Heavy Tune of the Week is a characteristic on Heavy Consequence breaking down the highest steel, punk, and laborious rock tracks it is advisable hear each Friday. This week, No. 1 goes to Pigs x7’s standalone single “Detroit.”
UK heavy psych act [deep breath]… Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, aka Pigs x7, returned this week with their first new music since 2023’s Land of Sleeper. “Detroit” is a mysterious monitor, a lurching doom creeper that shares similarities with the spooky camp of fellow countrymen Uncle Acid and the acerbic noise rock like The Jesus Lizard (who additionally seem on this week’s rundown).
Similar to typing Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs out in full (no copy and pasting), the repetition of the tune begins messing with you, like if you have a look at a phrase or repeat a phrase to the purpose the place it all of a sudden turns into summary. The band creates a swirling goopy cloud of low-end, using the riffs by way of a intentionally paced association that, at one level, involves a near-halt earlier than regularly constructing again on top of things, as if a pace fader is being slowly pushed upward — the kind of synchronized gradient impact that solely an tight and well-practiced ensemble can pull off.
Honorable Mentions:
Destruction – “Destruction”
A self-titled band anthem is a heavy steel staple. Destruction took over 40 years to jot down theirs, however higher late than by no means. Full with references to previous songs and a shout-able refrain mantra (“We’re Destruction!”), the full-bore thrash assault pays homage to the German thrash heroes’ four-decade legacy and their legion of followers.
The Jesus Lizard – “Value of Dwelling”
Left off the band’s current comeback LP Rack, the brand new tune “Value of Dwelling” is a enjoyable experimental jam from the reunited noise rock vets. The twist-and-turns between the melodic riffing and barreling punk part are as mathy as The Jesus Lizard usually will get, and the brevity of the monitor works to its profit. Some would possibly say it sounds unfinished, however the quick burst of lyrics from David Yow compacts his message into solely a pair stanzas, including poignancy to his theme: “the dread and self-loathing that addicts expertise on a really common foundation.”
The Sword – “Locomotive Breath”
It’s at all times a pleasure to listen to new music from The Sword — and that they’re nonetheless making new music, even when it’s a canopy tune. The Austin rockers — who’ve been laying low because the pandemic — have a protracted historical past of masking the music of their forebears, and right here they tackle Jethro Tull’s “Loctomotive Breath” for an upcoming Aqualung tribute album. With some assist from Steve Moore (Zombi) on keyboards and Jason Frey (Doom Facet of the Moon) on flute, The Sword honor the supply materials whereas rendering a monitor that would move as an unique from one in all their very own albums, a testomony to their authentically anachronistic model of heavy rock.