New Music Friday – September 22nd, 2023

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

Graven Image – The Day Is Mine (Single)
Label – The Coming Strife
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: Catching everyone’s ears on the UKHC comp, Graven Image emphasise the “metallic” in “metallic hardcore“. “The Day Is Mine” is a classic arm swinger with production that feels both spenny and direct. It hints that their next release will be a whirlwind of thrash riffs and ignorant breakdowns.

LIE – CREEPIN’ (Single)
Label – FACELESS INC.
(Spotify)

Joe recommends: HTX unit LIE drop fierce single “CREEPIN’” that shows a presence and prowess that will see them become a force to be reckoned with not just in their local scene but on a larger stage in the future.

No Home – Empty Veins (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Jonathan recommends: No Home delivers a more-than-satisfying experience on “Empty Veins“. Punctuated with the hallmarks of melodic hardcore alongside intricate lead lines and dissonance-filled breakdowns, the road towards their debut album looks promising.

Revoid – Blood Petals (ft. Julian Latouche) (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Harry recommends: Australian metalcore outfit Revoid take a more subdued, melancholic approach with their latest single, “Blood Petals“. A belted feature from countryman Julian Latouche (Inertia) offers great contrast to the track’s gentle, vulnerable vocals and instrumentation. It’s heartfelt, tugging at the emotions and truly popping when it opens up.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Thy Art Is Murder – Godlike [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

Heart of a Coward – This place only brings death [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Arising Empire

Guilt Trip – Severance [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Century Media Records

3TEETH – EndEx
Label – Sharptone Records

Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific
Label – Metal Blade Record

Final Gasp – Mourning Moon
Label – Relapse Records

Samurai Pizza Cats – You’re Hellcome
Label – Independent

Wolves at the Gate – Lost in Translation
Label – Solid State Records

Annisokay – Abyss, Pt. I (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Arising Empire

IMMERSE – Everyone’s to Blame (EP)
Label – Adventure Cat Records

Advents – LCD (feat. Downswing) (Single)
Label – Independent

As Beings – Gemini (feat. God Of Nothing) (Single)
Label – Independent

Dead Eyes – Here We Go Again (Single)
Label – Independent

Dead Icarus – The Vultures Circle (Single)
Label – MNRK

DEADBIRDS – Искра (Single)
Label – CraftCore

ChuggaBoom – No Rules, No Limits (feat. Dropout Kings) (Single)
Label – Dead Serious Recordings

For All I Am – Toxsin (Single)
Label – Independent

HELL CAN WAIT – SHINE (Single)
Label – Independent

InRetrospect – WHO CARES?! (Single)
Label – Independent

Saltwound – In the Shadow of the Valley of Death (Single)
Label – Good Fight Music

Silent Planet – Anunnaki (Single)
Label – Solid State Records

The Serious Men – Ящер (Single)
Label – Independent

Nora Lake – Light Bearer (Single)
Label – Independent

Peter Morado – Dying Light (feat. Zach Smith) (Single)
Label – Independent

Prospective – Haunt Me (Single)
Label – Believe

Underdark – Enterprise (Single)
Label – Church Road Records

Monosphere – Turing Test (Single)
Label – Independent

Bloom – Bound to Your Whispers (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Cauldron – Standing in Awe of a Monument (Single)
Label – The Coming Strife

Hollow Front – Breaking Teeth (Single)
Label – UNFD

Nylist – A Beautiful Day to Die (Single)
Label – Independent

Volatile Ways – Pink Mist Wish List (Single)
Label – Independent

A Mourning Star – Would It Be Easier if My Flesh Tangled Through This Blade (Single)
Label – DAZE

HARDCORE RELEASES

Backbiter – Split (EP)
Label – Midwest Misery Records

Heavyweight – Sinking Feeling (EP)
Label – Independent

Blanket Hill – Out For The Count (Single)
Label – 1038 Recordings

FLESH CREEP – HEADS WILL ROLL (Single)
Label – Independent

Lowsight – Bed of Nails (Single)
Label – Independent

Rust – Facedown (Single)
Label – Independent

Suffer No Fools – My Fury / H Town Beatdown (Single)
Label – Heroes + Martyrs

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Dayshell – Pegasus
Label – Independent

KEN Mode – VOID [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Artoffact Records

