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
Ohhms – Eaten Alive (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Ohhms combine a raw, 90s, independent punk rock sound with their sludgy stoner rock sound to create a passionate and horror-filled track that is another incredible release from the sublime Church Road Records roster.
Zetra – Satellite (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dallis recommends: Zetra’s new track is like the sound of a sword slicing through velvet. It’s thick Type O Negative guitar tone paired with it’s rich, luxurious synths and analogue drum machine make for a sound that is as ethereal and mysterious as it is catchy and encapsulating.
Liturgy – 93696 (Single)
Label – Thrill Jockey Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: Liturgy quietly released the epic “93696“, featuring plinky percussion and esoteric glitch-breaks in a quasi-black metal setting. It’s immediately reminiscent of their 2019 album HAQQ, which was their dazzling return to form. It’s 15 minutes long, so forgive us for not putting it at the start of the playlist.
Assurance – Facade (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify)
Editor’s note: Our writer Joe Hammond’s project, Assurance, has dropped their new “Facade“. Check them out and any support is appreciated.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
Counterparts – A Eulogy for Those Still Here [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Pure Noise Records
Gillian Carter – Salvation Through Misery [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
Lamb of God – Omens
Label – Nuclear Blast
IAMONE – Into the Sea Full of Tears
Label – Independent
I Drink My Coffee Alone – Nichts
Label – Independent
Get the Shot – Merciless Destruction
Label – Independent
Goatwhore – Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven
Label – Metal Blade
Cloud Rat – Threshold
Label – Artoffact Records
Somn and Wowod – Split (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Church Road Records
Float Omen – Means to an End (EP)
Label – Independent
Origami Angel – DEPART (EP)
Label – Counter Intuitive Records
VCTMS – The Dearly Beloved (Single)
Label – Independent
Lionheart – LIVE BY THE GUN (feat. ICE-T of Body Count) (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Bury Tomorrow – Abandon Us (Single)
Label – Music For Nations
Militarie Gun – Let Me Be Normal (Single)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings
Crooked Royals – Counterfeit (Single)
Label – 3DOT Recordings
Indigxhst – Glitch (Single)
Label – Independent
The Halo Effect – Shadowminds (Ihsahn Remix) (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Brains Outward – Grave (Single)
Label – Independent
Convictions – Stigmata (Single)
Label – Independent
Deficit – Nothing to Lose (Single)
Label – Independent
Pinghost – Solum (Single)
Label – Reddie Records
S’efforcer – Dead Bird (Single)
Label – Theoria Records
Unseen Faith – Deadly Potential (feat. Mirza Radonjica of Siamese) (Single)
Label – Prime
Ingested – From Hollow Words (feat. Sven de Caluwé) (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records
Our Mirage – Help Me Out (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Alter Bridge – This Is War (Single)
Label – Napalm Records
Judicator – Ursa Major (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
VUKOVI – NULA [FULL REVIEW]
Label – LAB Records
Sunsleeper – While You Can [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Rude Records
Charlotte Wessels – Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II
Label – Napalm Records
Willow – <COPINGMECHANISM>
Label – Roc Nation Records
Never Back Down – Downfall
Label – Independent
Sorry – Anywhere But Here
Label – Domino Recording
Bush – The Art Of Survival
Label – BMG
Saving Vice – Dichotomy (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
GAYLE – a study of the human experience volume two (EP)
Label – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Colorblind – Colorblind (EP)
Label – Oxide Records
ZOMBIESHARK! – BORN FROM A WISH (EP)
Label – Independent
Father Deer Hands – Sad Souls Don’t Float Upstream (EP)
Label – Independent
Brutus – What Have We Done (Single)
Label – Hassle Records
Dead by April – Me (Single)
Label – Independent
