Heavy Song of the Week is a characteristic on Heavy Consequence breaking down the highest metallic, punk, and laborious rock tracks you have to hear each Friday. This week, No. 1 goes to Chevelle’s first new observe in 4 years, “Rabbit Gap (Cowards, Pt. 1).”
Chevelle are a curious band that, not in contrast to Deftones, are inclined to transcend their normal categorization as “different metallic.”
For example, their new track and first in 4 years, “Rabbit Gap (Cowards, Pt. 1),” may simply attraction to followers of Radiohead or Muse, in addition to your common trendy metallic radio listener. A darkish, four-minute sluggish burn, the atmospheric observe expands to a crushing metallic breakdown as singer-guitarist Pete Loeffler’s unwavering falsetto soars in full flight, his lyrics reflecting on post-internet paranoia and the tradition of “doomscrolling.”
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It stays to be seen if the only is foreshadowing a brand new album, although it appears probably, as Chevelle additionally introduced tour dates this week.
Honorable Mentions:
Alien Weaponry that includes Randy Blythe – “Taniwha”
Alien Weaponry go tech-death on the ultimate pre-release single from their new album, Te Rā. The band wears this model nicely, and the melodic refrain that includes lyrics within the Māori language is a pleasant contact, contrasting with among the most brutal riffs and breakdowns the New Zealanders have ever laid down. Maybe the presence of visitor vocalist Randy Blythe provoked their extra excessive aspect. The Lamb of God singer gives some vocal grit to the combination, in addition to an ominous spoken-word passage.
Lifeless Poet Society – “HURT (feat. The Warning)”
This seamless collab between Dead Poet Society and Mexican sisters-trio The Warning was apparently sparked by the latter’s Pau Villarreal rocking out to Lifeless Poet Society on TikTok. Pau and sister Dany present further vocals on “HURT,” and their verse hits laborious, with melodic shout-singing that cuts via the combination. Musically, the observe falls in Lifeless Poet Society’s wheelhouse of heavy different rock, bolstered by large refrain drops.
Evanescence – “Afterlife”
Evanescence‘s new track “Afterlife” is a defacto anime theme track of types, because it was written in collaboration with Netflix’s adaptation of the Satan Might Cry online game collection and got here with an accompanying video that includes scenes/dialog from the collection, ala early-internet AMVs (anime music movies). The track is traditional Evanescence, with brooding gothic verse sections that construct into explosive alt-metal choruses with full-throated singing from Amy Lee. It’s maybe finest skilled with the Satan Might Cry video, because the cinematic sweep of the band’s music works very well within the context of anime.
