Welcome to New Music Friday where we round-up all the week’s releases from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. For a full view of what’s coming up, check out 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.
Harm – Standing On Our Necks // Amber Wave (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Nearly three years on the deeply impressive a song you can’t feel anymore., post-hardcore unit Harm return and showcase their melodic 00s-inspired sound on dual single “Standing On Our Necks // Amber Wave”. Switching between mathier moments and metalcore heaviness, Harm showcase their ability to blend these influences to create something unique and captivating, with hopefully more to come from one of our favourite post-hardcore acts.
KILL CHAIN – Never Been Yours (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Featuring members of Comeback Kid, A Mourning and Bayonet Dismemberment, this Canadian hardcore supergroup of sorts show their prowess from the moment that “Never Been Yours” opens up. Old school riffs from Yates and Frizzelle pack out and command the track, with grizzly vocals from Neufeld giving Kill Chain’s sound a real hook. If this is anything to go back, Kill Chain are set to be a force in the hardcore scene going forward.
Nothing Ends Quietly – A Loving Home (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: We don’t usually double-dip for our staff picks within a single release cycle, but here’s a worthy exception. The second track from Nothing Ends Quietly is fantastic post hardcore that infuses the desperation of screamo into its vocals. The lyrics ache to be called back (“Don’t pray for me / I’ve been doing better lately”) and their instrumentals are potent, serving the emotional message very well.
Killing Me Softly – Spring Promo ’26 (Double Single)
Label – Streets of Hate
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Jack recommends: Killing Me Softly has been at the forefront of UK metalcore for some time now. Their erratic blend of early Converge and modern hardcore has allowed them to stand out among their peers. Forevermore and Eight Pointed Futures (plus The Everlasting Mile if you grab a CD at a show) prove that their dominance shows absolutely no signs of ending. These tracks are the epitome of everything Killing Me Softly represents – at their peak, inciting violence with every chug and leaving nowhere to hide, all while narrated by Jono‘s menacing shrieks. This is violence distilled. Get to a show and witness the mayhem.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Cage Fight – Exuvia
Label – Spinefarm
Choke Me – A Violent Phenomenon
Label – Independent
Haste The Day – Dissenter
Label – Solid State Records
Poolside at the Flamingo – This Overwhelming Horror
Label – Independent
Sevalynn – I Wish It Didn’t Have to Come to This
Label – Arson Theory
derail. – Born Into Waste (EP)
Label – Independent
fingerswoventogether – As The Lie Became Truth (EP)
Label – Zegema Beach Records
OBEYER – Pallor (EP)
Label – 3DOT Recordings
Infected Dead – Invicta (EP)
Label – Independent
PARAMENA – APEIRON EP (EP)
Label – PRMN Records
Red Keep – Synchronicities (EP)
Label – Independent
Torn Open – TORN THE FUCK OPEN, Vol. 2 (EP)
Label – Blue Grape Music II, LLC
Chrome Cage – Erosion Of Mortality (EP)
Label – B.I.G Records
Arrowheads – Sisyphean (Single)
Label – Independent
Caro Tere – There’s Always One Cunt (Single)
Label – KlotKorp Promotions
Culturist – Conflict (Single)
Label – Independent
Dead by April – A Promise (09 | 26) (Single)
Label – Independent
Far From Refuge – Circuits II: Timelines (Single)
Label – Far From Refuge
Orecus – Human Drones (Single)
Label – Violent Groove
Samsara – Echochamber (Single)
Label – Independent
Spoiler – Apathy (Single)
Label – Independent
Then It Ends – Alone (Single)
Label – Flourish Records
VCTMS – Pain Processing II (Album)
Label – Independent
To Be Gentle – Spright Elf (Single)
Label – Independent
Aerial – Bloom (Single)
Label – Independent
Bloodlines – Revivalist (feat. For Today) (Single)
Label – Facedown Records
My Own Will – Forsaken (Single)
Label – Bleeding Art Collective
Thin the Herd VA – Amputate (Single)
Label – Independent
Fear & and Loathing in Las Vegas – Overwrite (Single)
Label – Getting Better
MALINOIS – Biting My Tongue (Single)
Label – Malinois
Monk – No Gods (Single)
Label – Dine Alone Music Inc.
