Heavy Song of the Week is a function on Heavy Consequence breaking down the highest metallic, punk, and laborious rock tracks it’s essential hear each Friday. This week, No. 1 goes to Gaerea’s new single “Submerged.”
Portugal’s Gaerea simply inked a take care of Century Media Data, shifting from one stalwart metallic imprint (Season of Mist) to a different. That’s simply semantics for listeners, however the announcement did usher in new music within the type of “Submerged,” plus a brand new album arriving in 2026.
At 5 minutes in size, the one-off single is a comparatively bite-sized encapsulation of Gaerea’s sound, which melds components of conventional atmospheric black metallic, dying metallic, and melodic post-metal — all of which will be heard right here. It’s merely a coincidence that each teams begin with a ‘G’ and share similar-sounding six-letter band names, however Gojira comparisons are inevitable, in that each teams obtain an identical degree of grandeur from the mixture of harshness and melody.
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Honorable Mentions:
Lifeless Warmth – “Perpetual Punishment”
Dead Heat take us proper again to 1986 with the intro to “Perpetual Punishment,” with the calming chimes of the acoustic guitar begetting a crushed-out blast of lo-fi thrash riffs. Lifeless Warmth are decidedly old-school — that is Bay Space thrash worship to the max — however the memorable melodic riffing is undeniably spectacular, and high quality riffing at all times distinguishes the cream of the crop with regards to thrash, an overpopulated sub-genre. Let’s simply say, there’s a purpose Lifeless Warmth are signed to Steel Blade, the identical label that launched Slayer’s earliest works.
Fleshwater – “Final Escape”
After nabbing our HSOTW honor a few weeks in the past, Fleshwater land on our countdown once more, this time with the follow-up single “Final Escape.” The ’90s-core is pervasive: a breakbeat intro, thick guitars, a music video shot in an empty shopping center. It’s not simply tone and style, although. Guitarist Anthony DiDio and drummer Matt Wooden introduced over simply sufficient math from their different band Vein.fm to maintain the rhythm diversified, leading to some satiating musical dynamics in the course of the bridge and instrumental sections of the track. Elsewhere, singer Marisa Shirar floats over the combo. The band claims to have recorded the vocals at house, whereas the music was studio-tracked. An unconventional transfer, however Shirar sounds nice with that pure room reverb.
Hail the Solar – “Struggle Crimes”
Hail the Sun simply introduced their new album, lower. flip. fade. again., arriving October twenty fourth. The mathematics-rock vets additionally dropped the lead single “Struggle Crimes,” a track that’s virtually confrontational in its building. At first, it feels like anyone unintentionally layered a melodic metalcore track over a very random D-beat drum observe. And then you definitely hold listening, and it surprisingly begins to match up. Then Hail the Solar throw one other rhythmic curveball — or the music drops out utterly. In brief, count on the sudden. Fortunately, it’s not tremendous linear, because the band circles again to sure elements of the association, so that you’re that rather more accustomed to the subtleties after every move.
