New Music Friday: November 25th, 2022

Welcome to this week’s edition of all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff.

STAFF PICKS

As Everything Unfolds Blossom (Single)
Label Long Branch Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Max recommends: As Everything Unfolds follow up the outstanding and anthemic “Felt Like Home” with “Blossom“, another foray into their more melodic-angled direction, alongside a fierce, if admittedly brief, taste of their heavier sound sprinkled in.

Traveller Sleepless (Single)
Label Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Jonathan recommends: German metalcore quartet Traveller unleashes “Sleepless“, an offering that is as hard-hitting as it is gorgeous. A blanket of ambience envelopes the barrage of djenty riffs and aggressive vocals to create a must-listen track for fans of Invent Animate.

Currents Vengeance (Single)
Label SharpTone Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Matt recommends: With “Vengeance“, the Connecticut-based metalcore titans lean into their heavy side and create a brutalizing cut. Packed with chunky riffs, relentless drumming, a vicious vocal performance, and a healthy dose of Currents technicality, it is a track which further shows the group are brewing something massive.

Headwreck Let It Feel (Single)
Label Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Harry recommends: Let It Feel” is a polished yet intensely raw nu-metalcore anthem from Australian up-and-comers, Headwreck. The measured breakdown and ethereal clean vocals in the ambient bridge lend the track a maturity and depth, turning it from an aggressive two-step rager into a complete journey. Definitely one to watch.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Our Mirage Eclipse [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Arising Empire

Pincer+ Hunting God Tapes. Vol. 1: Violence (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Greyscale Records

Melted Bodies The Inevitable Fork, Vol. 1 (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label Independent

Oceans Hell Is Where the Heart Is, Pt. III: Clarity (EP)
Label – Nuclear Blast

The Last Ten Seconds of Life Disquisition of an Execution (EP)
Label Unique Leader Records

Sanction Sixhundredthirtyone (Single)
Label Pure Noise Records

Darkmatter Claustrophobia (Single)
Label – Independent

Caliban The Shadow (Single)
Label – Century Media Records 

Alera Never Meant to Go This Way (Single)
Label Independent

Beneath My Feet Caught in a Hurricane (Single)
Label Noble Demon

High Command Eclipse Of The Dual Moons
Label Southern Lord

Once Awake – Once Awake
Label Independent

Karg Resignation (EP)
Label AOP Records

Circle of Contempt Assent (Single)
Label SFC Music

Hitbox GLOBAL AND OFFENSIVE (EP)
Label KILLMILORD

Judicator The Majesty of Decay
Label – Prosthetic Records

Archetype X Regression
Label Independent

Embrace The Eternity The Soul (Single)
Label Independent

Colour in the Clouds Inosculation (Deluxe)
Label Independent

Sold Soul Cathedral of Dracul (Single)
Label Independent

Going Off More Love (Single)
Label More Love Records

Angelmaker – In Dying Days (Single)
Label Blood Blast Distribution

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Red Hot Chili Peppers The Shape I’m Takin’ (Single)
Label Warner Records

David Maxim Micic BILO IV
Label Independent

Lansdowne – Halo
Label – AFM Records

Rabea Massaad Giving 6
Label Genghis Records

Superlove Colours (Deluxe)
Label – Rude Records

Circles The Stories We Are Afraid Of, Vol. 1 (EP)
Label – Wild Thing Records

Story of the Year Take the Ride (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records

Acres Into Flames (Single)
Label – A Wolf At Your Door Records / Silva Screen Records

Dead Eyes Caged (Single)
Label – Independents

Frostbitt Cyber Walk (Single)
Label – Independent

Meliorist Daydreaming (Single)
Label – Independent

Patient Sixty-Seven Feel Alive (feat. Kellin Quinn of Sleeping With Sirens) (Reimagined) (Single)
Label – Independent

Conquer Divide Santa Tell Me (Single)
Label – Mascot Records

Elder Innate Passage
Label Stickman Records

Between Oceans Private Hell (Single)
Label Independent

Solarset Let’s Get Personal (EP)
Label Independent

THE MADNA CREAM SODA (EP)
Label littleHEARTS.Music

Killakoi βETA (Single)
Label – Independent

These Four Walls Marigold (Single)
Label Independent

INDIE/ALTERNATIVE RELEASES

Skyler Accord made of (Single)
Label True Viridian

The Smith Street Band Life After Football
Label Pool House Records

Andrew Wasylyk Hearing the Water Before Seeing the Falls
Label Clay Pipe Music

New Habits Higher Price (Single)
Label Independent

Jamie Lenman The Atheist
Label – Big Scary Monsters

Cornelia Murr Corridor (EP)
Label Full Time Hobby

Humour Pure Misery (EP)
Label So Young Records

Ofdrykkja – After the Storm
Label AOP Records

Gentle Stranger Upon Return
Label PRAH Recordings

Avril Lavigne Love Sux (Deluxe)
Label DTA Records / Elektra Records

Chase Ceglie Chaseland
Label – Independent

Sanah sanah śpiewa Poezyje
Label Magic Records

RoseMerry Zamknij mi oczy
Label – Independent

Acidgvrl SELECTED SLIMEGVRL WORKS (21-2022)
Label Independent