NAYSAYERS – Anatomy of a Killer (Single)
Label – NAYSAYERS
The Crimson Armada – III. The Leviathan (Single)
Label – Independent
Kerry King – Trophies Of The Tyrant (Single)
Label – Reigning Phoenix Music
Northlane – Evian (Single)
Label – Independent
Loathe – Revenant (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
HARDCORE RELEASES
KLONNS – G.A.M.E.S
Label – Iron Lung Records
WORLD PEACE – FOR NO MAN SHALL SEE ME AND LIVE
Label – Twelve Gauge Records
Bartok37 – Through the Infernal Gate (EP)
Label – Independent
Mean Jesus – RUST FREE (EP)
Label – Kayfabe Lives
MINDGAZE – Manifest No Destiny (EP)
Label – ANKN Records
Vale Tudo – Bossfight (EP)
Label – Independent
Vulgar – Self Preservation (EP)
Label – Independent
Better Days – Universal Soldier II / Liquid & Lace (Single)
Label – Independent
Dolores – Dead Culture (Single)
Label – Robot Distro
Dust Worship – Numb and Neon (Single)
Label – Dust Worship
Rule Them All – Mystified / Right Time (Single)
Label – Independent
Sharp Tongues – Dead Weight (Single)
Label – New Age Records
Condition One – Hostile Takeover (Single)
Label – Independent
Skin Ticket – SOUL MUST DIE (Single)
Label – Independent
Wasted – Tomorrow’s Not Promised Today (Single)
Label – Combat Rock Industry
Dead Harts – No Masters in the Grave (Single)
Label – Independent
balisong – inflicted wounds (Single)
Label – SWAGAPINO PRODUCTIONS
DUMB POSH HIPPIES – DOOMER & SCUMBO (Single)
Label – Hippie Gick Records
Frayed Ends BC – Gatekeeper (Single)
Label – Singular/Gokuhi
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Actor Observer & Godseyes – An Exercise In Futility / An Old Song Of Favor And Fear
Label – Breakthrough Records
Dream on Dreamer – Heavens
Label – Independent
EarlyRise – The Flood Is Coming
Label – Independent
Resilia – By A Thread
Label – Kill Iconic
F!TH – Take An Honest Look At Perfection (EP)
Label – F!TH Records
James and the Cold Gun – Split Second (Single)
Label – Prospect Park
Savage Hands – POWER (Single)
Label – Oxide Records
Silo – Haze (Album)
Label – Easy Life Records
Tiny Voices – losing color (Single)
Label – Independent
Nothing Ends Quietly – A Loving Home (Single)
Label – Nothing Ends Quietly
divedown – Calm Me (Single)
Label – Ninth Life Records
Hey & Ily – Ugly On The Inside (& Out) (Single)
Label – Lonely Ghost Records
Honey Revenge – Run Your Mouth (Single)
Label – Thriller Records
Mayday Parade – Blame It On The Youth (Single)
Label – Many Hats Distribution
MORNINGSIDE – Highways (Single)
Label – Independent
Parallyx – Lipstick Doll (Single)
Label – Parallyx
Bad Neighbour – Mean Faces (Single)
Label – Ninth Life Records
Hammok – Tap Water (Single)
Label – Sargent House
Cinema Stare – Few Things (Single)
Label – Static Era Records
Citizen – Highs and Lows (Single)
Label – Run For Cover
Death Cab for Cutie – Punching the Flowers (Single)
Label – Anti/Epitaph
myheartyourhands – disappear (Single)
Label – Independent
Nights of Malice – Gore Nest (Single)
Label – Bleeding Art Collective
Static Dress – …hospice (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
Wax Teeth – Wax Coffin (EP)
Label – Over the Counter Culture Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
American Football – American Football (LP4)
Label – Polyvinyl Records
Eden FM – Ataxia
Label – Cursus Audio
Carver Commodore – Takeout (EP)
Label – Tridents of Florence
Florence Arman – Roses Are Dead (Single)
Label – Independent
HUNNY BUZZ – Joyride (Single)
Label – Independent
JOHNNASCUS – 2024.09.14 (Single)
Label – Independent
Ladytron – Sing (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group
Lucy In Disguise – Pacific FM (Single)
Label – Innerworks Records
Private Function – Music Sucks (Fuck You) (Single)
Label – Independent
simvlacrvm – seq01 (Single)
Label – echo cult
Wedding Songs – Entlarvung (Single)
Label – Collective Memory Records, STTW Records
FlowerBoyDeMii – purest form (Single)
Label – Independent
HEALTH – ADDENDUM (EP)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings
The Girlfriend Complex – And The Rest Is Yours (Single)
Label – Independent
Cinder Well – While the Womb Screams Silently (Single)
Label – Hen House Studios
SIIICKBRAIN – FILTHY (feat. Fetish) (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Fentanyl – Delay Tolerance (Single)
Label – Convulse Records
bleach.bath – Yum yum 3 (Single)
Label – Independent
FM-84 – Radio (Single)
Label – Independent