New Music Friday – October 17th, 2025

A great Straight Edge Day to all who observe! This aligns with our usual feature so it’s time to make some recommendations through New Music Friday. Here we round-up all the week’s releases from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. For a full view of what’s coming up, check out 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.

Satellite108 TheWorldWithoutYou2 feat. Desolate (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify)

Jack W recommends: A massive departure from the style established on their debut album, Distant Romance, Satellite108 find themselves foraying into the realm of breakcore infused nu-core, and it’s something which they’re much more suited to. With a more than fitting feature from Desolate, there’s little not to enjoy about this release. With three tracks now released under the WWW2 banner, it’s safe to say that something is coming, and it’s showing an awful lot of promise!

ChairmakerHagiographers (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify)

Dobbin recommends: Grindcore is at its very best when it doesn’t flinch, even at its own grotesque display of carnage. Chairmaker is a new UK act hoping to carpet bomb the heavy scene with a barrage of the fastest grind in the west. “Hagiographers” is simply crazy and makes us yearn from a full release and live appearances from the band.

Uncertainty – Fields Left Empty (Single)
Label – Mental Vacation Recordings
(Spotify)

Dobbin recommends: Uncertainty‘s trademark brash ‘and ‘n’ British energy is put to good use on these queer and vegan straight edge bangers. Have yourself a less-than-sensible bounce to their new promo, comprised of “Fields Left Empty” and its b-side “The Galli“. You’ll hear the sound of the band coming into their true potential – something already recognised by key festivals 2000trees and Reality Unfolds.

CASTXDOWN – STRAIGHTXEDGE (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: CASTXDOWN are ringing in edge day with an absolute anthem. Sure to get everyone swinging and grappling for the mic with its fury and name-drops, “STRAIGHTXEDGE” captures an incredible sound for such a fresh band. No matter your approach to life, you’ll agree their sound demands respect, and if you’re part of the movement in any way it will affirm your pride. Here’s to self-determination and finding your own path towards improvement and clarity in a fucked up world.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Daedric – As the Light Left (Album)
Label – FiXT

Set for Tomorrow – Someone Lonely (Album)
Label – Thriller Records

Tribal Gaze – Inveighing Brilliance (Album)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Carcosa – The Axe Forgets, The Tree Remembers (Album)
Label – Carcosa under exclusive license to Arson Theory

Project 86 – P86 Christmas (2025) (Album)
Label – Project 86

MØL – Garland (Album)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Chairmaker – Hagiographers (Album)
Label – Independent

6 Months to Live – FALLING DOWN LIKE AN OMEN (Single)
Label – 6 Months to Live

Aggressive Raisin Cat – Lettus (Single)
Label – Maker Records, Verta Collective

Alexisonfire – Misogyny (Single)
Label – Dine Alone Music Inc.

All That Remains – Cannibals (Single)
Label – Potluck Lunch Records

Pyro – Where Do You Find Yourself? (Single)
Label – Pyro, Ohio

Boundaries & Spite – LOOKING GLASS (Single)
Label – Rise Records

Cane Hill & Mirrorcell – Pleasure (Single)
Label – InVogue Records

CRUCIFICTION – CAGED4EXTERMINATION (Midnight Nightmare Remix) (Single)
Label – Rise Records

D-Mad Devil – GUILTY (Single)
Label – D-Mad Devil

DEADSKIN – SEEING THINGS (Single)
Label – Thirteen Studios

Despised Icon – The Apparition (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

The Lost Soul – Mandela Effect (Single)
Label – Pot Creek Productions

Dropout Kings & Nerv – TH3 3ND (Single)
Label – SBG Records

FROMSKYTOABYSS – Red Room (Single)
Label – FROMSKYTOABYSS

Gonemage – Aetherfrost Caverns (Gonemage Side) (Single)
Label – Fiadh Productions

Grove Street & Skourge – Self Sabotage (Single)
Label – Grove Street

HollowKin – A Silent Gospel (Single)
Label – HollowKin

Immortal Disfigurement – Hell Is Right In Front of Us (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike

