- House of Warwick – Lost in Hypnosis [7/1]
- Loosely Sewn – LS-1 [7/1]
- SFINX – SFINX [7/8]
- Moonfall – Hope at the Edge of Spring [7/11]
- Ded En – The Gala [7/18]
- Anaria – Chasing Shadows [8/1]
- Stain the Canvas – Inevitable [8/1]
- Phobias – This Was All For Nothing [8/7]
- Miss FD – Euphoria [8/8]
- Servants øf Sleep – 2.0/ [8/12]
- something else together. – see through [8/16]
- Ex Okay – Black EP [8/22]
- The Funeral Portrait – Dark Thoughts EP [8/22]
- Collide – Freaks Me Out [8/22]
- Glass Lungs – Afterglow [8/22]
- Shadow Reborn – The Magnificence of Agony, Pt. 1 [9/5]
- SINthetik Messiah + Moose Harris – Pyramid Schemes [9/6]
- Hunter and the Cold Hearts Club – Till the Flesh Falls [9/10]
- Flür – Your Way [9/19]
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EPs Released From April to June 2025
- Hand of the Tribe – Makinas, Vol. 1 [4/4]
- Wraithlurk – Suffering [4/4]
- Rise to Ruin – The Alchemy EP [4/4]
- Once Unnoticed – Forever Again [4/5]
- In Passing – In Passing [4/11]
- postdrome – Postdrome [4/15]
- Jutes – The End [4/23]
- Traverse the Abyss – Memento Mori [4/25]
- Death Valley High – U DON’T KNOW WHAT UR ASKING [4/25]
- Bad Valentines – Memory Tattoos [4/25]
- Valtozash – Sundered Synapses [5/2]
- The Journals Kept – Strike the Match [5/2]
- Anaria – Spark of Life [5/9]
- I Was the Crown – Broken Wings [6/1]
- StarrShine – As a Kid [6/5]
- Kumiko – The Space Between [6/7]
- Atomic Fate – Try It… You Might Like It!!! [6/10]
- Eayondig – Ivory Eye [6/11]
- L.O.U.D. – FM Broadcast [6/13]
- Traverse the Abyss – Memento Mori (Instrumental) [6/13]
- Lucretia Death – Half Dead [6/20]
- Priest – Chaos EP [6/20]
- Stain the Canvas – Gattini [6/27]
- Have I Weather – Porch Sessions [6/27]
- splinter kid – Control Freak [6/27]
- The Lucidia Project – The Twilight Affliction [6/30]
EPs Released From January to March 2025
As stated in the Albums Released From January to March 2025 post, I am handling the announcement of album and EP releases differently this year. I will be sharing a list every 3 months rather than every 6.
Please note that whenever possible, I have linked the artist’s Apple Music profile. I still use Spotify because of its convenience, but I respect that many are struggling with monetary decisions made by the streaming service and will send traffic to your other platforms if I can. (Release dates may vary depending on when the EP was uploaded to Apple.)
- Atta Guns – The Heart and the Mind Have Nothing in Common [1/1]
- ZombieSuckers – Captain Morgue and His Deadbeats [1/8]
- King Saltine – III [1/10]
- Monster Truck – Monster Truck Monday, Vol. 2 [1/13]
- Storm Kingdom – The Savage Garden [1/13]
- GHOSTHVRT – Neon Sin [1/17]
- The Reckless – Who Are You? [1/17]
- Midnight For Now – In the End [1/23]
- Circuit Preacher – Killed Something [1/24]
- Still Echoes – Self (Titled) [1/30]
- Illusions of Grandeur – The Siren Rises, Pt. 1: The Witch [1/31]
- Salaryman – Salaryman [2/1]
- Ghost of the Sun – Black Flower [2/3]
- Monster Truck – Monster Truck Monday, Vol. 3 [2/3]
- Cresthaven – For What It’s Worth [2/8]
- Darkriver – 004 [2/14]
- Fuzzy Death Machine – Culinary Slut [2/21]
- Ruin the Mind – Queen of the Damned (Reloaded) [2/22]
- Circuit Preacher – Torture God [2/28]
- Tropic Gold – Sick to Death of Everything [3/7]
- Take the W – Head in the Sky [3/10]
- f1oater. – Amnesia State of Mind [3/14]
- Who on Earth – Smoke & Mirrors [3/14]
- The Funeral March of the Marionettes – It All Falls Apart [3/14]
- No Fly List – No Fly List [3/17]
- Atlases – Penumbra: Recast [3/19]
- Gillsaw – Fog Watch [3/21]
- Sage – Heartwired [3/21]
- Moonfall – Stillness of Winter [3/21]
- Anaria – Curtain Fall [3/27]
- Adelitas Way – Deja Vu EP [3/28]
EPs Released July to December 2024
Here is a list of EPs released during the second half of 2024. (Be sure to check out the January to June compilation here.)
