Nova Twins, Lorna Shore, Bleed From Within and More: New Noizze – The 19 Must-Listen Tracks of the Week

Yes, My Chemical Romance released their first song in eight years this week, and yes, it's everything we wanted it to be and more. However, to say the new track overshadowed every other new single released this week would be a touch of an understatement. Here's 19 of the best that may have slipped your attention.

Nova Twins – Puzzles

Nova Twins have dropped the fourth single from their upcoming album Supernova in the form of ‘Puzzles’, a song that openly talks of sex positivity and explores freedom and openness to sex. With Nova Twins flying the flag as one of the most exciting bands in rock music right now, they are unapologetically being entirely themselves on ‘Puzzles’, drawing influence from R&B and making a rock anthem that is sexy and powerful. The dichotomy of heavily laden electronic synths and fuzzy guitar riffs that explode during the chorus makes for a cat and mouse feel with the recurring chorus providing the place where these elements meet. ‘Puzzles’ feels like yet another statement of domination that is in line with previously released singles that also take on topics less spoken of. Nova Twins currently have the spotlight well and truly fixed on them and they are using their voices to inspire a generation. – Jac Holloway

Lorna Shore – Sun//Eater

Lorna Shore‘s seemingly unstoppable rise to the top of the deathcore pile continues; after last year’s …And I Return to Nothingness EP, replete with *that* breakdown, the band’s profile has only grown more and more. Now they’ve announced their first full album to feature Will Ramos on vocals and released the first taste of that in lead single ‘Sun//Eater’. Every element that was on its preceding EP is here, from the blackened synths, tremolo and melodeath-inspired riffs and Ramos’ frankly ridiculously animalistic voice, to the slam-inspired beatdowns that are peppered throughout. That EP was something of a rebirth for the band, and ‘Sun//Eater’ essentially continues in that same new vein, pushing the boundaries of where they were to where they want to be. In Ramos’ own words, “We’re so happy so be able to put out something different and new that further exemplifies who we’ve become as individuals and as a whole. This song/album really brings together everything that we’ve been working towards being”. – Will Marshall

Bleed From Within – Flesh and Stone

Bleed From Within have long lurked in the metalcore underground, seemingly not quite getting the recognition they deserve; 2020’s Fracture was a huge step for them toward dominance and based on previous singles, its followup Shrine is set to expand them and their sound even further. Latest single ‘Flesh And Stone’ immediately throws blastbeats into the mix before switching to a neck-snapping groove. It’s heavily informed by their staunch environmentalist views, detailing the destruction of our planet Earth, and the dismal future we all face as a result of unbridled greed and corruption. Of the song and its striking accompanying visuals, drummer Ali Richardson says “Flesh And Stone was born from the idea that future generations will inherit a dying planet. The evidence to support this theory is overwhelming, but we are still met with people who choose to deny the fact that this world is finite. Avoiding the traditional performance style video, we instead wanted to create a cinematic fictional world that could no longer defend itself from the sun; a barren wasteland once full of life.” A bleak song for bleak times. – Will Marshall

Dune Rats – Melted Into Two

Dune Rats have released their new single ‘Melted Into Two’ this week off their upcoming album Real Rare Whale. The scruffy punks hailing from Brisbane, Australia have become well known for their party hard anthems and ludicrous louder than life take on noisy pop punk. Their raw, brash tone and fuzziness has become a fixed feature in their music as they’ve weaved through themes of emotional introspection and weighing up the toll of their own reckless party nature throughout their records. ‘Melted Into Two’ sees the band reminiscing and describing experiences of getting stoned, “so messed up they melt…” and even suggesting the feeling of sometimes taking too much. The all out punky roarer has a fist-pumping sway about it with a simplistic singalong chorus and an anthemic quality to it. The band harness their well honed ability to meld full throttle punk jams with a memorable chorus and do it with a smoothness and ease that sounds as though it comes naturally. – Jac Holloway

Charlotte Sands – Out Of My Head (Ft. Aaron Gillespie)

