The final #NewMusicFriday of the month is a hectic one with over 40 releases picked out and listed. As you can imagine, several notable albums are worth giving some love to.
Besides the exceptional releases from Tigers Jaw and Mallavora, today sees London-based outfit Wildernesses release their debut album. ‘Growth’ sees the quartet entice you with a mix of stunning post-rock and timid indie folk, with vocalist Phillip Morris’ storytelling resonating at its comforting core. From ‘Sleepless’, the soaring instrumental introduction through to ‘Four Hour Drive’s towering guitars and cascading percussion, to ‘Summertime, 1917’ brushstrokes and twinkling finale, Wildernesses‘ arrival shouldn’t be ignored. In between, there is a steeliness to ‘English Darkness’ and a brooding weight that haunts ‘Maintenance’.
‘death fetish,’ the new album from Moodring captures the project’s evolution. After being diagnosed with a rare neuro-immune condition in 2022, the project has regressed to being an outlet for Hunter Young. His determination and frustrations are poured out on Moodring‘s second full-length. Musically, it evolves from the Deftones-like ‘Stargazer’, to something that is cold, industrious, and at times, violent. Moments such as ‘Gunplay (Suicdal 3way)’ and ‘anywhere but here’ are bleak, even uncomfortable. Whereas ‘masochist machine’ thrives on Young’s unhinged energy and cathartic release. Through its grit and darkness, Moodring continues to be an immersive name among the alt-metal pack.
For Free Throw vocalist/guitarist Cory Castro, the band’s sixth album, ‘Moments Before the Wind,’ allows him to observe a period of transition. The emo outfit is as honest as ever, with Castro reflecting on the end of a long-term relationship and impending fatherhood. The quintet’s brand of emo rock continues to be assuredly delivered, allowing its 11 tracks to be executed with a sense of familiarity. When paired with Castro’s wiser songwriting, it’s a comfortable outing for the Nashville-based band.
Among today’s lengthy list of releases, you can hear new albums from Don Broco, Black Label Society, and Pet Needs.There is also new music from metalcore monsters Chamber, eclectic German electro-metalcore band Samurai Pizza Cats, Canadian pop-punks The July Crowd, and many more.
What is out on #NewMusicFriday?
Metalcore | Progressive | Hardcore | Metal | Death Metal / Deathcore | EPs | Reissues and Compilations
Albums
Rock / Alternative Rock / Hard Rock
Don Broco – Nightmare Tripping
Ricky – What’s The Point
Lansdowne – Wish You Well
Alternative / Indie / Post-Rock
Wildernesses – Growth
Pet Needs – Elbows Out! This Is Capitalism
The New Pornographers – The Former Site Of
Closed City – Closed City
Krooked Kings – In Another Life
Vero – Razor Tongue
Elephant Kind – More Time
Microwaves – Temporal Shifter
Emo / Pop-Punk / Pop-Rock / Punk / Post-Punk
Tigers Jaw – Lost on You
Free Throw – Moments Before The Wind
The Casualties – Detonate
Offend Your Friends – Almost Didn’t Make It
Hit Like a Girl – Burning At Both Ends
Evil Blizzard – Death Songs and Lullabies
Metalcore
Moodring – death fetish
Samurai Pizza Cats – Press Start
Chamber – This Is Goodbye…
Hardcore
Incendiary – Product of New York
Progressive
Godsticks – Void
Metal
Black Label Society – Engines of Demolition
Mallavora – What If Better Never Comes?
Defying Decay – Synthetic Sympathy
Winterfylleth – The Unyielding Season
Myrath – Wilderness Of Mirrors
Valyear – An Invitation to Chaos
Hellripper – Coronach
Divine Chaos – Hate Reactor
Iron Savior – Awesome Anthems Of The Galaxy
Death Metal / Deathcore
Growth – Under the Under
Këkht Aräkh – Morning Star
Miserate – Weaver Of Witchery
EPs
HEALTH – R-TYPE III
The July Crowd – The Way That I Felt Last Year.
Lost Ghost – Anarchy and Ashes
Flesh Planet – first flesh
Lo Rays – Re:Birth Sequence
HEADSEND – Angel Glands
Clarion – Blue Fairy
Anneke Van Giersbergen – La Mort
Final Coil – 1994
Reissues and Compilations
Heaven and Hell – Breaking Out Of Heaven 2007–2009
Queen – Queen II (Remastered)
If you think I’ve missed something or have a new album/EP/song to tell us about, tell us about it here.
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