Once a week, Stack delivers a mix of the most interesting new music on the web, handpicked by the Hype Machine team. Here's a recent mix.
An Abstract Illusion - Emmett
Invisible OrangesFollow “Here are all the new releases for October 12th to 18th. Releases reflect proposed North American scheduling, if available. Expect…” on Oct 14th →
GraveRipper - Hexenhammer
Decibel MagazineFollow “Do you remember when Skeletonwitch dropped their 2018 masterpiece, Devouring Radiant Light, a radical change in sound that saw the…” on Oct 14th →
Galundo Tenvulance - Abuse Of Hatred
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Picks Brotthogg – Ved Veis Ende (good black metal) There's lots of big names amid this week's round up,…” on Sep 19th →
Blackbraid - Tears of the Dawn
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Ah. FINALLY. The summer fades. Leaves wither and die. The morning dew turns to a light dusting of frost. The…” on Sep 16th →
Der Weg einer Freiheit - Marter
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “It's that time of the year again - the end of it is on the horizon. But there is still…” on Oct 16th →
Helms Deep - Flight of the Harpy
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “There are many ways in which we could have structured this post and many goals we might have looked to…” on Jul 25th →
Blood Brain Barrier - Windows Drenched in Red
Decibel MagazineFollow “Not a lot is known about Blood Brain Barrier. They’re a two-piece consisting of vocalist Isabelle Tazbir and multi-instrumentalist Mrudul…” on Jul 10th →
The Grand Myth - Symbiotic Death
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Pick? Eternal idol – Behind a Vision (melodic/symphonic/pop metal) Eternal Idol are an Italian band, formed by now-departed ex-Rhapsody…” on Jul 11th →
The Bleak Picture - Without the I
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “As I start writing this review the summer heat is covering me in a blanket of brain fog and lethargy.…” on Jun 23rd →
Sunscourge, Donovan Parchment - Under the Pallid Wintermoon
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Picks Gruesome – Silent Echoes (Deathy death metal) As much as I love the band Death, I've never really…” on Jun 6th →
♱Velvet Cross♱ - Undead Temptation
Decibel MagazineFollow “Greetings, Decibel readers! Happy D-Day. Wanted to throw you all a quick movie recommendation on this important day. I’m sure…” on Jun 6th →
Thus Spoke Zarathustra - G.G.O.
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “A little bit of everything on the docket this time around for a big month of RTCC-goodness. We cover new…” on Jun 6th →
Dormant Ordeal - Dust Crown
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “2024 was one of the most dynamic years for death metal in recent memory. Until I looked back on the…” on Jun 3rd →
LIVIN'EVIL - Wings of Pegasus
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Our guide to the month’s crucial heavy LPs. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Jun 3rd →
Ossuary - Volitional Entropy
The Discover TabFollow “Subscribe now Afternoon to y’all out there. I’m sorry in advance, okay? I’ve been putting off sending out a review-dump,…” on Jun 25th →
Decline Of The I - L' Alliance Des Rats
Łabandzi ŚpiewFollow “I had post-metal debutants this week, now it's the time for the genre's old timers. However, we won't go far…” on Apr 17th →
The Callous Daoboys - Full Moon Guidance
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Hello! It's Eden. I'll never get over my need to write that, even though it should be pretty clear at…” on Jul 17th →
EchoSoul - Time Of The Dragon
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “EchoSoul – Time of the Dragon (thrashy power metal) At this almost-half-way point of the year, I'd say the biggest…” on May 16th →
Messa - At Races
The QuietusFollow “Here are our favourite albums of the last 12 months, as voted for by tQ staff, columnists and core writers…” 5 days ago →
Final Dose - Eternal Winter
Invisible OrangesFollow “Here are all the new releases for April 6th to 12th. Releases reflect proposed North American scheduling, if available. Expect…” on Apr 10th →
Håndgemeng - The Cauldron Born
The Ripple EffectFollow “When somewhere the gates of hell are flung open with a screech and an endless stream of lava, smoke, and…” on Jul 11th →
Sons Of Ra - Disintegration (Alabama Revisited)
