New Music Friday – September 29th, 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

Smoked909 – tIEd up, Vol. 2 (EP)
Label –
 Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: At the ever-busier intersection between death and hardcore metal, Smoked909 make California proud. “No Place To Die” presents a foul mix of chainsaw tones, hardman gutterals, and even some atypical songwriting turns. It drops along with the pit-starting “Intro” and “Dead Bent” which features fellow Cali slammers 97minutes.

Rawzilk – कオज़ (EP)
Label –
Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: Among many exciting releases today, Rawzilk have dropped their second album of the year. This is zany electronic music with no rules, where no idea is too strange; a kaleidoscope’s own cutting room floor. Varied genre parodies include “horazul” on synthwave and “18 bells for waders” on dungeon synth, and “keep quiet” embraces Muslimgauze-type rhythms. The winding “drug fueled rants from my lonely man” claws its way from grainy VHS prison to an epic conclusion. Danceable moments emerge from esoteric sounds on “the spektral outline of your figure” and “post millenium tension“. It’s like finding a lost Oneothrix Point Never mixtape.

Desolate – karoshi (feat. Rotnest) (Single)
Label –
Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Jonathan recommends: Desolate make their surprise return with the menacing “karoshi”. Bringing back their signature brand of nu-metalcore, the New York outfit have not lost their touch one bit. Production from Josh Schroeder and a vicious feature from Rotnest lend even more impact to an already crushing track.

ZOMBIESHARK! – Heads I Win, Tales You Lose, You Are My Sunshine. (Single)
Label –
Theoria Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Maximo recommends: As predictably a chaotic endeavour as ever, ZOMBIESHARK‘s latest venture into the cybergrind sphere with “Heads I Win, Tales You Lose, You Are My Sunshine.” is a wholly unhinged and absurd slice of violence. Glitched out, punchy production; manic vocals; and tasteful sampling all work together to form the freakish, yet alluring Frankenstein’s monster that is ZOMBIESHARK‘s core sound.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Code Orange – The Above [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Blue Grape Music

Rorcal – Silence [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Hummus Records

Termina – Soul Elegy [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

BEAR – VANTA
Label – Pelagic Records

BÖSE FUCHS – Sinner
Label – Independent

Elyne – IDENTITY
Label – Independent

Ashbringer – We Came Here to Grieve
Label –
Independent

Red Keep – Ruminate
Label – Independent

The Hirsch Effekt – Urian
Label – Long Branch Records

Blodet – Death Mother (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Church Road Records

Carrier UK – In Love and Faith, I Found My Vice (EP)
Label – Independent

KVBRICK STARE – Hell Again (EP)
Label – Independent

KVBRICK STARE – What You Do in the Dark (EP)
Label – Independent

Wolves in the Throne Room – Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge (EP)
Label –
Century Media Records

ACCVSED – House of Doubt (Single)
Label – Independent

Artemis Rising – Scales of Justice (Single)
Label – Olympian Records

Broken Earth – Covenant (Single)
Label – Independent

DEMATERIALIZE – Prime Evil (Single)
Label –
Famined Records

Escape The Madness – Sacrifice (Single)
Label –
Independent

Esprit D’Air The Trooper – The Trooper (feat. Tim Owens & Ben Christo) (Single)
Label – Starstorm Records

Hounds – Black Mantra (Single)
Label – Independent

Keepsake – B.O.N.K (Single)
Label – Independent

Last Night of Solace – Fractured (feat. Kellin Quinn) (Single)
Label – Independent

If Not for Me – Blameless (Single)
Label – InVogue Records

panicwaves – Promise (Single)
Label – Easthaven Records

PETRICHOR – How Does It Feel? (Single)
Label – Independent

Nights of Malice – Purging the Slime (Single)
Label – Independent

Shallowsky – Cryptid (Single)
Label – Independent

Sonnet of the Damned – MISERY (Single)
Label – Independent

Snuff Tape – Spiralling (Single)
Label – Independent

STEELSHOOTER – Desire (Single)
Label – Independent

Until I Wake – Fools Paradise (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

Within Tempation – Ritual (Single)
Label – Force Music Recordings

Any Given Day – Unbreakable (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

ATILLA – FU4VER (Single)
Label – Independent

DEAD SLOW – Fraud (Single)
Label – IN THE HOT TUB PRODUCTIONS

Outmayr – The Dawn Of The Day After (Single)
Label – Independent

Dying Wish – Path To Your Grave (Single)
Label – Sharptone

Mouth for War – Saturate Me (Single)
Label – MNRK

The Browning – Poison (Single)
Label – FiXT

Coping Method – Underground (Single)
Label – FiXT

Forever, for Now – Postscript
Label – Independent

Sentenced 2 Die – Desecrated Tombstones
Label – Independent

SURGEON – Trauma Dump
Label – Independent

Utsu-P – ハロービルダー
Label – Independent

HAILROSE – Crimson.EXO (feat. Daisuke Rag Nagasawa)
Label – Independent

HARDCORE RELEASES

Broken Vow – Anthropocene [FULL REVIEW]
Label –
Triple B Records

Grove Street – The Path to Righteousness
Label – UNFD

Harms Way – Common Suffering [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Metal Blade Record

VIBORA – Zaldi Beltza
Label – Independent

Hard Feelings – The Devil You Know (EP)
Label – Heroes & Martyrs

Mindwrecked – Dysthymia (EP)
Label – Independent

Stress//Fracture – Curse of the Creek (EP)
Label – Independent

Victim Of Suffering – Dance TEam Worldwide Vol 1 (EP)
Label –
Independent

Yaoguai – Demo I (EP)
Label – Independent

Bayway NJ – Stretchin Tha Truth (feat. e-Town Concrete) (Single)
Label – DAZE/RTF

