STAFF PICKS
IAN – Fennel (Single)
Label – Human Worth
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: IAN have waited patiently to release their first song, having been active for a few years on the live circuit with the best of the post rock and metal scene. Lurching over every chord, “Fennel” puts them forward as an extremely heavy outfit. The band sways to and fro, becoming ever slower until they’re fully mired in grit and grimace. You won’t notice when the atmosphere changes, but by the end, they’ve sublimely switched gears into something absolutely triumphant.
Post Heaven – Exit Wound (Single)
Label – Greyscale Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Yet another exciting prospect from the Melbourne scene, Post Heaven are finally getting the audience they deserve by signing to Greyscale Records. Kicking all that off is “Exit Wound”, which boasts an absolutely sublime genre mix: punchy melodic metalcore bristles against and lofty shoegaze, each aspect comfortably handing cues to the other for the perfectly paced heavy single. They’re now ready to drop the EP of their career in October.
Hearing Tests – Bully (Single)
Label – Grapes of Wrath Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dobbin recommends: Hearing Tests are a UK project embracing the space between traditional punk, post punk, hardcore and post-hardcore. Underlined by its hypnotic groove, it steadily builds intent to a breakdown that will satisfy any fans of the aforementioned genres. Yet when it hits, it reveals itself as being a very specific diss track, whose target is sure to delight any self-respecting Brit.
PEUR – Fire Cleanse (Single)
Label – PEUR / Community Music / UNFD
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Jonathan recommends: The past and present collide with the “Fire Cleanse”, the debut single of PEUR. The duo, consisting of original Invent Animate vocalist Ben English and current guitarist Keaton Goldwire, marks English’s return to music after nearly a decade. “Fire Cleanse” crafts a cataclysmic thall soundscape that commands a destructively cinematic atmosphere. The road ahead for PEUR holds limitless potential as they have no intention of being confined to just one sound.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
BLESSTHEFALL – GALLOWS
Label – Rise Records
FAETOOTH – Labyrinthine
Label – Independent
INSOMINDS – Abyss
Label – Insominds
MODERN LIFE IS WAR – Life On The Moon
Label – Deathwish Inc.
POLARIS – Fatalism (Instrumental)
Label – Independent
SLIPKNOT – Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition)
Label – Roadrunner Records
STILL IN LOVE – Recovery Language
Label – Church Road Records
TALLAH – Primeval: Obsession // Detachment
Label – Earache Records
TEN56. – IO
Label – Out of Line Music
VIANOVA – Hit It!
Label – Arising Empire
LONG GOODBYE – to reconcile with death for the sake of a beautiful ending
Label – The Coming Strife
DEATH META – MALWARE (EP)
Label – Grind Select
Entropic Rot – … And Euphoria for the Hellish (EP)
Label – Independent
GUNPUSSY – BUSTER HOTLINE (EP)
Label – Independent
REVNOIR – Coma (EP)
Label – Arising Empire
SEVERED – Seizure Dreams (EP)
Label – B.I.G Records
SYNESTIA – Premonitions (EP)
Label – Independent
THE JULY EFFECT – Take One Last Look (EP)
Label – NORTH BLUFF KATALOGUE
ROZEMARY – the lies they made me believe (EP)
Label – Independent
6 MONTHS TO LIVE – i can’t cry, but i want to (Single)
Label – Independent
ABBIE FALLS – unnatural order (feat. Distant) (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music
ALTERJOY – Worms (Single)
Label – BVRIALS
ARKÁNGEL – Haunting My Dreams (feat. Misstiq) (Single)
Label – Independent
BRAINS OUTWARD – Vengeance (feat. Panic Response) (Single)
Label – Independent
COLD NIGHT FOR ALLIGATORS – Dance For You (Single)
Label – Heavy Collective
DEEZ NUTS – 5 Gold Chains (Single)
Label – Century Media
HAEXLER – Party Donation (Single)
Label – Holy Goat Records
KIN. – Controlled Burn (Single)
Label – Independent
JAKE LOVES SPACE – forget your name (Single)
Label – Independent
LOVELETTER – The Sharp End (Single)
Label – Independent
LUST – Offline (Single)
Label – Independent
MANY EYES – The Clock BEhind All Other Clocks (Single)
Label – Perseverance Media Group
MIND CONFLICT – Discomfort Zone (Single)
Label – Independent
MOONFLOWER – leech (Single)
Label – nohomerecords.