Combining pop production with an obvious love and homage to alternative genre’s, Charlotte Sands has teamed up with Aaron Gillespie to add a full drum kit of sound to her new track ‘Out Of My Head’. In this era of music where elements of the alternative scene are borrowed and used for edge-points in the pop industry, Charlotte’s output feels authentic and from a place of true love and admiration, her emotional lyrical content and powerful vocal performance backed by atmospheric, orchestral music, further boosted by Aaron’s presence behind the kit, making this solo artist sound like she’s part of a full band set up. “Get out of my head, you pushed me over the edge” she laments, in a song that’ll surely speak to the inner torments of many a person who’s been in a similar situation to the feelings described within the lyricism here, this track is a fantastic jumping in point for pop fans who want to explore a more rock centric sound, or vice versa, rock fans who want to dip their toes into the more vibrantly expressive world of pop music. – Elliot Grimmie

Dream Drop – Metamorphosis

Revealing a deeply ingrained yearning to expunge the defining traits of past eras, while striving to motivate the masses to make a dent in this less than perfect world; the Gothenburg Post-Hardcore quintet Dream Drop, deliver a moment of fascination with their latest transitional ode to existential anxiety on ‘Metamorphosis’. Stating it’s claim as a kick off anthem to the bands eventual sophomore album release; Metamorphosis’ particular brand of depressive mania coupled with the distinct feel of slow burn severance from the essence of the “Loser” mentality, not only inspires a familiar intrigue in the hearts of their faithful fans, but conjures the thought of essential evolution out of a need to survive. When we cast our minds back to the emotionally fraught landscape offered up in their debut album – Sometimes You’re Gonna Feel Like A Loser But That’s Alright, we wonder whether the attainment of contentment is closer than expected, considering the palpable urgency for emotional, mental and physical advancement is felt so strongly within every aspect of this captivating era-starter. – Bennie Osborne

Godeater – The Hatchet

The latest single from the Glaswegian death metal quintet, ‘The Hatchet’ see’s Godeater burying the past and moving forward more determined than ever before. Their most dynamic and expansive offering to date, ‘The Hatchet’ is a bombastic exploration of complacency in an age of turmoil that’s delivered with a constant interchange of dynamics, unrelating 50. caliber drums and the flaying riffwork that characterised the band’s previous work. It’s a far more atmospheric and layered offering from the band, a song that’s delivered with a delicate yet crushing ambience that’s on par with the likes of Humanity’s Last Breath, Aversions Crown and current deathcore flag bearers Lorna Shore. If this anything to go by, then it’s highly likely the next move from Godeater will see them scaling the death metal hierarchy rapidly. – Dan Hillier

Cave In – Reckoning

Just a week before the release of their first proper studio album in a decade, legendary Massachusetts metallers Cave In have released their latest, and final pre-release, single ‘Reckoning’. It’s a milestone in other ways too, as it marks the first song fully written by guitarist Adam McGrath. A slow burner, it opens with an almost country lick and vocal melody and a sense of urgency grows amid croons of the song title. It never moves much beyond a laconic pace, with the drums providing much of the impetus but is no less impactful for it, as it ruminates on the digestion of huge losses and forging a path forwards to unknown futures – something Cave In have all too much experience with. Its departure from the already sonically disparate singles shows just how eclectic the band have been over their career, without ever losing their own identity, which is stamped across ‘Reckoning’. – Will Marshall

Lake Malice – Magic Square

A truly aggressive, full throttle, Prodigy-esque production, boasting liquid electronics wrapped around filthy, distorted riffs and a plethora of vocal styles from Alice Guala; spoken word, harsh and clean vocals, it’s all present here. The intensity of the track is unrelenting, the pulse of the bass coupled with the grit of Blake Cornwall’s guitar noise is sure to get any room spinning, moshing, this song goes off like a call to action. Exploring our morbid curiosities, the lyrics of ‘Magic Square’ details our insatiable lust for understanding the world’s most horrific of true crime cases; and why we find the darkest and most shocking parts of our societies to be so addictively entertaining. With ‘Magic Square’ Lake Malice retain a dark and heavy edge whilst exploring the world of electronic noise and production (We even heard a wilhelm scream hidden near the end of the track), but most importantly they do this with such fluidity, scratching that itch perfectly for the demographic of electronically backed alternative music lovers out there – Elliot Grimmie

