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

“We will march on through the everlasting winter.” ...

A concept album about the devil sending a man or machine down to Earth to destroy all of mankind is a feral, bold way to ...

Few seem willing to stray from this increasingly tired formula, but Entheos have managed to distinguish themselves by embracing a particularly technical brand of progressive death metal that has ...

Write the monthly intro paragraph here — set up the month, call out the big hitters everyone will already have seen, then the ...

Jonathan Hultén’s set was a masterclass in the symbiotic relationship between visual aesthetics and soundscapes. His wardrobe ...

“You’re sold a dream for the price of a nightmare.” These qualities extend to the album’s title track, utilizing imagery of natural disaster to talk of an impending danger. There is an aggressive edge ...

With revival bands noticeably oversaturating the core space, it’s becoming rarer to hear contemporary sound, relative to what the norm was not so long ago. Since 2023, deathcore of yore was, has been, ...

How’s it going, and how are you feeling about playing RADAR Festival? Michael: It’s going good. I’m a little tired, but I’m excited to play RADAR. This is our second time doing it – we weren’t ...

Whenever a rapper calls something a freestyle on an album, the worst-case scenario is that they are merely labeling it that to lower our expectations and accept lesser quality. After all, it can’t be ...

Three years since their last album, Omen, Michigan’s Of Virtue return with their next effort, Death of the Altar. When I examined Omen, I admittedly was quite harsh in my criticisms. The band took the ...