Welcome to New Music Friday, where we wrap-up all of the releases from the week ranging from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. Give our release calendar a look to see what other releases are coming up. The NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page.
STAFF PICKS
Fever Shack – Bullet Dodger (feat. Death Tax) (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Fever Shack drop fast and frantic “Bullet Dodger” that is packed with juicy riffs to shimmy to and pounding drums to stomp to. The Melbourne unit bring in Death Tax to add an extra bite to the track and call in a swinging breakdown.
Mouth For War – THE EARTH’S COLD EMBRACE (Single)
Label – MNRK Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Jonathan recommends: Destructive Colorado hardcore unit Mouth For War returns with “THE EARTH’S COLD EMBRACE”. Menacing in its relentless barrage of grooves and ominous atmosphere, it’s a tight package of raw, gritty vigour.
SPLIT – Stronger Than Ever (feat. Lifesick) (Single)
Label – Prime Collective
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Emerging from Denmark’s hardcore scene, SPLIT makes a bold entrance with their debut single, “Stronger Than Ever“, featuring Simon Shoshan, the vocalist of Lifesick. This track is a fierce blend of raw energy and meticulously crafted structure, capturing the intensity of the genre while maintaining an accessible sound. With its aggressive riffs and hard-hitting vocals, “Stronger Than Ever” sets the tone for what fans can expect from SPLIT as they establish themselves as a rising force in hardcore music.
Winter Hotel – Lovers At Rest (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: Death metal vocals backed by instrumentals that weave between melodic moments and brutal emotive agony, Winter Hotel takes the listener on a journey through it’s palette of soundscapes on “Lovers At Rest“, that makes for a grandiose listen.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
As Living Arrows – Hope and Ruin
Label – Independent
Awake the Dreamer – Holocene
Label – Arising Empire
CANTERVICE – Zero Hour
Label – FiXT
Conquer Divide – Slow Burn (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Mascot Records
Heriot – Devoured by the Mouth of Hell
Label – Century Media Records
Interloper – A Forgotten Loss
Label – Independent
Our Hollow, Our Home – Hope & Hell
Label – Arising Empire
Rolo Tomassi – Live at Electric Ballroom
Label – MNRK
The Amity Affliction – Let the Ocean Take Me (Redux)
Label – Pure Noise Records
BLACKPYRES – Doom Flow (EP)
Label – Touch Music
cohen_noise – Some Things Aren’t Forever, But for a Reason Vol. 2 (EP)
Label – Independent
Fallstar – Lost Songs Vol. 1: Summer Cats (EP)
Label – Independent
Homicyde – Immortal (EP)
Label – Independent
Kibosh – Your Favourite Curse (EP)
Label – Frozen Records
Revenira – Neo Tokyo 2125, Part I: Anger (EP)
Label – Verdure
Archtypes Collide – What If I Fall (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Eschalon – Delirium (Single)
Label – Independent
eyelid. – with eyes to feel (Single)
Label – Independent
Eyes Of A Nihilist – ERASE (Single)
Label – Mental Metal Media
Heaven Shall Burn & Donots – Keinen Schritt zurück (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Heists – Terminal Unrest (Single)
Label – Independent
HOSTAGE – Expect the Worst (Single)
Label – Warner Music
Just Dust – Fall From Grace (Single)
Label – Independent
Knosis – FUHAI (feat. Yukina of HANABIE.) (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
SAVE US – Stray (Single)
Label – Independent
Sickrecy – De-Evolution Progress (Single)
Label – Independent
Stray View – Forget It (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
SWARMED – Ignore the Wounds (V.I.P) (Single)
Label – Independent
Take Breath – I Can’t Breathe (Single)
Label – Independent
Then It Ends – Reckless (Single)
Label – Flourish Records
Two Sides of Me – follow you into the grave (Single)
Label – Independent
Varia – Heaven Knows (Single)
Label – Independent
Viscaya – EVERYBODY DOWN (Single)
Label – Independent
Wildheart – Evergreen (Single)
Label – Independent
Wither//Bloom – SOFT SPOKEN (Single)
Label – Independent
CABAL – Still Cursed (feat. ten56.) (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Cut Short – Speech Patterns (Single)
Label – Independent
Grief Ritual – Bile (feat. Burner) (Single)
Label – Church Road Records
Imminence – Continuum (Feat. Niklas Karlsson)
Label – Independent
Paleface Swiss – Hatred
Label – Independent
Gore. – Angels Like You
Label – Spinefarm
LIMBS – Paranoid
Label – Independent
Coping Method – Inhuman (Single)
Label – FiXT
DREGG – LV Vest (Single)
