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!
Chairmaker – Hagiographers (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 Jelqing – GEEKED 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“.