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Picks Benthos – From Nothing (progressive tech-metal, mathcore) Italy's Benthos showed a ton of promise with their 2021 debut…” on Apr 11th →
Sumerian Tombs - Epitaph In Blood
Decibel MagazineFollow “Greetings, Decibel readers! Hope everyone had a great time at this year’s installment of Decibel Metal and Beer Fest, and…” on Apr 11th →
Yama / L'Ira del Baccano - Yama / Naraka
The ObeliskFollow “Alright, day two. Here we go. I never really know how a given day of the Quarterly Review is going…” on Jul 1st →
SAVAGE MASTER - The Edge of Evil
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Picks Symbiotic Growth – Beyond the Sleepless Aether (progressive/posty black metal) I wasn't really sure which album I was…” on Mar 28th →
Dawn of Ouroboros - Slipping Burgundy
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Picks Dawn of Ouroboros – Bioluminescence (progressive/post-black metal/gaze) Bioluminescence by Dawn of Ouroboros Dawn of Orouboros's brand of gazey,…” on Mar 7th →
Voidfallen - Branding Of Souls
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Pick Killswitch Engage – This Consequence (melodic metalcore, death-thrash) I promise you, I'm sitting on some very cool, progressive/underground…” on Feb 21st →
Malacath - Call of the Spectre
Decibel MagazineFollow “Greetings, Decibel readers! Ah, finally some new black metal for 2025. Don’t get me wrong, I was happy to be…” on Feb 21st →
Obscura - Silver Linings
Invisible OrangesFollow “Here are all the new releases for January 26th through February 15th. Releases reflect proposed North American scheduling, if available.…” on Feb 11th →
Unreqvited - Void Essence / Frozen Tears
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “And so the cycle begins a new! Another year opened by Editors' Picks, a swallow that foretells the Spring and…” on Mar 13th →
Saor - Amidst the Ruins
Invisible OrangesFollow “Here are all the new releases for January 26th through February 15th. Releases reflect proposed North American scheduling, if available.…” on Feb 11th →
Noctambulist - Aderlater
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Picks Dream Theater – Parasomnia (progressive metal) Parasomnia might not be the best Dream Theater album since Mike Portnoy…” on Feb 7th →
GODFLESH - Cursed By You All
Decibel MagazineFollow “Industrial institution Godflesh made their return to recorded music a decade ago this year, releasing seventh album A World Lit…” on Dec 16th, 2024 →
Hulder - Hearken The End
No Clean SingingFollow “(This is NCS writer Todd Manning‘s list of the year’s best metal albums (an un-ranked Top 15), plus a handful…” on Dec 26th, 2024 →
Departure Chandelier - Hard As A Coffin Nail
Decibel MagazineFollow “Greetings, Decibel readers! The big story, stylistically, in black metal in 2024 was seeing the wave of bands that emerged…” on Dec 20th, 2024 →
MEFITIS - Vire's Arc
No Clean SingingFollow “(written by Islander) This is a good time to take stock of where we are (“we” being NCS, not the…” on Dec 28th, 2024 →
RITUAL FOG - Desolate Chasm
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Pick Bedsore – Dreaming The Strife For Love (very-progressive death metal) A week and several listens later and I'm…” on Nov 29th, 2024 →
Hidden Mothers - Defanged
Invisible OrangesFollow “Here are all the new releases for November 24th through December 7th. Releases reflect proposed North American scheduling, if available.…” on Dec 6th, 2024 →
Feral Forms - Sadistic Inner Hate
Machine MusicFollow “I really was happy staying dormant for one week or two or three after posting my year-end list, but I…” on Dec 14th, 2024 →
Denigrate - Under Ether
Invisible OrangesFollow “Here are all the new releases for November 24th through December 7th. Releases reflect proposed North American scheduling, if available.…” on Dec 6th, 2024 →
Deer Lord - Intelligent Life
The ObeliskFollow “Day two. I mean, it’s work in the sense of it takes effort to put together these posts and structure…” on Dec 10th, 2024 →
Sif - Aegis
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Well! The year, once again, dies down. Imagine I wrote something here about some fucked up and absolutely sick (both…” on Oct 31st, 2024 →
Carved Memories - Doom
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Pick Dead Icarus – Zealot (metalcore) While the remaining members of Atreyu have been occupying themselves by being the…” on Nov 1st, 2024 →