Weekly New Releases - 9/19/2025

[PlanetConway]

Friday Friday New Release Friday! So much great stuff here and the new Wednesday is an AOTY contender (and it has a song that is very close to being a hardcore song).

Hardcore:

Billy - Hell is When I'm With You (hardcore punk)
C4 - Payback's a Bitch (hardcore punk)
Cannabeast - Serpent (metalcore)
Cape Fade - A Dream We All Share (groovy hardcore)
Cult Member - Gore (crossover? I can't find a listenable link yet)
Deaf Club - We Demand a Permanent State of Happiness (hardcore punk)
Duck Duck Goose - Love Will Set You Free (sasscore)
Expunge/Panic Attack - Tools to Kill Humans (hardcore punk)
Gob - Do You Believe in Gob? (hardcore punk)
Just Look Around - Demo '25 (hardcore punk)
Look Ahead - Cologne Straight Edge Demo (hardcore punk)
Many Eyes - Combust (metalcore, I, again, assume because I can't find a link)
Missing Link - Miracle Smile (metallic hardcore)
Ousted - How Do You Cope? (metallic hardcore)
Soulkeeper - Join Us in Creating Excellence (metalcore)
Sniper's Nest - Sniper's Nest (hardcore punk)
Spark of Life - Plagued By the Human Condition (melodic hardcore, bordering on pop-punk)

Adjacent/Of Interest:

Bad Cop/Bad Cop - Lighten Up (punk)
Cardi B - Am I the Drama? (rap)
Castle Rat - The Bestiary (stoner doom)
Grand Prix - Don't Turn Away/Nineteen (alt-rock)
Mismiths - Dead to ME.P. (some sort of Smiths/Misfits sounding band)
Motion City Soundtrack - The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World (emoish alt-rock)
Nation of Language - Dance Called Memory (electro shoegaze?)
Nine Inch Nails - Tron: Ares (electrosoundtrack)
Novembers Doom - Major Arcana (death doom metal)
Paradise Lost - Ascension (doom metal)
Public Opinion - Perpetual Motion Machine (alt-rock/punk)
Sarah McLachlan - Better Broken (pop rock)
Scorpionmilk - Slime of the Times (anarcho-punk)
Secret World - Tomorrow is a Mystery to Me (alt-rock/punk)
TRSH - String Theory (emo)
Wednesday - Bleeds (lots of genres, but indie folk throughout)
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal - Mossy Oak Shadow (emo)

I'm not going to listen, but maybe some of you may care about these:

38 Special
Black Lips
I Prevail
Kittie

For more metal and rock releases, head over to Dan's blog: https://gettingitout.net/this-weeks-new-releases-204/

Let's hear what I missed in the comments, I'll be editing all day, check back. I'll add today's full releases, but also share singles!

As always, support the bands if you like stuff!

[castlehawkthorn]

New Fatal Visions LP dropped at noon. https://fatalvisions.bandcamp.com/album/no-end-in-sight

[Davidjednat]

That Castle Rat album is a banger.