The Plot In You – FEEL NOTHING (RESET)
Label – Fearless Records
I Met a Yeti – Cthuwu (Single)
Label – Independent
Stain the Canvas – ob-la-di, ob-la-die (feat. Call Me Karizma) (Single)
Label – InVogue Records
Magnolia Park – Misfits (feat. Taylor Acorn) (Single)
Label – Epitaph Records
Cherie Amour – Losing Control (Single)
Label – Rude Records
Outloved – Never Enough (Single)
Label – Independent
Andromida – Mayhem (Single)
Label – Independent
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns – Closure (Single)
Label – FiXT
Burialgrounds – Dead End Road (Single)
Label – Distorted Euphoria
The Comfort – Bloom (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records
Caustic Waves – Barriers (Single)
Label – Independent
Eyes Wide Open – We’re the Walking Dead (feat. Misstiq of Earth Caller) (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Fame on Fire – Welcome to the Chaos (Acoustic) (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
From Ashes to New – Until We Break (feat. Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire) (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music
Letters Sent Home – Fire (Single)
Label – Hassle Records
Young Medicine – Somebody’s Watching Me (Rockwell Cover) (Single)
Label – FiXT
Fleshwater – Kiss the Ladder
Label – Independent
Bleed – Killing Time (Single)
Label – 20 Buck Spin
Shape Of Water – Don’t Leave Me In The Dark (Single)
Label – Eclipse Records
Anti-Flag – Modern Meta Medicine (feat. Jesse Leach)
Label – Spinefarm Records
Nickelback – Those Days (Single)
Label – BMG
Doodseskader – Alive & Not Well (Single)
Label – Isolation Records
Ultravlt – Okay (Single)
Label – Independent
tricot – アクアリウム (Single)
Label – Avex Entertainment
Novustory – Give Me Fire (Single)
Label – Independent
Nessa Barrett – Tired Of California (Single)
Label – Warner Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
A.A. Williams – As The Moon Rests [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Bella Union
The Bobby Lees – Bellevue [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Ipecac Recordings
Alvvays – Blue Rev
Label – Transgressive Records
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava
Label – KGLW
Open Mike Eagle – Component System with the Auto Reverse
Label – Auto Reverse
Clarence Clarity – UNRECORDED HISTORY
Label – Warner Music
Gilla Band – Most Normal
Label – Rough Trade Records
Dayglow – People in Motion
Label – Very Nice Records
Broken Bells – Into the Blue
Label – AWAL
Loraine James – Building Something Beautiful for Me
Label – Phantom Limb
Surf Curse – Magic Hour
Label – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Easy Life – Maybe In Another Life
Label – Universal Music
Chloe Moriondo – SUCKERPUNK
Label – Elektra Records
Courtney Marie Andrews – Loose Future
Label – Fat Possum Records
The Cult – Under The Midnight Sun
Label – Black Hill
Indigo Sparke – Hysteria
Label – Sacred Bones
The Orielles – Tableau
Label – Heavenly Recordings
Disq – Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet
Label – Saddle Creek
Peel Dream Magazine – Pad
Label – Slumberland
Johanna Warren – Lessons for Mutants
Label – Wax Nine Records
Jessica Moss – Galaxy Heart
Label – Constellations
Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott – N.K Pop
Label – EMI
Say She She – Prism
Label – Karma Chief Records
Will Sheff – Nothing Special
Label – ATO Records
Ruth Radelet – The Other Side (EP)
Label – Independent
Katie Dey – The Kraken (EP)
Label – Independent
Turnover – Tear of Change (Single)
Label – Run For Cover Records
Girlpuppy – Teenage Dream (Single)
Label – Royal Mountain Records
Uzumaki – Loserella (Single)
Label – Everything Sucks Music
Caracara – Harsh Light (Single)
Label – Memory Music
July Talk – After This (Single)
Label – Six Shooter Records
Fever Ray – What They Call Us (Single)
Label – Rabid Records
Oso Oso – De Facto (Single)
Label – Yunahon Entertainment
Sharon Van Etten – Never Gonna Change (Single)
Label – Jagjaguwar
Autre Ne Veut – Okay (Single)
Label – Independent
The Beaches – My People
Label – Independent
Jordana – SYT (Single)
Label – Grand Jury Music
Winter – Sunday (Single)
Label – Bar None Records
Bicep – Water (Single)
Label – Ninja Tune
daine – stay close (Single)
Label – Warner Music
Thomas Day – wildflower (Single)
Label – Sony Music