The HU – This Is Mongol

International sensations The HU are back, bringing another slice of traditional Mongolian sound spliced with classic metal sensibilities on their aptly titled new track; ‘This Is Mongol’. Packed with everything we’ve come to love from the band, there’s throat singing, fiddle, drums, bass and harp, all encapsulated within a rock n roll rhythm. The song, when translated from their native language into English, encapsulates many of the cultural beliefs and themes that the band rose to prominence singing about on their first record The Gereg. There’s mention of wolves, nature and ancestry, and themes of prosperity and the warrior heritage of the Mongolians leaving a lasting legacy on the world throughout; “Our glory will be honoured in this world forever and ever”. “May the Mongol thrive and prosper”. It’s another fantastic slice of culture, of which the band have previously been awarded for with the Order Of Genghis Khan, the highest state reward it is possible to receive, for promoting Mongolian culture around the world. – Elliot Grimmie

Pale Waves – Lies

Ringing in their third act of intoxicating preachings, detailing the importance of healthy relationships and the effect toxicity in all forms can have on our psyche; the Mancunian Dirty Hit high flyers Pale Waves, stir up engagement into all things bitter yet fiercely defiant with their put-on-blast, indie rocking, post-break up banger ‘Lies’. Stylistically speaking, ‘Lies’ focuses its efforts as the intersection of 1980’s synthwave and the 1990’s/noughties take on Alternative Pop Punk sensibilities, which feels like a transcendent combination of the bands previous two albums (My Mind Makes Noises + Who Am I?) compounded into one perfect outlet poised to shit on all of our exes. With a sprinkling of festival dates keeping the band busy until the release of their third album – Unwanted in mid-August, as well as a mini UK tour in the last part of November; 2022 is seeming to be the year PW are kept in high demand and high esteem, especially with how overtly positive reactions to ‘Lies’ have been as far. – Bennie Osborne

Knoll – Clepsydra

The second single, and opening track, taken from extreme grindcore upstarts Knoll‘s upcoming second album Metempiric, ‘Clepsydra’ is every bit as impenetrable and violent as before. Vocalist Jamie Eubanks screeches and howls his way throughout, while inhuman drums and disgustingly grimy guitars punish eardrums endlessly. It’s just as claustrophobic lyrically as it is sonically, often dealing in human atrocities, class struggle and cosmic nihilism. Put Primitive Man on a hundred times faster and pair it with Full Of Hell or Nails and you’d be in roughly the right ballpark, though Knoll still find ways of taking it further and making their music even more unsettling and visceral. Ever cryptic, Eubanks comments of the song, “Clepsydra is a salvaged gasp of thoughtform, its melody foreshadowed by our previous record. Whirls of ailing strings illuminate a portrait of a greater harmony, unbothered by age.” – Will Marshall

Creature – All

The first single to be taken from the band’s upcoming EP Haunt – released June 10th via Grey Ghost Records – ‘All’ is Creature at their most feral. Savage and borderline rabid, the track takes the groove-laden metallic riffs of Employed To Serve, the ravenous attitude of Gallows and the self-destructive energy of Converge and distils then into a two minute rampage stating how war and inequality are fracturing our fragile society. “The state of inequality in the world inspired me to write ‘All’”, states vocalist/guitarist James Thompson. “We were more than a decade into austerity in the UK at the time of my writing it, and yet the Government was still spending ridiculous sums on War and conflict. It’s taken something as serious as an ongoing pandemic for us to see how fragile a society we truly are.” – Dan Hillier

Illenium x Spiritbox – Shivering

Canadian metalcore outfit Spiritbox took the world by storm with their debut album Eternal Blue after teasing it with a string of singles; now they’ve released their latest musical endeavour, and it’s a far cry from what people might’ve expected. Pairing with electronic producer Illenium they’ve created a monstrous, metal-meets-EDM hybrid that starts in floor-filling dance metal territory but incorporates enormous bass drops that wouldn’t be out of place in warehouse raves. As it ratchets up the EDM and bass, it still doesn’t lose the crunching guitars or Courtney LaPlante‘s soaring voice or her furious screams over a drum’n’bass breakdown. It might anger the so-called purists, but Spiritbox have never been particularly worried about what internet comment sections have to say about them, instead choosing to innovate and follow their own path, wherever it might lead. – Will Marshall

