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 industrialized hardcore, indigenous tribal metal, anthemic metalcore 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.
Harm’s Way – “Other World”
When James Pligge screams of “a violet heave” taking place on Harm’s Way’s new single, “Other World,” he’s not fooling around. The track — originally recorded in the same sessions as 2023’s Common Suffering, though held back until now — indeed delivers a ton of deep-undulated damage from him and the rest of the veteran Windy City wrecking crew.
Nineties industrial breakbeats and clavicle-crushing drums abound, while the group also bang about with some hypnotically progressive chunkiness. A more simply-stated noise-chord-coursing bridge has Pligge howling of unending “failure,” but letting “Other World” marinate in the lab a little longer resulted in one of Harm’s Way’s most impressive offerings yet.
HEALTH x Chelsea Wolfe – “MEAN”
Peanut butter and jelly. Burgers and fries. HEALTH and Chelsea Wolfe. Turns out these are all perfect combinations — yet only one of these partnerships produced a gothic electro banger for us this week.
The two veteran acts’ first collaborative track is sublime, flooding the speakers with high-contrast extremes: neon synth waves, brain-rattling four-on-the-floors, and the ultra-hushed-but-heavy-presence vocals from Wolfe and HEALTH’s Jake Duzsik. You can’t fake this kind of chemistry.
While “MEAN” just dropped, we’re “doomed to want more” from this particular team-up.
Mawiza – “Wingkawnoam”
No contest here: Chilean metal force Mawiza absolutely crush it with the first tease from their forthcoming ÜL album.
The track finds the Gojira-approved outfit slamming heavy into a near-industrialized rhythm that — combined with the efficiently gnarly groove — kinda gives us false-memory flashbacks of Ministry’s “Just One Fix.” Then again, Mawiza also brings the tune closer to home with its lyrics reflecting elements of their Mapuche heritage and beats pounded out on a traditional ceremonial drum.
Parkway Drive – “Sacred”
“I’m gonna live my life where eagles dare.”
Parkway Drive’s new standalone single — their first release since 2022 — is a soaring and anthemic mic-drop moment for the Aussie metalcore group. Putting himself in a “no fear” mindset, vocalist Winston McCall screams with wide-eyed optimism of how following your dreams and believing in yourself can ultimately set you “free from the pain of panic and anxiety.”
When it comes to how the rest of the band hit the track, those goals are met through an arrangement that initially batters you hard with bruising metalcore beats, but lifts your spirits high with vintage metal shredding and killer songcraft.
Sleep Token – “Gethsemane”
On the one hand, Even in Arcadia is a breathtakingly beautiful next step for Sleep Token. That’s clear through epic new cuts like “Gethsemane,” which ebb and flow between lithe piano melodies, Polyphia-esque percussive post-hardcore tap mastery, melancholic djent-quaking and trap-ballad aesthetics.
On the other side of it: Damn, Vessel is really going through it this album cycle. While heavy-hearted pre-album-release singles seemed to poke at the pitfalls of fame, “Gethsemane” is an outright tear-jerker about a romantic relationship going up in smoke — and all that’s left is someone else’s cigarette ash clinging to the singer’s sleeve.
Gutting, but a great song all the same.
Doobie – “Stone Cold” Feat. Jonny Hawkins
Throw your headphones on and brace yourself for a stone-cold banger.
Rapper Doobie brings all the smoke for his latest single. While the Ohio native says his upcoming Give ‘Em Hell Until You Get to Heaven project is about “killing my own ego and being my true self,” this latest single also finds him and Nothing More vocalist Jonny Hawkins targeting the legion of “smooth-brain” anonymous shit-talkers currently in their crosshairs.
It all starts with a bit of beat-boxing that comes across more Jonathan Davis than Biz Markie, but quickly locks into a gain-bruised, yet anthemic nu-rock direction that simultaneously rings nostalgic and pushes Doobie in a distorted new direction.