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
Fever Cult – Overdrive (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Fever Cult drop another funky and dreamy track in the form of “Overdrive”. With Quinn’s gorgeous vocals making for a glistening listen, the Texan trio continue to prove why the hype surrounding them is so deserved.
Diamond Construct – Jynx (Single)
Label – Pale Chord
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Harry recommends: After a two year absence, Diamond Construct are finally back with a grand new track of pure chaos. “Jynx” sees the Australian nu-metalcore outfit take their fast, heavy, and glitchy sound to a new level.
El Moono – Chains (Single)
Label – Lockjaw Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: Rising Brighton noise merchants El Moono return with their first follow-up to 2022’s Temple Corrupted with “Chains“. A remarkably slick alternative metal tune that evokes in equal measure notions of dissonance and serenity, “Chains” glides between soaring rock passages and animalistic riff frenzies with ease, leaving a strong first impression from the first taste of their upcoming LP.
Colin of Arabia – Trauma Dump (EP)
Label – Triple B Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Nisrin recommends: Boston unit Colin of Arabia make their return after a ten year absence with their brand new EP. Packing a punch and plenty of aggression, topped with gritty riffs and rageful lyricism, Trauma Dump makes for one hell of a comeback.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
END – The Sin of Human Frailty [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Closed Casket Activities
Hollow Front – The Fear of Letting Go [FULL REVIEW]
Label – UNFD
RILE – Pessimist [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Church Road Records
Ragana – Desolation’s Flower [FULL REVIEW]
Label – The Flesner
Ecocide – Metamorphosis
Label – Memento Mori
Euclid C Finder – The Mirror, My Weapon, I Love You
Label – Dark Trail Records
In This Moment – God Mode
Label – BMG
Lonewolf – The Rhythm of Existence
Label – Independent
Mouth for War – Bleed Yourself
Label – MNRK
Nylist – The Room
Label – Independent
Prospective – Reasons to Leave
Label – Independent
Set to Stun – VALKYRIE ONE
Label – Tragic Hero Records
Throat – We Must Leave You
Label – Svart Records
VINTAS – LUNAR (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Sentinels – In Limbo (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sharptone Records
Akkadian – The Devil Has Evolved (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Bare Bones – Bare Bones (EP)
Label – Independent
Graphic Nature – AMWTD.EXE (EP)
Label – Rude Records
The Gentle Men – The Gentle Men (EP)
Label – Independent
The Tex Avery Syndrome – Right to Disappear (EP)
Label – Easthaven Records
Andromida – Real (feat. Dropout Kings) (Single)
Label – Independent
A Scent Like Wolves – Spell Caster (Single)
Label – Theoria Records
Bellwether – Bloodline (feat. Mikey Arthur of The Gloom in the Corner) (Single)
Label – Independent
Cerement – paraNORMAL (Single)
Label – Independent
Dead Icarus – So I Set Myself on Fire (Single)
Label – MNRK
Designer Disguise – Wannabe (Single)
Label – InVogue Records
Escape The Madness – Sacrifice (Single)
Label – Independent
Esprit D’Air – Grudge (Single)
Label – Starstorm Records
ExitWounds – Ameliorate (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike
Extortionist – Out of Touch (Single)
Label – Unique Leader Records
Face the Gates – Fetch (Single)
Label – Seabound Records
Fallbrawl – At Death’s Door (Single)
Label – Independent
Fear Culture – Virus (Single)
Label – Independent
Glasslands – The Creature (Single)
Label – Velocity Records
GLOOMLIGHT – Agony (feat. Ryan Hayes) (Single)
Label – Independent
Islander – Witch (Single)
Label – Independent
Lost in Separation – Ice Age (feat. Aaron Gillespie of Underoath) (Single)
Label – Pale Chord Records
Overthrone – Desolation (Single)
Label – Independent
Profiler – All in Forever (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Reflections – Vague Words From Empty Minds (Redux) (Single)
Label – Independent
SAME PAINS – lockjaw (Single)
Label – Independent
Sheridan – Cand (Single)
Label – Independent
The Hero and a Monster – Poison (Single)
Label – Independent
This Dying Hour – A Dying Flame (Single)
Label – Independent
UNI/VS – As I Slowly Slip Away (Single)
Label – Independent
Virtues – The Valley (Single)
Label – Independent
Will Ramos x Nik Nocturnal – Demolisher (Slaughter to Prevail cover) (Single)
Label – Independent
Witness Marks – The House Time Haunts (Single)
Label – Independent
DVST – Nowhere (Single)
Label – Eastahven Records
Carcosa – Nothing (Single)
Label – Independent
LEVELS – PULSE (Single)
Label – Sharptone
Coma Waves – Soul Urge (Single)
Label – Independent
HARDCORE RELEASES
Bayway NJ – World of Bayway Volume 2
Label – DAZE
Year of the Knife – No Love Lost
Label – Pure Noise Records
Cold Kiss – Promo 2023 (EP)
Label – Independent
Bloodmoneytx – Time’s Up (EP)
Label – RS Records
MURDER BLOSSOM – Impale X Murder Blossom (EP)
Label – Independent
Boudicca – Let Them (Single)
Label – Independent
Suffocate Faster – Time Flies (Single)
Label – Smartpunk Records
SEX VIRGIN KILLER – Bright Nightmare (Single)
Label – lilii sound loom
