New Music Friday – September 19th, 2025

Welcome to this week’s edition of New Music Friday, where we round-up all of the week’s releases from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie.

Welcome to this week’s edition of New Music Friday, where we round-up all of 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

crooked – Dismantle the Nerve (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Formed out of the ashes of New Jersey unit Doses, crooked channel the spirit of 00s metalcore “On Dismantle the Nerve“, a sound that many of us would have found while scouring MySpace and watching YouTube compilations of our favourite video games. With a chorus that sinks itself into the ear, what comes next is highly anticipated.

Friendship Commanders – FOUND (Single)
Label – Magnetic Eye Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: Dream-grunge duo Friendship Commanders have been preparing the ground for LP4, Bear. Since Mass, they’ve done even more work on their production, elevating “FOUND” to new heights. Buick Audra finds so many ways to decorate the track with dynamically layered vocals, and all the grooves from the drums are instant classics. This will be the record’s penultimate track, making it especially tantalising.

Pale Sailor – shrimply the best (Single)
Label – Independent/Badhead Music
(Spotify/Apple Music

Dobbin recommends: Sheffield might not be the industrial hub it used to be, but you can be sure all its Carhartt emos are bopping it to locals Pale Sailor. “shrimply the best” has that coveted midwest sound with added urgency and aching nostalgia, especially when the gang vocals hit in the bridge. With their production and sound now locked down, it’s only a matter of time before they drop a long format release that becomes a UK emo classic.

Tribe of Ghosts – FOREVER FALLING UPWARDS (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: CITY was an amazing achievement for Tribe of Ghosts, enough to sort them for some time, but they have seen fit to grace us with a single to keep us haunted in 2025. “FOREVER FALLING UPWARDS” is a relatively poppy track from them, with dual vocals firing much of the time to land both hooks and barbs. It’s absolutely not without teeth, as the closing deathcore-style segment demonstrates, the beefiest they’ve ever sounded.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Castle Rat – The Bestiary
Label – King Volume Records

Heretoir – Solastalgia
Label – AOP Records

I Prevail – Violent Nature
Label – Fearless Records

Lonesome – In The Hope This Finds You
Label – Easy Life Records

Ousted – How Do You Cope?
Label – Ashtray Monument

Still Here – Scars Like Chains
Label – Still Here

Æl-Fierlen – All Is Far Away
Label – Waking Gods Records

Catsclaw – Perfect Death
Label – Independent

In Your Grave – Gates of Torment
Label – Independent

Amnio – Psalms of Immortality
Label – Crow’s Nest Records

Soulkeeper – Join Us In Creating Excellence (EP)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Torizon – Meliora (EP)
Label – Independent

6 Months to Live – built to fail (Single)
Label – 6 Months to Live

Asphagor – Into the Storm (Single)
Label – Immortal Frost Productions

Austin Road – THRÆLL (Single)
Label – AR Records

Better Lovers – Don’t Forget To Say Please (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE

Bleeding Truth – Patient 220(Come Home) (Single)
Label – Dont Panic! records

Blindfolded and Led to the Woods – Cafune (Single)
Label – Prosthetic Records

ChuggaBoom – Music To Drown By (Single)
Label – Independent

Darko US – Congratulations (Single)
Label – Independent

DISSONANT TONGUE – SAY GOODBYE (Single)
Label – Independent

Divine Hatred – No Conscience (Single)
Label – Kycker Music

Dying Fetus – Into The Cesspool (Single)
Label – Relapse Records

Fluent Panic – Chance (Single)
Label – STEELSHOOTER x Fluent Panic

Forged in Fire – Guardian (Single)
Label – Independent

From First To Last – Mirror Soul (Single)
Label – SKELETOR INTL

Galleons & Patient Sixty-Seven – Feel Alive II (Autumn Winds) (Single)
Label – Oxide Records