IMPVLSE – damnation (Single)
Label – IMPVLSE

IREVERI – Empty Space RETOLD (Single)
Label – IREVERI

Lexi Layne – The High Priestess Volume I (Single)
Label – Community Music

Lost in Separation & Axty – GYAB (Single)
Label – 2025 Under Exclusive License to Overshadow

Megg Jacobs – Break The Mirror (Single)
Label – Megg Jacobs

Molotov Solution & Brand of Sacrifice – Necessary Evil (Single)
Label – Molotov Solution

Nylist – Chronopsychosis (Single)
Label – Nylist Records

Patient Sixty-Seven & Galleons – The End (Single)
Label – Oxide Records

Pintglass – Stella F.C (Single)
Label – Pintglass

SAVE US – Bruised (Single)
Label – Solid State Records

Seething Akira – Insomnia (Single)
Label – Earache Digital Distribution

Supervulkan – Icaro incandescente (Single)
Label – Kosmica Dischi

THE SERENITY – ОСКОЛКИ (Single)
Label – CraftCore

THEIVEN – Beaten With A Hammer (Single)
Label – APrivateLabel

Turn the Course – Silhouette (Single)
Label – Turn The Course

Uncertainty – Promo ’25 (Single)
Label – Mental Vacation Recordings

VENUES – Duality (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

VICTIMBLAMED – HOLLOW/SHARK – SINGLE (Single)
Label – VICTIMBLAMED

Wiltwither – Obsolete (Single)
Label – 3DOT Recordings

Wolf & Bear – Apollo (Single)
Label – Many Hats Distribution

A Skylit Drive – Golden (Single)
Label – A Skylit Drive

Angelmaker – The Omen Part II: Acquiesce (Single)
Label – Angelmaker

Arinzie – A D D I C T I O N (Single)
Label – Arinzie

Beastplague – Basilisk Image (Neutral Pattern Killer) (Single)
Label – Night Shift & Barbaric Brutality

Cage Fight – Pig (Single)
Label – Spinefarm

Harmony My Strength – Spectral Bloom (Single)
Label – Harmony My Strength

VANTA NC – IN A VIOLENT NATURE (Single)
Label – VANTA

Reece Young – solace (Single)
Label – UNFD

DWNKILL – Cold Skin (Single)
Label – Do Whats Necessary

Empty Shell Casing – Grasp (Single)
Label – Deep Love/Atlantic Records

Entheos – Empty on the Inside (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records

Iniquity Of Hate – Iniquity Of Hate (Single)
Label – Demon Valley Records

INNER SPACE & DOGBITE – Tired Eyes (Single)
Label – INNER SPACE

Magnolia Park & The Pretty Wild – AFTERLIFE (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records

Many Eyes – PSEUDO INTELLECTUALS ARE HATING ON MY BAND!!! (pure power) – Ft. Keith Buckley (Single)
Label – Many Hats Distribution

Rising Insane – Error (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records

Sailing Before The Wind – Shapeless Heart (feat. Vandans) (Single)
Label – Sailing Before The Wind

The Hirsch Effekt – Der Brauch (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records

Wires – taint (Single)
Label – Mirror Peak

156/Silence – Our Parting Ways (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

BR8 – BELIEVE IN NOTHING BUT YOURSELF (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

C-GATE – FORCE (Single)
Label – C-GATE

IMMERSE – St Adelaide (Single)
Label – Common Outcast

LIMBS – Doesn’t Feel Like Home (Single)
Label – PAPERCUT

No Cure – guarding angel (Single)
Label – SoundCheck

Pipe Bomb – Bliss (Single)
Label – Free Blood

Poppy – Last Christmas (Spotify Singles Holiday) (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records

