New Music Friday – May 17th, 2024

Welcome to New Music Friday, where we wrap-up all of the releases from the week ranging from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. Give our release calendar a look to see what other releases are coming up. The NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page.

STAFF PICKS

The Cards I Play – MADNESS (Single)
Label –
Golden Age Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Coming in like an interstellar punch from Japan, “MADNESS” is the latest from the busy The Cards I Play. From its “blegh” breakdown that re-invents itself with every bar, to the hip hop flow on the second verse, right out to the epic outro, it’s simply awesome and needs to land in some ears in the west. 

Æl-Fierlen – To Sleep Eternal (Single)
Label – Independent

Dobbin recommends: From the old British woods emerge Æl-Fierlen with an epic single worthy of immediate attention. Steph Moffatt’s layered vocals wreathe a mournful tapestry over atmospheric black metal that is both ethereal and grounded. Fans of Alcest, Myrkur and Sylvaine should take note. 

Coilguns – We Missed the Parade (Single)
Label – Humus Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: Coilguns offer a unique blend of noise and punk rock, “We Missed The Parade” being an excellent example. Riding a beat that keeps pumping, Louis Jucker’s vocals are unhinged, nailing ‘angry and sad’ despite the jubilance of the track’s riffs.

Grand Elder – Unholy Revenant (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: With three quality singles coming three Fridays in a row, Grand Elder really are brewing up a sludge metal storm storm. Swell production must be applauded, finding a sweet spot between grit and clarity. The non-linear structure keeps you guessing as the tempo shifts ever so slightly to maximise every riff’s impact. 

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Devitalized – State of Aggression
Label – Independent

Extortionist – Devoid of Love & Light
Label – Unique Leader Records

Fleshmauler – A Gargantuan Structure Of Mutilated Atrocities A Gargantuan Structure Of Mutilated Atrocities
Label – Pathologically Explicit Recordings

Horror Dance Squad – All I See Is Black
Label – Out of Breath Records

Intervals – memory palace
Label – Independent

Kulk – It Gets Worse
Label – Human Worth

MORTAL REMINDER – MORTAL REMINDER
Label – Independent

Pathology – Unholy Descent
Label – Wydawnictwo Agonia

Pallbearer – Mind Burns Alive
Label – Nuclear Blast

Shokran – Duat
Label – Independent

Algor Mortis – Stages Of Death (EP)
Label – Independent

COLDSTATE – The Love That’s Left In Me (EP)
Label – Independent 

Divine Grave – Traumapieces (EP)
Label – Independent

DURENDAL – Monument (EP)
Label – Independent

Houses We Die In – Faces of the Suffering (EP)
Label – Independent

Grizzly Run – The Great Panic (EP)
Label – Independent

Inner Landscape – 3H33 (EP)
Label – Independent

Peacemaker FL – First Degree (EP)
Label – Independent

Ameonna – Goddess Reign (EP)
Label – Independent

De’Lour – The Ghost You Left Behind (EP)
Label – Independent

AMAUROSIS – Last Reminiscence (Single)
Label – Independent

Apathy UK – Devour (Single)
Label –
Independent

Asfirefalls – Know You (Single)
Label –
Independent

Attack Attack! – Concrete (Single)
Label –
Oxide Records

Body Count – Psychopath (feat. Joe Bad) (Single)
Label –
Century Media Records

Burning by Desire – Catharsis (Single)
Label –
Independent

DEADSKIN – ISOLATED (Single)
Label –
Thirteen Studios

DEAD VELVET – TO MY GRAVE (Single)
Label – Dead Gang Records

DISSONANT TONGUE – Aurora (Single)
Label –
Independent

DREGG – Dog Cunts (Single)
Label –
Epitaph

Lakeview – Money Where Your Mouth Is (feat. Gideon) (Single)
Label –
Independent

Grand Elder – Unholy Revenant (Single)
Label –
Independent

Ill Defined – Through Her Eyes (Single)
Label –
Independent

IVWIW – Lost Again (Single)
Label –
Independent

LOVELOST – PULLING AT THREADS (Single)
Label –
Year of the Rat Records

Manapart – Bull’s Eye (Single)
Label –
Touch Music

Mayfield – Everchanging (Single)
Label –
Independent

Melting Skies – Dyspnea (feat. Waves in Autumn) (Single)
Label –
Atta Records

Ocean Harvest – MMIW (Single)
Label –
Independent

ONI – Control (Single)
Label –
Ironshore Records

Polar – We Won’t Sleep (Single)
Label –
Arising Empire

Plini – Out of the Void (feat. Kiko Loureiro) (Single)
Label –
Independent

Sable Hills – Battle Cry (feat. Kenta Koie of Crossfaith) (Single)
Label –
Arising Empire

