There’s a slew of EPs releasing this week, including user auberginedreams’ How to Care for Flowers‘ Wake Up and Wilt (Cipher System, Lovejoy, Shearling, Starflyer 59, TURQUOISEDEATH, and so on), so have a great time exploring beyond this post as we put a bow on July. Feel free to jam the playlist below, request reviews from staff and contributors, let us know what you’re looking forward to this week (in music or otherwise), and remember: you can still use your search engine of choice.
– List of Releases: July 31st, 2026 –
Allt – Ataraxia
Genre: Alternative Metal / Thall
Label: Century Media
Altarage – Cogwheel
Genre: Dissonant Black Metal / Drone Metal
Label: Sentient Ruins
Arca – XXXXX
Genre: Deconstructed Club / Neoperreo
Label: XL
Ariana Grande – Petal
Genre: Alt-Pop / Synthpop
Label: Republic
BEDTIMEMAGIC – Lie Down with Dogs
Genre: Noise Rock / Noisecore
Label: Ghost Is Clear
Cairiss – Wilderness
Genre: Blackgaze / Post-Metal
Label: [independent]
Ceremonial Worship – Between Sleep and Death
Genre: Black Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: Eternal Death
The Cleaners from Venus – Beryl & Ruff Go Shopping
Genre: Jangle Pop / Psychedelic Pop
Label: [independent]
The Darling Buds – Same Sun / Same Sky
Genre: Indie Pop / Indie Rock
Label: Cherry Red
DICE – I Thought the Altitude Would Make It Worth the View
Genre: Alt-Pop / Indie Rock
Label: Tone City
Disfiguring the Goddess – Bloom
Genre: Slam Death Metal / Downtempo Deathcore
Label: Seek & Strike
Dry Wedding – The Back of Beyond
Genre: Gothic Country / Noise Rock
Label: Vesperian
Family Stereo – The Thread
Genre: Indie Folk / Indie Rock
Label: Bella Union
Finsterforst – Still
Genre: Viking Metal / Folk Metal
Label: AOP
Five Finger Death Punch – Legacy
Genre: Groove Metal / Alternative Metal
Label: Better Noise
Future Palace – Resurgence
Genre: Alternative Metal / Metalcore
Label: Century Media
Green Day – Nimrods Official Soundtrack
Genre: Pop Punk / Alternative Rock
Label: Reprise
Hexorcist – Crucificial Imprecations
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Label: Invictus
Homeboy Sandman & Jack Splash – Resonance Frequency
Genre: Abstract Hip Hop / Funk
Label: Soulspazm
Justin Hawkes – Now or Never
Genre: Neurofunk / Deep Drum and Bass
Label: Drumcaste Collective
Lalu – A Mythmaker’s Demise
Genre: Progressive Metal / Art Rock
Label: Frontiers
Lucia & The Best Boys – Picking Petals
Genre: Synthpop / Alternative Rock
Label: Communion
Michigander – Over Before You Know It
Genre: Indie Rock / Midwest Emo
Label: Thirty Tigers
Nothingness – Godslaughter
Genre: Death Metal / Dissonant Death Metal
Label: Everlasting Spew
Opus Kink – The Sweet Goodbye
Genre: Post-Punk / Art Punk
Label: SO
The Salt Pale Collective – …and God Said Nothing
Genre: Post-Metal / Death Doom Metal
Label: [independent]
Shaboozey – The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales
Genre: Country Pop / Stomp & Holler
Label: Empire
Shearwater – The New World
Genre: Indie Rock / Art Rock
Label: Polyborous
Southpaw FLHC – The Standard
Genre: Beatdown Hardcore / Hardcore Punk
Label: Spinefarm
Taake – En skog av nidstang
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal / Melodic Black Metal
Label: Dark Essence
Viande – Monument Aux Morts
Genre: Death Doom Metal / Sludge Metal
Label: Transcending Obscurity
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