Heavy Track of the Week is a characteristic on Heavy Consequence breaking down the highest metallic, punk, and exhausting rock tracks it is advisable hear each Friday. This week, No. 1 goes to Gaerea’s new single “Submerged.”
Portugal’s Gaerea simply inked a take care of Century Media Information, shifting from one stalwart metallic imprint (Season of Mist) to a different. That’s simply semantics for listeners, however the announcement did usher in new music within the type of “Submerged,” plus a brand new album arriving in 2026.
At 5 minutes in size, the one-off single is a comparatively bite-sized encapsulation of Gaerea’s sound, which melds components of conventional atmospheric black metallic, dying metallic, and melodic post-metal — all of which will be heard right here. It’s merely a coincidence that each teams begin with a ‘G’ and share similar-sounding six-letter band names, however Gojira comparisons are inevitable, in that each teams obtain an analogous degree of grandeur from the mixture of harshness and melody.
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Honorable Mentions:
Useless Warmth – “Perpetual Punishment”
Useless Warmth take us proper again to 1986 with the intro to “Perpetual Punishment,” with the calming chimes of the acoustic guitar begetting a crushed-out blast of lo-fi thrash riffs. Useless Warmth are decidedly old-school — that is Bay Space thrash worship to the max — however the memorable melodic riffing is undeniably spectacular, and high quality riffing all the time distinguishes the cream of the crop on the subject of thrash, an overpopulated sub-genre. Let’s simply say, there’s a cause Useless Warmth are signed to Metallic Blade, the identical label that launched Slayer’s earliest works.
Fleshwater – “Final Escape”
After nabbing our HSOTW honor a few weeks in the past, Fleshwater land on our countdown once more, this time with the follow-up single “Final Escape.” The ’90s-core is pervasive: a breakbeat intro, thick guitars, a music video shot in an empty shopping center. It’s not simply tone and vogue, although. Guitarist Anthony DiDio and drummer Matt Wooden introduced over simply sufficient math from their different band Vein.fm to maintain the rhythm diversified, leading to some satiating musical dynamics through the bridge and instrumental sections of the tune. Elsewhere, singer Marisa Shirar floats over the combo. The band claims to have recorded the vocals at residence, whereas the music was studio-tracked. An unconventional transfer, however Shirar sounds nice with that pure room reverb.
Hail the Solar – “Battle Crimes”
Hail the Solar simply introduced their new album, minimize. flip. fade. again., arriving October twenty fourth. The maths-rock vets additionally dropped the lead single “Battle Crimes,” a tune that’s virtually confrontational in its development. At first, it feels like someone unintentionally layered a melodic metalcore tune over a totally random D-beat drum observe. And you then preserve listening, and it unusually begins to match up. Then Hail the Solar throw one other rhythmic curveball — or the music drops out utterly. Briefly, anticipate the surprising. Fortunately, it’s not tremendous linear, because the band circles again to sure components of the association, so that you’re that rather more conversant in the subtleties after every move.