Save Your Last Breath – Future Dust (Single)
Label –
Independent

Sedative – Lake City Quiet Pills (Single)
Label –
Banana Skin Records

Solely Veil – Hollow Heart of Mind (Single)
Label –
Allen Wheeler

Take the Name – Parallel (Single)
Label –
Theoria Records

The Hate Project – The Serpent’s Grip (Single)
Label –
Seek & Strike

Wage War – TOMBSTONE (Single)
Label –
Fearless Records

Watch Out Stampede – A Letter to Myself (Single)
Label –
Redfield Records

Where Memories May Rot – LIVELEAK (Single)
Label –
Independent

Рубежи (feat. BLACK SCUM) – Керосин (Single)
Label – Independent

Fox Lake – Savior (Single)
Label –
MNRK

Crossfaith – God Speed (feat. WARGASM) (Single)
Label –
UNFD

Frontières – Trajectoire (Single)
Label –
Independent

Ghost Iris – My Dear Rat Kings (Single)
Label –
Independent

Last Penance – Tidal Wave (Single)
Label –
Arcadian Industry

No Life – Obnoxious (feat. Emmure) (Single)
Label –
PARANOIA

Nylist – O (feat. Waking the Cadaver) (Single)
Label –
Independent

The Gloom In The Corner – The Jericho Protocol (Single)
Label –
SHARPTONE

Alamance – Lost in the Search Party (Single)
Label –
Shadow Dove

Candy – You Will Never Get Me (feat. Justice Tripp) (Single)
Label –
Relapse Records

Tuesday’s Too Late – Need A Favor (Single)
Label –
Independent

TYRANTS – DEAD EXISTENCE (Single)
LABEL –
Independent

DVRK – Breathless (Single)
Label –
Season of Mist

HARDCORE RELEASES

Candy Apple – Comatose
Label – Convulse Records

Extinguish – One Less Enemy
Label – DAZE

One Step Closer – All You Embrace
Label – Run For Cover Records

RATS WILL FEAST – Hellhole
Label – Time To Kill Records

Lifecrusher – In Death, We All The Same
Label – Inhumano Records

Corruption Pact – Convicted
Label –
Death Farm Records

Bolster – Hell Surrounds You (EP)
Label – Independent

Despondent – Age Of Execution, Vol. 2 (EP)
Label – BumfullO’Farts Records

Loyal To The Grave – Rectitude (EP)
Label – Triple B Records

Double Straight – Spirit of Youth (EP)
Label – Invasion Record

Die Alone – Lessons Learned for the Unloved (EP)
Label – Home Shit Mag

Comeback Clit – Related by Herself (Single)
Label – Independent

Direct Threat – Won’t Think Twice (Single)
Label –
Iron Lung Records

No Future – Endless Torture (Single)
Label – Iron Lung Records

Ratking – Down and Out (Single)
Label –
Independent

R.A.T.S – Bright Sides (Single)
Label –
Black Star Foundation

Soul Blame – No More Competition (Single)
Label – Independent

DFL – Fuck It (Single)
Label –
SBAM Records

Get the Shot – Dominant Predation (Single)
Label –
Arising Empire

Missing Link – Numbers on the Board (feat. Gridiron) (Single)
Label –
Triple B Record

Temple Guard – Istvaan III (Exterminatus) (Single)
Label –
Eco Defence Records

Drip-Fed – Murky (Single)
Label –
Head2Wall Records

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Lip Critic – Hex Dealer
Label – Partisan Records

