Welcome to this week’s New Music Friday, our wrap-up of all the releases ranging from metalcore, post-hardcore, indie and alternative. Take a look at our release calendar to see what releases are due soon. The NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page.
STAFF PICKS
cohen_noise – A Metaphor for Insufficiency (feat. James Martin of Aegaeon) (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Nisrin recommends: Off the back of their split EP with CMD81 and their cover of NIN‘s “The Hand That Feeds“, cohen_noise are back to laying out disgusting riffs and sick gutturals. The savage feature from James Martin of Aegaeon makes for what might just be cohen_noise‘s heaviest work to date.
Underdark – Matrimony (27th December 1997) (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: The boundary pushing Underdark drop the second single from their upcoming record, Managed Decline, out this coming November. Continuing to show the bleak-inducing soundscapes the musicians produce, it’s setting their sophomore album up to be a late gem of 2023.
Vilify – Dread Addict (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Harry recommends: Aussie unit Vilify’s scathing new single “Dread Addict” continues their run of top singles this year. Layered in cleans against the harsh vocals, build up the track’s dreading and tense atmosphere, that explodes into a grand and bassy breakdown.
Ex Everything – Detonation in the Public Sphere (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: From members of Kowloon Walled City comes a new band that seem to specialise in an articulate form of heaviness. The detail of the guitars shines through, crisp and almost distortion free, an aspect that makes this post hardcore track really unique. This single lays a path toward the release of their first record on the 10th November.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Dreamwell – In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Prosthetic Records
Myrkur – Spine [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Relapse Records
Within Temptation – Bleed Out [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Force Music Recordings
No Home – Hell Is All Around Us [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Go Ahead And Die – Unhealthy Mechanisms
Label – Nuclear Blast
Ice Nine Kills – Welcome to Horrorwood: Under Fire (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Concord Records
Marthe – Further In Evil
Label – Independent
Monosphere – Sentience
Label – Independent
Saints Can Lie – Neurosis
Label – SCL Records
Sentenced 2 Die – Desecrated Tombstones
Label – Independent
Artemis Rising – Vibe Sampler (EP)
Label – Olympian Records
Eighteen Visions – Purgatorio (EP)
Label – Independent
Rosen Bridge – Adorcist (EP)
Label – Independent
Pincer+ – Closer to God (Single) [EP ANNOUNCEMENT]
Label – Greyscale Records
Akkadian – The Devil has Evolved (Single)
Label – Independent
American Arson – Arrowheads (Single)
Label – Facedown Records
breakk.away – OUTSIDE (Single)
Label – Independent
ChuggaBoom – FML (Single)
Label – Dead Serious Recordings
Deficit – Trailblazer (Single)
Label – Independent
DEVILOOF – Everything is all lies (Single)
Label – Independent
Dissonants – Technicolour Soul (Single)
Label – Independent
Focus Ring – Heavy Rain (Single)
Label – Independent
IMMERSE – Freaky (Single)
Label – Adventure Cat Records
Native Tongue – Sundowner. (Single)
Label – Independent
Neverland in Ashes – Forsaken (Single)
Label – Independent
Our Sorrows – Breathe (Single)
Label – Independent
Patient Sixty-Seven – Mare’s Nest (Single)
Label – Ghost Killer Entertainment
Recast – Life Less (Single)
Label – Independent
Sugar Spine – Cursed With Patience (Single)
Label – Independent
Tenside – Pitch & Gold (Single)
Label – Ivorytower Records
The Air I Breathe – CUT (Single)
Label – Independent
thrown – on the verge (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
UNI/VS – I Think I’m Better on My Own… (Single)
Label – Independent
Deadweight 80 – Slip(into the dark) (Single)
Label – Independent
Plini – 11 Nights (Single)
Label – Independent
Texas In July – Put To Death (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records
Racetraitor – Chamelecón (Single)
Label – Good Fight Music
Rivers of Nihil – Hellbirds (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records
Sailing Before The Wind – Inferno (Single)
Label – Independent
Berried Alive – Perarachute
Label – Independent
HARDCORE RELEASES
Bitewound – Bandit Behaviour (EP)
Label – Independent
Days Spent – Grieve / Thrive (EP)
Label – Independent
Strange Joy – Power Pop (EP)
Label – Sunday Drive Records
Chain Gang – Criminal Ideology (EP)
Label – Black Diamond
No Excuse – Promo 2023 (EP)
Label – Set The Fire Records
Bad Beat – 2023 2-Song EP (EP)
Label – Collyde Records
LOW LIFE – DEMO ’23 (EP)
Label – Independent
Cold Case BHC – There Will Be Blood (Single)
Label – Independent
Crossface – Distorted Perceptions (Single)
Label – Black Blood Audio
Glower – Gaunt Sun (Single)
Label – Independent
HEAT – Dare You (feat. J.O.Y) (Single)
Label – life.lair.regret. Records
Hold My Own – In My Way (Single)
Label – DAZE
Paint It Black – Safe (Single)
Label – Revelation Records
Tripper – Salt (Single)
Label – Independent
Fucked Up – Show Friends (Single)
Label – Merge Records
Lifesick – Rude Awakening (feat. Mark Whelan & Fuming Mouth) (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records
No Cure – Force Of Change (Single)
Label – Blaythe Steuer
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Knuckle Puck – Losing What We Love [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Pure Noise Records
A Foreign Affair – Still Frame
Label – SBG Records
awakebutstillinbed – chaos takes the wheel and i am a passenger
Label – Tiny Engines
BOYS LIKE GIRLS – SUNDAY AT FOXWOODS
Label – Fearless Records
Bloodred Hourglass – How’s the Heart?
