New Music Friday – March 13th, 2026

Welcome to St Patrick’s Day and Friday the 13th edition of New Music Friday, where we round-up all the week’s releases from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. For a full view of what’s coming up, check out our release calendar a look to see what other releases are coming up. The NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the page.

STAFF PICKS

GRUDGE – Fixate (Single)
Label – Novice Airman
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Baltimore unit GRUDGE take a diversion from their well-known hardcore punk sound on latest single “Fixate“. Channelling a more emotive side, as clean guitar chords fill the track, lead by impassioned vocals that capture the ear. This sitting alongside the rage-filled single “I Hope You Rot” ensures that the upcoming record these singles are a part of will be one to keep an eye out for.

Mistress – In My Tomb (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Mistress return after two years, and once again impress on their double single under the title of “In My Tomb“, with”Funeral of the Fae” to accompany it. Their weighty, funeral doom sound rings through strong once again, proving what a gem they are within the genre, and hopefully 2026 will be the year that they are seen as one of the finest going.

Sweat – Don’t Know Why I Bite (Single)
Label – Vitriol Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Ahead of upcoming record, Tear It On Down, Sweat have unleashed another single in the form of “Don’t Know Why I Bite“. Showcasing their traditional hardcore punk sound, with earworms for riffs and barked vocals that command the track, each single continues to prove that the Tear It On Down is going to be a grand listen.

Without a Face – Needful Things (Single)
Label – PAPERCUT
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: After kicking the door, and then some, on debut EP Rat Poison. Without a Face are back to ensure maximal damage to whatever remains in their pave on dual offering “Resurfacing” and “Needful Things“. Pushing their instruments of choice to the extreme with their beatdown/deathcore sound, both tracks pummel the senses to its will and before delivering one last pile driver with an absolutely diabolical breakdown, which might be the heaviest this year so far.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Bound in Fear – A Mind Too Sick To Heal
Label – Unique Leader Records

Lamb of God – Into Oblivion
Label – Epic Records

No/Más – No Peace
Label – Redefining Darkness Records

UnityTX – SOMEWHERE, IN BETWEEN…
Label – Pure Noise Records

A Kiss Before Burial – Eyes On The Demise (EP)
Label – Masochist Records

Glass Grave – Memento Mori (EP)
Label – Independent

The Good Depression – Where Grace Won’t Grow (EP)
Label – Independent

Wielded Steel – Sins Of Your Domain (EP)
Label – 1126 Records

Mauled – When Your Eyes Are Shut (EP)
Label – Independent

BIG ASS TRUCK I.E. – PUSHED BEYOND THE BRINK (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Cenobia – Make Us Whole Again (Single)
Label – Collective Untamed Music

Changing Tides – To Exist Is Worth Nothing (Single)
Label – Independent

Flowers For Emily – Reversal (Single)
Label – Ephyra

If Not For Me – Unholy (Single)
Label – Thriller Records

King 810 – I hurt someones little girl (Single)
Label – Independent

LOVELETTER – Nostalgia (Single)
Label – Independent

Nylist – Entombment of a Machine (Single)
Label – Independent

Only The Righteous – Hypomanic (Single)
Label – Righteous Records

Pilori – La Présence des Absents (Single)
Label – Frozen Records

Spitfyre – Selling Outrage (Single)
Label – Independent

Torrential Rain – Like A Drug (Single)
Label – Independent

You Will Die – Burial Plot (Single)
Label – The Coming Strife

Catalysis – Deathblow (Single)
Label – Independent

Defences – Metamorphosis (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records

Marked;Life – Worship (Single)
Label – Dark Horse Records

Melvins & Napalm Death – Rip The God (Single)
Label – Ipecac Recordings

Playing With Knives – DNR (Single)
Label – Independent

Chamber – without a trace (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Our Last Crusade – Beyond Death (Single)
Label – Independent

ZERRE – Rotting on a Golden Throne (Single)
Label – Dying Victims Productions

Pure Bliss – I Want You To Die (feat. The Acacia Strain) (Single)
Label – Unbeaten Records

RATS WILL FEAST – Frail Bones (Single)
Label – Time To Kill Records

HARDCORE RELEASES

Hindsight – Some Things Never Change
Label – Rebirth Records

Vitamin X – Ride The Apocalypse
Label – Svart Records

Votive – An Infinite Capacity For Joy
Label – Persistent Vision / Dog Knights Productions

