label – Independent
cohen_noise – HEAVEN (Single)
Label – Independent
Earthbound – Deeper (Single)
Label – Independent
Gravebound – Solace (Single)
Label – Blood Last Distribution
Kingdom of Giants – Wasted Space (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
BLACKGOLD – Way Out (Single)
Label – Independent
Revenira – Mon Couer (Single)
Label – Verdure
SEIRAN – YURAGI (feat. Windrunner) (Single)
Label – Kontrolla Music Group
SURGEON – B.H.C.F.H.C. (Single)
Label – Independent
A Serpent’s Hand – Redefined (Single)
Label – Independent
ALESTI – Intoxicated (feat. Until I Wake) (Single)
Label – Independent
Eteraz – Smash The Coward (Single)
Label – Iron Lung Records
Born Through Fire – The Reckoning (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike
Elyne – EPHEMERAL (Single)
Label – Believe
Marked;Life – Shadow Tag (Single)
Label – Kontrolla Music Group
Never Back Down – Flowers (feat. Maik Nehrkon) (Single)
Label – Never Back Down Music
Prompts – Locust / Let The Rain Wash Over (Single)
Label – Independent
Metallica – If Darkness Had a Son (Single)
Label – Universal Music
SlutBomb – Commodified Identity (Single)
Label – Ironfest Records
Stamp Out – Swinging Hammer (Single)
Label – Independent
Sunrot – Patricide (feat. Blake Harrison)
Label – Prosthetic Records
The Uncharted – Hollow (Single)
Label – Independent
Unearth – Mother Betrayal (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Wlvs – Outside (Single)
Label – Independent
Chamber – Tremble (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Candescent – Through The Eyes Of A Stranger (Single)
Label – TinkleWrecks
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Acres – Burning Throne [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Silva Screen Records
Can’t Swim – Thanks But No Thanks [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Pure Noise Records
Haken – Fauna [FULL REVIEW]
Label – InsideOutMusic
Big Hug – Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
AXTY – Unbreakable
Label – Independent
paradise fell. – VICES. (Single)
Label – Independent
Lake Malice – Stop The Party (Single)
Label – Independent
Bearings – Scenery (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
fakeyourdeath – truth (remix) (Single)
Label – Independent
Dead Lakes – tongue planet (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Fallen at Dawn – Ashlight (Single)
Label – Independent
Hawthorne Heights – Lucerne Valley (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
nothing,nowhere. – TRAG3DY (feat. Will Ramos of Lorna Shore)
Label – Fueled By Ramen
51st Avenue – ‘Remnant (feat. Julian Latouche of Inertia) (Single)
Label – Independent
Days Like These – ICON (Single)
Label – Independent
Dead Like Juliet – Godkiller (Single)
Label – Independent
Divide the Fall – Fake Love (Stripped) (Single)
Label – Independent
Dropout Kings – Lights Out (Single)
Label – Independent
Death Of Me – Your heart, the casket (Single)
Label – Independent
Hell’s Ditch – Ghosts (Single)
Label – Silent Cult
Led by Lanterns – Pathetic (Single)
Label – Independent
No Resolve & Saving Abel – Counting Stars (Single)
Label – Noise Machine
CRASHFACE – Lovedoom (Single)
Label – Independent
Silverstein – Poison Pill (Single)
Label – UNFD
Drug Church – Myopic (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Keep This Up – Find Myself (Single)
Label – Independent
The Word Alive – New Reality (Single)
Label – Concord Music
Underoath – Let Go (Single)
Label – MNRK
World Gone Cold – Burn (Single)
Label – Rockfest Records
Adelitas Way – Talk (Single)
Label – The Fuel Music
Hollywood Undead – Evil (Single)
Label – BMG
Future Palace – Dead Inside (Tommy Countach Remix) (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Xiu Xiu – Ignore Grief [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Polyvinyl Record Co.
Mimi Webb – Amelia
Label – Sony Music Entertainment
Hollow Hand – Your Own Adventure
Label – Curation Records
Gustavo Santaolalla & David Fleming – The Last of Us: Season 1 (Soundtrack from the HBO Original Series)
Label – Amazon Music
Ruel – 4th Wall
Label – RCA
Weval – Remember
Label – Independent
Jetty Bones – Songs I Wrote Instead of Killing Myself
Label – Rise Records
Tritonal – Tritonia 417
Label – Enhanced Music
Object Of Affection – Field Of Appearances
Label – Run For Cover Records
Ella Vos – SUPERGLUE
Label – Superglue Records
bvdub – Fumika Fades (EP)
Label – Independent
Priestgate – One Shade Darker (EP)
Label – Lucky Number Music Limited
French Police – BLEU (EP)
Label – Cruel Records
The Worst of Us, ALEX, TOKYO ROSE & THE AKUMA – ANTAGONIST RETURNS (Single)
Label – Independent
little image – BALLET (Single)
Label – Hollywood Records
PACKS – Brown Eyes (Single)
Label – Fire Talk
Suki Waterhouse – To Love (Single)
Label – Sub Pop Records
TURQUOISEDEATH – YisSHMANSCH (Single)
Label – Independent
Dizzy – Birthmark (Acoustic) (Single)
Label – Communion Group
Whenyoung – Rubix Cube (Single)
Label – AntiFragile Music
Avalon Emerson – Hot Evening (Single)
Label – Another Dove / One House
The Sliver Lines – Blow Dry (Single)
Label – Independent
boygenius – Not Strong Enough (Single)
Label – Interscope Records
Me Lost Me – Eye Witness (Single)
Label – Upset The Rhythm
The Intersphere – Down (Single)
Label – OMN
Liturgy – Before I Knew the Truth (Single)
Label – Thrill Jockey Records
Bass Drum of Death – Say Your Prayers / Everybody’s Gonna Be There (Single)
Label – Golden Robot Record
Fred again… – Mike (desert island duvet) (feat. The Streets & Dermot Kennedy) (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records
Motionless In White – Werewolf: Synthwave Edition (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records
Momma – Bang Bang (Single)
Label – Lucky Number Music
freya – did you hear the birds (Single)
Label – Independent
Leland – Bad At Letting Go (feat. MUNA) (Single)
Label – Good Pop
Daughter – Swim Back (Single)
Label – 4AD
In Explosions – clouds (Single)
Label – Independent
kittyangel – not like u (Single)
Label – Independent
Nedaj – be there (Single)
Label – Independent