What Lies Below – Ether (Single)
Label – Theoria Records

Brainwave – Ill Intent (Single)
Label – Existence Productions

Lake Malice – Nobody Wants To Be You (Single)
Label – So Recordings

Prompts – Deceiver (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records

Iron Law – The Atomic Brainsaw (Single)
Label – Bone Crushing Records

Steak – GUN CONTROL (Single)
Label – Deterioration Records

PeelingFlesh – Reaper On Speed Dial (Single)
Label – Slamnasium Recordings

Earthgazer – Fuck You (The Oroboros EP) (Single)
Label – Earthgazer records

Demolition Axe – Fraudulent Victory (Single)
Label – Demolition Axe

Cut By Shards – Cut By Shards (Single)
Label – Cut By Shards

Beheading The Icon – Criminal Eradication Order (Single)
Label – Beheaded Distribution

HARDCORE RELEASES

Cannonball – Cannonball (Album)
Label – Youngblood Records

Face The Pain – Time & Dedication (Album)
Label – Youngblood Records

Militarie Gun – God Save The Gun (Album)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings

BIND. – War in Heaven (Single)
Label – BIND.

CASTXDOWN – STRAIGHTXEDGE (Single)
Label – CASTXDOWN

DFL – NO U DON’T (Single)
Label – SBÄM

Fightclub – Outlaw (Single)
Label – 6962552 Records DK

Ghetto Justice – Geniesst euch (Single)
Label – Stress & Geballer

Ghetto Justice – Grown Up (Single)
Label – Stress & Geballer

Kenya – Dare or Dead (Single)
Label – Greedy Dust

Mil-Spec – Mil-Spec (Single)
Label – Lockin’ Out Records

Moral Fever – Forged In Suffering (Single)
Label – BB Records

Internal Bleeding – Settle All Scores (Single)
Label – Maggot Stomp

Northwalk – Betrayed (Single)
Label – Death Farm Records

Persecutor – Lateral Violence (Single)
Label – To Live A Lie Records

SPACED – No Escape (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

VEXHC – I.D.O.U (Single)
Label – Independent

Dreading – Who is Car (Single)
Label – 3578841 Records DK

Excide – Call Box (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE

JUNKHEAD – Demo 2025 (Single)
Label – 5170507 Records DK

NEOKIRA – Anhelo de un Tonto Plan (Single)
Label – Inerme Discos

Raw Brigade – SHUT UP (Single)
Label – Flatspot Records

Destiny Bond – Can’t Kill The Love (Single)
Label – Convulse Records

False Reality – MIRROR (Single)
Label – Hassle Records

Culture Shock – Separate Entity (Single)
Label – Last Ride Records

Gumm – All Gone (Single)
Label – Convulse Records

Militarie Gun – God Owes Me Money (Single)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings

RAN THRU – THRU ‘N THRU (Single)
Label – RAN THRU

Reality Check – Suffering (Single)
Label – Reality Check

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Destiny Bond – The Love (Album)
Label – Convulse Records

H_ngm_n – Paper Street (Album)
Label – Sugar-Free Records

Silly Goose – Keys To The City (Album)
Label – Blue Grape Music Inc.

The Wonder Years & letlive. – No Closer To Heaven (10th Anniversary Edition) (Album)
Label – Hopeless Records

Jesús Negro y Los Putos – Cementerio Fe (Album)
Label – Paulino Records

Bury Me With You – Caskets For Two (Album)
Label – Bury Me With You

Bad Assumption – nie wieder ist jetzt (Single)
Label – Bad Assumption

Bruise Control – Gone To Ground (Single)
Label – Bruise Control

NOTHING MORE – We’re In This Together (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music

Set It Off – Pathological (Single)
Label – Set It Off

Unto Others – I Believe In Halloween II (Single)
Label – Century Media

Grayscale – Dance With Your Ghost (with Wind Walkers) (Single)
Label – Infield

Bearings & State Champs – Freaking Me Out (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Blackout Problems – MURDERER (Live at Green Juice Festival) (Single)
Label – MUNICH WAREHOUSE

downcast – nothing left to give (Single)
Label – 984025 Records DK2

Emarosa – Cherry Coke (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music

Gillian Carter – Saigne! Saigne! Saigne! (Single)
Label – Moment of Collapse Records

Lakes – Just Another Day (Single)
Label – Big Scary Monsters

Story Of The Year – Gasoline (All Rage Still Only Numb) (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE

Bother – The Weight of The Moment (Single)
Label – X

CVLTE – shinjuku syndrome. (Single)
Label – F.C.L.S.

