Welcome to this week’s New Music Friday, our wrap-up of all the releases ranging from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. Have a look at our release calendar to monitor what upcoming releases are due soon. NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page. (Cover: Erythh – DARK MAGIK)
STAFF PICKS
Mizmor (מזמור) – No Place To Arrive (Single)
Label – Profound Lore
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: The high priest of blackened doom, A.L.N., has readied his next salvo of chasmic metal. The second track and first single from the upcoming Prosaic LP, “No Place To Arrive” has all the key features of a Mizmor track: doom dirges, luscious acoustics, and black metal bursts. The track ought to make for a solid centrepiece on Mizmor’s shortest record to date, and A.L.N. promises the record is his most focused and least self-indulgent.
ARCHIVES – Matriarch (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: Belfast metalcore quintet ARCHIVES return with “Matriarch”, a hard-hitting track complete with sharp percussion, bouncy riffs, and husky vocals which is sure to satisfy fans of Bury Tomorrow and Aviana.
Puppy Angst – TKO (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Harry recommends: Puppy Angst lean into their dream pop stylings on “TKO”, a hypnotic rollercoaster dripping with 20s melancholy, brought about by the heartfelt, diary-like lyricism of vocalist Alyssa Milman.
Cherish – Give ‘Em The Rope (Single)
Label – life.lair.regret. records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: “Give ’Em The Rope” leaps out the gates with galloping riffs, rapid percussion, and aggressive screams which immediately set the tone for another characteristically visceral offering from Aussie up-and-comers Cherish. Incredibly dynamic guitarwork and vocals elevate it from bombastic hardcore to a mature track which is sure to have real staying power.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Balance Breach – ABYZMAL
Label – Out of Line Music
Arrival Of Autumn – Kingdom Undone
Label – Nuclear Blast
Kalmah – Kalmah
Label – Ranka Kustannus
Cloak – Black Flame Eternal
Label – Season of Mist
Church of the Dead – Beyond Death
Label – Redefending Darkness Records
BRAINDEAD – Lifeless (EP)
Label – Independent
Ice Sealed Eyes – Vol.1: Torments (EP)
Label – Independent
Set for Tomorrow – Perfect Strangers (EP)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution
Marked;Life – Rare Candy (EP)
Label – Kontrolla Music Group
Monuments – Nefarious (Single) [NEWS]
Label – Century Media Records
ACCVSED – Deadweight (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution
Bury the Darkness – Paralyzed (Single)
Label – Independent
Clot – Trauma Bound (Single)
Label – Terminus Hate City
Cruelty – An Endless Awful Now (Single)
Label – Independent
DETHRXNER – ALPHA JUSTICE (Single)
Label – Prime Collective
Fox Lake – Hammer and Nail (feat. Chris Roetter of Like Moths to Flames) (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution
Hunt the Dinosaur – Tinfoil Hat (Single)
Label – Independent
I Prevail – Deep End (Stripped) (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
In Gloom – Hall of Sin (Single)
Label – Papa Collin’s Rodeo Recordings
Johnny Booth – Full Tilt (Single)
Label – Booth Records
One Step to Abyss – DAEINSFORMEN (Single)
Label – Independent
Shallowsky – Reap (Single)
Label – Independent
The Motion Below – Fast Tracking My Collapse (Single)
Label – Independent
Signs of the Swarm – Tower of Torsos (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Mental Cruelty – Nordlys (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Mugshot – Left in the Wake (Single)
Label – Blood Blast Distribution
VIBORA – DANA (Single)
Label – Independent
Polaris – Inhumane (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
We Blame the Empire – As I Fall (Single)
Label – Animals Mosh Harder Records
Citadel – Nightmare Frontier (Single)
Label – Independent
blessthefall – Wake the Dead (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Defying Decay – System Of Sinners (Single)
Label – LEGEND Recordings
NEMOPHILA – Night Flight (Single)
Label – Masterworks Publishers
Nylist – Suicide Watch (Single)
Label – Independent
The Raven Age – Forgive & Forget (Single)
Label – Music For Nations
VEXED – X my <3 (Hope to die) (Single)