Splitknuckle – Gutter Thoughts (Single)
Label – DAZE
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Closure in Moscow – Soft Hell [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Crime in Stereo – House & Trance [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Pure Noise Records
Of Virtue – Omen [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Arising Empire
Poppy – Zig [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sumerian Records
WARGASM (UK) – Venom [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Republic Records
Wolf & Bear – Bloodletter [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Rise Records
As December Falls – Join The Club (Extended Edition)
Label – Independent
Blink – 182 – ONE MORE TIME…
Label – Sony Music
Foxing – The Albatross: Ten Years
Label – Grand Paradise
Lauren Babic – Covers, Vol 4
Label – Independent
Six Going on Seven – Self-Made Mess
Label – Iodine Records
Sunsleep – Moonlight Euphoria
Label – SBG Records
Taking Back Sunday – 152
Label – Fantasy Records
tsosis – Second Nature
Label – Independent
The Gaslight Anthem – History Books
Label – Rich Mahogany Recordings
VRSTY – Levitate
Label – Spinefarm
Lake Malice – Post-Genesis (EP)
Label – Silva Screen Records
BEX – SCUM (EP)
Label – Scruff of the Neck
High Regard – Subside (EP)
Label – Independent
Hot Mulligan – Hot Mulligan Lofi (EP)
Label – Wax Bodega
Magnolia Park – Halloween Mixtape II (EP)
Label – Epitaph
Year Over Year – Great Dane (EP)
Label – Independent
Casey – How to Disappear (Single) [ALBUM NEWS]
Label – Hassle Records
Bob Vylan – He’s A Man (Single)
Label – GHOST THEATRE
Colorblind – Way Out (Single)
Label – Oxide Records
Comastatic – Fix It All (Single)
Label – Independent
Dead American – ADD (Single)
Label – Velocity Records
Dead By April – Hurricane (Single)
Label – Independent / Fifth Islan
Delayed Departure – Accusations & Alibis (Single)
Label – Independent
Galleons – Yakisoba Dare (Single)
Label – Famined Records
Plini – Ember (Single)
Label – Independent
Our Last Night – Sweater Weather (Single)
Label – Independent
Gutter King – Truth Serum (Single)
Label – Independent
Kissing Candice – Skeletons (Single)
Label – Nilbog Records
Living in Fiction – Infinity (Single)
Label – Independent
L.S. Dunes – Old Wounds (Demo) (Single)
Label – Fantasy Records
Luring – MVP (Mental Viewing Party) (Single)
Label – Independent
Paloma – Nightmare (Single)
Label – Independent
SAVE US – Drift (Single)
Label – Year Of The Rat Records
Saving Vice – Blood or Wine? (Single)
Label – Independent
Set It Off – Better Place (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
slo/tide – Don’t Trip (Single)
Label – Feltone
The Requiem – An Elegy Written on Porcelain Arms (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Torizon – Martyr (Single)
Label – Independent
Truth & Tragedy – Maimed (Single)
Label – Independent
Delta Sleep – Re:Forest (Single)
Label – Sofa Boy Records
Dead Pony – About Love (Single)
Label – LAB Records
Erase Theory – The Good Kind (Single)
Label – Independent
FLOYA – Stay (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Letters Sent Home – Request Denied (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
NEMOPHILA – Sugar (Single)
Label – Masterworks Publishers
The Seafloor Cinema – Geese Attack!!! (feat. Of Mice & Men) (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Those Without – Rose-Colored Kaleidoscope (Single)
Label – Independent
Capstan – Heart to Heart (feat. Belmont) (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Dance Gavin Dance – War Machine (Single)
Label – Rise Records
Green Day – The American Dream Is Killing Me (Single)
Label – Reprise Records
Makari – Soulstealer (Single)
Label – Independent
Painprism – autogenous_reflection (Single)
Label – Independent
Sobriquet – Hermetic (Single)
Label – Independent
HEALTH – ASHAMED (Single)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – The Silver Cord
Label – KGLW
Problem Patterns – Blouse Club
Label – Alcopop!
NOBRO – Set Your Pussy Free
Label – Dine Alone Records
Sundara Karma – Better Luck Next Time
Label – Is Right Records
DISLOVER – Everything Falls Apart All The Time (EP)
Label – Independent
Lilac Haze – My Dreamworld (EP)
Label – Blank Canvas Music
Sigrid – The Hype (EP)
Label – Universal Music / Island Records
Airshade – stay close (Single)
Label – blvsh
Black Honey – Lemonade (Single)
Label – Foxfive Records
Daine – CUT MY HEART OUT (Single)
Label – Warner Music
Eden FM – Start Again (Single)
Label – Garden’s Gate
GUNSHIP – Send Me An Angel (Single)
Label – Horsie In The Hedge
FlowerBoyDeMii – Hurt Like That. (Single)
Label – Independent
Hxly xo – Gem Club (Single)
Label – Dreamstation
Kimbra – The Robin (Single)
Label – Independent
Luna Shadows – witches’ brew (Single)
Label – Independent
My!lane – FACA ISSO (Single)
Label – Black 17 Media
Pale Blue Eyes – Reason (Single)
Label – Full Time Hobby
Sophie meiers – hotline (Single)
Label – Epitaph
Utsyō\\ – i’m yours (Single)
Label – Independent
French Police – DANCE TO PLAY (Single)
Label – Independent
Riki – SAS (For THose Who Speak and Spake) (Single)
Label – Dais Records
Chelsea Wolfe – Whispers In The Echo Chamber (Single)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings
Hazel English – Heartbreaker (Single)
Label – Independent