Label – Independent
Evilgloom – DARMA (Single)
Label – Independent
Lifesick – Legacy of Misery (feat. Andreas Bjulver & Cabal) (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records
The Halo Effect – Detonate (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
After Smoke Clears – Animal (Single)
Label – Independent
CANDY – Football (Single)
Label – Triple B Records
DeadVectors – Implosion (Single)
Label – Independent
Try Angel – Underground’s Knees (Single)
Label – Basement Records
UnityTX – MASTICATE (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
HARDCORE RELEASES
Blanket Hill – The Ash That Shall Remain
Label – AAK Records
10 Blade – Wrong Hands (EP)
Label – Circadian Sound Recordings
Officer Down – …All Due Respect (EP)
Label – TYPE SHIT 615
Plague Mind – Always On The Outside (EP)
Label – PM Records
Show Me the Body – CORPUS II (EP)
Label – CORPUS
Sidearm – BURIED IN LEAD (EP)
Label – Independent
Twisted Luck – My Unbroken Will (EP)
Label – Independent
Bent Blue – The Pearls You Clutch (Single)
Label – Indecision Records
Black Button – Internal Life (Single)
Label – Independent
Clot – Defense Against Disorder (Single)
Label – Independent
COCKRING – GOSEP (Single)
Label – Independent
Full Contact – Hell On Earth (feat. Tempers Fray) (Single)
Label – GUILLOTINE RECORDS
Total Loss – Crosshairs (Single)
Label – Don’t Try
Crossfire – Forever Fucked (Single)
Label – Independent
Suffer No Fools – World Void of Justice (Single)
Label – Heroes & Martyrs
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Alexisonfire – Death Letter
Label – Cooking Vinyl
Catch Your Breath – Shame on Me (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Thriller Records
Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows – Until God Shows
Label – Velocity Records
Jane Doe – Found
Label – Independent
Rain City Drive – Things Are Different Now
Label – Thriller Records
Us in Motion – The Noble Rot
Label – Independent
Sløtface – Film Buff
Label – Propeller Recordings
Mimi Barks – THIS IS DOOM TRAP
Label – Silent Cult
Chasing Dreams – time won’t tear us apart (EP)
Label – Independent
Atreyu – Mary Jane’s Last Dance (Reimagined) (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Music Group
Blanket – Blur (Single)
Label – Independent
Dead Like Juliet – Hero (Single)
Label – Independent
EarlyRise – Dance for the Money (Single)
Label – Independent
Gun – Casual Goon (Single) feat. Nas Jee & NO!MAD AMIR) (Single)
Label – Independent
newshapes – the rain (Single)
Label – Independent
Old Flame – Larkin (Single)
Label – SBG Records
Serj Tankian – Foundations (Single)
Label – Gibson Records
The Plot in You – Pretend (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
Thousand Thoughts – Serotonin (Single)
Label – Independent
Blackout Problems, Lake Malice – Quicker Than Death
Label – So Recordings
Teenage Wrist – Sunshine (Ken Andrews Mix)
Label – Epitaph
Amyl and The Sniffers – Big Dreams (Single)
Label – Virgin Music
CVLTE – greedyY. (Single)
Label – F.C.L.S.
Linkin Park – Heavy Is the Crown (Single)
Label – Warner Records
Balance And Composure – with you in spirit (Single)
Label – Memory Music
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Crows – Reason Enough
Label – Bad Vibrations
Happy Accidents – Edit Undo
Label – Alcopop! Records
Heavenward – Pyrophonics (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Fever Ltd.
Origami Angel – Feeling Not Found
Label – Counter Intuitive Records
Pale Waves – Smitten
Label – Dirty Hit
Kimbra – Idols & Vices (Vol. 1)
Label – Independent
SOPHIE – SOPHIE
Label – MSMSMSM INC / Future Classic
Biig – Piig – 4AM (Single)
Label – RCA Records
EKKSTACY – mr. mole (Single)
Label – UnitedMasters
FlowerBoyDeMii – Anya (Single)
Label – Independent
Geowulf – Memory Serves Like Lightning (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group
Gleemer – Half Smile (Single)
Label – Other People Records
Jasmine Clarke – FOOL (Single)
Label – Independent
Lights – DAMAGE (Single)
Label – Independent
Mondaze – Linger (Single)
Label – Bronson Recordings
Nitepunk – Come Close (feat. Siickbrain & Olly Burden) (Single)
Label – Independent
Seven Lions – Light In The Dark (Single)
Label – Ophelia
Town of lake – Where At? (Single)
Label – Peach Bandana Records
PONY – Every Little Crumb (Single)
Label – Take This To Heart
Matilda Mann – Say It Back (Single)
Label – 7476
Coldwave – The Ants / Italia ‘06 (Single)
Label – Our Golden Friend
Lisel – The Past Is A Tiger (Single)
Label – Ba Da Bing!
SPRINTS – Feast (Single)
Label – City Slang
trauma ray – Spectre (Single)
Label – Dais Records
street grease – Incorporeal Bodies (Single)
Label – Venn Records