Chainlink – Know Your Role
Label – Independent

Last Gasp – Seizure The Day (feat. The Spudmonsters) (Single)
Label – WAR Records

MASK – Purgatory
Label – Independent

Horsewhip – Pain (Single)
Label –
Iodine Recordings

Paint It Black – Dominion (Single)
Label – Revelation Records

Tripper – Pressed (Single)
Label – Independent

Racetraitor – Eid
Label – Good Fight Music

Year of the Knife – Wish / Last Laugh
Label – Pure Noise Records

Hold My Own – In My Way
Label – DAZE

Mourning – Hive Of Resentment
Label – Streets Of Hate

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

’68 – Yes, And… [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Pure Noise Records

Blood Command – World Domination [FULL REVIEW]
Label –
Hassle Records

Filth Is Eternal – Find Out [FULL REVIEW]
Label – MNRK Records

Friendship Commanders – MASS [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent

Koyo – Would You Miss It? [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Pure Noise Records

pulses. – It Wasn’t Supposed to Be Like This [FULL REVIEW]
Label –
Independent

Pleiades – Affinity With
Label – Independent

Atena – Subway Anthem
Label – Indie Recording

Flooding – Silhouette Machine
Label – The Ghost Is Clear Records

Sleeping With Sirens – Complete Collapse (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Sumerian Records

Ivy to Fraudulent Game – RE:BIRTH
Label –
mini muff records

Bad/Love – Mono No Aware, Pt. II (EP)
Label – Independent

King Nun – LAMB (EP)
Label – Marshall Records

Sleep Theory – Paper Hearts (EP)
Label – Epitaph Records

About Monsters – On Fire (Single)
Label – Independent

Cemetery Sun – Defeated
Label – Independent

Colourburn – Star (Single)
Label –
Independent

Locket – Glowing (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

LONG/LAST – Obviously (Single)
Label – Independent

Morningside – New Depression (Single)
Label – Independent

Not Enough Space – Goth Girl Dinner (feat. Spider Inside Her) (Single)
Label –
Independent

Sal3m – Stars (Single)
Label –
Independent

SAVE US – Nightmare (Single)
Label –
Year of the Rat Records

Space Weather – Dead Rose Canvas (Single)
Label –
Independent

Sunsleep – Solitary Mist (feat. Stephen Christian of Anberlin) (Single)
Label –
SGB Records

Techlas – Sound The Alarm (Single)
Label –
Shadowmask Records

Tunic – Boss (Revised) (Single)
Label – Artoffact Records

Evanescence – Bring Me To Life (Demo / Remastered) (Single)
Label –
Craft Recording

Holy Fawn – Glóandi (2023) (Single)
Label – Wax Bodega

Knuckle Pick – Losing What We Love (Single)
Label –
Pure Noise Records

Neck Deep – It Won’t Be Like This Forever (Single)
Label –
Hopeless Records

51st Avenue – Find Me (Single)
Label – Independent

Anxious – Down, Down (Single)
Label –
Run For Cover Records

Butterfly Hurricane – Super Turbo (Single)
Label – Pass Out

Lake Malice – Mutsuko (Single)
Label – SO Recordings

Sum 41 – Landmines (Single)
Label – Rise Records

Sweet Pill – Starchild (Single)
Label –
Hopeless Records

Taking Back Sunday – Amphetamine Smiles (Single)
Label –
Fantasy Records

Chase Atlantic – MAMACITA (Single)
Label –
Fearless Records

Loveless – Picasso (Single)
Label –
BMG

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Fearing – Destroyer [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Profound Lore

GUNSHIP – Unicorn [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Horsie In The Hedge

Academy Order – A New Kind of Fear
Label – Protagonist Music

DAZBEE – Orbit
Label – Universal Music

Cruel Sister – Turgid
Label – Is Right

HARU NEMURI – Insaint
Label – TO3S RECORDS

HONEYMOAN – Sorry Like You Mean It
Label – Independent

Lucia & The Best Boys – Burning Castles
Label –
Communion Group

Molly Burch – Daydreamer
Label – Captured Tracks

Slow Pulp – Yard
Label – Henry Stoehr

Varsity – With Me
Label – Independent

常闇トワ – Aster
Label – COVER Corp

Oliver Beardmore – Tailspin (EP)
Label – Independent

Alohaii – One Step At A Time (feat. Miori Celesta) (Single)
Label – Independent

CYPARISS – Frozen Heart (feat. Puhf) (Single)
Label – nxnameslxft

Dislover – FEAR X
Label – Independent

KC Rae – Parking Lot
Label – Independent

Laura Dre – When I Fall (Single)
Label – Independent

Lilac Haze – My Dreamworld (Single)
Lavel – KWS Blank Canvas

Liza Anne – Internet Depression
Label – AntiFragile Music

ITZY – RINGO (Single)
Label – Warner Music

Miss Monique – Subterranean (feat. AVIRA & LUNA) (Single)
Label – Armada Music

Spiritual Cramp – Herberts On Holiday
Label – Blue Grape Music

Toronto Is Broken – Raw (feat. REEVZ & Sebotage) (Single)
Label – FiXT

Thanks mom – if you want me (Single)
Label –
Independent

YAOSOBI – 勇者 (Single)
Label –
Independent

PACKS – Honey (Single)
Label –
Fire Talk

The Murder Capital – Heart In The Hole (Single)
Label –
Human Season Records

French Police – Stress Test (Single)
Label –
Independent