Burner – Death Worship

The death metal/hardcore hybrid that is London’s Burner have released another taste of their debut EP, A Vision of the End, due next month via Church Road Records. ‘Death Worship’ is another short entry to the Burner canon, but it packs plenty into its 2 minutes. Even being so brief, ‘Death Worship’ finds plenty of time to toy with expectations; a seemingly false start as bass and drums build under the churning riff loops once before off-kilter hardcore rhythms and vicious howls switching between bowel-rattling gutturals and searing shrieks come in. By the time it hits the halfway mark, it’s all guns blazing and the remainder of ‘Death Worship’ hurtles by in a storm of bludgeoning riffs and drum work that switches from blastbeats to pummelling groove on a dime. Every single so far has hinted at Burner being something truly special in the UK extreme metal underground, and ‘Death Worship’ only cements that further. – Will Marshall

Oceans Of Slumber – Hearts Of Stone

“Lost and alone from birth, a product of the institution of life on the streets. Trouble follows this person around like a badge of honor. Grief finding grievances, the perfect formula of despair.” That’s how vocalist Cammie Gilbert describes the new song, ‘Hearts of Stone’, from Oceans Of Slumber‘s upcoming album, the newly-announced Starlight And Ash. It’s a slow, purposeful song that examines how no matter how far we run from bad decisions, they eventually always catch up. Gilbert’s dulcet tones echo over ringing chords in the beginning, and synths creep in as the song builds to lend a haunting atmosphere even in the most explosive of moments. The Texan progressive metallers’ penchant for emotionally captivating songcraft is on full display; ‘Hearts Of Stone’ feels downtrodden and down on its luck, leaving a sense of hopelessness long after it concludes. – Will Marshall

Soft Wax – Physical

With their new single ‘Phyiscal,’ dream pop duo Soft Wax are getting exactly that. Hailing from Kent, Soft Wax have crafted a sound that beautifully combines sultry synths, dream pop soundscapes and layered indie vibes dropped on top to wrap it all together. With a number of singles under their belt the duo’s DIY mentality seems to be sparking creativity for an expansive and evolving sound. ‘Physical’ is the second song released this year following the popular new wave 80’s influenced hit ‘Nobody Wants You’ which talks of being invisible and living an existence where nobody really sees or wants you for being you. ‘Physical’ however has a more sporadic, slow-winding nature with a prominent bass line, intricate and spacious guitar notes and a couple of dampened distorted guitar solos for good measure. Lyrically the song very simply talks of getting intimate with another person with balance of lust and control. It seemingly questions whether the other individual is on the same page in wanting to get physical as much as the other. “Physical” shows an entirely different side to Soft Wax and boldly explores vulnerabilities and intimacy in a very direct way. – Jac Holloway

Itchy Teeth – The Old Gang

Psychedelic pop trio Itchy Teeth are remembering the old and catching up on the new with their single ‘The Old Gang’, a simplistic song reminiscing about the good times, the nostalgic catch ups with old friends and the joys of friendship in its many different forms. The London based band are pretty prolific in songwriting and releasing new music it would seem with an impressive four albums under their belts since the end of 2016. ‘The Old Gang’” is the second release of 2022 following ‘Magic’ featuring Lim Orion. “The Old Gang” gives a hearty take on seeing old friends to learn of the new developments life has thrown at them, the signs of getting older and falling out of touch but the feeling that will spark to hang out and finding time to do so. It’s easy listening done good with a witty deeper meaning and a relatable message that will sure resonate with many. The lyrical simplicity, subtle harmonies and horns towards the end of the song provide the sense of togetherness and comradery intended, and the chorus will be stuck in your head for days. – Jac Holloway

Starcrawler – Roadkill

Bound to break through every blockade built in their paths, with a sharp wit, a fuck you attitude and a heavy dose of rock and roll antagonism; the City of Angels Punk Rock wild child’s Starcrawler, gear up for a brand new era in magnificent fashion with their road rolling subversive blaster ‘Roadkill’. Striving to relentlessly defy convention with each and every single, their latest endeavour sees the quintet bolting through the streets of Los Angeles pursued by a bright pink coated Caddy, which is revealed to be driven by none other than the Jackass superstar Steve-O. Sonically the track feels like an alternative interpretation of Felix da Housecats’ ‘Everyone Is Someone In L.A.’ combined with The Kills’ ‘Sour Cherry’, all while reemphasising the need to steamroll through adversity and all those who seek to halt their ascension to greatness. With the band readying themselves for a three week tour across Europe, including select dates supporting the triumphant return of My Chemical Romance; to miss out on a chance to see Starcrawler live, especially at the precipice of a promising moment in their musical revolution would be a massive mistake. – Bennie Osborne

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