NYLIST – Wasting Your Life (Single)
Label – Independent
SECRET EARTH – Worthless (Single)
Label – Primordial
STAIN THE CANVAS – what are we now ‽ (Single)
Label – InVogue Records
The Brave – You Know I Love the Pain (Single)
Label – Independent
THE DALI THUNDERING CONCEPT – Business as Usual (Single)
Label – Independent
THOSE ONCE LOYAL – Dirt To Gold (Single)
Label – Independent
UNDERNEATH – Building Buildings Where Buildings Are Built (feat. See You Next Tuesday) (Single)
Label – Independent
WITHIN REACH – Drip Fed (Single)
Label – Independent
EXCIDE – Worth Your Salt (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
PINE BOX – Every Stage of Grief but Acceptance (Single)
Label – Independent
SANGUISUGABOGG – Repulsive Demise (Single)
Label – Century Media
ALTER BRIDGE – Silent Divide (Single)
Label – Napalm Records Handels GmbH
HERETOIR – You Are the Night (Single)
Label – AOP Records
MARK OF THE ALTAR – L E T / T H E M / B U R N (Single)
Label – Independent
Poppy, Amy Lee & Spiritbox – End of You (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records
SKY CAUGHT FIRE – Gasping For Air (Single)
Label – Independent
DEFICIT – FYA (feat. UnityTX) (Single)
Label – Independent
HEART OF A COWARD – Paradise (Single)
Label – Independent
MOON REAPER – Overlord (Single)
Label – Independent
MOUNTAIN PEAKS – jesien (Single)
Label – Independent
ORBIT CULTURE – Nerve (Single)
Label – Century Media Records
RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR – A.I.R. Max (Single)
Label – Kuromaku Corp
SINK – Help (Single)
Label – Deep Room Studios
GOD GLITCH – My Lungs Are Black And So Are My Intentions (Single)
Label – Independent
SHOKRAN – From Ashes (Single)
Label – Independent
HARDCORE RELEASES
ACID CASUALTIES – Flags Are False
Label – Iron Lung Records
PEACE OF MIND – Blood Is The Price
Label – Independent
ENDLESS SWARM – The Body Hammer
Label – Independent
BODYWEB – deadwired (EP)
Label – Flatspot Records
CABLE – CLUB COUTURE (EP)
Label – Independent
DISCONTENT – Processing Upheaval (EP)
Label – STREETS OF HATE
GOD TALK LC & CAUTERIZED KC – SPLIT (EP)
Label – Fountain Brigade
GRAEL – World Without End (EP)
Label – STREETS OF HATE
PRIMITIVE RAGE – Visions of Ecstasy (EP)
Label – Independent
URBAN SPRAWL – Blood Pact (EP)
Label – Convulse Records
PROVISIONAL – Deep Vision (EP)
Label – Independent
JUDGEMENT – Judgement Day (EP)
Label – GATE SIX
TIMES OF DESPERATION – Vegan Manifesto (EP)
Label – Genet Records & Bitter Melody Records
TOUCH – Seasons (EP)
Label – Corbata Records, Passion Means Struggle
SYPHON – Blame (EP)
Label – Independent
FAITH IN DESTRUCTION – Demo (EP)
Label – FID Independent
DEAF CLUB – Hot Dogs Are In-Bred (Single)
Label – Southern Lord
DFL – Paddy Wagon (Single)
Label – SBÄM
MISTO – I WON’T 2 STEP (Single)
Label – LAB21
SPENT – Kabal (feat. Snuff Tape) (Single)
Label – Grotto Audio
THEURGY HC – moulded by the spiral (Single)
Label –Independent
TRIPPER – Puppet (Single)
Label – Independent
TWO-PIECE – Watch Your Step (Single)
Label – Independent
VEXHC – Deathwish // Knuckle Fight (Single)
Label – Independent
CLOSED CASKET – R U Mad (feat. ENEMY 906) (Single)
Label – Independent
COLD STEEL – No Escape (Single)
Label – Spinefarm
