Day One

From Ashes to New’s debut is such a seamless mix of nu-metal, EDM, and post-hardcore, they basically invent a new genre. Ferocious and emotionally urgent, “Farther from Home” enmeshes gruff rapping and clean, soaring vocals with jagged syncopation and dubstep-style wobble bass. “Face the Day” is cut from similar cloth, though this time the band ditch conventional song structure for an epic arc of builds, breakdowns, and screaming guitar licks. If all that weren’t enough, From Ashes to New flash serious pop smarts with the emo power ballad “Every Second.”