Welcome to New Music Friday, with our wrap-up all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff. Check out our release calendar to keep an eye on this year’s upcoming releases!
STAFF PICKS
HEAVENSGATE – CHEMICAL HEAVEN (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: HEAVENSGATE’s debut single is an emotive offering in both lyrical content and musicality, contrasting between distorted low tuned guitars and an eery ambience. The track was co-written by Loathe’s Erik Bickerstaffe with mix and mastering coming from the famed Buster Odeholm.
As Everything Unfolds – Felt Like Home (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: “Felt Like Home” sees the UK’s As Everything Unfolds hone in on their melodic side, with an electronic-tinged alt-rock anthem that is sure to be an earworm for some time to come.
Foreign Hands – Tearing Down Your Reality (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dallis recommends: On their latest single “Tearing Down Your Reality“, Foreign Hands share an experience strewn with chaotic riffs and raw emotion, with the track expertly blending mosh-fueled chords with infectious hooks. It’s unquestionable the Delaware unit are one of the most exciting upcoming acts in the states at the moment.
motifs – lovelost (Single)
Label – spikyfruits
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Jonathan recommends: motifs invoke a strong sense of nostalgia on their second single, “lovelost”. Through dreamy hooks and melancholic guitar melodies, this shoegaze band is one to give your attention to.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Architects – classic symptoms of a broken spirit [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Epitaph Records
Crooked Royals – Quarter Life Daydream [FULL REVIEW]
Label – 3DOT Recordings
Inclination – Unaltered Perspective [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Pure Noise Records
Cabal – Magno Interus [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Napalm Records
End Archaic – Infected Nature
Label – Independent
Invictus – Unstoppable
Label – MNRKA
A Wake in Providence – Eternity
Label – Unique Leader Records
Vatic – Mercer 217 (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Black Veil Brides – The Mourning (EP)
Label – Sumerian Records
In This Moment – Blood 1983 (EP)
Label – BMG
Being as an Ocean – Dear G-D…(10 Years Anniversary Bonus Tracks) (EP)
Label – Out of Line
Void of Vision – HELL HELL HELL (Single)
Label – UNFD
Chelsea Grin – Forever Bloom (feat. Trevor Strnad)
Label – Independent
BABYMETAL – Divine Attack (Single)
Label – Cooking Vinyl
BVD MENTALITY – Forget You (Single)
Label – Independent
FEELSHAME – Oblivion (feat. Harvey Freeman of Graphic Nature) (Single)
Label – Independent
Balance Breach – Untouchable (Single)
Label – Out Of Line Music
Blight Town – Al Gore Rhythm (Single)
Label – Independent
Reserate – Gravity (Single)
Label – Independent
Assume Nothing – Pressure (Single)
Label – Independent
Beneath My Feet – Dig My Grave (Single)
Label – Independent
Bloodlines – Psalm of the Depth (Single)
Label – Facedown Records
For the Fallen Dreams – No Heaven (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Half Me – Half Me (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Oceans – I Sing Alone (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Sunscourge – Embrace Ov Vacuity (Single)
Label – SeenFeen
Weeping Hour – DRONE (bright light opiates) (Single)
Label – Independent
Morose – Mental Breakdown (Single)
Label – Independent
A Feast For Kings – Poison (Single)
Label – Independent
Human Error – Cut Short (Single)
Label – Independent
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Amarionette – Gemini [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Brutus – Unison Life [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Hassle Records
Witch Fever – Congregation [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Music For Nations
God Alone – ETC [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Prosthetic Records
Militaries Gun – All Roads Lead To The Gun (Deluxe)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings
Pinkshift – Love Me Forever
Label – Hopeless Records
Nerv – We’re All Patients Here
Label – Independent
Less Than Jake – Silver Linings (Deluxe)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Acceptance – Wild, Free (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Tooth & Nail Records
Oversize – Into The Ceiling (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Church Road Records
Jetski – For The Family (EP)
Label – Independent
All Ears Avow – Feel The Push (EP)
Label – Independent
Bayside – The Red (EP)
Label – Hopeless Records
Circles – Echo (Single)
Label – Wild Thing Records
October Ends – Call Me Before I’m Dead (feat. Kid Bookie)
Label – UNFD
PVRIS – ANIMAL / ANYWHERE BUT HERE (Single)
Label – Epitaph Record
Hawthorne Heights – Dandelions (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Gatherers – suffocator (feat. Dan Lambton)
Label – No Sleep Records
Tom Lumley & the Brave Liaison (Single)
Label – Independent
Knuckle Puck – Groundhog Day (Single)
Label – Rise Records
TheCityIsOurs – Alive (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – The Drugs feat. Jamie T (Single)
Label – AWAL Recordings
Richy Nix – Without You (Single)
Label – FiXT
Colorblind – Euphoria (Single)
Label – Oxide Records
Fleshwater – The Razor’s Apple (Single)
Label – Closed Casket Activities
FLOYA – Florescent (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
You Me At Six – Mixed Emotions (I Didn’t Know How to Tell You What I was Going Though) (Single)
Label – AWAL Recordings
Foxblood – Kind Regards (Single)
Label – Independent
HIGHSOCIETY – Burn (feat. Craig Mabbitt via his Smart Car) (Single)
Label – FiXT
L.S. Dunes – Bombsquad (Single)
Label – Fantasy Records
Nevertel – MODIFIED (Single)
Label – Independent
Set It Off – Why Do I (feat. Hatsune Miku) (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Suasion – House of Cards (Single)
Label – Atomic Fire Records
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – Face Down (Symphonic Edition) (Single)
Label – Capitol Records
The Used – Fuck You (Single)
Label – Reprise Records
Jimmy Eat World – Place Your Debts (Single)
Label – Exotic Location Recordings
InTechnicolour – Turn It Loose (Single)
Label – Small Pond Records
Tokio Hotel – Happy People (feat. Daði Freyr)
Label – Epic Records
Rogue Half – Inside Out (Single)
Label – Independent
As December Falls – Mayday (Single)
Label – Independent
BIG|BRAVE – carvers, farriers and knaves (Single)
Label – Thrill Jockey Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Tegan and Sara – Crybaby
Label – Mom+Pop
Arctic Monkeys – Car
Label – Domino Recording
Carly Rae Jepsen – The Loneliest Time
Label – Interscope Records
The Lord & Petra Haden – Devotional
Label – Southern Lord
Taylor Swift – Midnights
Label – Independent
Kathryn Mohor – Holly
Label – The Flenser
Seven Lions – Beyond The Veil
Label – Ophelia Records
Rabbit Junk – Apocalypse for Beginners
Label – NewRetroWave
Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
Label – 4AD Ltd
Alice Boman – The Space Between
Label – Play It Again Sam
Frankie Cosmos – Inner World Peace
Label – Sub Pop Records
Burial – Streetlands (EP)
Label – Hyperdub
Teri Gender Bender – Saturn Sex (EP)
Label – Clouds Hill
Maer – Sister (Single)
Label – Independent
Breanna Barbara – Weaning (Single)
Label – Fuzz Club
Kainalu – Ginseng Hourglass (Single)
Label – Independent
Bass Drum of Death – Find It (Single)
Label – Fat Possum Records
WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA – Tinkerbell / Hot Pot Commander (Single)
Label – Warner Music Japan
Phoenix – Winter Solstice (Single)
Label – Glassnote Entertainment
LYKOTONON – The Primal Principle (Single)
Label – Profound Lore Records
Sigrid – Blue (Single)
Label – Universal Music