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 epic generation-spanning collabs, gears-grinding metalcore, glitched-out hardcore 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.
Bodyweb – “no faith”
UK nu-core ragers Bodyweb are taking a look at the world around them, and it’s looking pretty dire out there (“From where I stand, we’re already in hell”).
Though the opening cut from the band’s new deadwired EP begins with an extended, digitally-glitched jungle break, the band eventually mangle themselves towards a pulse-quickened, skin-raking arrangement that keeps pace with the fully-frustrated screams Bodyweb vocalist (and Higher Power guitarist) Louis Hardy brings to this socio-critical smackdown.
It calls for compassion for the unhoused while throwing a furious finger at uncaring elites — and it hopefully resonates for more reasons than one.
Many Eyes – “The Clock Behind All Other Clocks”
Former Every Time I Die vocalist Keith Buckley has a new EP called Combust on the way from his latest act, Many Eyes — and it’s about damn time.
Per the veteran metalcore vocalist, “The Clock Behind All Other Clocks” is about “peeling back the illusory layers of personality.” What we find behind the clockface are gears-grinding thrash beats, supremely dialed-in and destructive mosh riffs, and searing, anti-nostalgic lyricism about time marching ever-forward (“Blow it up and walk away”).
As Buckley somewhat suggests in-song: Let us join together and stare at the void with our sunglasses on, as we wait for the other heaters off this EP to escape.
Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante – “End of You”
Evanescence’s Amy Lee, Poppy, and Spirtbox’s Courtney LaPlante are toiling in silence no more.
Following last week’s massive reveal that the trio of star vocalists had teamed-up to deliver “End of You,” the much-anticipated collaborative track is finally here — and it’s a monumentally dark-rocking, heavy-emoting anthem.
From glass-smashing screams to immaculate cleans, all three inject their signature feels into the beautifully brooding piece, which is unquestionably one of the biggest songs of the year yet — and the shock of it all might never wear off.
PRESIDENT – “Destroy Me”
As the campaign behind PRESIDENT’s forthcoming debut EP continues, the outfit’s mysterious, waxy-masked vocalist seems to be getting increasingly unstable behind the mic. In most cases that vulnerability would drop you down a few thousand points in the polls, yet “Destroy Me” is bound to instill a ton of voter confidence in him and his burgeoning act.
“Destroy Me” works through melancholically brooding guitar melodies, cave-icicle-thick snap beats and all sorts of gonzo production flourishes. Atop it all, the frontman contemplates the emotional wreckage of making the same mistakes time and time again (“Get me out of this hell”).
Despite the narrative purgatory, the track has sent us to a higher plane.
Orbit Culture – “Nerve”
“I can’t keep this all inside.”
Though the earlier singles from Orbit Culture’s upcoming Death After Life heaved plenty of heaviness our way, this latest preview, in particular, struck a “Nerve” with us.
Excising the streamlined chugginess of those earlier tracks, “Nerve” bursts out the speakers as a multi-chambered attack of cobalt-hued metal riffs, anthemically Hetfield-raspy vocal hooks and a memorably gnarly backend beatdown. Compact, crushing, killer — we’ve got a live one here.
SPACED – “Cause and Effect”
Nobody puts Spaced in a corner. That could be one of the major things we’ve grabbed out of the Buffalo band’s new skull-cracking anthem — the formal introduction to their upcoming No Escape EP, which is their first release through heavy-music stronghold Pure Noise Records.
Though the self-proclaimed “far-out hardcore” band boot this one into the stratosphere with mid-tempo metallic menace and eerily star-bound guitar texturing, vocalist Lexi Reyngoudt brings the FAFO-themed cut back to earth with a promise to fuck you up if you get in their face: “You pushed us too far now it’s time we pushed back.”