New Music Friday – May 24th, 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

Emily Mei – Inside (Single)
Label –
Warm Water, Corp
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: “Inside” is engrossing ambient R&B from Emily Mei. Her vocals will shine on first listen, but on repeat you’ll lean into the track’s rich trap-and-drone-guitar soundscape. It’s far from metal, but Sleep Token fans will find all the aesthetics comfortably familiar, and the inventive instrumental at the end could be called a mini-breakdown.

Graphic Nature – Something I’m Not (Single)
Label –
Rude Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kZENkZnHG0Q%3Fsi%3DYdIsBezqGIgWfLbD

Nick recommends: Graphic Nature have returned with a third sample of their upcoming July release. Replete with all of the band’s trademark ingredients, alongside an especially cathartic breakdown and vocal performance, Who Are You When No One Is Watching? is shaping up to be one of the UK’s strongest offerings in 2024.

Handcuff – Crawling (Single)
Label –
Church Road Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: Peppy and direct, “Crawling” shows that Handcuff came back from their second studio bout with their hands full. Irreverent vocals and easy beats offer no apology for tearing the house down.

Knife Dance – Make Me Leave (Single)
Label –
Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Kath recommends: Massachusetts post-hardcore newcomers Knife Dance continue a streak of strong releases with latest single “Make Me Leave.” Frontman Tim Sullivan (also of Boundaries) wields grit and melodicism in equal measure to deliver an emotive performance on the follow-up track to the group’s first two outings in “Flaying” and “Weary.”

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Arriving Home – Hunters & Collectors
Label – Easthaven Records

Boneripper – World Ablaze
Label –
Independent

Bring Me the Horizon – POST HUMAN: NeX GEn
Label – Sony Music

Defects – Modern Error
Label – Mascot Records

D-Mad Devil – Legacy of the Devil
Label – Theoria Records

Red Handed Denial – A Journey Through Virtual Dystopia
Label – Paid Vacation

Single Wound – Death Is a Kindness
Label – Independent

Teramaze – Eli: A Wonderful Fall from Grace
Label – Independent

The Korea – МЁД
Label – Fetash Records

Vale Of Pnath – Between The Worlds Of Life And Death
Label –
Willowtip

Another Now – HEX
Label – Independent

Annalynn – Failure Will Find Me (EP)
Label – Grayscale Records

silverlake murder – Still Unknown (EP)
Label – Independent

Trash Panda – Devour Their Scraps (EP)
Label –
Violent Death Records

Wiltwither – The Yellow Wallpaper (EP)
Label – Independent

Absentia NY – Malum (feat. Cody Blencowe of Desolate) (Single)
Label – Independent

A Sense of Purpose – Reaching (For You) (Single)
Label – Independent

Goonlord – Dama Loca De Las Gatas (Single)
Label – Independent

Grand Elder – Kerb Crawling (Single)
Label – Independent

Hillhaven – The God You Think You Are (Single)
Label – Independent

Illyria – Wrath (Single)
Label – Independent

King 810 – Glow (Single)
Label – KING Nation

Monochromatic Black – I Am Time (Single)
Label – Independent

Newmaker – Wildflower (Single)
Label – Urizen Records

Nothing Noble – cut the ties (Single)
Label – Independent

No Face No Case – Clout Chaser (Single)
Label – Ultra Heavy Records

Our Common Collapse – The Romantics (Single)
Label – Independent

Revoid – Everything (Single)
Label – Independent

SLUGCRUST – V4 (Single)
Label – Terminus Hate City

Splitheart – Не молчи (Single)
Label – Independent

Split Iris – Oath (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike

Still Counting – PULL ME IN (Single)
Label – Independent

Still Hurts – клетка (Single)
Label – ZVER Records

Sunfall – Blood Moon (Single)
Label –
Out Of Line Records

The Failsafe – Dying To Exist (Single)
Label – Ghost Killer Entertainment

This Is Falling – Never the Blue (Single)
Label –
Independent

Trash Panda – Devour Their Scraps (Single)
Label – Violent Death Records

Waves In Autumn – Cursebound (Single)
Label – Independent

Acacia Ridge – Losing Control (Single)
Label – Independent

Atilla – New Devil (feat. Dickie Allen) (Single)
Label – Independent

BABYMETAL & ELectric Callboy – RATATATA (Single)
Label –
Century Media Records

Heartline – Lovers (Single)
Label – Independent

Monosphere – The Unknown Voice (Single)
Label – Independent

Within Destruction – ANIMETAL (Single)
Label – Ultra Heavy Records

Amoura – Lost In Paradise (Single)
Label – Independent

As I Lay Dying – Burden (Single)
Label – Napalm Records

Defences – Gold In The Dark (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records

Nightwish – Perfume Of The Timeless (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Respire – Distant Light of Belonging (Single)
Label – Dine Alone Records

Stabbing – Vortex of the Severed Dead / Pulled Apart Vortex of the Severed Dead / Pulled Apart (Single)
Label – Century Media Records

Umbra Vitae – Anti-Spirit Machine (Single)
Label – Deathwish Inc.

