Heavy Song of the Week is a function on Heavy Consequence breaking down the highest metallic, punk, and onerous rock tracks it’s worthwhile to hear each Friday. This week, No. 1 goes to mclusky’s “individuals individual.”
The tune “individuals individual” is basic mclusky. Sardonic as all hell, with a riff-hitting jam to spare. Droning sludged-out guitars barrel ahead as Andrew Falkous unleashes a tirade in his unwavering deadpan, selecting a humble admission that makes up the tune’s chorus: “I’m only a regular man / I’m not a individuals individual.”
The reunited Welsh trio prepare dinner up fairly a cacophony by the tip of the four-minute monitor, because the repeating riffs degrade into unhinged chaos. mclusky’s model of humor is everywhere in the music video as properly: a bunch of workplace staff beating the crap out of one another.
The monitor is the newest single from mcluskly’s forthcoming comeback album, the world is still here and so are we, arriving Might ninth through Ipecac Recordings, and marking the band’s first studio LP in 21 years.
Honorable Mentions:
Nova Twins – “Soprano”
Nova Twins proceed to smudge the traces between heavy music and, properly, every part and anything. On “Soprano,” the genre-defying duo of Amy Love and Georgia South handle to slam techno nu-metal towards hyperpop and R&B, their shapeshifting voices appearing because the glue. Followers of artists reminiscent of Poppy and HEALTH will respect Nova Twins’ bridging of harshness and pop sensibility.
Rivers of Nihil – “American Demise”
Rivers of Nihil indulge their blast-y dying metallic aspect on “American Demise.” Pummeling, hyper technical drumming paces a torrent of riffs, guttural vocals, and a haunting underbelly of synth — the one respite coming throughout a well-timed break within the monitor that options clear singing, with the band’s multi-vocalist format including a welcome layer of selection.
Warbringer – ”Via a Glass, Darkly”
Thrash metallic has all the time had an obsession with dystopian themes, although they haven typically taken on the type of techno-futuristic/sci-fi ideas. Warbringer’s new album Wrath and Destroy additionally has dystopian themes, although the band solely needed to look to our personal tumultuous occasions for inspiration. “Via a Glass, Darkly” showcases the total breadth of the album, within the phrases of singer John Kevill, shifting from melodic, emotionally-charged verses to surging crescendos of evil — Kevill’s rasp reaching an nearly black metal-level of sinister. Make sure to take a look at our unique Track by Track breakdown with Kevill for extra on this monitor and the remainder of Wrath and Destroy.
