Here at Revolver, we’re always on the hunt for new songs to bang our heads to — indeed, it’s a big part of our jobs. With that in mind, here are the tracks released this week in occult rock, metalcore, pop-core and more that have been on heavy rotation at Revolver HQ.
For your listening pleasure, we’ve also compiled the songs in an ever-evolving Spotify playlist.
BAEST – “Misfortunate Son” Feat. ORM
Danish metal force BAEST said they wanted to infuse their forthcoming Colossal LP with “fast, classic and rocking riffs.” We say mission accomplished, as just-released preview track “Misfortunate Son” is armed to the teeth with classically ripping, prime Jake E. Lee-worshipping furor — albeit vocalist Simon Olsen is matching that intensity with a death-adjacent grunt instead of going all out with an Ozzy-anthemic power wail.
Still, “Misfortunate Son” — which also features guest contributions from fellow countrymen ORM — is pushing BAEST towards an increasingly anthemic aesthetic, and we’re fortunate enough to enjoy the results.
Ghost – “Lachryma”
It’s all over but the crying.
On Papa V Perpetua’s second single with Ghost, the occult-rockers’ new frontman really gets to spread his wings — and we mean that literally! Just take a look at the gloriously sparkle-encrusted get-up he’s flapping mid-way through the music video for “Lachryma.”
As for the single, it thrives on the same kind of sinisterly chug-forward metal licks that fired up Satanic Panic in the Eighties. Above it all, Perpetua spins a melodic yet neurotic yarn about living through night terrors and parasocial vampirism.
It all makes for a truly tear-inducing bit of ghoulishness.
Knosis – “SHINMON”
“We come alive in this revelation.”
There’s somewhat of a meta-textual playfulness to this line from Knosis’ new single. Though we’d technically heard a few tracks already from onetime Crystal Lake vocal menace Ryo Kinoshita’s latest project, “SHINMON” is also the formal introduction to the group’s forthcoming debut LP — which has been given the deliciously punny title of GENKNOSIS.
As for the song: Between Kinoshita’s dagger-sharp howls, the monstrously noise-jarred thrash speediness and its femur-splintering stomp-outs, “SHINMON” is A-grade metallic explosiveness from the Japanese outfit.
“Silence denied,” indeed.
Orthodox – “Sacred Place”
We continue to bow down for Orthodox, who just offered up a concussion-inducing piece of aural communion they call “Sacred Place.”
The Nashville, Tennessee, nu-core group’s latest tune initially leans into a noise-pressed and infectiously straight-forward open-jud riff, though it goes on to deliver high-pitched natural harmonic weirdness that’s sure to scare your dog senseless.
Regardless, what we have here is another mega-heavy worship song to preview the band’s upcoming and much-anticipated A Door Left Open album.
Shadow of Intent – “Feeding the Meatgrinder” Feat. Corpsegrinder
“War is worse than hell/We’ve seen to this.”
Shadow of Intent are condemning the forever blood-hungry cogs of the global war machine with their new “Feeding the Meatgrinder” single grotesquely detailing how imperial desire is trudging soldiers and broader society “onwards through ruination.” That being said, the deathcore group’s peace-seeking spirit isn’t exactly intoned through musical pacifism.
The song is incalculably nasty, battering listeners with unrelenting riff savagery and a tandem mic attack from frontman Ben Duerr and none other than Cannibal Corpse’s perma-furious George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher.
And if anything can clog that infernal machine, it’s the Neck.
Turnstile – “NEVER ENOUGH”
Turnstile have become an elemental force of nature.
Or, at least, that’s the vibe we’re picking up through the new music video for “NEVER ENOUGH,” wherein various members of the band are seen jamming in the desert, playing guitar in winter plains or lush-green fields, slappin’ da bass in a concrete jungle, and takin a jet ski for a rip. We imagine when you put them all together they turn into some kind of pop-hardcore Captain Planet.
The first taste of the band’s fourth album, also titled NEVER ENOUGH, is gum-soled and bouncy in all the right places, but also arrives padded by soft gauze synth work and an especially gentle coo coming out of Brendan Yates. We’re curious where they take their sound from here.