Dead//Fall – Gods Should Bleed (Single)
Label – Independent

Iridium – CLOUD9 (Single)
Label – Independent

Lokead – Somehow (Single)
Label – RL Records

Nameless Planet – Outcast (Single)
Label – Independent

Parallyx – Under Your Skin (Single)
Label – Independent

Stitched – Persona Non Grata (Single)
Label – Independent

Supervulkan – Impero dei sensi (Single)
Label – Independent

The Good Depression – Curse the Witch (Single)
Label – Independent

Underneath – In the Shadow of a Watchtower (Single)
Label – Independent

Unprocessed – Beyond Heaven’s Gate (Single)
Label – Independent

Vanna – Time is Violence (Single)
Label – inspirit records

Varials – I’ll Find the Dark (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

Seeing Things – Self-Made Misery (Single)
Label – Fragments Clique

Bloom – Tongue Tied (feat. Mikaila Delgado) (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

MOUTH BREAKER – Chelsea Grinned (Single)
Label – SIGNAL FIVE STUDIO

DEATHMASK – Brujerizmo (Single)
Label – Blegh! Label

Of Mice & Men – Troubled Water (Single)
Label – Century Media

Palisades – Necessity (Single)
Label – Independent

The Halo Effect – I Wanna Be Somebody (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Arch Enemy – Break the Spell (Single)
Label – Century Media

Atreyu – Dead (Single)
Label – Spinefarm

Conjurer – Let Us Live (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Guilt Trip – Burn (Single)
Label – Roadrunner Records

Heavy//Hitter – Coming To Terms (feat. Zayna Youssef of Sweet Pill) (Single)
Label – Blue Grape Music Inc.

Mastiff – Decimated Graves (Single)
Label – Church Road Records

Thornhill – Mercia (Single)
Label – UNFD

Upon the Water – HiveMind (Single)
Label – Independent

As Everything Unfolds – POINT OF VIEW (Single)
Label – Century Media

Axty – selfish (Single)
Label – Napalm Records Handels GmbH

Gates to Hell – Disfigured (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir – Three Covers (Single)
Label – Independent

To Speak Of Wolves – Son of the Swarm (Single)
Label – Cardigan Records

Forever & for Now – BETTER DEAD HERE THAN DEAD IN THE CORE (Single)
Label – JaredForNow

HARDCORE RELEASES

Deaf Club – We Demand A Permanent State Of Happiness (Album)
Label – Southern Lord

C4 – Payback’s A Bitch (Album)
Label – Triple B Records

SANGRE – SANGRE (Album)
Label – Independent

Missing Link – Miracle Smile (EP)
Label – Triple B Records

Mitraille – EP IV (EP)
Label – Belly Button Records

SPIT TRUTH – GOOD FOR YOU (EP)
Label – Independent

Theurgy HC – Theurgy (EP)
Label – Independent

BILLY – Hell Is When I’m With You (EP)
Label – Whatcha Gonna Do Records

Satin Black – SPLIT w/ CALAMITY (EP)
Label – Snot-Box Records

Hard Target – Divinity (EP)
Label – Static Era Records

Realm of Torment – Don’t Close Your Eyes (Single)
Label – TCS x RAGE

Death Strider – Total System Failure (Single)
Label – Independent

Desamor – Eyes On You (Single)
Label – Fuckshit Records

Drop Rate – Twin Charm Volume 1 (Single)
Label – Setterwind Records

Human Issue – Inside (Single)
Label – Dutch Flohr Park Music

Power of Fear – N.O.F.W.Y. / Reduced to Ash (Single)
Label – Independent

SPENT – No Surprise (Single)
Label – Grotto Audio

Turn Cold – Stab in the Dark (Single)
Label – Upstate Records

Pavey Ark – Yesterday Is Done (Single)
Label – Sunk Island Records

BIG ASS TRUCK I.E. – BACK-WHEEL STOMP (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

