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
Chamber – Tears of Joy (Single)
Label – UNFD
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Making a sooner than expected return with “Tears of Joy”, Chamber piece together the rawness of their early material, with the franticness of previous album A Love To Kill For, to create something absolutely immaculate.
CVLTE & iRis.EXE – eepY.EXE (Single)
Label – F.C.L.S.
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Jonathan recommends: Japanese hyperpop-styled rock band CVLTE bring an exciting collaboration with the talented iRis.EXE. “eepy.EXE” strikes an intriguing execution of the increasingly prevalent “hyperpop metal” genre, with the two artists styles meeting perfectly in the middle.
Identity Error – Atrophy (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Identity Error find their harshest and most brutal side yet with latest single “Atrophy”. Anguished vocals matched with instrumentals that will blow an ear off, Identity Error fully encompass the heaviness the Melbourne scene has become known for.
Lilith’s Demise – With Teeth (feat. Kyle Medina of Bodysnatcher) (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: The nasty side of deathcore fully takes a hold on “With Teeth”, trading between harrowing gnarly lows and harsh growls, Lilith’s Demise expertly use the Bodysnatcher feature to drop into a psychotic breakdown.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Adept – Banged Agaric Chronicles
Label – Ocean Jazz Label
Changing Tides – Amidst The Gray
Label – Independent
VOLA – Friend of a Phantom (review)
Label – Mascot Records
Ghost of Elhr – Misery Will Come to Claim Us All
Label – Independent
GIANT FRAGMENTS – ARCHEOLOGY
Label – Independent
Lifesick – Loved by None, Hated by All
Label – Metal Blade Record
Saltwound – The Temptation of Pain
Label – SHARPTONE
Scumbag – Homicide Cult
Label – Independent
Terror Cell – All Quiet
Label – Fisher King Records
Dead Icarus – ZEALOT
Label – MNRK
Ice Sealed Eyes – ALTAR
Label – Independent
Made to Suffer – A World of Suffering
Label – Independent
Portrayal of Guilt – CHRISTFUCKER II
Label – Run For Cover Records
sensor.red – red_deluge
Label – oddworldcollective_
Deconvolution – Concede & False Truths
Label – City Nord Productions
Sorry… – Drowned in Misery
Label – Independent
SLEEPTALKER – Illuminate(d) (feat. Myke Terry)
Label – Dreamweaver Records
Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean – Sisyphean
Label – Redscroll Records
Airiel – Hide & Seek
Label – Feeltrip Records
Another Now – Would It Kill You Too? (feat. Xavier Kleuters)
Label – Independent
So Far So Good – THE FURTHEST FROM GOOD (EP)
Label – Independent
Thin the Herd – Herd Mentality (EP)
Label – Independent
CRUELINTENT – Path to Ruin (EP)
Label – Independent
Good for Nothing – dead friends (EP)
Label – Independent
Morokh – X (EP)
Label – SPRL
Beauty in a Plastic Bag – Another Disappointment (Single)
Label – Outlive Records
Bite Down – Life Sentence (Single)
Label – We Are Triumphant
dEMOTIONAL – Swarm (Single)
Label – AFM Records
The Halo Effect – March Of The Unheard (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
ExitWounds – Bile (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike
Hate9Ten – Snitch (Single)
Label – Independent
Hundred Arrows – Find My Reign (feat. Joel Dickson) (Single)
Label – Arrow Records
Livealie – Disciples (Single)
Label – Independent
Molotov Solution – Devour the Children (Single)
Label – Human Warfare
Outmayr – Far from Bright (feat. Atwood) (Single)
Label – Independent
SEIRAN – Lilith (Single)
Label – Kontrolla Music Group
Set for Tomorrow – Do You (Single)
Label – Theoria Records
Staple R – Spiral (Single)
Label – VAUVISION
WITHER//BLOOM & Crimewave – MUZZLE (Single)
Label – Independent
[NULL] – ERROR (Single)
Label – TRASHPLXNET RECORDS
Before I Turn – …and she was beautiful (Single)
