Captivating emo punk rockers NOGATO trace the weight of time and shifting bonds on “Lo que he ganado, lo que he perdido”

SECOND YOUTH return with “Only Child”, tackling loneliness, trauma, and identity

In Shorts: New Releases, Sept 5-12th

One week, full overflow. In Shorts: New Releases, Sept 5–12th packs fresh cuts across the map: Hardcore/Metalcore, Screamo/Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock & Post-Metal, Punk/Pop-Punk, Alt/Indie Rock, Post-Punk/Shoegaze/Noise, Metal & Black Metal, plus a few curveballs in Electronic/Experimental and straight-up Industry News. Scroll fast, pick your poison, back the bands. ⤵ Hardcore / Metalcore SPEED are back with a new EP, All My Angels, dropping October 23 on Flatspot Records and Last Ride Records. It’s three tracks deep, produced by Elliott Gallart, and written in the aftermath of losing three close friends. Heavy subject matter, heavier sound. First single “Peace” landed this week

Brooklyn’s THE TWIN return with “Blue Honey” and share the video for “The Void”

The Potato Song is Jesse Krakow’s skewed entry into prog absurdism

KING YOSEF’s “Spire of Fear” pushes outward while looking back to Portland roots

Screamo act Noyé return with “Questo cielo è un soffitto più sporco di quello che ho”, new single with GILLIAN CARTER streaming

DEAF CLUB confronts 9/11 and the politics of war with “Pain In The Assery”

“Non Compos Mentis”: DEVOLVER’s six–year path to their defining statement

Polish hardcore crew BALLKICK unveils “Metallic Taste of Betrayal” feat. guests from 25 Ta Life, Fury of Five, Shattered Realm

STENTIAL explore memory, loss, and recognition in “Act II: Instant Recognition//Effortless Comfort”

OFFCELL’s “Still Here” puts European emotion at the heart of modern hardcore

Years of scars, chaos, and unfinished business surface on WOLVES’ debut

Sayonara to the past, scratches in the pit, and hardcore still running wild with SMASH YOUR FACE

In Shorts: New Releases, Aug 14th – Sept 5th

LATIN FOR TRUTH return after a decade-long hiatus with “Southern Fantasia”

STILL IN LOVE (members of Dead Swans, Throats, Brutality Will Prevail, Last Witness and Bring Me The Horizon) share “Recovery Language” with a top 5 list of influences

French post hardcore band HOURGLASS look back at youth and exhaustion on “The Beast Is a Boy”

HEATHE release “Uproar Taking Shape” from upcoming double album Control Your Soul’s Desire for Freedom

Explosive metal hardcore hybrid PAINS traces a decade of evolution from Kingmaker to Blistering Wrath