Welcome to New Music Friday, with our wrap-up all the new metalcore, hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff. Check out our release calendar to keep an eye on this year’s upcoming releases!
STAFF PICKS
Ultra Q – I Watched Them Go (Single)
Label – Royal Mountain Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: “I Watched Them Go” is their first new music since releasing EP Get Yourself A Friend last year. Their first pop song, it represents everything the four-piece is supposed to be. It’s catchy, outrageous, it’s beautiful, but it lands just enough in left field to be unexpected for previous fans.
Lake Malice – Black Turbine (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dallis recommends: “Black Turbine” marries an undeniably heavy edge with a soaring melodic chorus which is bound to inspire live sing-alongs which only further confirms that Lake Malice will be an act to keep a keen eye on in 2023.
fakeyourdeath – truth (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Nisrin recommends: “truth” is the first offering from the beautifully relentless pair that authentically combine to musically explore the opposition between the raw, chaotic energy and the vulnerability and serenity of anger and blame.
Carbon Theory – Mitosis (Single)
Label – Independent
Max recommends: UK tech-metal outfit Carbon Theory make an impact with an instrumental prog banger that is sure to tickle the senses of any budding djent and core fans with “Mitosis“. Intricate guitar work, tight production and a gorgeous soundscape make for a must-listen for any fans of the genre.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Mourning – Disenlightenment
Label – Streets of Hate
Tallah – The Generation of Danger
Label – Earache Records
Doses – Downpour
Label – Independent
Borders – Bloom Season
Label – Arising Empire
Epectase – Nécroses
Label – Independent
Disturbed – Divisive
Label – Reprise
Candlemass – Sweet Evil Sun
Label – Napalm Records
Gaupa – Myriad
Label – Nuclear Blast
ten56. – RLS (Single)
Label – Out of Line
Caskets – Guiding Light (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Graphic Nature – Killing Floor (Single)
Label – Rude Records
Neon Graves – Soul Burn (Single)
Label – Independent
Wage War – Never Said Goodbye (Stripped) (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Atena – Slip Away (Single)
Label – Indie Recordings
Blackgold – On Another Level (Single)
Label – Independent
Bilmuri – ANABOLIC SPUDSMAN (THIQUE EDITION) (Feat. Spencer Stewart and Lorna Shore)
Label – Independent
Babymetal – Monochrome (Single)
Label – Century media
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Gatherers – ( mutilator. )
Label – No Sleep Records
Stain the Canvas – All Fine / eniF llA
Label – InVogue Records
Colorblind – Colorblind
Label – Oxide Records
Nickelback – Get Rollin’
Label – BMG
Jared Dines – the grey
Label – Independent
The Smashing Pumpkins – ATUM (Act 1)
Label – Martha’s Music
Blight Town – It Lives… (EP)
Label – Gungu Yetyi Records
Wolves at the Gate – Lowborn (EP)
Label – Solid State Records
Dropout Kings – Riot Music (Single)
Label – Suburban Noize Records
No Resolve – Kiss from a Rose (feat. Kayla King) (Seal Cover) (Single)
Label – Noise Machine
Skywalker – Effigy (Single)
Label – Universal Music
Tethra – Killing Me (Single)
Label – Independent
The Word Alive – Nocturnal Future (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Violent New Breed – Ruination (Single)
Label – Independent
The Sound of Animals Fighting – APESHIT
Label – Equal Vision Records
alt. – Wraith (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
††† (Crosses) – Sensation (Single)
Label – Warner Records
Enter Shikari – Bull (feat. Cody Frost) (Single)
Label – Silva Screen Records
KORN – Worst Is On Its Way (HEALTH Remix) (Single)
Label –
ARCHIVES – Self Inflicted (Single)
Label – Independent
headcage – talk more (Single)
Label – Independent
Resolve – Move to Trash (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Penny Rich – Last Meal (Single)
Label – Indpendent
Evol Walks – Sleeping with a Ghost (Single)
Label – Ninetone Records
Stay Free – Future Self (Single)
Label – Independent
Alda Sky – Disconnect (Single)
Label – Independent
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Weyes Blood – And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Label – Sub Pop
Jakey – ROMCOM
Label – Independent
Raychell – Don’t Give Up!
Label – Pony Canyon Inc
Richard Dawson – The Ruby Cord
Label – Domino
Brockhampton – The Family
Label – Sony Music
Röyksopp – Profound Mysteries III
Label – Dog Triumph
BIBI – Lowlife Princess — Noir
Label – Feel Ghood Music
Fousheé – softCORE
Label – RCA Records
Saint Jude – Signal
Label – Slow Dance Recordings
Soft Blue Shimmer – Love Lives in the Body
Label – Other People Records
Sunda Arc – Night Lands
Label – Gondwana Records
Rural Tapes – Inner Space Music
Label – Smuggler Music
Kapil Seshasayee – Laal
Label – Independent
Helen Ganya – Polish the Machine
Label – Bella Union
Anna Mieke – Theatre
Label – Nettwerk Music Group
We Are Magonia – Triangle Unicode
Label – NewRetroWave
Ruby Haunt – Cures for Opposites
Label – Independent
Olivia O’Brien – A Means To An End (EP)
Label – Island Records
Blacklisters – Leisure Centre (EP)
Label – Exploding In Sound
Malibu – Palaces of Pity (EP)
Label – UNO NYC
Bentle – Darkest Blue (Single)
Label – Independent
Cade Hoppe – Past Time (Single)
Label – Independent
City and Colour – Meant to Be (Single)
Label – Still Records
VOWWS – WAIT. (Feat. Chelsea Wolfe)
Label – Anti-Language Records
Somebody’s Child – We Could Start A War (Single)
Label – Frenchkiss Records
Mega Drive – Black Katana (Single)
Label – FiXT
Lux Lyall – Draw Blood (Single)
Label – Independent
Fred Again.. & Romy – Strong (Single)
Label – Young
The Murder Capital – Ethel (Single)
Label – Human Season Records
Tanukichan – Don’t Give Up (Single)
Label – Company Records