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.
WAKE - Vast and Infinite
BrooklynVeganFollow “Listen to new songs by A$AP Rocky, Wolf Alice, Cassandra Jenkins, Lust for Youth, Wake (Jesu Remix), Pure Bathing Culture…” on Dec 2nd, 2022 →
Witchslayer - Witchslayer
Chicago ReaderFollow “I’m choosy about metal. Thrash and technical metal don’t often move me, and as unhip as it makes me sound,…” on Dec 2nd, 2022 →
Stormruler - Upon Frozen Shores
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Snow falls on the east coast not in inches, but in feet. My country at large is wrapped firmly in…” on Nov 18th, 2022 →
Worm - Shadowside Kingdom
BrooklynVeganFollow “Worm just followed their 2021 breakthrough album Foreverglade with their new EP/mini-album Bluenothing, and now they're finally gearing up for…” on Nov 1st, 2022 →
Scars Of The Flesh - Chant For Ezkaton
Invisible OrangesFollow “We talked to members of the Texas group (members of Wings of Abaddon, Cerebral Desecration) about their third full-length coming…” on Oct 25th, 2022 →
Revocation - Diabolical Majesty
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Welcome once more to Death’s Door, Hellions. What a month it’s been. While, in my opinion, 2022 may not have…” on Oct 17th, 2022 →
Phobophilic - Survive in Obscurity
Bandcamp DailyFollow “From Maul to Asphyxiation Plague, meet the bands making Fargo the new Tampa. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Apr 3rd →
Inclination - Epidemic
The AlternativeFollow “Hardcore is thriving, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. As a way to document this current…” on Nov 1st, 2022 →
RAGANA - Chain Reaction
BrooklynVeganFollow “Ragana's first proper album in six years will arrive in 2023. Continue reading…” on Oct 18th, 2022 →
Cara Neir - Melted Candle
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Yes, I tried to make a stupid time signature joke in the title; sue me! Anyway, The Prog-nosis used to…” on Oct 14th, 2022 →
Incantation - Pest Savagery
Decibel MagazineFollow “Greetings, Decibel readers! It’s a week for giants here in metal world. When you’ve got new material from Lamb of…” on Oct 7th, 2022 →
CUCK - Crushing Collins
BrooklynVeganFollow “Listen to new songs from OFF!, Lamb of God, Dreadnought, Militarie Gun, Gel, Loma Prieta, Thotcrime, Brutus, Counterparts, xDeliverancex, You…” on Jul 30th, 2022 →
xDeliverancex - For I Am With Thee To Deliver Thee
stereogumFollow “Sound And Fury was a real event. If I’d put enough planning and resources into the effort, I could’ve been…” on Aug 15th, 2022 →
WAKE - Swallow the Light
No Clean SingingFollow “(Today we pick up DGR‘s 50-piece year-end countdown with an installment that includes the choices from No. 20 through No.…” on Dec 22nd, 2022 →
Burner - Rat King Crown
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Longtime readers know I like to get up here on my soapbox sometimes and get blustery about something or other.…” on Jul 8th, 2022 →
Terminal Nation - Curators of Brutality
BrooklynVeganFollow “Necrofest returns to Brooklyn’s Saint Vitus Bar and The Kingsland in June. Continue reading…” on Feb 27th, 2023 →
Suffering Hour - Temporal Lapse
BrooklynVeganFollow “Three great extreme metal bands -- and Profound Lore labelmates -- are hitting the road together this September, and Hissing's…” on Jul 11th, 2022 →
A Ghost in Rags - Zurvan
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “I’m sitting here waiting for them to unveil new images from The James Webb Space Telescope, new images into our…” on Jul 12th, 2022 →
HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records - Demons
The ObeliskFollow “Hey alright, here’s some feel-good news for your feel-terrible everything else. Journeymen heavy psych progressives Black Lung, from Baltimore, have…” on Sep 29th →
Dr. Acula - The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena
BrooklynVeganFollow “Dr. Acula returned in 2022 with a fantastic new self-titled album–their first in a decade–and now we’ve launched an exclusive…” on Sep 18th, 2023 →
Domain - Life's Cold Grasp
stereogumFollow “Outside, it was Twister. On the drive, my phone blew up multiple time with tornado warnings, and I didn’t see…” on Jul 15th, 2022 →
TO BE GENTLE - Void of Joy
BrooklynVeganFollow “Listen to new songs by Tony Molina, Crane Like the Bird (ft. Grandaddy's Jason Lytle), Jonathan Personne of Corridor, Mush,…” on Jun 20th, 2022 →
Fixation - Lachrymose
BrooklynVeganFollow “2022 was a big summer for hardcore. Here are 10 releases from the genre that are not to miss, including…” on Sep 3rd, 2022 →
