{"id":98850,"date":"2025-05-09T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=98850"},"modified":"2025-05-10T18:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T17:17:50","slug":"newmusicfriday-may-9th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/newmusicfriday-may-9th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"#NewMusicFriday: May 9th 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Wonder Years – Burst & Decay Vol. III<\/a>
\nmclusky – the world is still here and so are we<\/a>
\nRaue – too scared to explain<\/a>
\nWhat is out on this #NewMusicFriday?<\/a>
\nTake me to the Playlist<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For many, this week’s #NewMusicFriday<\/b> will be about one release – the new album from Sleep Token<\/b>. Having become one of the world’s most talked-about bands following 2023’s ‘Take Me Back to Eden,’\u00a0<\/em>their fourth album, ‘Even in Arcadia’,<\/em>) arrives with a weight of expectation. Early signs indicate the enigmatic group live up to it, simultaneously crossing genres and expressing anxiety at their newfound stardom.<\/p>\n

If you’re someone who isn’t fussed about Sleep Token<\/strong>, then there’s plenty of musical goodness to sink your teeth into. For starters, there is new music from\u00a0The Wonder Years<\/strong> , who roll out a third volume of their ‘Burst & Decay’<\/em> series. Meanwhile,\u00a0 noisy Welsh post-hardcore mob\u00a0mclusky<\/strong> drop their first album in 21 years,\u00a0‘the world is still here and so are we’<\/em>. You can read about both of these releases below, along with the new EP from promising duo,\u00a0Raue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here are some of this week’s other #NewMusicFriday<\/strong> highlights:<\/p>\n

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  • Extreme metal giants Behemoth<\/strong> deliver their 13th album, ‘The Shit Ov God’.<\/em> It sees the Polish group slim down their brand of black metal to eight tracks, yet maintains the occasional grandiose you come to expect.<\/li>\n
  • The Amazons<\/strong> swap indie rock for swaggering rock with ’21st Century Fiction’<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Nu-metal revivalists Tetrarch<\/strong> continue to carve out a path of their own on ‘The Ugly Side Of Me,’\u00a0<\/em>yet do it with mixed results.<\/li>\n
  • Finland’s Svarta Havet<\/strong> provide an enticing brand of gloomy post-hardcore on ‘M\u00e5nen Ska Lysa Din V\u00e4g’<\/em> (The moon will light your way<\/em>), threading in elements of post-metal and black metal into their atmospheric and abrasive sound.<\/li>\n
  • Underground UK punk group, Kicked In The Teeth<\/strong>, stay brutally Northern as\u00a0‘Watling Street Chambers’<\/em> combines pounding rhythms with a melodic aptness.<\/li>\n
  • Rock\/post-hardcore trio\u00a0Black Map<\/strong> return with\u00a0‘Hex’<\/em>. Their fourth album sees the San Francisco band explore personal struggle, authenticity, and resilience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    There are also releases from\u00a0Our Last Night<\/strong>,\u00a0Counting Crows<\/strong>,\u00a0Haken<\/strong>, Demeted<\/strong>,\u00a0O\u2019Phantom<\/strong>, and more.<\/p>\n

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