Please remember that my focus is on the indie community! And, as stated in the first post, I have likely missed a few, so if there’s anything y’all don’t see, let me know. I will be doing a separate blog for full-length albums that have dropped in the same time frame.
- New Dilemma: Toxic [7/12]
- Saint Diablo: The Reckoning [7/19]
- Witchz: Take Me Back [7/26]
- BREAKKER: Breakker [7/27]
- Jungle Dream: Only a Moment [7/27]
- Bullet to the Heart: Trauma [8/2]
- Vulnicura: Undead End [8/2]
- Alive in Stone: A Cure for Wickedness [8/6]
- Sun Order: Last One Standing [8/9]
- Galaxy Parade: I’ll Always Be Around [8/9]
- Please Knock: Grim [8/21]
- Yuko Rade: Legend [8/23]
- Blueprint Tokyo: Blue [8/28]
- Deny: Call of the Void [8/30]
- LA ROXX: LA Roxx [8/31]
- Generation Down: Masquerades & Mirrors [9/2]
- Red Eleven: Path [9/5]
- Anny: Apparitions [9/6]
- Guillotine: Hellbound [9/13]
- All the Tall Trees: See the World Come Alive [9/20]
- Lil Tytan: Intentions of Evil, Vol. 1 [9/27]
- Plague Mind: Always on the Outside [9/27]
- Stand Abandoned: The Divide [10/4]
- They Were Giants: Legacies [10/4]
- Joel Santiago: Eternal Night [10/13]
- Awesome Ray Ray: The Ups and Downs EP [10/14]
- Ivy Kill: Psychosis Mission [10/18]
- MidiEvil: Dark Arts [10/18]
- Half Fortune: Half Fortune [10/23]
- We’re Wolves: Transformation [10/25]
- Ohanna: Memoirs [10/26]
- POET The Band: t h e p r o l o g u e [10/27]
- Blood Druid: Cannibalistic Tendencies [10/30]
- Rockright: Dark Matter [10/31]
- Besra: Equilibrium [11/1]
- Daniel Thielman, Jay Johnson: A Sacred Truth by Indigo Sect [11/11]
- The Funeral Portrait: Casanova (From Beyond the Abyss) [11/15]
- Ghost in the Room: The Alastor [11/19]
- Ceyeo: Together They Were Nothing [12/13]
- The Crooked Skulls: Hivemind [12/13]
- After the Mourning: Our Transgressions [12/13]
- Silverside: The Blood EP [12/19]
- Heir to Nothing: Perpetuity [12/19]
- Freaky Things: Magic Songs, Vol. 2 [12/22]
EPs Released January to June 2024
There have been quite a few EPs released so far this year, and I decided to put a list together at the halfway point (June). I’m sure I’ve missed several, but these are the ones I have found. Please keep in mind that my focus is the lesser known indie community. If you have an EP to add to this list, feel free to drop a comment!
Note: I will be doing a separate post for the full-length albums released within the same time frame.
- FOURPL4Y: FOURGOTTEN [1/5]
- MONOWHALES: Who’s There to Hear Me Out? [1/18]
- Penny Fountain: Attack of the Ducks [1/19]
- Defects: Lockdown [1/24]
- Sever Red: Sick and Tormented [1/26]
- Only Love: Death’s Night Shift [1/26]
- The Throwaway Scene: On Death & Dying [1/26]
- Seethe: Cavalier Dualities [1/29]
- Retina Sky: Without Hope We Wither [2/2]
- The Companies: Maybe We Should Let Me Go [2/5]
- Six Scars: The Silence and the Withering [2/16]
- Have I Weather: Zeepbel [2/19]
- BOOGEYMVN: 404: Error Unknown [2/19]
- Ty Dy: Sing Through Strings [2/23]
- 1016: Gettysburg [2/25]
- Violet Dawn: From Basement to Dawn [3/16]
- Shadows Calling: These Scars [3/22]
- The Up & Up: It Starts With You [3/29]
- Perfect Nightmare: This is War [4/3]
- Bryce Evans & the Black Cats: Moonlight [4/4]
- Patient Sixty-Seven: What If It Never Gets Better [4/5]
- The Haunt: Do Not Resuscitate [4/5]
- Anemera: Unconventional Wisdoms [4/5]
- Slave to Sin: Control and Beliefs [4/5]
- The Buyers: Metamorphosis [4/11]
- Key Suspects: Speaking in Tongues [4/12]
- Princess: Wishes for an Untimely Demise [4/12]
- Abigail Circus: 3 Ring Sideshow [4/13]
- Glis: Ascension [4/18]
- Seaside Massacre: Shells [4/19]
- Wilde Owl: Pictures of Richard [4/19]
- The Lazy Ghouls: Louder Than Bombs [4/24]
- Back From Zero: FIVE [4/26]
- Old Ways: Cryin’ Poor Mouth [4/26]
- Waverly Drive: Push My Luck [5/10]
- faulty wires: Punk Isn’t Dead…But Maybe It’s Disabled [5/14]
- Voltaire’s Ghost: Nemesis [5/14]
- Pandemic Unleashed: Return to Ashes [5/14]
- Saint Social: Don’t Let the Fire Die [5/15]
- The Ovtfit: Sunshine [5/17]
- Noiz Ritual: Embrace the Noiz [5/21]
- Pern: Barely Breathing [5/22]
- Lavender Scare: BITES [5/31]
- Ashen Skies: Ashen Skies [5/31]
- Ian Cuthbertson: I’m on a Walk [5/31]
- Central: Solstice [6/3]
- Common Vision: Where Solace Meets the Misery [6/7]
- Cruel Mourning: Cruel Mourning [6/21]
- Naked Sunday: Rise [6/21]
Seethe Offers Another Glimpse Into Darkness With New EP, ‘Schisms & Pendulums’
Alternative/trap metal artist Seethe has never been one to shy away from the darker side of the human condition, and his forthcoming EP Schisms & Pendulums is yet another testament to this. Set to be released May 15th, the three-song record takes on the harrowing subjects of modern organized religion and the battle with cancer.
