32 New Metal & Hardcore Songs Out This Week
Between today's Bandcamp fundraiser, all the quarantine-era content being released, and all your regularly scheduled programming, it has been a massive week for heavy music. I reviewed the new Umbra Vitae (J Bannon's new death metal band) and Viva Belgrado albums for Notable Releases, and you can also read about the new An Autumn For Crippled Children, Witchcraft, Pyre, and more at Invisible Oranges' Upcoming Metal Releases. Scroll down for new songs from Bell Witch/Aerial Ruin, The Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato, Pyrrhon, Chelsea Wolfe (Cramps cover), Cave In (Rolling Stones cover), Marissa Nadler (Metallica cover), Thou (Black Sabbath cover), Black Mountain, Haram, Mindforce, Infant Island, KRUELTY, and tons more.
BELL WITCH & AERIAL RUIN - "HEAVEN TORN LOW III (THE TOLL)"
Bell Witch and Aerial Run will release a collaborative album in June via Profound Lore, and you can read more about the slowcore-ish lead single here.
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GREG PUCIATO (DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN) - "DEEP SET"
Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato has shared another song off his upcoming debut solo album Child Soldier: Creator of God. Fans of classic Nine Inch Nails should not sleep on this one.
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PYRRHON - "ABSCESS TIME"
"You could think of ['Abscess Time'] as our version of ‘rock music,'" says Doug Moore of the usually death metal-oriented Pyrrhon. "It’s got more in common with The Stooges or Flipper than with Suffocation or Atheist." That's true, and this song is also a filthy mess (in a good way). Read more here.
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THE SWORD - "SHE" (KISS COVER)
Long-running riffers The Sword have a new compilation, Chronology 2006 - 2018 and Conquest of Kingdoms, on the way, and it'll include this newly-released cover of Kiss' "She."
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A.A. WILLIAMS - "ALL I ASKED FOR (WAS TO END IT ALL)"
A.A. Williams announced her debut album for Bella Union, and the first taste is the dark, climactic "All I Asked For (Was To End it All)." Read more here.
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MANY BLESSINGS - "RUINA"
Many Blessings, the solo noise project of Ethan McCarthy who also plays in the sludge band Primitive Man and the grindcore band Vermin Womb, will release his sophomore album Emanation Body on May 29 via Translation Loss. Read more about lead single "Ruina" here.
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CHELSEA WOLFE - "SHEENA'S IN A GOTH GANG" (CRAMPS COVER)
Chelsea Wolfe offered up a killer take on this Cramps classic for Really Bad Music For Really Bad People: The Cramps as Heard Through the Meat Grinder of Three One G.
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CAVE IN - "MOONLIGHT MILE" (ROLLING STONES COVER)
Cave In have put a Stones cover up for Bandcamp Day, a sludgy take on Sticky Fingers cover "Moonlight Mile."
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MARISSA NADLER - COVERS 3
Marissa Nadler has put out a mostly-covers EP which finds her applying her usual haunting style to Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters," Townes Van Zandt's "My Proud Mountains," Bob Dylan's "I Was Young When I Left Home," and King Crimson's "Moonchild." There's also an original song called "Strange Days" (which is not a Doors cover).
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - ATONEMENT II B-SIDES FOR CHARITY
"These songs didn't make the final cut for 'Atonement'," says Killswitch Engage's Jesse Leach. "Choosing which songs make an album remains a tough process for me. While the songs that made the most sense appear on the album, I'm still attached to every song I write. So, when the idea came up to put these B-Sides out and donate funds to a charity, I was relieved at the idea and the band unanimously agreed to the cause. I am proud these songs get to see a release, and to help others in the process is a huge bonus." 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the COVID-19 Relief Fund for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy.
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SACRED BONES RECORDS - BLACK SABBATH TRIBUTE LP
Sacred Bones released a compilation of Black Sabbath covers from artists on their roster, including Zola Jesus, Thou, Marissa Nadler, The Soft Moon, Moon Duo, Uniform, Hilary Woods, and more. Some of these have been released before, but some are new, and either way, it's great to have all these awesome covers in one place.
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NEW MORALITY ZINE - MEMO SESSIONS
Hardcore (and more) label New Morality Zine dropped this compilation where "artists were asked to pick one of their songs and use the Voice Memo app to record an unplugged version of their song." Downward, Excide, Fake Eyes, Porcupine, Glean, and Sweet Soul contribute.
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BLACK MOUNTAIN - "ECHOES" B/W "FLUX"
Heavy psych revivalists Black Mountain dropped two new monsters for Bandcamp Day.
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EX EYE - LIVE AT SAINT VITUS
Avant-metallers Ex Eye dropped this new live album on Bandcamp via Relapse, and they put up a video of the 2017 show too.
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MONOLORD - EMPRESS RISING (INSTRUMENTAL)
Monolord drop an instrumental version of their 2014 album Empress Rising.
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SUNN O))) - LIFE METAL REHEARSAL
Sunn O))) have released rehearsal sessions from last year's Life Metal, with all proceeds going to the Global Food Banking Network, "who support food banks affected by COVID-19 crisis." You can purchase them here.