Label – Darkghoul Studios
Bore – Bungled (Single)
Label – Independent
Brains Outward & PeelingFlesh – Split (Single)
Label – Independent
Break Them – Davidian (Machine Head Cover) (Single)
Label – Independent
chaos.sequence – NEOFLESH (feat. Born in Dissonance) (Single)
Label – Independent
Cruel Queen – Love You to Death (Type O Negative Cover) (Single)
Label – Independent
Darko US – BLOOD HOST (Single)
Label – Independent
Dead Harts – Fragile Existence (Single)
Label – Independent
Deficit – ORIGINAL CRIMINAL (Single)
Label – Independent
Diamonds to Dust – Temporary Affliction (Single)
Label – Manifest Records
Gods End – For Whom The Bell Tolls (Single)
Label – Independent
Lockjaw – Control The Chaos (Single)
Label – 620 Records
Rabbit Junk – Splendid Chains (Single)
Label – Independent
SWARMED – Lost in the Dream (Single)
Label – Independent
The Archaic Epidemic – Morte et Dabo (Asking Alexandria Cover) (Single)
Label – Independent
THE DEFECT – LOST IN THE SHADOWS (Single)
Label – FiXT
Utsu-P – フューエル (Single)
Label – KARENT
VENUES – Praying Mantis (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
VIOLENT ENTITY – THE BLINDING WHITE (Single)
Label – Independent
Wildheart – The Darkest Path (Single)
Label – Independent
Cut Wide Open – Hair of the Dog (Single)
Label – Independent
Elitist – Revenant (Single)
Label – Independent
Royal Hearts – Brittle bones and shallow breaths (Single)
Label – Independent
Full of Hell & Andrew Nolan – Sphere of Saturn (Single)
Label – Closed Casket Activities
Grief Ritual – Gnaw (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
Midwinter – Poison Dart Frog (Single)
Label – Independent
Pipe Bomb – Hate Club (Single)
Label – Free Blood
Silver Fang – Spires of Hate (Single)
Label – Independent
The Five Hundred – RAINMAKER (feat. Aaron Matts of ten56.) (Single)
Label – Heavy Collective
The Raven Autarchy – Shunya (feat. Angelmaker) (Single)
Label – 88 Visionary Records
Live Longer Burn Everything – I Lost My HeavyHeavyLowLow Pin at the Hong Kong Fuck You Show at Whyld Ass Cafe (Single)
Label – BIGSCREAMOMONEY
Pastel Faces – Sukuna (Single)
Label – Independent
HARDCORE RELEASES
Bane – It All Comes Down to This (25th Anniversary Edition)
Label – Equal Vision Records
Fucked Up – Someday
Label – Fucked Up Records
Pure Bliss – Torture Realm
Label – Unbeaten Records
Thirdface – Ministerial Cafeteria
Label – Exploding In Sound Records
Worst Ways – Worst Ways
Label – New Age Records
Brass Tongue – ONE STEP AWAY (EP)
Label – CAROLINA DIY
Fight on Sight – SPIT (EP)
Label – Independent
Life Goes On – Life Goes On (EP)
Label – Armageddon Records
Peace Of Mind – LP Promo (EP)
Label – Independent
Prevention – 2024 Fall Promo (EP)
Label – Delayed Gratification Records
Quick Sand & Hot Water Music – Split (EP)
Label – Equal Vision Records
xChokex – The Claim (EP)
Label – Independent
Coffins – Blood and Bone ’22 (Single)
Label – Relapse Records
Kruelty – Absolute Terror (Single)
Label – Closed Casket Activities
Koroshi – Simba (Single)
Label – GTA’S MOSHPIT
Bayway NJ – Hurt Feelings (Single)
Label – DAZE
No Cure – Don’t Need Your Help (feat. Nick Chance of Wielded Steel) (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
Cryout – Miss You (feat. Matt Yakesh of No Face No Case) (Single)
Label – Independent
Thirdface – Sour (Single)
Label – Exploding In Sound Records
Headripper – Sonic Devastation (Single)
Label – Scorpius Records
Immolate – Iron Strikes Flesh (Single)
Label – 61HATE
xSLTHRDx – PIACULUM (Single)
Label – Independent
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Cane Hill – a piece of me i never let you find. (review)
Label – Out Of Line Music
Chase Atlantic – LOST IN HEAVEN
Label – Fearless Records
Clay J Gladstone – Is This How I Die?
Label – Independent
Movements – RUCKUS! (The Remixes)
Label – Fearless Record
Overrider – Sparse Vector
Label – Independent
Planes Mistaken for Stars – Do You Still Love Me?
