This week’s culmination of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff.
STAFF PICKS
Stillnight – Eidolon (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Stillnight show off groovy riffs and heavy chugs in a track that builds up momentum for their upcoming album, Dream State, which is out later this month.
The Daily Chase – Killjoy (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: In this cinematic story-driven video, The Daily Chase showcase a beautiful music video to accompany what is one of the best singles to drop this week.
Vein.fm – This World Is Going To Ruin You [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Closed Casket Activities/Nuclear Blast
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dallis recommends: Eerie, ominous, destructive, haunting, and heavy as fuck. Vein.fm capture every essence in This World Is Going To Ruin You and present an absolute masterpiece of a record to be remembered.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Cold Night For Alligators – The Hindsight Notes
Label – Arising Empire
As I May – Karu
Label – UPRISING! Records
Crowbar – Zero And Below
Label – MNRK Records
Sabaton – The War to End All Wars
Label – Nuclear Blast
Midnight – Let There Be Witchery
Label – Metal Blade Records
Silvercord – Umbral
Label – Famined Records
Sanhedrin – Lights On
Label – Metal Blade Records
Circa Survive – Two Dreams
Label – Rise Records
Sylvaine – Nova
Label – Season of Mist
Deserted Fear – Doomsday
Label – Century Media Records
Hath – All That Was Promised
Label – Willowtip Records
Vio-Lence – Let the World Burn (EP)
Label – Metal Blade Records
Tool – Opiate (Single)
Label – RCA Records Label
Gravemind – Death Touch (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records
Kublai Khan TX – Loyal to None (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Windwaker – Lucy (Single)
Label – Independent
Hollow Front – The Price of Dreaming (Single)
Label – UNFD
Bleed From Within – Levitate (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Wolves At The Gate – Deadweight (Single)
Label – Solid State Records
Paleface – The Orphan (Single)
Label – Independent
Convictions – Supernova (Single)
Label – Independent
Diesect – Loose Ends (Single)
Label – Independent
From Fall to Spring – Barriers (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Crown Magnetar – God Is My Enemy (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records
Dark Watch – Yudi: The Jade King (Single)
Label – Jacobra Records
Light the Fire – Counterfeit (Single)
Label – Independent
Papa Roach – Cut The Line (Single)
Label – New Noize Records
Drudkh – The Nocturnal One (Single)
Label – Season of Mist
Nekrogoblikon – Golden Future (Single)
Label – Mystery Box
Dark Funeral – Leviathan (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Arkaik – Labyrinth of Hungry Ghosts (Single)
Label – The Artisan Era
Abbath – The Book of Breath (Single)
Label – Season of Mist
Lions at the Gate – Bed of Nails (Single)
Label – Independent
Meshuggah – Light The Shortening Fuse (Single)
Label – Atomic Fire
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Beachheads – Beachheads II [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Fysisk Format
Belmont – Aftermath
Label – Pure Noise Records
The Flower Kings – By Royal Decree
Label – InsideOutMusic
downcast – i saw hell when i was with you
Label – Independent
Just Friends – HELLA
Label – Pure Noise Records
Eva Under Fire – Love, Drugs & Misery
Label – Better Noise Music
Ghost – Twenties (Single)
Label – Lorna Vista Recordings
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Poster Child (Single)
Label – Warner Records
Stand Atlantic – hair out (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Columbus – Full Heart (Single)
Label – Independent
Hot Chelle Rae – Stupid Song (Single)
Label – Yama Records
Bearings – Shaking Your Mind (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
FALSET – Love Me Like My Demons Do (Single)
Label – MRI
PUP – Matilda (Single)
Label – Independent
Hopes Die Last – Silence Broken (Single)
Label – Independent
Point North – Dark Days (feat. Jeris Johnson) (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
PLACEBO – Happy Birthday In The Sky (Single)
Label – SO Recordings
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE RELEASES
Stereophonics – Oochya!
Label – Ignition Records
Anna Shoemaker – Everything is Fine (I’m Only on Fire)
Label – +1 Records
Guided by Voices – Crystal Nuns Cathedral
Label – Independent
Oh Hiroshima – Myriad
Label – Napalm Records
Band Of Horses – Things Are Great
Label – BMG Rights Management
The Weather Station – How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars
Label – Fat Possum
Luna Li – Duality
Label – In Real Life Music
Peach Pit – From 2 to 3
Label – Columbia
Bandicoot – Black After Dark
Label – Libertino Recordings
Eades – Delusion Spree
Label – Heist or Hit
KAWALA – Better With You
Label – EMI.
Charli XCX – Baby (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records UK
Pixies – Human Crime (Single)
Label – Infectious Music
Sharon Von Etten – Used To It (Single)
Label – Jagjagwar Records
Charlotte Sands – Lost (Single)
Label – PIVTL Projects