Heavy Music of the Week is a characteristic on Heavy Consequence breaking down the highest steel, punk, and arduous rock tracks it’s good to hear each Friday. This week, No. 1 goes to the debut single by Pig Pen, actor and chef Matty Matheson’s new hardcore outfit.
Matty Matheson, chef and star of FX’s The Bear, made headlines earlier this 12 months when he introduced that he was fronting a brand new hardcore band known as Pig Pen. Celeb/actor bands are inclined to fall into the “self-importance venture” class, however Matheson — who’s crushed out in tattoos and definitely seems to be the a part of a hardcore frontman — surrounded himself with a veritable supergroup of musicians that additionally occurred to be longtime mates: guitarist Wade MacNeil of Alexisonfire, together with three members of Daniel Romano’s Outfit together with Daniel Romano himself on guitar, drummer Ian Romano, and bassist Tommy Main.
In different phrases, these guys have chops, and Pig Pen’s debut single “Psychological Mentality” garnered our Heavy Music of the Week choose by itself deserves, Matheson’s gentle celeb standing however (he makes for a terrific frontman). We particularly recognize the DIY method the band took, sharing riffs for months earlier than coming collectively to put in writing all the album in a day earlier than self-recording it. That’s actually on a regular basis it ought to take to knock out no-frills hardcore (there’s somewhat Jesus Lizard-y sludge in there too), and the band’s impulsive writing fashion and sense of brevity ends in fast, measured blasts of adrenaline, as heard right here.
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One Extra Satellite tv for pc (Dean DeLeo) – “Paper Over the Cracks”
One Extra Satellite tv for pc is the brand new venture of Stone Temple Pilots guitarist Dean DeLeo and UK singer Pete Shoulder. The duo’s debut single “Paper Over the Cracks” feels like a misplaced STP monitor, and never simply because DeLeo is laying down the guitar riffs — and catchy ones at that. Slightly, Shoulder feels like a basic grunge singer, like a cross between Scott Weiland and Chris Cornell, and his chemistry with DeLeo is palpable right here. That is required listening for all STP followers and a effective introduction to DeLeo’s new band.
Sodom – “Witchhunter”
German thrash masters Sodom pay tribute to their late drummer Christian “Witchhunter” Dudek on their newest single, appropriately titled “Witchhunter.” Dudek, who handed away in 2008, will surely have appreciated this speedy slice of bestial thrash, with its galloping tempo and double-kick drum exercises main the cost. The accompanying video, a set of photographs and residential movies of Dudek, was additionally a touching gesture by his longtime bandmates. Everlasting hails, Witchhunter.
Tetrarch – “Better of Luck”
Tetrarch get somewhat skronky on “Better of Luck,” with its central riff having an virtually jovial bounce to it. It’s a pleasant, if temporary change-up from the group’s usually darkish model of nu-metal, as, certain sufficient, Tetrarch dig in for some brutality after the second refrain. For extra the place this got here from, the band’s new album The Ugly Facet of Me is out now.