Caladan Brood - City of Azure Fire
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Elsewhere on this month’s Missive (spoiler, Editors’ Picks), you’ll find a few hundred words of me gushing about Tómarúm‘s Ash…” on Jun 13th, 2022 →
Mares Of Thrace - In All Her Glory
New FeelingFollow “By: Daniel G. Wilson | Art by Michael Rancic; Photo of Michel Langevin by: Catherine Deslauriers; Photo of Thérèse Lanz…” on Oct 1st, 2022 →
EXCAVATE - Servitude Redesigned
BrooklynVeganFollow “Listen to new songs from Finnoguns Wake (ex Royal Headache), HiFi Twins, Zola Jesus, Future Teens, Princess Nokia, and more.…” on Jun 9th, 2022 →
Gillian Carter - Terminal Brain
BrooklynVeganFollow “Listen to new songs from Real Estate's Martin Courtney, Boris, Healing Potpourri, Katie Alice Greer (ex-Priests), Gillian Carter, and more.…” on Jun 6th, 2022 →
Morbideity - Our Vision For The New World
BrooklynVeganFollow “Listen to new songs from Yatra, Northless, Will Haven, Candy, Creeping Death, Temple of Void, Chat Pile, End It, and…” on May 28th, 2022 →
Phalanx - Sajo
No Clean SingingFollow “(The time has come for us to again launch the rollout of year-end lists by NCS writers and guests, and…” on Dec 4th, 2020 →
Konvent - Ropes pt. II
No Clean SingingFollow “Afterbirth (In this post Andy Synn provides reviews of six recent albums, all of them leaning in different deathly directions.)…” on Mar 19th, 2020 →
Dawn Ray'd - Like Smoke Into Fog
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “There’s a three-inch deep pile of snow in my front yard. A blizzard before Halloween. The earth is ready for…” on Nov 6th, 2019 →
THE DROWNING (UK) - In Cold Earth
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “There is a fine line between melodic and crusty bands. You can write a good melody that can really shine,…” on Nov 1st, 2019 →
SIBIIR - A Trail Of Failed Attempts
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “I’m in love with 2019’s deluge of dark, bleak hardcore bands coming out of Scandinavia. If you pay attention to…” on Oct 28th, 2019 →
Cult Of Luna & Julie Christmas - A Greater Call
Bandcamp DailyFollow “The Swedish outfit, revered for their extensive albums and pensive lyrics, rank among the genre's most influential bands. Read full…” on Feb 15th, 2022 →
At The Gates - Blinded by Fear
Invisible OrangesFollow “The Swedish melodic death metal band played through their classic album "Slaughter of the Soul" as part of their recent…” on Sep 1st, 2022 →
Lowcaster - Flames Bemoan The Tide
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “A most spooky and haunting greeting unto you all, heaviest of all bloggers! The days are shorter and the nights…” on Oct 30th, 2019 →
Fit For An Autopsy - Shepherd
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Welcome to Heavy Buys, a monthly column where Heavy Blog contributors review their recent music and music-related purchases. This space…” on Apr 7th, 2022 →
Sabotage - The Order Of Genocide
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Welcome back to the Pit, fellow moshers! We’re back to tell you about the thrash you need to know. Josh…” on Oct 10th, 2019 →
Godeater - Silent Spring
No Clean SingingFollow “(We continue a week-long rollout of a 2019 Top 50 list by NCS scribe DGR, counting down in groups of…” on Dec 17th, 2019 →
WEEPING SORES - Scars Whispering Secret Tongues
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Welcome, friends, to Death’s Door. Wipe your feet on the mat and pull up a bone throne. Let’s talk about…” on Oct 4th, 2019 →
Car Bomb - HeLa
Invisible OrangesFollow “We pick a handful of our favorite album cover artworks to unabashedly worship, ones we consider top-tier visualizations of the…” on Feb 8th, 2020 →
Vukari - Abrasive Hallucinations (Reality Hemorrhaging)
No Clean SingingFollow “(This year we were joined by a Seattle-based writer who goes by the nickname Gonzo. He has contributed both lively…” on Dec 30th, 2019 →
SIBIIR - For The Few
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “After a debut full of harsh, twisting, blackened hardcore sounds comes Oslo’s SIBIIR with their sophomore full-length, Ropes. From the…” on Sep 24th, 2019 →
Northlane - Details Matter
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Northlane have been rising through the progressive metalcore ranks with each album they’ve released since 2011. Once they acquired multi-faceted…” on Sep 26th, 2019 →
Hydra Head Records - Human Error
BrooklynVeganFollow “The album comes out on Hydra Head this Friday. Continue reading…” on Oct 16th, 2018 →