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156/SILENCE - "CONFLICT OF INTEREST"
Pittsburgh's 156/Silence are among the many bands bringing classic-style metalcore back in interesting ways, and if you dig this kinda stuff, you're gonna wanna hear their upcoming album Irrational Pull, due June 5 via self-release. It was produced by Weekend Nachos' Andy Nelson and mastered by Brad Boatright (Torche, Integrity, Obituary, etc), and new single "Conflict of Interest" is a serious ripper.
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LINGUA IGNOTA - "JOLENE" (DOLLY PARTON COVER)
Lingua Ignota's take on the Dolly Parton classic is unlike any version of the song you've heard before.
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MINDFORCE - SWINGIN SWORDS, CHOPPIN LORDS EP
Poughkeepsie's Mindforce have been moving up in the metallic hardcore world for a few years now, and today they dropped a new four-song EP which finds them continuing to hone a crisp, tough sound that's rooted in some clear '80s and '90s influences but sounds totally fresh.
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HARAM - "FEAR OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE"
NYC hardcore greats Haram follow last year's Where Were You on 9/11? EP with the new single "Fear of the Arabic Language," and as you'd expect from this band, it's a ripper with a purpose.
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MORA PROKAZA - "BY CHANCE"
Russia's Mora Prokaza combine black metal filth, traditional Eastern European music, and the avant-garde on this genuinely weird song. It's the first taste of By Chance, which drops July 3 via Season of Mist.
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PARALYSIS - "CUT SHORT"
NJ crossover thrashers Paralysis will release their sophomore LP Mob Justice in May and you can read more about new single "Cut Short" here.
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OKKULTOKRATI - "LOATHE FOREVER" & "KISS OF DEATH"
Norwegian metalpunks Okkultokrati are releasing a new album, La Ilden Lyse, on May 15 via Southern Lord, and they're currently streaming these two scorchers from it.
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BEHOLD THE ARCTOPUS - "FORGOTTEN EXPLANATIONS"
Behold The Arctopus have shared another song off their upcoming album Hapeleptic Overtrove, and it finds this band sounding as avant-garde as ever.
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REEKING AURA - BENEATH THE CANOPY OF COMPOST EP
Reeking Aura is a new NY/NJ death metal band with some very familiar faces -- vocalist William Smith (Artificial Brain, Afterbirth, Buckshot Facelift); guitarists Ryan Lipynsky (Unearthly Trance, Serpentine Path), Rick Habeeb (Grey Skies Fallen, Buckshot Facelift), and Terrell Granum (Thaetas, Buckshot Facelift); drummer Keith Harris (Afterbirth); and bassist Tom Anderer (Grey Skies Fallen, Buckshot Facelift) -- and their debut EP Beneath the Canopy of Compost was produced by Colin Marston (of Behold... The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, Krallice, Gorguts, and more). It's three tracks of swampy yet razor-sharp DM and it's very worth checking out. Read more here.
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THOU & THE BODY - EVERYDAY, THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE (LIVE AT ROADBURN)
Thou and The Body have released a live album of their collaborative set from Roadburn 2018, with proceeds going to charity. It’s called Everyday, Things Are Getting Worse (yep). Read more here.
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DEATH - TIJUANA 10-09-1990
Relapse's DEATH: Non Analog – On Stage Series continued this week with TIJUANA 10-09-1990. Read more here.
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BRANT BJORK - "CLEANING OUT THE ASHTRAY"
Brant Bjork's self-titled album was pushed back to May 8 via Heavy Psych Sounds digitally (and May 29 physically), and while you wait, here's another song from it that finds his time-tested desert rock in fine form.
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SERJ TANKIAN (SYSTEM OF A DOWN) - "HAYASTANE"
System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian's latest song is a string-laden acoustic song with lyrics by Armenia’s Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan. Proceeds go to Armenia's My Step Foundation, which Serj says is" an amazing charity that is spearheading many meaningful initiatives within Armenia focusing on public health, education, culture, social welfare, environment along with other sectors in need, including the current crisis surrounding COVID-19."
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INFANT ISLAND - "CONTENT"
Infant Island's upcoming album Beneath (due 5/15 via Dog Knights) is shaping up to be one of this year's best screamo revival albums, and here's a new absolutely crushing single from it that finds Infant Island dipping their toes into sludge/post-metal territory.
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FAKE NAMES - "BEING THEM"
Punk supergroup Fake Names (mem Refused, Bad Religion, Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Embrace, etc) have shared another single off their upcoming debut album.
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KRUELTY - A DYING TRUTH
Japan's Kruelty blend metallic hardcore and death-doom on their new album A Dying Truth, which just got a release on Profound Lore this week.
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For even more new songs, browse our roundup of today's Bandcamp exclusives and our ‘New Songs’ archive. For new metal albums, browse ‘Upcoming Metal Releases’ on Invisible Oranges. And browse our ‘Metal’ category for even more heavy music news.