Heavy Song of the Week is a feature from Heavy Consequence that looks at the best metal, punk, and hard rock songs you should be listening to every Friday. This week, the honor goes to Los Angeles-based industrial group Purest Form for their new single “Burn.”
Purest Form hail from Los Angeles and delve into classic industrial. We're talking classic in the sense of bands like Nitzer Ebb, Skinny Puppy and Front 242, groups that immediately came to mind when we heard the trio's new single, “Burn.”
All the requisite aesthetics are present – old-school drum machines, arpeggiated synths and retro typography – and the band’s reverence for industrial rock pioneers is palpable. It’s a recognisable and familiar sound, therefore; however, Purest Form arranges these elements for maximum grit.
“Burn” is too hard-hitting to be a dance track, and the vocals are buried in the mix, deliberately sabotaging any potential access points for the delicate passing listener (this is further exacerbated by a brutal, screeching chorus). It's a three-minute, 45-second sonic scourge.
Honorable mentions:
Best Lovers – “Myopia of the Future”
Better Lovers is a mainstay of Heavy Song of the Week right now. We cannot, in good faith, No Include them when they release something new; this is the best metalcore around. On “Future Myopia,” they take it to the extreme, dialing up mathematically precise riffs and torrents of aggression. It’s in some ways an even tougher pill to swallow than the previous, HSOTW-homage single “A White Horse Covered in Blood,” but the slower chorus is an effective change-up, with singer Greg Puciato nailing an Alice in Chains-esque vibe that’s indicative of his side work in Jerry Cantrell’s live band.
Fit for an autopsy: “Nobody’s savior / Everyone’s ashes”
To round out a week of particularly aggressive songs, Fit for an Autopsy’s “Savior of None/Ashes of All” is a savage annihilation, interrupted only by brief melodic vocal sections during the chorus. The sustained pummeling is impressive not only musically, but also from a physical and athletic standpoint (especially drummer Josean Orta). There’s little respite throughout the track’s four-plus-minute duration.
Mork – “Packing of feces”
The melodic riff that guides the song “Heksebål” is a truly excellent composition. It is timeless; one could imagine a bard playing it with a lute in a medieval courtyard, absolutely perfect when contextualized in the style of old-school black metal. Eventually, the riff speeds up as the band turns the mid-tempo into a gallop and introduces harsh vocals.
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