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
Breathing Below – outcast (Single)
Label – Shut In Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Ahead of their upcoming EP, the body i left behind, Breathing Below drop a superb metalcore outing with latest single “outcast”. Stylings of old school melodic metalcore with pummelling moments of heaviness are delivered by Breathing Below’s kicks and riffs. This is a noteworthy comeback for the band that shows they mean more than just business.
Cryptodira – The Same River Twice (Single)
Label – Silent Pendulum
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Kieran recommends: Long Island experimental chaos merchants Cryptodira return with the announcement of a new EP “Genesis of Error” with new single “The Same River Twice“, a less than two minute rager angry about war and occupation of another land. Mike Monaco’s feral screams and frenetic guitars give off nothing but resentment and fury towards our world leaders. The songwriting feels like a level up from previous releases, and is an exciting prospect for this truly underrated band.
Delilah – Memory of A Memory (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Shane recommends: Delilah, the merry MySpace revival metalcore band of Tracheotomy and Tactosa alum, have returned with a true ode to the golden age of the underground music scene. “Memory of A Memory” is likely the most metalcore title you will ever see. Aligning itself both titularly and sonically with the olden days of core, it ferociously fits in everything from shotgun chugs to crisply signature metalcore riffs. For anyone feeling a little nostalgic, Delilah provides plenty of audible catharsis with their latest single.
Divine Sentence – Where Olive Trees Now Weep (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: We’re incredibly excited to see more material from Divine Sentence who have been popping up all over the European continent on the best hardcore line–ups. Even thought their cuts from the 2024 promo make for a tough act to follow, “Where Olive Trees Now Weep” is their best yet. The track peaks with a ridiculous blackened section that gives way to a devastating vocal delivery from Sofia Blanck, and the subsequent panic chord breakdown is a victory lap.
All proceeds from Divine Sentence’s bandcamp will be put towards Palestinan Aid, via the Sameer Project.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Age of Apocalypse – In Oblivion
Label – Closed Casket Activities
Chepang – Jhyappa
Label – Relapse Records
Thus Spoke Zarathustra – I’m Done With Self Care, It’s Time for Others’ Harm
Label – Prosthetic Records
The Stygian Complex – The Veil of Death Closed IN
Label – Independent
Bleachdrinker – Love Songs
Label – Bones Brigade Records
Bouquet – Feel In Color (EP)
Label – Independent
Dygora – Southside Tapes (EP)
Label – Southside Records
Our Chronicle – If These Walls Could Speak (EP)
Label – Independent
AGONIZE – HIGHEST FORM (EP)
Label – Closed Casket Activites
ACCVSED – Dealers of Doom (Single)
Label – Independent
After Smoke Clears – Status Game // Re-Intentions (Single)
Label – Independent
As My Ashes Blur The Sky – Fiest Was Chaos…In The Stench Of Parasite (Single)
Label – Independent
BABYMETAL – Song 3 (Single)
Label – UMG Recordings
Deadlocked US – Ponderous (Single)
Label – Independent
Demersal – Inter formår (Single)
Label – Konkylie Recordings
Devil May Care – Let the River Run (Single)
Label – Uncle M Music
Electric Callboy – Revery (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
For Your Health – Gaia Wept (Single)
Label – 3DOT Recordings
FRACTURE – A Salted Earth (Single)
Label – Broken Mirror Recordings
King 810 – Noonday Demon (Single)
Label – Independent
Mélancolia – ALL_IS_RUST (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records
Nylist – Ice (feat. PeelingFlesh) (Single)
Label – Independent
Parallyx – Glass Throat (Single)
Label – Independent
RinRin – Gunmetal Black (Single)
Label – Year Of The Rat Records
SWARM6IX – RIDE N DIE (feat. J-Hurley of Hacktivist) (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music
They Are Behind Us – Death Over Honesty (Single)
Label – Independent
THE WESTERN EXPANSE – MOVEMENT (Single)
Label – DIMENSIONAL PROJECTS
Woe, Is Me – Devil in My Mind (Single)
Label – SBG Records
Awake the Dreamer – Years Begin to Fade (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Blind Equation – Nothing (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records
Believe In Nothing – Fist Full Of Worms (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
Malevolence – Salt The Wound (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Overthrone – Genocide (Single)
Label – Overthrone
PassCode – DESTINEX (Single)
Label – MoooD Records
Provisional – Language of Flowers (Single)
Label – Provisional
PSYCHO-FRAME – BLUEPRINTS FOR IDOL GENOCIDE (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
Fox Lake – Pure Adrenaline (Single)
Label – MNRK Music
Heaven Shall Burn – Empowerment (Single)
Label – Century Media
Ithaca – Ithaca (Single)
Label – Hassle Records
VOWER – Deadweight (Single)
Label – aprcity records
We Came As Romans – no rest for the dreamer (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
Weeping Wound – NOIRE DEMON (feat. The Gloom In The Corner) (Single)
Label – Independent
Negatives – Monostatic (Single)
