Song of the Day

Crime Square, “Don't Be Mad,” from Takedown/RTF: New Jersey Brotherhood (2026)

The first track from this new project featuring members of Bulldoze/Train of Thought/Agents of Man.

MPB, “Victimologist,” from Flattened (2025)

Swedish noise rock with undercurrents of sludgy warmth and mathy quirks...

Unreal City, “Emptiness,” from Blood Memory (WAR Records, 2026)

Pittsburgh crew returns with another metallic hardcore offering for all who worship at the altar of mid-to-late-'90s Cleveland.

Afraid to Die, “Hell is a Place in My Mind,” from Hell is a Place in My Mind (The Coming Strife, 2026)

An interestingly blended form of U.K. metalcore that damn sure leaves a mark.

Stress Spells, “Too Little Too Late,” from Hearts Never Tire (Fuzz Records, 2026)

Semi-chaotic late-'90s/early-2000s metalcore meets screamo, to fine effect.

Achers, “Blue Lights,” from Bottom of the Hill (2026)

London act returns with an impressively elevated display of angular emo/indie.

Feel Worse, “Elbow Party,” from This Will Weigh Heavily on Your Annual Performance Appraisal (2025)

A dark, angular hybrid of noise rock/post-hardcore from Rochester, NY.

Statues, “Opportunities,” from Dopamine (ORD, 2025)

Prolific Swedish indie rock unit returns with album #4.

Black Helicopter, “Paralyze,” from Balancing Act (Best Brother Records, 2025)

An unexpected new full-length from these longstanding Boston rockers...

Luxury Weapons, “Perfection,” from The Light in a Low Place (2025)

Cool and weird, lightly sludge-tinged rock from this somewhat mysterious new trio.

Blind Eye, “Without Misery,” from Welcome to Hell (Defeat Records, 2025)

A no-nonsense form of furious metallic hardcore from the depths of Helsinki, Finland...

Bleeth, “Echoes of Doubt,” from Marionette (Seeing Red, 2025)

An eerily melodic form of dark sludge metal meets noise rock from this impressive Miami trio.

Peroxide Blonde, “Time & Time Again/Make You Mine” (Funeral Party, 2025)

Two new tunes of spiralingly layered and challenging to classify "alternative rock."

Knub, “Wet Lung,” from Crub (Expert Work/TGIC/Hex Records, 2025)

The latest heavy-hitter from arguably the world's finest current noise rock band.

Myth Carver, “Shadow Firmament,” from Twist of Fate (2025)

Some of the absolute finest traditional heavy metal that I've heard in years...

Pop Free, “Everything,” from Spring (New Morality Zine, 2025)

Santa Ana quintet presents highly memorable alt-rock that should appeal to fans of Fiddlehead, Title Fight, etc.

Leather Hearse, “Swine Hearse,” from Burn in Heaven I (Southern Lord, 2025)

Former Loinclöth guitarist Tannon Penland dishes out a new form of dark 'n' churning math metal.

Dull Mourning, “Solid Gospel,” from Slow Bullet (Sunday Drive, 2025)

North Carolina four-piece hits with a borderline nü-ish edge to their grungy and 'gazy aesthetic.

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