So Much Hope, Buried. – I’d Be Lying to Say I’m Not Weak
Label – Independent

Telltale – Telltale
Label – Rude Records

Omsorg – Echoes (EP)
Label – Independent

Queen Laya – Queen Laya (EP)
Label – Independent

Amber Palace – Lungs (Single)
Label – Independent

As December Falls – Alive (Single)
Label – Independent

Becko – CIRCUS (feat. Saylem) (Single)
Label – Nobody Culture

Devour the Day – Empty (Single)
Label –
A Window In

DEXCORE – Still Alive (Single)
Label – Jelly Records

Divided Island – Драма Квин (Single)
Label –
Merphi Music Group

Future Palace – The Echoes of Disparity (feat. Charlie Rolfe of As Everything Unfolds) (Single)
Label –
Arising Empire

Heart of Gold – Stranger (To Your Love) (Single)
Label –
SHARPTONE

Mayfield – Everchanging (Single)
Label –
Black Sheep Gang

never easy – choke (Single)
Label –
Independent

noyou – I’m Doing Time (Single)
Label –
Independent

Serj Tankian – A.F. Day (Single)
Label –
Independent 

Set the Sun – R1S3 (Single)
Label –
Independent

The Used – Medz (Single)
Label –
Hassle Records

Vilamoura – OMEGA (Single)
Label –
Independent

From Fall to Spring – CONTROL (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Hands Like Houses – Panic (Single)
Label –
Cooking Vinyl

Rarity – who gives a fuck? (Single)
Label –
Cooking Vinyl

Siamese – Predator (Single)
Label –
Long Branch Records

Stand Still – In My Blood (Single)
Label –
DAZE

Tether – Meet Me Where the Sun Touches the Sea. (Single)
Label –
Independent

Delta Sleep – Sunchaser (Single)
Label –
Soft Boy Records

Iress – The Remains (Single)
Label –
Church Road Records

Outline In Color – Won’t Let Myself Become You (Single)
Label –
Independent

rosecoloredworld – cold day in hell (Single)
Label –
Velocity Records

Static Dress – crying (Single)
Label –
Roadrunner Records

Wine & Warpaint – I Don’t Mind (Single)
Label –
Independent

Million Moons – Endure, Overcome (Single)
Label –
Independent

Zetra – The Mirror (Single)
Label –
Nuclear Blast

Nevetel – Sacrifice (Single)
Label –
Epitaph

Toronto Is Broken – Like Me (feat. REEBZ) (Single)
Label –
YANA Music

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
Label – Darkroom/Interscope Records

Cage The Elephant – Neon Pill
Label – RCA Records

From Indian Lakes – Head Void
Label – little shuteye

Liturgy – Immortal Life II (EP)
Label – YLYLCYN

Alex & Ra – ANAESTHESIA (Single)
Label – Independent

Aurora – Animal Soul (Single)
Label – Glassnote Entertainment

Cutters – Depresso Rant No 69 (Single)
Label – Legless Records

ellis – tarurine (Single)
Label –
Independent

Geowulf – Dolly (Single)
Label –
Nettwerk Music Group

Kosmetika – Pictures Are Gone (Single)
Label –
Spoilsport Records

London Grammar – Kind Of Man (Single)
Label –
Sony Music

Rachel Bochner – Angel Numbers (Single)
Label –
Handwritten Records

Scattle – What’s the Use (Single)
Label –
Independent

Silent Mass – The Great Chaos (Single)
Label –
Mourning Sun Records

Midbooze – Ghost Reflection (Single)
Label –
dreamstation

Mimi Barks – MONTANA (feat. Yeti Bones of H099o9) (Single)
Label –
Silent Cult

plenka – everything that I can’t forget (Single)
Label –
Independent

3FORCE – Masks Off (Single)
Label –
FiXT

bleach.bath – Cherry Blossom (Single)
Label –
Independent

Family Dinner – Helianthus (Single)
Label –
Other People Records

ITZY – Algorithm (Single)
Label –
Warner Music Japan

Pyrex – Bozo (Single)
Label –
Independent 

Samia – Making Breakfast (Single)
Label –
Grand Jury Music

ENOLA – It’s Not Love (Single)
Label –
Our Golden Friend

Leisure Hour – All of the Time (Single)
Label –
Refresh Records

aespa – Supernova (Single)
Label –
SM Entertainment