French New Wave Melancholic Punk project trait d’union unveil ghostly new track “hélas”

Asteriæ channel frustration and reflection on their new blackened post-hardcore metal epic “The Place I Call Myself”

NEVERBODY pairs progressive post-rock with a lucid, concept-driven arc on “Self Talk”

Sam Russo shares the video for “Bruises and Sunburn” ahead of his November West Coast run

CASKETS return with “The Only Heaven You’ll Know” and share the records that shaped their post-hardcore instincts

Lucynine shapes a bleak vision through post-black metal and stark visual symbolism in “Melena”

Kurt Brecht (D.R.I.) brings his long-lost book series back into print after decades out of circulation

In Shorts 🎃 New Releases, Oct 24-31, Halloween 2025

PEDESTAL FOR LEVIATHAN unveil “Enter: Vampyric Manifestation”, pushing symphonic blackened death metal toward heavier territory

Math metalcore band GLOBLIN deliver three restless tracks on “Inexplicable Joy”

Moving deeper into noise-scarred, nightmare infused screamo, with tetsuo’s “fauna”

ADULTS return with “the seeds we sow are sprouting buds nonetheless”, stitching two years of growth, loss and shifting ground into tangled indie-punk songs

“Heaven” arrives as a beautiful, closing statement to MEZMER’s upcoming EP “Melodrama”

VANDAMPIRE stream their debut album “Hope Scars” in full ahead of release, tracing life changes through shifting heaviness and atmosphere

GOING OFF drop the Halloween-timed “Kill List II” while guitarist Nate walks through the movies to watch every October

Berlin hardcore pack DOUBLE LIFE return with “Supermercato”

FAINTING DREAMS trace personal trauma and religious violence on eerie new album “You Can Be Anything”

HUMAN CRUSHING MACHINE confronts Las Vegas homelessness on “Tunnel Vision” (video premiere)

“Tensions” map the push and pull between who we are and who we’re told to be – exploring new album by XOAN

MASSA NERA confronts green capitalism and collapse in “The Emptiness of All Things”