SPACED – Cause and Effect (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
DESTINY BOND – Peace as a Punchline (Single)
Label – Convulse Records
INTERCOURSE – Cryptid Divorce Court (single)
Label – Brutal Panda Records
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
FLESHWATER – 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky
Label – Closed Casket Activities
LA DISPUTE – No One Was Driving The Car
Label – Epitaph
BELMONT – Last To Love (EP)
Label – Pure Noise Records
BLANKET – Bind (feat. Wayside) (single)
Label – Adventure Cat Records
DAEDRIC – Dark Legacy (single)
Label – FiXT
DREAM DROP – Anfinset (single)
Label – GAIN
SERJ TANKIAN – I’m Counting On You (Single)
Label – Serjical Strike Records
STAGEMINUS – Lonely Monday (Single)
Label – Kycker Music
ACRES – Welcome To The Family (Single)
Label – Solid State Records
DOWNCAST – just want you to know (Single)
Label – Independent
EMAROSA – The Edge (Single)
Label – Out of Line Music
FANGS OUT – This Place Is Dead (Single)
Label – Soul2Sell
HAIL THE SUN – Blight / Consumed With You (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records
LETTERS SENT HOME – Focus (feat. The Narrator) (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE
PRESIDENT – Destroy Me (Single)
Label – King Of Terrors
SOFTCULT – 16/25 (Single)
Label – Easy Life Records
AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR – “Live At The Fleece, Bristol” (Single)
Label – Pelagic Records
ORIGAMI ANGEL – Back to Life (Single)
Label – Counter Intuitive Records
THE CARDS I PLAY – THE WRITING ON THE WALL (Single)
Label – Golden Age Records
BEN QUAD – It’s Just A Title (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
CRIPPLING ALCOHOLISM – LADIES’ NIGHT (feat. Luxury Skin) (Single)
Label – Portrayal of Guilt
SECRET WORLD – Everywhere Now (Single)
Label – Last Ride Records
STATE CHAMPS – Common Sense (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
GHOSTWOMAN – Welcome to the Civilized World
Label – Full Time Hobby
SHAME – Cutthroat
Label – Dead Oceans
aespa – Rich Man – The 6th Mini Album (EP)
Label – Liberty
FIRE-TOOLZ – Private Angel Message (EP)
Label – Angel Marciod Music
601 – Inkblood (feat. Tribe of Ghosts) (Single)
Label – SeeHear Records
ALEX – HYPER CAR (feat. Tokyo Rose) (Single)
Label – Independent
EMPTY BLUE – Angel Tears (Single)
Label – Independent
FEARDOTCOM – FINGERNAILS (Single)
Label – Collection Disques Durs
JULIA WOLF – In My Room VIP (feat. Badger) (Single)
Label – girls in purgatory
MACHINE GIRL – Rabbit Season (Single)
Label – Future Classic
H_NGM_N – Ghosts (Single)
Label – Sugar-Free Records
HONEY I’M HOME – Alive (Single)
Label – Independent
LADYTRON – I Believe in You (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group
ALTARA – Bloom (Single)
Label – Independent
HATCHIE – Lose It Again (Single)
Label – Secretly Canadian
IONA ZAJAC – Dilute (Single)
Label – Independent
PERTURBATOR – Mors Ultima Ratio (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
THE ORCHESTRA (FOR NOW) – Hattrick (Single)
Label – Independent
TIMESGONE – faraway (feat. zxmablue) (Single)
Label – Independent
HORSE JUMPER OF LOVE – Blue Factory Flame / Shadow Answers the Wall (Single)
Label – Run For Cover
ADA ROOK – BRACKISH (Single)
Label – TRUE PORTAL