“I was listening to Deftones’ self-titled album and Nirvana’s In Utero quite a bit while writing this EP,” Seethe explains. “Not that it can necessarily be heard [musically], but I feel I caught the vibe and essence of both albums. Dirty, yet clean enough to not sound like garbage. This is also thanks to the production by Vixlence Beatz and Gus Wallner’s mixing and mastering.”
As with much of Seethe’s creations, Schisms & Pendulums is an EP meant to be felt as well as heard. The first track, “Coalesce,” is filled with disgust and rage, which colors every lyric, intonation, and the stylings of the accompanying music. “It’s a stab at modern day religion,” Seethe says. “Not that God and Jesus don’t exist, but more how modern religion is propagated toward political welfare and also the alarming number of cases of sexual abuse and misconduct from clergymen over the last 20-30 years.”
“Coalesce” is followed by “Cascade,” a heart-wrenching ode penned from the point of view of a person witnessing a loved one struggle with cancer. Seethe wrote the song about his mother’s second fight with the illness, and the raw pain bleeds through in the words and the way in which he screams out the emotion from within. “Lights gleaming with a sense of purpose, dimming out over the cascade/Burning out without a purpose, crashing down to one’s knees…” It is an unflinching dose of reality, the bitterness borne from watching somebody wither away while trying so hard to stay strong.
“Dreary” is the other side of the same coin, a story told from the patient’s point of view. Fraught with frustration and anger, the narrator looks back on life and wonders “Why me? I’m a good person.” The sentiment is echoed in a line that is repeated throughout: “Cure me, please, you owe me this.”
Schisms & Pendulums will hit all major streaming platforms on May 15th! You can presave the EP here, and visit Seethe’s other socials to make sure you never miss an update!
Seethe Spontaneously Drops New EP, Cavalier Dualities
Alternative/trap metal artist Seethe surprised his followers by abruptly releasing an EP, entitled Cavalier Dualities, to Bandcamp on January 29th. (It has since gone live on all major streaming platforms.) Staying true to the glitchy, yet melodic, sound that I have come to associate with Seethe, this trilogy of tracks is an eight minute, thirty-four second emotional purge – for both artist and listener.
Cavalier Dualities is a brief glimpse into the repeating cycle of various mental health issues, depression prevalent among them. Seethe never backs down from addressing darker subject matter, and this is again apparent in all three songs.
“Medicate” is the beginning phase. Whatever the struggle is with – mental health, addiction, etc. – this track references the attempt to best it, to medicate and cope and hopefully ascend from the depths, maybe even defeat it one day.
This is followed by “Smile.” In Seethe’s own words, “Smile” is about how, in life, sometimes all one can do is smile and move forward. Throughout the fight with one’s own personal demons is the occasional necessity to fake it ’til you make it, as they say.
The EP concludes with “In Two,” a heart-rending song in which our narrator realizes (s)he is back in the hole, that (s)he had a brief moment in the light but has yet again fallen into the rut. This brings us back to the start, the need to medicate, and the cycle continues.
The discordant music and vocal stylings seems to reflect the frustration and hopelessness that colors the whole sordid tale, a cry of “I’ve been here before and failed, but I have to keep trying.” And while Cavalier Dualities may be a story borne from the artist’s own battles, it is relatable to anyone who has ever persevered through a private, often unseen, war with oneself.
You can listen to Cavalier Dualities on your favorite streaming service! And once you’ve checked out the EP, ready yourself for Seethe’s next release: the new single, “Away,” which is dropping on Valentine’s Day!
Make sure you follow Seethe on his various socials so you never miss an update!
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