Heavy Song of the Week is a Heavy Consequence feature that breaks down the best metal, punk, and hard rock tracks you need to hear every Friday. This week, number one goes to Arch Enemy's latest single, “Liars & Thieves.”
“Liars & Thieves” is a top-tier archenemy. The blisteringly fast track sounds like “Ace of Spades” played in double time, racing at an accelerated gallop that is exhilarating. And Alissa White-Gluz's raspy vocals sound as sinister and imposing as ever.
The joy, sheer enthusiasm and exuberance of this type of speed metal – it's no wonder the band paired the single with a headbangers ball-Concert style presentation video. The shots of the crowd of fans having fun, losing their minds to the music, is what this song makes you feel: like you want to put on your jean vest, run in circles, crash into things, whistle and scream while raising your horns. .
The song makes us wait a long time for the band's new album, blood dynastywhich arrives on March 28.
Honorable Mentions:
Full of Hell and Andrew Nolan – “Charged by Solar Mass”
If Ulver had transitioned from their black metal phase to their trip-hop era in the middle of a song, it might have sounded something like “Burdened by Solar Mass,” the first single from Full of Hell's new collaborative album and Andres Nolan. The song begins with blaring extreme metal from the band Full of Hell, which is suddenly stopped by a muted dub beat, indicative of Nolan's contribution. Dylan Walker's harsh screams are the common thread throughout, unaffected by this captivating change of sonic direction.
HEALTH x Filter, “FREE TO DIE”
HEALTH and Filter are a fitting pairing, two industrial acts that prominently incorporate melodic vocals. It's no surprise that Jake Duzsik and Richard Patrick steal the show on the collaborative track “FREE TO DIE.” The duo form a duet in which Duzsik and Patrick's higher-register vocals blend seamlessly into each other, over an arrangement that switches between muted chords and hyper-compressed guitar blasts.
Chelsea Wolfe – “Place in the Sun (Unbound)”
Chelsea Wolfe's latest album She gets closer to her, gets closer to her features some of the most extensive production work of his career. But at their core, those are songs, like most, that were built from a more skeletal idea. Wolfe's next Unbound EP gives us a glimpse of that process, as it strips away the trappings to present selections from She approaches in its naked form, as heard on this haunting version of “Place in the Sun.” Just voice and piano.
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