Label – Out Of Line Music
Catch Your Breath – Shame on Me
Label – Thriller Records
Execution Day – HEAL
Label – Theoria Records
Flower Language – Thrown Into Air
Label – A3C
Oxymorrons – Melanin Punk
Label – Mascot Records
The Callous Daoboys – God Smiles Upon The Callous Daoboys (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – MNRK Heavy
Cherie Amour – Some Songs (EP)
Label – Rude Records
headcage – under my skin (EP)
Label – Independent
Newshapes – hope this finds you (EP)
Label – Independent
Static Dress – vol.2 (EP)
Label – Roadrunner Records
ALESTI – Unravel (feat. Mirza Radonjica of Siamese) (Single)
Label – Independent
A Sense of Purpose – Save Me (Single)
Label – Independent
BITTER KISSES – For What It’s Worth (Single)
Label – Independent
Capstan – Bête Noire (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Split Chain – Chalk (Single)
Label – Independent
Cicadia – Golf Resort (Single)
Label – Kontrolla Music Group
Empire State Bastard – Tired, Naw? (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records
happydaze – Piece of Me (Single)
Label – Thriller Records
Illuminate Me – Faults Like Daggers (Single)
Label – Scary Neighbor Records
In Your Absence – Picture Perfect (Single)
Label – Independent
Oakman – Missed Connections (Single)
Label – Rude Records
Poppy – Hard (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
Post Profit – Drug Emporium (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Queen Cult – Sneaky Freque (Single)
Label – Mother City
ToTouchTheFaceOfGod – HOPE. (Single)
Label – Independent
Wind Walkers – Dissipate (Single)
Label – Independent
Wither Away – Infinite Goodbye (Single)
Label – Independent
Wolf & Bear – K. RESORT (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Arm’s Length – Arm’s Length (Single)
Label – Wax Bogeda
Fame on Fire – It’s Gonna Be Me (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Crime In Stereo – Goliathette (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Dream State – Still Dreaming (Single)
Label – Independent
Alkaline Trio – Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs (Single)
Label – Rise Records
YUNGBLUD – Happier (feat. Oli Sykes) (Single)
Label – Locomotion Recordings / Geffen Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter – SAVED! [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Perpetual Flame Ministries
Soft Vein – Pressed in Glass
Label – Artoffact Records
Bad Rabbits – Garden Of Eden
Label – Independent
Bombay Bicycle Club – My Big Day
Label – Mmm…Records
Carpool Tunnel – Don’t Let Them Pass You By
Label – Pure Noise Records
CHVRCHES – The Bones Of What You Believe (10th Anniversary Edition)
Label – Liberator Music
Aeriu Ika – Dwarf’s Animal II (EP)
Label – dreamstation
A Winged Victory for the Sullen – ATOMOS VII (EP)
Label – Artificial Pinearch Manufacturing
The Vanished People – SCHOOL TRIP (EP)
Label – Independent
ANNA – ADV (Single)
Label – Speedsound
Clairo – Lavender (Single)
Label – Independent (All proceeds to Doctors Without Borders)
DAMONA – Rotten Soul (Single)
Label – superpolrecords
Dexndre – Hurt_Me_Again (feat. FlowerBoyDeMii) (Single)
Label – Independent
Cruush – As She Grows (Single)
Label – Heist or Hit
Holly Macve – Suburban House (feat. Lana Del Rey) (Single)
Label – Loving Memory Records
Glimmer – Place in the Sun (Single)
Label – Independent
Lambrini Girls – Boys In The Band (Single)
Label – Big Scary Monster
Lonely The Brave – Long Way (Single)
Label – Easy Life Records
LVVRS – Fever Night (Midnight Fantasy) (Single)
Label – Independent
Ruth Radelet – Shoot Me Down (Single)
Label – Tito Records
Underworld – denver luna (Single)
Label – Virgin Music
Caroline Polachek – Dang (Single)
Label – Perpetual Noise
Daine – Bite Back
Label – Warner Music (Single)
M83 – Mirror (Single)
Label – Virgin Music
okameP – The memory echoes softly (feat. MAI) (Single)
Label – オカメP
hxvvxn – Это не любовь (feat. билборды) (Single)
Label – Independent