Mother Vulture – Phoenix (Single)
Label – Mother Vulture

South Arcade – Drive Myself Home (Single)
Label – Lab Records

THE HARA – Violence (feat. As December Falls) (Single)
Label – Mascot Records

VIOLENT VIRA – Common Decency (Single)
Label – Mom+Pop Music

Camp Trash & Rat Tally – Believer Now/Rosebowl ‘98 (Single)
Label – Count Your Lucky Stars

Toby Peterson-Stewart – The Order of Chaos (Single)
Label – 3571488 Records DK2

Daedric – All-Consuming (Single)
Label – FiXT

Ladders on Tables – Ground Dweller: Remade (Single)
Label – Collisions//Music

Gorillaz – The Manifesto (feat. Trueno and Proof) (Single)
Label – Kong

LUST – close the blinds (Single)
Label – DXSTRKT

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

IAN – Come on Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing! (Album)
Label – Human Worth

Tesla Boy – Навсегда сейчас (Album)
Label – Legacy Music

They Are Gutting a Body of Water – LOTTO (Album)
Label – ATO Records

Halsey – Badlands (Decade Edition Anthology) (Album)
Label – Astralwerks (ASW)

Blossom – Garden of Words (Single)
Label – Blossom

HAIM – I quit (Deluxe) (Single)
Label – Polydor Records

Cannons – All I Need (Single)
Label – Columbia

Eighty Ninety – Room 64 (Single)
Label – Eighty Ninety

Clyde Cyrus – NEUTRAL NEGLECT (Single)
Label – Cleverlasting Records

Grimes – Artificial Angels (Single)
Label – TRINITI Studio

Oli Julian – The Twits (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) (Single)
Label – Netflix Music

Ivory Daze – Chlorine (Single)
Label – Quiet Panic

KOTA! – Duality (Single)
Label – KOTA!

Ladytron – I See Red (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group

Felix Cartal – i, sabotage (Single)
Label – Physical Presents / Virgin Music Group

Emmerhoff & the Melancholy Babies – The Dying of the Light (Single)
Label – Apollon Records

Outsider Heart – Tear You Apart (Single)
Label – Outsider Heart

Slowly Slowly – Born Free (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group

Soccer Mommy – Gold Soundz (triple j Like A Version) (Single)
Label – triple j

Trashiii – Nu:Motion (Single)
Label – LowPoly Records

Anna von Hausswolff – Struggle With the Beast (Single)
Label – YEAR0001

Lexie Liu – TEENAGE RAMBLE (Single)
Label – Platoon

Oliver Beardmore – Ammonite (feat. Punchlove) (Single)
Label – Lab Records

Satellite108 & Desolate – TheWorldWithoutYou2 (Single)
Label – END

Sword II – Halogen (Single)
Label – Mushroom Music

Zeruel – Return by Dawn (Single)
Label – Rise Records

Rami Gabriel – That’s what I mean (Remixes) (Single)
Label – Sooper Records


For those who read this far, Shane has another recommendation for you…

Infectious JelqingGEEKED UP PLAYING XBOX ALL DAY (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Shane recommends: It’s a good day for slam-aholic wanna-be rappers. Infectious Jelqing returns with another helping of complete brain-drain on “GEEKED UP PLAYING XBOX ALL DAY. There’s a lot of courage to be had, including the biggest case of severe Vanilla Ice Syndrome imaginable to take all the worst stereotypes of slam and mash them into a bong waterboarding showcase. It’s the most undeniable part of Infectious Jelqing‘s charm, and all of it is on full-spectrum display with “GEEKED UP PLAYING XBOX ALL DAY“.