Label – Deathwish Inc
Skillet – Revolution
Label – Independent
All Regards – ALL OUR DREAMS TURN TO NIGHTMARES (EP)
Label – Independent
Amarionette – AMVRI II (EP)
Label – Independent
As Friends Rust – Lightless (EP)
Label – End Hits Records
happydaze – A Brand New Day (EP)
Label – Independent
Heart of Gold – Human Nature (EP)
Label – Adventure Cat Records
None For One – None For One (EP)
Label – Independent
AS IT IS – A Decade Uneventful: Rarities from Blenheim Place (EP)
Label – lam Dunk Records
NVTURES GHOST – MATVLLIC SCORPION (EP)
Label – Independent
As December Falls – Angry Cry (Single)
Label – Independent
As Friends Rust – Lightless (Single)
Label – End Hits Recordsa
A Foreign Affair – SOS (Single)
Label – Overshadow
Beyond Unbroken – Dance With the Dead (Single)
Label – FiXT
Blood Command – We Could Be Heaven (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Champagne Colored Cars – Greed & Wrath (feat. Carson Pace & Jordan Reed) (Single)
Label – Dipterid Records
EVOTAKES – VOSNE (Single)
Label – DEYA Music
Galleons – Casadastra (Single)
Label – Famined Records
Halflives – perfectly broken (Single)
Label – Still Standing Group
HRTLSS – Hollow (Single)
Label – Independent
iNTeRNeT FReNDz – Go Your Own Way (Acoustic) (Single)
Label – Independent
Neon Graves – The Hurt You Can’t Let Go (Single)
Label – Independent
Root Cause – A diplomatic conversation between me and the guy who elbowed me in the face at the rainbow (Single)
Label – Independent
Set It Off – Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing (Single)
Label – Independent
Arphanet – relentless doppelganger (Single)
Label – Brainradio Appartus Records
Arimea – Leash (Single)
Label – Independent
Driveways – Ghost of a Smile (Single)
Label – Independent
Escape the Fate – M.O.N.S.T.E.R (Single)
Label – Judge & Jury Records
hitbox – Christ is at the Cross…and I Await Him in the Tomb. (Single)
Label – Independent
Pinkshift – ONE NATION (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
SENNA – Rain (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
stageminus – Burning Through (Single)
Label – Independent
Sypha – Limbo (See You On The Other Side) (Single)
Label – Independent
Tigress – Save Yourself (Single)
Label – Independent
Have Mercy – Irrational Fears (Single)
Label – Rude Records
Picturesque – Everything’s Just Fine (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records
Out of Love – It Is What It Is (feat. Wade Macneil of Alexisonfire) (Single)
Label – Secret Friends Music Group
Palecurse – Duplicity (Single)
Label – Independent
Tiny Moving Parts – Waterbed P.2 (Single)
Label – Independent
Cloakroom – Unbelonging (Single)
Label – Closed Casket Activities
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
New Haunts – Hooks
Label – Cold Transmission
Leaving Time – Angel in the Sand
Label – Sunday Drive Records
Infinity Frequencies – The first machine
Label – Independent
Luci Dead Limb – Palm Feeder
Label – Independent
tracey brakes – my twee monsters
Label – Eosin
COSM – COSM
Label – Independent
ANOMALyS – Runaways (Single)
Label – R&M Records
Ethel Cain – Punish (Single)
Label – Independent
Night Tapes – to be free (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group
Ava Max – 1 Wish (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records
Circa Waves – American Dream (Single)
Label – Lower Third
Fickle Friends – Feral (Single)
Label – Palmeira Music
kirakira – Desertion (feat. Trashiii) (Single)
Label – Independent
The Body – Less Meaning (Single)
Label – Thrill Jocket
Wisp – I remember how your hands felt on mine (Single)
Label – Interscope Records
Rum Jungle – Don’t Be A Stranger (Single)
Label – Independent
Tokyo Tea Room – Nobody’s Perfect (Single)
Label – Nice Guys
Mhaol – Snare (Single)
Label – Merge Records
Razor Braids – 42 (Katie Von Schleicher Version) (Single)
Label – Independent
Alex Sopp – Spoleto (Single)
Label – New Amsterdam Records
Still Corners – The Creeps (Single)
Label – Wrecking Light Records
Emma Aibara – you’re scared of me (Single)
Label – Independent