It is starting to look lots like… erm, mid-November, really. However extra precisely, finish of yr is formally upon us. Sure, there’s nonetheless some large albums popping out – Linkin Park, Poppy – and a few to come back – Opeth – however on the entire it appears like 2024 is quietly prepping itself for a very good lie down.
Not simply but, thoughts. Listed here are the outcomes of final week’s vote! There was some critical sonic heft within the working for final week’s greatest new observe and that is mirrored within the polling. Not too long ago rebranded black metallers Patriarkh (previously one of many Batushkas) took third place, whereas Germany’s zombie-loving troupe Dominum took second. However it was London’s personal nu steel revivalists Crimson Methodology who took high spot, their team-up with Bloodywood’s Jayant Bhadula proving irresistible.
It is all to play for this week – particularly as all issues should finish, together with our weekly round-ups of tracks (for 2024, a minimum of) – as we deliver you new music from the likes of Machine Head, Poppy, Lord Of The Misplaced, Destruction and extra. We have hunted excessive and low to seek out some attention-grabbing, vicious and admittedly unhinged new sounds to deliver to your ears, so do not forget to vote on your favorite within the ballot under. Blissful listening!
Machine Head – These Scars Will not Outline Us (ft. In Flames, Lacuna Coil and Unearth)
Machine Head go Wu Tang? The Bay Space brutes do not get again in contact with their nu steel flirtations of the late 90s, however reasonably opening the ground to future tourmates In Flames, Lacuna Coil and Unearth for an enormous collab that sees the teams all unite below a usually hale and livid MH observe. The band additionally revealed they’re eyeing up a brand new album launch in April, giving followers a lot to stay up for in 2025.
Poppy – The Heart’s Falling Out
Hyper-wha? Stylistic chameleon, Poppy has traded away hyperpop for frenzied, livid metalcore on new single The Heart’s Falling Out. Though it nonetheless has large hooks, there is a jagged ege to the sound Poppy is embracing on this new single, an ultra-heavy providing from freshly launched new album Destructive Areas.
Lord Of The Misplaced & Feuerschwanz – Lords Of Fyre
Simply whenever you suppose Lord Of The Misplaced cannot get any extra theatrical, they go and launch a track all about flames. Greater than that although, they’ve teamed up with fellow pyromaniacs (and Germans) Feuerschwanz for a thumping observe that feels completely suited to the large crowds each bands have discovered themselves dealing with lately. We’re calling it early, however the Lords Of Fyre tour could be the maddest invoice of 2025.
Vukovi – Misty Ecstasy
Scottish alt-metal newcomers Vukovi show as vibrant as ever on newest single Misty Ecstasy. As its title suggests, there is a sense of weightless euphoria to the observe’s bounding melodies, a style of what is to come back on their upcoming new album My God Has Bought A Gun, due January 24.
Destruction – Destruction
If you lastly resolve to launch a self-titled track after 42 years, you realize it is received to be a ripper. Fortunately, that is precisely what German thrashers Destruction have provided with this newest single, saying their forthcoming new album Start Of Malice for a March 7 launch with a rip-roaring blast of Teutonic thrash. Riffs fly, vocals snarl and shriek and heads will bang en masse to this pure showcase of 80s pace brilliance. As they are saying – if it ain’t broke…
Harakiri For The Sky – Heal Me
Harakiri For The Sky have at all times had a knack for locating magnificence in devastation. Newest single Heal Me is par for the course then; gorgeously immersive and atmospheric post-black steel crossing over into the realms of emotionally caustic post-hardcore. Taken from upcoming album Scorched Earth, due January 24, its a good shout that Harakiri can be kicking off 2025 in epic vogue.
Eidola – The Faustian Spirit
With nimble fretwork, large hooks and a few surprisingly vicious turns, Eidola are laying out the stall for an formidable new launch when Eviscerate arrives on January 17. Approaching like a cross between the anthemia of Coheed And Cambria, the technical brilliance of Polyphia and the sheer unprecitability of Periphery, Eidola’s journey from post-hardcore to prog steel excellence appears to be like full.
Chaos Reigns – Violent Delights
Residing as much as their title – and its track title – Chaos Reigns’ newest single Violent Delights is a wild, thundering blast of hardcore punk power. Taken from the Candy Violence EP that is approaching November 30, the observe performs quick and free with the boundaries between punk and steel, bouncing together with an unstoppable drive that brings to thoughts the likes of The Bronx and Each Time I Die with some slips towards metalcore-adjacent components because the guitars develop extra technical, even chucking a “blegh” in for good measure.
Machtklang – Panzerbatallion Prometheus
You do not have to go far lately to seek out good one-person black steel tasks; now you possibly can add Machtklang to the listing. Masterminded by Christina “Herrin” Earlymorn, Machtklang are literally a spin-off from her earlier group Finsterort. Herrin’s new challenge carries a lot of the identical low-fi, incendiary drive that characterised Finsterort’s authentic 5 albums, a swirling blast of blackened nastiness with spiritual themes in its crosshairs that may absolutely please kvlt purists. The band’s self-titled debut arrives December twenty fourth – simply in time for Christmas.
Inside Destruction – Kanashibari
Slovenian brutes Inside Destruction gnash their fangs on new single Kanashibari. Mixing large melodic choruses and digital components with the ferocity of deathcore, the observe captrues a few of the multifaceted strategy the group take, swinging for the fences with wild-eyed fury.
Askin – Addicted To Ache
Nu and modern steel collide in Askin’s new single Addicted To Ache. The Larvian group’s newest single balances hovering melodies with an insistent thumping physicality that exhibits off their vary, further rapping including a nu steel flourish that makes all of it really feel like Spiritbox by means of Linkin Park.
Mantar – Halsgericht
With an album title like Submit-Apocalyptic Melancholy, its readily obvious that Mantar have not out of the blue determined to seek out the silver lining in life and turn out to be shiny blissful individuals. Halsgericht is a usually seething slab of bared-tooth, blackened nastiness from the two-piece, the proper primer for what guarantees to be one other album of nihilistic, headbangable fury.