Label – Napalm Records
Coma Waves – Shattered (Single)
Label – Independent
Disposition – Death Rattle (Single)
Label – Independent
Hell on Earth – Heavier Yet (Single)
Label – Independent
SorrowEater – Incantation (Single)
Label – Independent
HARDCORE RELEASES
Incendiary – Change the Way You Think About Pain [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Closed Casket Activities
Dogz Of War – Still Undisputed
Label – 1054 Records
Terminal Sleep – Chapter 2: Elicit Fear (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Anklebiter – To Live and Withstand (EP)
Label – Independent
Drop Off Point – Bridge City Crew (EP)
Label – NZHCPP
Harm/Shelter – Banished By Life (EP)
Label – Independent
Truth Ruiner – The Violent Years (EP)
Label – Independent
World’s Grasp – Pure HEat Promo ’23 (EP)
Label – Reticulated Media
Backstabbed – Paralyzed (Single)
Label – Independent
Doped Up – Pain (Single)
Label – Independent
End Reign – Desolate Fog (Single)
Label – Relapse Records
EGO – EGO (Demo) (Single)
Label – Independent
New Clear Future – Trouble (Single)
Label – Aggrocidal Records
Notions – BLUE-EYES (feat. ROMA JONSON) (Single)
Label – Phantom Gang
Trenchknife – Crown Of Thorns (Single)
Label – Independent
Power of Fear – Tears of Shame / Eye to Eye (Single)
Label – DAZE Records
Claymore – Nothing Above / Demise (Single)
Label – Independent
Dead Heat – Endless Tortment (Single)
Label – Triple B Records
ROT AWAY – Ghost City (Single)
Label – Independent
SPINE – P.O.C (Single)
Label – Convulse Records
Wreckonize – Tried & True (Single)
Label – Divided We Fall Records
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Chain of Flowers – Never Ending Space [FULL REVIEW]
Label – ALTER
Phoxjaw – notverynicecream
Label – Hassle Records
Miss Fortune – Gravity’s Rainbow
Label – LIFE OR DEATH
WSTR – Til’ the Wheels Fall Off
Label – LIFE OR DEATH
Heart Attack Man – Freak Of Nature
Label – Evil Doer
The Dirty Nil – Free Rein To Passions
Label – Dine Alone Records
The Intersphere – Wanderer
Label – OMN Label Services
JAAW – Supercluster
Label – Svart Records
Sea in the Sky – Fall in Place (EP)
Label – Independent
nascar aloe – HEY ASSHOLE! (EP)
Label – Epitaph Records
Blood Command – World Domination (Single)
Label – Loyal Blood Records
Haken – The Last Lullaby (Bonus Track) (Single)
Label – InsideOutMusic
Harm – I Fear Only That My Rage Will Fade Over Time (Single)
Label – Independent
Honey Revenge – Favorite Song (Single)
Label – Thriller Records
Luring – You Disgust Me (Single)
Label – Independent
Farewell Signs – Language (Single)
Label – Independent
Not Enough Space – Nightmares (Single)
Label – Independent
Riyah – Make It Rain (Single)
Label – Prime Collective
Trainwreck – Sheerwood (Single)
Label – Independent
The Anix – Tethered (Single)
Label – FiXT
TRUTHTELLER – Calling / Vox (Single)
Label – Independent
CITΛDEL – Nightmare Frontier (Single)
Label – Independent
LEAVE. – Voices (Single)
Label – Independent
Movements – Fail You (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
SETYØURSAILS – Best of Me (Single)
Label – Napalm Records
Dwellings – It’s All There (Single)
Label – Tragic Hero Records
Militarie Gun – Will Logic (Single)
Label – Concord Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Twin Princess – Blood Moon [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Miranda and the Beat – Miranda and the Beat
Label – Ernest Jenning Record
Sparks – The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
Label – Island Records
Miya Folick – Roach
Label – Nettwek
Gia Margaret – Romantic Piano
Label – Jagjaguwar
Ftflframe – AERIA CHAPTR I (EP)
Label – Independent
Erythh – DARK MAGIK (EP)
Label – Independent
Bailey – You’re The One (Single)
Label – Independent
Dua Lipa – Dance The Night (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records
Home Is Where – floral organs (Single)
Label – Waz Bodega
Maisie Peters – Two Weeks Ago (Single)
Label – Ginerbread Man Records
Sabrina – Modo Avión (Single)
Label – SC ENTERTAINMENT
The Jackets – Life’s Not Like The Movies (Single)
Label – Chaputa! Records
CHADWICK – Butter (Single)
Label – Independent
Eden FM – Perfect Despair (Single)
Label – Garden’s Gate
Lucy In Disguise – Neon Rose Garden (Single)
Label – Independent
Roosevelt – Ordinary Love (Single)
Label – Counter Records
Slay Squad – Tote (Single)
Label – Independent