Heavy Track of the Week is a characteristic on Heavy Consequence breaking down the highest metallic, punk, and laborious rock tracks it is advisable to hear each Friday. This week, No. 1 goes to Spiritbox for “Good Soul.”
There was a ton of nice heavy music launched this week, as bands cram of their remaining actions of 2024 to arrange subsequent yr. Spiritbox have been amongst these acts, asserting their extremely anticipated new album Tsunami Sea earlier this week together with the discharge of the LP’s second single, “Good Soul.”
The track is way extra accessible than the earlier single “Smooth Backbone,” using ethereal pop and shoegaze to spherical off the sharper edges of the Canadian band’s prog-metal sound. Beneath the hood, there are nonetheless arithmetic and instrumental intricacies at play, whereas the softer musical mattress offers extra space for Courtney LaPlante’s shimmering voice, undoubtedly the spotlight of the monitor.
It’s a track that would simply discover crossover success with non-metal audiences, and given the surging reputation of different metallic — Spiritbox and Poppy have been simply nominated for Grammys — such a track may very well be seen as a benchmark for the sound of mainstream metallic on this second.
Honorable Mentions:
Obscura – “Silver Linings”
Obscura mastermind Steffen Kummerer isn’t identified for sticking with the identical lineup for lengthy, using a revolving door method that noticed a mass exodus of band members as just lately as 2020. On this approach, Obscura is a modular band — Kummerer tweaking the personnel, eradicating and including human parts to achieve the specified threshold of technicality and inventive expression. A track like “Silver Linings,” their newest single, requires critical aptitude and dexterity from every musician — technical demise metallic that’s borderline athletic in its ferocity. What’s nice about this specific monitor is that the utter complexity of its composition is balanced by a succulent backing melody that’s deceptively easy, ascending in grand trend because the track takes an sudden flip.
Smith/Kotzen – “White Noise”
You’ll be able to inform Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen are pouring their soul into their eponymous band Smith/Kotzen. The performances, like these on their newest single “White Noise,” are simply too rattling good; completely top-notch, from the vocals (each are bonafide singers — Smith has actually been hiding these pipes in Maiden all these years?) to skilled axework. The premise of two veteran guitarists with metallic backgrounds forming a blues-rock group reeks of late-career cash-in, however nay, this can be a ardour venture of two like-minded musicians who love doing what they do.
Three Days Grace – “Mayday”
Three Days Grace are doing one thing by no means tried by a notable rock band earlier than — welcoming again unique singer Adam Gontier whereas additionally sticking with the vocalist who changed him, Matt Walst. The primary track to characteristic the pair’s dual-vocal assault is “Mayday.” The monitor begins out with a heavy bass intro and a primal scream however shortly settles right into a radio-friendly vibe as Gontier and Walst commerce vocals. The one is bound to dominate the mainstream rock airwaves, as Three Days Grace know a factor or two about creating hit songs.