HARDCORE RELEASES

Gods End – Chapter Black (EP)
Label – Independent

Neck Lock – TORN BETWEEN HELL AND DEATH (EP)
Label – Independent

Reaver – Demo 2024 (EP)
Label – Independent

Wreckage – Self In All (EP)
Label – Scheme

Yield To None – Both Demos (EP)
Label – Hot Stuff Records

COCKRING – PROMO 2024 (EP)
Label – Independent

Severed – Demo (EP)
Label – Cosmic Obliteration

Deal With It – Get Lost (Single)
Label – Delayed Gratification Records

Dropped at Birth – Crypt (Single)
Label – Independent

Firewalker – Carry My Own Torch (Single)
Label – Triple B Records

Warcollapse – Tyrannical Trip (Single)
Label – Bye Bye Productions

Who I Am – The Bitter End (Single)
Label – Independent

Bad Breeding – Retribution (Single)
Label – One Little Independent Records

End Game – Big Shot (Single)
Label – Independent

FANSKAPT – Absent Personality Disorder (Single)
Label – Antongeyes Production

LEER – Into Ether (Single)
Label – Independent

Dry Socket & Body Farm – Endless Psychosis // Abomination (Single)
Label – Independent

Suffer No Fools – Tha Hard Way (Single)
Label – Heroes & Martyrs 

Earth Groans – Chasm (Single)
Label – Independent

Grow Blind – Get a Grip (Single)
Label – Independent

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Capstan – The Mosaic
Label – Fearless Records

Concrete Castles – Last Structures of Dreams
Label –
Independent

Maggie Lindemann – HEADSPLIT (Deluxe)
Label – swixxzaudio

Say Anything – …Is Committed
Label – Die Alone Music

Twenty One Pilots – Clancy
Label – Fueled By Ramen

Fly Over States – Ghosts (EP)
Label – Fever Ltd.

Lost Trees – Hallucinate (EP)
Label – Independent

Softcult – Heaven (EP)
Label – Easy Life Records

TriDENT – spice “X” (EP)
Label –
松山制作委員会

Adelitas Way – The Fire Inside (Single)
Label – Vegan Syn

Avalanche Effect – Providence (Single)
Label – Independent

Bilmuri – TALKIN’ 2 UR GHOST (Single)
Label – Independent

Blackout Problems – PALERMO (Single)
Label – Sony Music

Black Veil Brides – My Friends (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Records

CARDIO KILLER – DIOR (Single)
Label – SPRL

Dream Drop & Those Without – So What if I… (Single)
Label – Sony Music

Honey Revenge – Recipe for Disaster (Single)
Label – Thriller Records

Jools – FKA (Single)
Label – Hassle Records

Merit – DREARY NEW MOON (Single)
Label – Independent

mirabelle. – Everybody Dies (Single)
Label – Independent

PhaseOne – Brace For Impact (Single)
Label – Sounds Of Mayhem

Prospective – Cold (Single)
Label – Independent

The Last Martyr – The Nihilist (feat. Rivilin) (Single)
Label – Independent

This Is Falling – Never the Blue (Single)
Label – Independent

Tigress – Freefall (Single)
Label – Independent

Boston Manor – HEAT ME UP (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE

ENMY – Broken Man (Single)
Label – FiXT

Fallweather – Tired Eyes (Single)
Label – Independent

Hopes Avenue – HEAVEN (Single)
Label – Independent

True North – Those Were The Days (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music

Beauty School – Reaper (feat. Dan Campbell) (Single)
Label – Slam Dunk Records

LEAVE. – Longing To Believe (feat. Being As An Ocean) (Single)
Label – Out Of Line

The Dangerous Summer – Pacific Ocean (Single)
Label – Rude Records

The Devil Wears Prada – Reasons (feat. LØLØ) (Single)
Label – Solid State Records

Tunic – Plastic (Single)
Label – Independent

Anthony Green – 3am (feat. Prentiss) (Single)
Label – Born Losers Records

Bearings – Stormy Weather (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Footballhead – Your Ghost (Single)
Label – Tiny Engines

nothing, nowhere – John Wayne (I Wanna Be A Cowboy) (Single)
Label – Independent

PUSCH – Geek Stink Breath (Single)
Label – Independent

Red Vanilla – Outside In (Single)
Label – Independent

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

DIIV – Frog In Boiling Water
Label – Fantasy

La Luz – News of the Universe
Label – Sub Pop

mui zyu – nothing or something to die for
Label – Father/Daughter Records

BATTS – Sell You The Sun (Single)
Label – I Feel Fine Records

Black Polygons – Acephale (Single)
Label – Independent

Leaving Time – Wish (Single)
Label – Sunday Drive Records

Levi Ryan & bleach.bath – a life of service (Single)
Label –
dreamstation

NewJeans – How Sweet (Single)
Label – ADOR Co

Peach PRC – Touchy Subject (Single)
Label – Republic Records 

Cathedral – Corridor (Single)
Label –
Jang94

Clairo Sexy to Someone (Single)
Label – Independent

LAUREL – Only One (Single)
Label – Communion Group

Stumbleine – Catastrophette
Label –
Montreme Records

Crystal Joilena – AGE OF AQUA (Single)
Label – Independent

Roosevelt – Automatic (Single)
Label – Counter Records

Horse Jumper of Love – Wink (Single)
Label –
Run For Cover Records

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