DRAIN – Scared Of Everything And Nothing (Single)
Label – Epitaph

Lacerated – Dysphoria (Single)
Label – Independent

Dead Heat – By My Will (Single)
Label – Metal Blade Records

False Reality – FROZEN (Single)
Label – Hassle Records

Raw Conflict – Hope-U Dynasty (Single)
Label – Raw Recordings

50 Lions – Sacrifice (Single)
Label – Last Ride Records

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Motion City Soundtrack – The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World (Album)
Label – Epitaph

glasseyed – death wish (EP)
Label – Ghostcore

Public Opinion – Perpetual Motion Machine (EP)
Label – SideOneDummy Records

Secret World – Tomorrow Is A Mystery To Me (EP)
Label – Last Ride Records

Cape Fade – A Dream We All Share (EP)
Label – NEW MORALITY ZINE

A Skylit Drive – Se7en (Single)
Label – Independent

Alkaline Trio – Bleeding Out (Single)
Label – Rise Records

Deaf Havana – Tracing Lines (Single)
Label – SO Recordings / Silva Screen Records Limited

Fangclub – Champagne Problems (Single)
Label – Headwire

Frightful Places – Third Wheel (Single)
Label – Independent

Greyhaven – Where The Light Leaves Us (Single)
Label – Solid State Records

IST IST – I Am The Fear (Single)
Label – Kind Violence Records

Kite Thief – CHOKE (Single)
Label – Independent

Mouth Culture – Picking Wings Off A Butterfly (Single)
Label – InVogue Records

PAVÉ – The Weight of Letting Go (Single)
Label – UPGRADE

Waterparks – IF LYRICS WERE CONFIDENTIAL (Single)
Label – BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

Blood Command – Mariah’s Song (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Calling All Captains – A New Type of Grey (Single)
Label – New Damage Records

Hail The Sun – Insensitive Tempo (Single)
Label – Equal Vision Records

heaven // alone – too bright to see // too loud to hear (Single)
Label – stay for a slice records

The All-American Rejects – Search Party! (Single)
Label – Slick Shoes

Artio – The Devil You Know (feat. Cody Frost) (Single)
Label – Lab Records

Bad Juju – Unwind (Single)
Label – Independent

divedown – In My Head (Single)
Label – Ninth Life Records

FOXHAUNT – A New Beginning (Single)
Label – Independent

Heartline – Dead Batteries (Single)
Label – Independent

The Pretty Wild – PARADOX (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records

Bearings – Float Away (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

bed bug guru – Cut Down (Single)
Label – Superbloom

Camp Trash – Between the X’s (Single)
Label – Count Your Lucky Stars

Footballhead – Hesitate (Single)
Label – Tiny Engines

Public Opinion – Finale Rack (Single)
Label – SideOneDummy Records

DON BROCO – Disappear (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Nine Inch Nails – TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Album)
Label – The Null Corporation/Interscope Records

Rawzilk – Passion Disorder (Album)
Label – Independent

Wicca Phase Springs Eternal – Mossy Oak Shadow (Album)
Label – Run For Cover

airshade – forgotten reality (Single)
Label – from heart to heart

FlowerBoyDeMii – Utopian Light (Single)
Label – maeyuuki

Ivory Daze – Corset (Single)
Label – Quiet Panic

Lights – EDUCATION (Single)
Label – Lights Music Inc.

Pale Sailor – shrimply the best (Single)
Label – Badhead Music

Snõõper – Pom Pom (Single)
Label – Third Man Records

Agriculture – Dan’s Love Song (Single)
Label – The Flenser

PRIMROSE – Love Your Flower (Single)
Label – WM Korea

Rocket – Another Second Chance (Single)
Label – Transgressive Records

The Midnight – Runaways (feat. Bonnie McKee) (Single)
Label – Ultra Records, LLC

White Lies – Keep Up (Single)
Label – Play It Again Sam

They Are Gutting a Body of Water – rl stine (Single)
Label – ATO Records

bleach.bath – Cloud (Single)
Label – bleach.FM

Wicca Phase Springs Eternal – Meet Me Anywhere (Single)
Label – Run For Cover