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, the number one spot goes to Pigs x7’s standalone single, “Detroit.”
Heavy psychological act in the UK [deep breath]… Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, also known as Pigs x7, returned this week with their first new music since 2023. sleeper's land. “Detroit” is a mysterious song, a fast-paced doom creeper that shares similarities with the eerie camp of compatriots Uncle Acid and biting noise rockers like The Jesus Lizard (also featured in this week's roundup).
Just like writing Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs in its entirety (without copy and paste), the repetition of the song starts to bother you, like when you look at a word or repeat a phrase to the point where it suddenly becomes abstract. The band creates a sticky, swirling cloud of bass, riding the riffs through a deliberate rhythm arrangement that, at one point, almost stops before gradually picking up speed again, as if a speed dimmer were being slowly pushed. up. — the kind of synchronized gradient effect that only a compact, well-practiced ensemble can achieve.
Honorable Mentions:
Destruction – “Destruction”
The anthem of a band of the same name is a staple of heavy metal. Destruction took more than 40 years to write its own, but better late than never. Complete with references to past songs and a shoutable chorus mantra (“We are destruction!”), the full-length thrash attack pays tribute to the four-decade legacy of German thrash heroes and their legion of fans.
The Jesus Lizard – “Cost of Living”
He left out the band's recent comeback LP. Shelfnew song “Cost of Living” is a fun experimental jam from the reunited noise rock veterans. The twists and turns between the melodic riffs and the punk section are as mathematical as The Jesus Lizard usually is, and the track's brevity works in its favor. Some might say it sounds unfinished, but David Yow's short burst of lyrics compacts his message into just a couple of verses, adding intensity to his theme: “the fear and self-loathing that addicts experience on a very regular basis.”
The Sword – “Locomotive Breath”
It's always a pleasure to hear new music from The Sword, and that they are still doing new music, even if it's a cover. The Austin rockers, who have remained low-key since the pandemic, have a long history of covering the music of their ancestors, and here they perform Jethro Tull's “Loctomotive Breath” for an upcoming Scuba tribute album. With help from Steve Moore (Zombi) on keyboards and Jason Frey (Doom Side of the Moon) on flute, The Sword honors the source material while performing a track that could pass as an original from one of their own albums, a testament of his authentically anachronistic style of heavy rock.
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