New Music Friday – October 1st 2021

This week’s wrap of all the metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative rock, and other releases as well as picks from our staff.

Dying Wish – Fragments of a Bitter Memory
Label – Sharptone Records
Genre – Melodic Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe E recommends: Dying Wish debut with a uniquely human album, flowing between stories of heartbreak to hatred of America’s police state.

Assurance – Sanctum (Single) [STAFF BAND]
Label – N/A
Genre – Progressive Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Blood Youth – Visions of Another Hell
Label – Rude Records
Genre – Hardcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dallis recommends: With an explosive, in your face record, Harry Rule solidifies himself as the frontman of Blood Youth in Visions of Another Hell.

The Devil Wears Prada – Sacrifice (Single)
Label – Solid State Records
Genre – Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Max recommends: The Devil Wears Prada return expeditiously just a few short months after their stellar ZII EP with a single that serves as a perfect blend of their experimental The Act-era sound, melded expertly with the heaviness they’ve been tapping back into as of late. A truly fantastic single, and one that is sure to be a fan favourite going forward.

BILMURI – 400LBS BACK SQUAT
Label – Johnny Franck Productions
Genre – Post-Hardcore

Asking Alexandria – See What’s On The Inside [ALBUM REVIEW]
Label – Better Noise Music
Genre – Hard Rock

Wage War – Manic
Label – Fearless Records
Genre – Metalcore

Frontierer – Oxidized
Label – N/A
Genre – Mathcore

HOT ISSUE – ICONS
Label – S2 Entertainment
Genre – K-Pop

Main-De-Gloire – This Is Reality
Label – N/A
Genre – Alternative Metal

Ministry – Moral Hygiene
Label – Nuclear Blast
Genre – Industrial Metal

Full of Hell – Garden of Burning Apparitions
Label – Relapse Records
Genre – Grindcore

Yes – The Quest
Label – InsideOutMusic
Genre – Progressive Rock

Four Stroke Baron – Classics
Label – Prosthetic Records
Genre – Progressive Metal

Pond – 9
Label – Spinning Top Records
Genre – Indie Rock

Katatonia – Mnemosynean
Label – Peaceville Records
Genre – Progressive Metal

Boy Scouts – Wayfinder
Label – Epitaph Records
Genre – Indie Folk

Kryptos – Force of Danger
Label – AFM Records
Genre – Thrash Metal

DeadVectors – Voidless (EP)
Label – N/A
Genre – Deathcore, Metalcore

Enslaved – Caravans to the Outer Worlds (EP)
Label – Nuclear Blast Records
Genre – Black Metal, Progressive Metal

Vampires Everywhere! – The Awakening (EP)
Label – Cleopatra Records
Genre – Post-Hardcore, Emo, Screamo

Sentinels – Comfort In Familiar Pain (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Genre – Metalcore

Imminence – Moth to a Flame (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Genre – Post-Hardcore

Bullet For My Valentine – Rainbow Veins (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Records
Genre – Metalcore

Trivium – The Phalanx (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records
Genre – Metalcore

Archspire – Drone Corpse Aviator (Single)
Label – Season of Mist
Genre – Technical Death Metal

Of Mice & Men- Mosaic (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Genre – Metalcore

Converge – Blood Moon (Single)
Label – Epitaph Records
Genre – Metallic Hardcore

Monuments – Lavos (feat. Mick Gordon) (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Genre – Progressive Metalcore

Memphis May Fire – Somebody (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Genre – Melodic Metalcore

Shadow of Intent – From Ruin… We Rise (Single)
Label – N/A
Genre – Melodic Deathcore

Boston Manor – Algorithm (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Genre – Alternative Rock, Post-Hardcore

Limp Bizkit – Dad Vibes (Single)
Label – Suretone Records
Genre – Nu-Metal

Mastodon – Teardrinker (Single)
Label – Reprise Records
Genre – Progressive Metal

Johnny Booth – Deepfake (Single)
Label – Booth Records
Genre – Metalcore, Hardcore, Mathcore

Four Year Strong – Pipe Dream (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Genre – Pop Punk

Be’Lakor – Foothold (Single)
Label – Napalm Records
Genre – Melodic Death Metal

Teramaze – Untide (Single)
Label – Wells Music
Genre – Progressive Metal

Ad Infinitum – Afterlife (feat. Nils Molin) (Single)
Label – Napalm Records
Genre – Symphonic Metal

Hippotraktor – God is in the Slumber (Single)
Label – Pelagic Records
Genre – Progressive Metal

League of Legends – Burn It All Down (feat. PVRIS) (Single)
Label – Riot Games Music
Genre – Pop

Pathology – As the Entrails Wither (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast Records
Genre – Brutal/Slam Death Metal

Hypocrisy – Dead World (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast Records
Genre – Melodic Death Metal

Whatever, Forever – Ghost of Me (Single)
Label – White Label
Genre – Melodic Hardcore

Ghost – Hunter’s Moon (Single)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings
Genre – Heavy Metal, Hard Rock