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 alt-metal, post-hardcore, deathcore 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.
A Perfect Circle – “Starless”
The outlook is bleak on A Perfect Circle’s first song in two years, wherein Maynard James Keenan ponders the end-paths of “power hungry” authority figures and a discombobulated public sphere. Life is disorienting, people are distrusting of each other, and moral compasses worldwide have been thrown off-axis (“How did I get here? How do I get back?”)
Despite that hopelessness, the song still bangs via a boom-brooded percussive punchiness — powered-up in part by returned drummer Josh Freese — and a vocal performance primed to rattle itself out of the void.
The mood is Vantablack, but their “Starless” shines.
ASAVA – “Leigh”
ASAVA singer Liam Brocious told the world that his band’s new alt-metal track —packaged with a bloody music video as the second chapter of their cinematic How Long is Forever? saga, and a preview of their upcoming Mahjong LP — is basically “the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ of contemporary rock and metal.”
The song’s ominous slow-crush feel — an ebb and flow of distorted fireworks dissipating into an ambient pool of strings — may have more in common with Bad Omens than it does Queen, but it packs a drama-heightened punch. In other words: Bring this to the stage, and you’ve got yourself a hell of a night at the opera.
In This Moment – “Sleeping With the Enemy”
Maria Brink is seething over the sneaks in her midst on In This Moment’s latest track, anger-rapping about betrayal on the verses (“I thought you were my blood/I thought you were my Everest”) before arriving at a raspy epiphany during the chorus (“I can finally see… the death of you and me”).
The band’s first song of 2026 is ebon-plated mood metal with an anthemic drive, a taste of controlled chaos that paints a powerful picture of what’s to come. We’re cozying up to their “Enemy” before the rest of their long-awaited next LP arrives.
Reclus.É – “A Muted TV”
Despite this being called “A Muted TV,” might we suggest cranking Reclus.É’s debut single up extremely loud.
Reclus.É comprises Tummyache vocalist-guitarist Soren Bryce and BBC radio host (and onetime Bloodhound Gang guitarist) Daniel P. Carter, and “A Muted TV” broadcasts the band’s intentions clearly. Loud, yearning melodicism. Gentle-breath vocals that paradoxically rise above the crash, and then yank at your soul.
Seems like a good fit for their upcoming European tour partners — none other than A Perfect Circle.
Static Dress – “Male-bomb”
While uniform in its overall awesomeness, Static Dress transform themselves into beings both beastly and beatific throughout their stylistically varied new album, injury episode.
With mid-album standout “Male-bomb,” the UK chameleons manage to bring together the worlds of knuckle-dragging nu-metal, sass-screamed post-hardcore and — via a barrage of giddily up-stroked panic chords — ska. An ambitious hybrid that fully blew our minds, “Male-bomb” sounds like Glassjaw two-stepping the pit in checkerboard creepers.
Suffer UK – “Soul From Flesh”
Midlands deathcore combo Suffer UK explained this week that their latest cut, “Soul From Flesh” — previewing the upcoming EP of the same name — is “for those who know all too well that fresh starts require sacrifices.” And, damn, did they ever bring it to the killing floor.
The whiplash-inducing arrangement crashes from 100 mph drums to a grotesque staccato beatdown. Manic, metallic riffs chainsaw their way through the speakers, though they occasionally flay the psyche with wild, speaker-panning phaser effects. Vocalist Greg Hevican brings an animalistic fury to his shrieks and gutturals.
This taste of Flesh has us licking our chops, and we’re looking forward to the full-meal deal.