Label – Independent
HARDCORE RELEASES
Bad Beat – LP 2025
Label – Triple B Records
LIE – COME TO COLLECT (EP)
Label – CULTURA COLLECTIVE
Discount Code – Consciousness is a Curse (EP)
Label – Independent
Hez – Demo 2025 (EP)
Label – Independent
The Shredder – BLOODFORGED (EP)
Label – Holding On Records
Private Function – ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (EP)
Label – Independent
Taqbir – Taqbir (EP)
Label – La Vida Es Un Mus Discos
DROUGHT – An Invitation (Single)
Label – Iodine Recordings
Frozen Ground – No Values, Only Judgment (Single)
Label – Trustkill
Soulthief – ALL GAS NO BREAKS (Single)
Label – STCC Wreckords
Stop At Nothing – Fighting Spirit (Single)
Label – Petty Theft Records
Divine Sentence – Where Olive Trees Now Weep (Single)
Label – Independent
Without Love – Soul Purpose (Single)
Label – Best Life Records
Dead Mall – SUPERLIMINAL (Single)
Label – Independent
Grow Blind – Carry the Truth (Single)
Label – Independent
Primitive Rage – Illusion of Love (Single)
Label – Independent
Grim Reality – Born For War (Single)
Label – Life.lair.regret. Records
Lethal Method – Southeast Demonstration (Single)
Label – Independent
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
SENNA – Stranger to Love
Label – SharpTone Records
Angel Number – II. (EP)
Label – Independent
House of Protection – Outrun You All (EP)
Label – Red Bull Records
MSPAINT – No Separation (EP)
Label – Convulse Records
Backstabbed – Out Of Body Experience (Single)
Label – Independent
Honey Revenge – Risk (Single)
Label – Thriller Records
I Prevail – Violent Nature (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Lilac Kings – Passing Out (feat. Caleb Taylor of pulses.) (Single)
Label – The Angel Like Expression
L.O.E – I Was Not Magnificent (Single)
Label – Hopeful Tragedy Records
MIDNIGHT ANSWERS – I.II: SUPPRESSION (feat. Craig Prater of No Home) (Single)
Label – Independent
Mission Jupiter – Bittersweet (Love Song) (Single)
Label – Label 51 Recordings
Only Fools and Corpses (Single)
Label – Independent
Return Address – Out of Spite/To Forget (Single)
Label – Independent
Strange Company – Break My Heart (Part I) (Single)
Label – Independent
Tally Spear – Strangers (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group
the april situation – Endless Threads (Single)
Label – Independent
Thorn Haven – Die Alone (Single)
Label – Yearwalker Studios
Twin Stacks – The Hurt / Yellow Roses (Single)
Label – Independent
Wave Break – Easier Said (Single)
Label – Independent
WVNDER – Ecstasy (Single)
Label – Independent
Youth Fountain – Tarnish (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Comastatic – 24Seven (feat. Melrose Avenue) (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Twin Atlantic – Salvation (Single)
Label – Staple Diet
Bad Neighbour – Snarling (Single)
Label – Ninth Life Records
Dance Gavin Dance – All the Way Down (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Footballhead – Face To Face (Single)
Label – Tiny Engines
Neck Deep – You Should See Me Now (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
The Armed – Well Made Play (Single)
Label – Sargent House
They Are Gutting a Body of Water – AMERICAN FOOD (Single)
Label – ATO Records
DeadWax – House of Wax (Single)
Label – Independent
East Capri – Undone (Single)
Label – EPCPZ2UNDN
Lakes – Hypernow (Single)
Label – Big Scary Monsters
Spanish Love Songs – No Joy Sessions (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Turnstile – Look Out For Me (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records
Kerosene Heights – Waste My Time (Single)
Label – SideOneDummy Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Charmer – Downpour
Label – Counter Intuitive Records
Chrome Harvest – CHROME HARVEST
Label – Independent
Ella Vos – ROSEBUDS
Label – Superglue Records
Home Is Where – Hunting Season
Label – Wax Bodega
Julia Wolf – PRESSURE
Label – girls in purgatory
Emma Ruth Rundle – Music from the Bella Vista
Label – Independent
Odoacer – All Was of Little Worth: , Pt. 1 (EP)
Label – Church Road Records
COOL HEAT – Over Time (Single)
Label – Independent
Mizmor – Mnemonic III (Single)
Label – Profound Lore
Panchiko – Lifestyle Trainers (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group
Peyton Marie – ELVIRA (Single)
Label – Mariw Records
Tokyo Tea Room – Da Nang (Single)
Label – Nice Guys
TNL VZN – Under Benhall Bridge (Single)
Label – TNL VZN
Alison Goldfrapp – Reverboretic (Single)
Label – A. G. Stage Ltd
All Men Unto Me – Lux Æterna (Single)
Label – The Larvarium
Bonniesongs – Olive Oil (Single)
Label – Impressed Recordings
Night Tapes – pacifico (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group
The Youth Play – A Fair Life (Single)
Label – Independent
We Are Scientists – I Could Do Much Worse (Single)
Label – Groenland Records
White Lies – Nothing On Me (Single)
Label – Independent
Goldmund & Keith Keniff – The One Who Stands Still (Single)
Label – Western Vinyl
Humour – Memorial (Single)
Label – So Young Records
Matt Jencik – Delete Key (feat. Midwife) (Single)
Label – Relapse Records
Runner – Achilles And. (Single)
Label – Run For Cover Records
thistle. – wishing coin (Single)
Label – Venn Records
U.S. Girls – Like James Said (Single)
Label – 4AD
DIIV – Return of Youth (Single)
Label – Fantasy
Vines – Evicted (Single)
Label – Independent
Tied Up – Gigantic (Single)
Label – Independent