New Post-Hardcore Debut Albums to Check Out

1. Eradicate Me – Compassion

You won’t want to miss out on the new Russian progressive metalcore band Eradicate Me. On their debut album Compassion, dark eerie interludes tie together chugging breakdowns and sinister screams, taking you on an erratically thrilling ride. You’ll feel as though you’re charging through a menacing domain of treacherous surroundings, until the chaos fades into a chilling, ghostly resonance, and you find yourself deep in misty secluded woods, evoking a sense of isolation. This is a band that knows how to make their contrast between soft and heavy count, in a way that keeps you on the edge of your seat and hungry for more.

2. SeeYouSpaceCowboy – Songs for the Firing Squad

If you’ve been missing the haywire energy of early 2000s Myspace-era metalcore bands like Drop Dead, Gorgeous, you’ll definitely want to check this one out. Like many heavy bands of that time, SeeYouSpaceCowboy’s sound is driven by utter chaos. On their debut album, Songs for the Firing Squad, piercing screams and cheeky cleans are thrown over turbulent dissonance and screeching feedback, leaving you eager to hurtle your way into a mosh pit. With their finely-crafted nostalgic style, they have already started to make quite a name for themselves – so why not jump on that bandwagon?

3. Holding Absence – Holding Absence

After releasing a few soul-stirring singles here and there since 2017, the uniquely impassioned Holding Absence finally released their self-titled debut album. This band takes heavy melodic hardcore riffing and blankets it under lush, atmospheric soundscapes – varying tones that they manage to blend together flawlessly. This complements the wide register of vocalist Lucas Woodland beautifully, and once you hear the power and passion in his spine-chilling belts, you’ll be sold on this band immediately.

4. Our Mirage – Lifeline

German four-piece Our Mirage really put their all into their debut album, Lifeline. The lyrics tell stories about living with depression, while the music lifts you up and rouses you to fight back, as if to make you the hero of the story. The musicianship on this album is exceptional, with each instrument using the presence of others to emphasize its own. Glimmering guitars and keyboards explode into huge unsparing melodies and screams, while still maintaining that alluring glimmer in the heavier parts.