Staind – Confessions Of The Fallen
Label – Alchemy Recordings

Values Here – Take Your Time, I’ll Be Waiting
Label – End Hits Records

North Atlas – The Longest Shadow Attached to the Ankle (EP)
Label – Independent

A Foreign Affair – Buried (feat. Jonny Craig) (Single)
Label – SBG Records

Against the Current – Silent Stranger (Single)
Label Atlantic Records

Banks Arcade – Worship the Internet (Single)
Label – UNFD

BOYS LIKE GIRLS – NEW LOVE (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

Catch Your Breath – Mirror (feat. Ekoh) (Single)
Label – InVogue Records

Driveways – Skulls and Flowers (Single)
Label – Independent

Galleons – Dungeon Dweller (feat. Craig Owens of Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows) (Single)
Label – Famined Records

Like Ghosts – Live Forever (Single) (Single)
Label – Independent

Inflict – THE HATE IS MUTUAL (Single)
Label – Independent

Neverland in Ashes – Unparalyze (Single)
Label – Independent

Rain City Drive – Frozen (Single)
Label – Thriller Records

Sounds Like Color – Are You Hearing Me? (Single)
Label – Independent

South Arcade – Silverlight (Single)
Label – BKM / Partizan

Spitfyre – Idle Hands (Single)
Label – Independent

The Callous Daoboys – Pushing the Pink Envelope (Single)
Label – MNRK

Theory of a Deadman – Missing You This Christmas (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records

The Funeral Portrait – Dark Thoughts (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music

The Last Martyr – Freestyler (feat. J-Figure of The Weight of Silence) (Single)
Label – Independent

The Vanished People – SNAP SNAP (Single)
Label – Independent

VRSTY – The Way It Is (Single)
Label – Spinefarm

Widow7 – Wake the Dead (Single)
Label – Oxide Records

Cherie Amour – Storm (Single)
Label – Rude Records

Creeper – Black Heaven (Single)
Label – Spinefarm

Everlyne – Wreck-Less (Single)
Label – Independent

headcase – gaslight (Single)
Label – Independent

Artio – Wallflower (Single)
Label – Slam Dunk Records

Glass Tides – Disease (Single)
Label – Independent

Of Mice & Men – Indigo (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records

Crime in Stereo – Rogue Wave (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Save Face – Found Dead at the Crime Scene (Single)
Label – Counter Intuitive Records

Sugar Horse – III – Consequences (Single)
Label – Fat Dracula Records

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

yeule – softscars [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Ninja Tune

Bleach Lab – Lost In A Rush of Emtpiness
Label –Nettwerk Music Group

CHAI – CHAI
Label – Sub Pop Records

Mad Honey – Satellite Aphrodite
Label – Deathwish Inc. / Sunday Drive

Roosevelt – Embrace
Label – Counter Records

Slayyter – STARFUCKER
Label – FADER Label

Kim Petras – Problématique
Label – Amigo Records

Bellwether – gods (EP)
Label – Independentc

soccer mommy – Karaoke Night (EP)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings

underscores – Wallsocket (EP)
Label – CMom+Pop 

Bedlocked – All Over Again
Label – Independent

Badley – Fool (Single)
Label – Independent

Cannons – Bad Tattoo (Single)
Label – Columbia Records

The Faux Faux – Better Run (Single)
Label – Haus Of Pins

Alex Lahey – Newsreader (Single)
Label – Liberation Records

Alien Nosejob – Act Different (Single)
Label – Anti Fade Records

Bella White – Unknown Legend (Single)
Label – Concord

Pile – The Birds Attacked My Hot Air Balloon (Single)
Label – Exploding In Sound Records

YOASOBI – 夜に駆ける – From THE FIRST TAKE (Single)
Label – Independent

BIG SPECIAL – DESPERATE BREAKFAST (Single)
Label – Silva Screen Records

Chelsea Wolfe – Dusk (Single)
Label – Loma Vista

Daya – Downtown (Single)
Label – Independent

SAFIRE – MERCY (Single)
Label – Independent

Kimbra – Possession (Single)
Label – Independent

билборды – Что скрываю внутри (Single)
Label – Independent

bleach.bath – TV TERROR (feat. Trashii)
Label – dreamstation