Clotheslined – End of Days
Label – Independent

WIN BIG – Feelings On Tick
Label – Short Corner Records

Know//suffer – The Curse of Care (EP)
Label – Silent Pendulum Records

Wisdom & War – See Through My Eyes (EP)
Label – Unbeaten Records

Deviated State – Strung Out (EP)
Label – TVA or Die

Syphon – Shame (EP)
Label – Independent

True Fraud – Demo #2 (EP)
Label – Collective Memory

Circle Back – Cutting Broken Dreams (Single)
Label – Independent

Escalate – 1080 (Single)
Label – New Age Records

Eyes Of Salt – Hiding Behind Comfort (Single)
Label – WAR Records

LaVein – Puncture Wounds (Single)
Label – Independent

Vale Tudo – Distracted (Single)
Label – Independent

Vulgar – Glass Shards (Single)
Label – Independent

Defeat The Giant – New Heights (Single)
Label – DIRTI

Drop Off Point – Souls (Single)
Label – NZHCPP

Wake of Humanity – Distress Signal (Single)
Label – New Age Records

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Shoreline – Is This The Low Point Or The Moment After?
Label – Pure Noise Records

Sweet Pill – Still There’s a Glow
Label – Hopeless Records

YONAKA – Until You’re Satisfied
Label – Distiller Records

never easy – i still care
Label – prettyugly records

Forager – You Just Want Me Dead. (EP)
Label – Independent

fakeyourdeath – (NON)ENTITY (EP)
Label – Independent

Bilmuri – ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN (feat. A Day To Remember) (Single)
Label – Columbia

Chastity – Maximum Wage (Single)
Label – Independent

Death of Me – Adeline (Single)
Label – Independent

Drop Dead, Gorgeous – GHOSTS (Single)
Label – The Artery Foundation

Normandie – Mayday (Single)
Label – Independent

falselove – like you used to (Single)
Label – Independent

heaven // alone – escape myself (Single)
Label – stay for a slice records

newshapes – falling away (Single)
Label – Lab Records

paradise fell. – SUPER TURBO. (Single)
Label – Unit F Productions

AS IT IS – Marilyn (Single)
Label – FLG

BITTER KISSES – Rival (Single)
Label – Sourpatch Records

Bad Juju – The Weight of Water (Single)
Label – Easy Life Records

Drug Church – Pynch (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

EXTS – Start Again (Single)
Label – Independent

Hell Hotel – am i nothing now?. (Single)
Label – enjoy your stay

I Am The Avalanche – LAUGHING AND BLEEDING (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records

Siamese – drown (Single)
Label – Long Branch Records

Sugar Horse – Ex-Human Shield (Single)
Label – Fat Dracula Records

sace6 – covet (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records

Blood Command – Wet Death (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Gouge Away – Figurine (Single)
Label – Run For Cover

Intercourse – Violet (Single)
Label – Brutal Panda Records

Koyo – What I’m Worth (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Secret World – It Hurts (Single)
Label – Last Ride Records

The Sound of Modesty – No Face (Single)
Label – Wuthering Records

The XCERTS – in your eyes (Single)
Label – FLG

CQ Wrestling – Pacifico (Single)
Label – TRUTH RECORDS

Filth is Eternal – Hellfire (Single)
Label – MNRK Music

Bite the Hand – Foam (Single)
Label – Wiretap Records

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Chalk – Crystalpunk
Label – ALTER Music LLC

Mascara – Going Postal
Label – Fever Ltd.

Art School Girlfriend – Lean In
Label – Fiction Records

HEALTH – R-TYPE II (EP)
Label – Loma Vista Recordings

Dea – SeeYouSoon (EP)
Label – Independent

Emma Aibara – cloud_int.sys (Single)
Label – Independent

S1RENA – L1ebe 1n der Luft (Single)
Label – Columbia Local

Spacey Jane – Do You Really Love Her (Single)
Label – Independent

Sunny Side Down – Rotting Girl (Single)
Label – Independent

babyidontlikeyou – Bella’s body (Single)
Label – Babyidontlikeyou

8485 – The Fear (Single)
Label – Independent

FlowerBoyDeMii – taste my love (Single)
Label – Independent

Night Rider – Noční Můra (Single)
Label – Independent

A.A. Williams – Hold It Together (Single)
Label – Reigning Phoenix Music

BIG|BRAVE – the ineptitude for mutual discernment (Single)
Label – Thrill Jockey

DJ Kuroneko – crawler (Single)
Label – LUC Records