New Music Friday: Fresh Faves of the Week - May 15th, 2026 (New Releases This Week)

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MAY 15TH, 2026 –– Just in: all of your favorite new releases in one place.

This week? It's a loaded one!

From brand new signature-sounding Breaking Benjamin ahead of their first album since 2018, to TOP8 Scene fave Ray Hawthorne, we have you covered with the coolest drops of the week. Some cool releases include Casket Cassette dropped post-punk certified replay 'Show Me a Sign,' industrial vibes meet darkwave, this track had us moving upon first listen. Snarls is back with  'One Wish.' The track combines gritty guitars with a summery energy, capturing the band’s heavier sound ahead of their upcoming EP “In Heaven There’s Rainbows”, which drops on June 26th.

HEAVY HITTERS of the week:

'Pure Ecstasy' is the new loud and emotional drop by metalcore's finest, Beartooth. MADiSON ViOLETT teamed up with Sleeping With Sirens frontman Kellin Quinn to release a post-hardcore collab we'll be spinning for the foreseeable future, and Like Moths To Flames delivered an energetic punch with 'I Don't Want To Be Here Anymore.' ADHD-Core band DONEFOR released 'Piece By Piece,' putting us in our feels with a killer breakdown.

Safe to say the scene has been fed this week with banger after banger.

Check out the full list of drops below:

Fave New Releases of the Week

1. Pure Ecstasy - Beartooth

2. Before We Go - Youth Fountain

3. Scatterbrain - Split Chain

4. Something Wicked - Breaking Benjamin

5. Show Me A Sign - Casket Cassette

6. Piece By Piece - DONEFOR

7. Headspin - Ray Hawthorne

8. Spend - Super Sometimes

9. I Don’t Want To Be Here Anymore - Like Moths To Flames

10. Lemonade - All American Rejects

11. BLEED FOR ME- MADiSON ViOLETT ft. Kellin Quinn

12. One Wish - Snarls

13. Reflection - Holding Absence

14. Blood In The Water - Glasslands

    
    

FRESH FAVES is a weekly updated Spotify playlist where we throw together some of the coolest recent drops strictly for your ears.

Featuring tunes in the emo, pop-punk, post-hardcore, and alternative-adjacent world, we're covering the entire scene. Make sure to stop by weekly; we'll update the playlist every Friday with our top favorites of the week.

From breakout singles to underrated drops, FRESH FAVES is your go-to place to discover the best new sounds worth spinning.

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TOP8 Scene's FRESH FAVES playlist will keep you updated with what’s happening across the scene week by week. It's built for music lovers searching for new tracks, up-and-coming artists, and fresh releases worth having on repeat.

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