Welcome to September’s first New Music Friday, with our round-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 track with all of the year’s upcoming releases!
STAFF PICKS
Mimi Barks – nihil (Single)
Label – Silent Cult Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Mimi provides the most sinister of beats and delves into the birth of Mimi‘s deep and dark world with her latest single ‘nihil‘.
Currents – The Death We Seek (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Matt recommends: On ‘The Death We Seek‘, metalcore titans Currents expand on the sound of their previous album, highlighting all the extremes to create a massive track. With increased ambience, thall-inspired guitarwork, and Brian Wille’s standout vocal performance, Currents demonstrate an ever-increasing ambition to push themselves.
Mnmlst – Restore.
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Harry recommends: Mnmlst once again produce a dynamic and polished progressive metalcore track in the form of ‘Restore.‘ Contrasting crushing lows and beautiful, J-core-inspired cleans overtop twinkling guitars and ambience, this is sure to please any fans of Currents and Invent Animate.
Love Is Noise – Movement (feat. Jason Butler)
Label – 333 Wreckords Crew
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: ‘Movement‘ showcases a newly-refined sound for Love Is Noise, signifying a shift from their signature dreamy aesthetic into a more outwardly aggressive sonic palette.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
156/Silence – Narrative [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sharptone Records
The Callous Daoboys – Celebrity Therapist [FULL REVIEW]
Label – MNRK
Miss May I – Curse of Existence [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Sharptone Records
Oceans Ate Alaska – Disparity [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Fearless Records
Blind Guardian – The God Machine
Label – Nuclear Blast
Megadeth – The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!
Label – Universal Music
Vermin Womb – Retaliation
Label – Closed Casket Activities
State Of You – State Of You (EP)
Label – Silent Cult
Fit for an Autopsy – Walk With Me in Hell (Lamb of God Cover)
Label – Napalm Records
Sharptooth – didn’t ask to be here (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Suicide Silence – You Must Die (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Polar – Gods and Heathens (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Gutter – A Truth About Romance + Two Part Tragedy (Single)
Label – Independent
Boundaries – Realize and Rebuild (Single)
Label – Many Hats Distribution
Architects – deep fake (Single)
Label – Epitaph Records
Eternal Closure – Dimensions Apart (Single)
Label – Independent
Half Me – Wraith (Single)
Label – Arising Empire
Tallah – Shaken (not stirred) (Single)
Label – Earache Records
Abandoned in Destiny – System Failure (feat. Rudi Schwarzer of Annisokay) (Single)
Label – Independent
Callejon – Silver Surfer (Single)
Label – Warner Music
Escape the Madness – Continuation of Misery (Single)
Label – Independent
Demon Hunter – MASTER (Single)
Label – Weapons MFG
Oceans – If There’s a God She Has Abandoned Us (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
Sugar Horse – Disco Loadout (feat. Deb Gough, Damien Sayell & Matt Loveridge)
Label – Small Pond Recordings
Bitter Bliss – 41 Years (feat. Andrew Baena of Carcosa & Johnny Ciardullo of Carcosa & Angelmaker) (Single)
Label – Independent
Ghosts – The Atomic Beau Project (Single)
Label – Independent
APHYXION – Oceans of Time (feat. Chaosbay) (Single)
Label – Independent
We Burn Bridges – Death Burns (Single)
Label – Independent
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Pure Noise Records – Dead Formats, Vol. 1
Label – Pure Noise Records
Someday – Dear Seattle
Label – UNFD
King Buffalo – Regenerator
Label – Independent
Sobriquet – Apotheosis (EP)
Label – Independent
The Wonder Years – Old Friends Like Lost Teeth (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
Nasty – Don’t Play With Fire (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
Moonball – Self Doubt (Single)
Label – Independent
AXTY – Roses for You (Single)
Label – Independent
Nerv – Blue (Single)
Label – Independent
Polyphia – ABC (feat. Sophia Black)
Label – Rise Records
Imminence – Alleviate (Acoustic)
Label – Arising Empire
Becko – F33L_NTHNG (Single)
Label – FIXT
Boston Manor – Inertia (Single)
Label – Sharptone
Cemetery Sun – Metamorphosis (Single)
Label – Velocity Records
For I Am King – Liars (Single)
Label – Redfield Records
Colorblind – Ghosts (Single)
Label – Independent
Concrete Castles – Lucky (Single)
Label – Velocity Records
Holy Fawn – Void of Light
Label – Wax Bodega
Echoes – Medicine (Single)
Label – Parlophone Records
Fault Lines – I Feel Fine (Single)
Label – Independent
noyou – Same Old Story (Single)
Label – Independent
Hopes Die Last – Dead Boy (Single)
Label – Independent
Maelføy – The Mask (feat. Aaron Steineker of Rising Insane) (Single)
Label – Uncle M Music
Outline in Color – Bitter (Single)
Label – Thriller Records
Stepson – Eraser (Single)
Label – UNFD
Your Misery – Still Existence (Single)
Label – Independent
Throwaway Scene – Conscience Alley (D.N.O.T.S) (Single)
Label – Independent
Sunsleeper – Quitter (Single)
Label – Independent
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
The Butterfly Effect – IV
Label – Independent
Esmerine – Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More
Label – Constellations
Kenny Beats – Louie
Label – Sony Music
Two Door Cinema Club – Keep On Smiling
Label – Lower Third
SOHN – Trust
Label – 4AD Ltd
Nina Nesbitt – Älskar
Label – Cooking Vinyl Limited
The Amazons – How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me?
Label – Universal Music
George FitzGerald – Stellar Drifting
Label – Domino Recording
Living Hour – Someday Is Today
Label – Next Door Records
Pabst – Crushed By The Weight Of The World
Label – Ketchup Tracks
Soft and Dumb – Soft and Dumb
Label – Independent
Bubble Tea And Cigarettes – There’s Nothing But Pleasure
Label – Elefant Records
Motel Radio – The Garden
Label – Single Lock Records
Peace Ritual – Peace Ritual (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Independent
The Front Bottoms – Theresa (EP)
Label – Fueled By Ramen
Cryalot – Icarus (EP)
Label – Independent
Teens in Trouble – Teens in Trouble (EP)
Label – Asian Man Records
Angel Number – Long May I Reign (Single)
Label – Independent
Martha – Every Day the Hope Gets Harder (Single)
Label – Dirtnap Records
Plains (feat. Waxahatchee & Jess Williamson) – Abilene
Label – Anti
Fazerdaze – Break! (Single)
Label – section1
A.O. Gerber – For (Single)
Label – Independent
Whenyoung – A Little Piece Of Heaven (Single)
Label – Independent
Artic Monkeys – There’d Better Be A Mirrorball (Single)
Label – Domino Recording Co
The 1975 – I’m In Love With You (Single)
Label – Dirty Hit
Gorillaz – New Gold (feat. Tame Impala & Bootie Brown) (Single)
Label – Parlophone Records
Tallest Man on Earth – Tears Are In Your Eyes (Yo La Tengo Cover) (Single)
Label – Anti
Christina Vantzou – No. 5 (Single)
Label – Kranky
Benjamin Clementine – Genesis (Single)
Label – Preserve Artists
Turnover – Ain’t Love Heavy (Single)
Label – Run For Cover Records
Frankie Cosmos – Aftershook (Single)
Label – Sub Pop records
Pulled Apart By Horses – Sleep In Your Grave (Single)
Label – Alcopop!
K-POP RELEASES
KEP1ER – Fly-Up (Single)
Label – WAKEONE