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.
Disillusion - Am Abgrund
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “One last go before the deep year end plunge, shall we? It’s Death’s Door. It’s December. Excellence awaits. Though we…” on Dec 14th, 2022 →
LYKOTONON - The Apocryphal Self
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “The year draws to a close. New releases become more and more scarce. But leave it to your friends at…” on Dec 14th, 2022 →
Ropes Inside A Hole - Distance
Łabandzi ŚpiewFollow “Ropes Inside a Hole (or RIAH as they were previously known) started their career five years ago with a debut…” on Mar 3rd, 2023 →
FUGITIVE - The Javelin
BrooklynVeganFollow “SXSW is underway, and here are 15 exciting artists not to miss during the music portion this week, including Indigo…” on Mar 13th, 2023 →
EKULU - Becoming/New Life Jam
BrooklynVeganFollow “Fugitive (members of Power Trip, Skourge, Creeping Death, etc) will make their NYC debut opening for local crossover thrash greats…” on Jan 6th, 2023 →
J.T. IV - The Loner
BrooklynVeganFollow “Listen to new songs by Popcaan/Drake, Skrillex/PinkPantheress/Trippie Redd, Queen Naija, Hail the Sun, FAIM, BabyTron, En Attendant Ana, Molly, and…” on Jan 6th, 2023 →
Ulthar - Astranumeral Octave Chants
BrooklynVeganFollow “Here are 47 of the metal albums we can't wait to hear this year, including Bell Witch, Liturgy, 200 Stab…” on Jan 9th, 2023 →
Sunami - Six
BrooklynVeganFollow “Here are 38 hardcore releases we can't wait to hear this year, including Zulu, Scowl, Militarie Gun, Sunami, Spy, Incendiary,…” on Jan 9th, 2023 →
One Step Closer - Turn to Me
stereogumFollow “Last month, One Step Closer, the Wilkes-Barre Band To Watch, followed their great 2021 debut album This Place You Know…” on Jan 10th, 2023 →
Occulsed - Resiled Necromniscience
No Clean SingingFollow “It’s the time of year when many of us are reflecting on what we heard in 2022, sorting it out,…” on Dec 20th, 2022 →
Exhumed - Drained of Color
Invisible OrangesFollow “Venture back with us to the confusing days of post-Thanksgiving shows and read about this action-packed bill featuring Escuela Grind,…” on Dec 22nd, 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 →
Pierre Noir - A rave of death a party for the undead)
No Clean SingingFollow “In the northern hemisphere Winter officially began on Wednesday, December 21st, the day when half of Earth was tilted the…” on Dec 24th, 2022 →
SISYPHEAN - Scorched Timeless
No Clean SingingFollow “(Attempting to sum up what’s coming in the following article would be a daunting task. So we’ll just say that…” on Mar 21st, 2023 →
Ripped to Shreds - Opening Salvo
No Clean SingingFollow “Recommended for fans of: Grave, Lock Up, Exhumed Choosing what band to feature for the last edition of The Synn…” on Dec 31st, 2022 →
Kringa - Across the Firmament, Stride!
No Clean SingingFollow “Well goddamn it’s a new year. I hope this finds you alive and well, and not in a morgue, a…” on Jan 1st, 2023 →
shedfromthebody - Lungs
No Clean SingingFollow “(Andy Synn provides a short but sweet review of a mesmerising EP from last year) As the grinding gears of…” on Jan 6th, 2023 →
Devil´s Hour - Terror, Death and Devil
No Clean SingingFollow “Not even one full week into the new year, and we’re already seeing lots of excited reactions among metal fans…” on Jan 6th, 2023 →
Tension Span - The Future Died Yesterday
Echoes and DustFollow “Gavin Brown caught up with Noah Landis from Tension Span to hear all about the new album The Future Died…” on Oct 21st, 2022 →
Odium Records - Axis of Decay
No Clean SingingFollow “As promised in Part 1 of this column, Part 2 is devoted to a group of complete new albums that…” on Jan 31st, 2021 →
Azarath - Sancta Dei Meretrix
No Clean SingingFollow “(Here is Karina Noctum‘s interview with vocalist Skullripper of Poland’s Azarath, whose latest (and seventh) album was released on November…” on Feb 1st, 2021 →
Isgherurd Morth - Lucir Stormalah
No Clean SingingFollow “In 2016 Stench Price burst upon the scene with a self-titled debut that included a constellation of guest appearances (among…” on Feb 1st, 2021 →
Isgherurd Morth - Inferhn
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Our guide to the month’s crucial heavy LPs. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Mar 29th, 2021 →
Daniel Knox - Fool In The Heart
Loud and QuietFollow “Chicago-based crooner Daniel Knox has been around for some time, but 2018’s Chasescene was a critical high, on which Knox…” on Jan 10th, 2021 →
Fiur - Von Fels, Wald und Sturm
No Clean SingingFollow “Today’s column is a collection of substantial musical mood swings. I didn’t plan it that way, it’s just how it…” on Dec 27th, 2020 →
Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulwe… - Utpāda
No Clean SingingFollow “(Today we present Part Three of the week-long rollout of DGR‘s year-end list, with a segment that includes his picks…” on Dec 22nd, 2021 →
Corrupt Moral Altar - Cathedral Of Porn
No Clean SingingFollow “(We welcome NCS guest contributor James Parry-Smith , who brings us his review of the new album by Corrupt Moral…” on Dec 22nd, 2020 →
SPIRIT POSSESSION - Deity Of Knives And Pointed Apparitions
BrooklynVeganFollow “It's the band's 10th anniversary tour, and there's also a West Coast portion with Spirit Possession and no Mortiferum. Continue…” on Feb 8th, 2022 →
Sépulcre - Morbid Transcendence
Invisible OrangesFollow “It's not the best year to start a band, maybe, but these four debut EPs should not be missed. Continue…” on Dec 17th, 2020 →
Molten - Zombies Curse
Invisible OrangesFollow “All the new metal releasing between January 10th, 2021 and January 16th, 2021 -- spin (or skip) new music from…” on Jan 11th, 2021 →
Assault Sorcery - Rejection of the Stormcult
Decibel MagazineFollow “At the end of last month, a duo from Kansas calling themselves Assault Sorcery released their demo, Discernment in Viscera.…” on Dec 18th, 2020 →
Varkâna - Ahrimanic Enlightenment
Echoes and DustFollow “Varkâna is one of those unlikely acts to find on your path, experimenting with dungeon synth and its cousin dark…” on Dec 18th, 2020 →
Lethian Dreams - Tidal
No Clean SingingFollow “Ecclesia (Andy Synn follows yesterday’s installment of “Unsung Heroes” with another one, this time presenting reviews and streams of new…” on Dec 18th, 2020 →
Old Growth - Oakenheart
Echoes and DustFollow “Mossweaver will be the beautifully hand-crafted survival tool for any nature-loving metaller.” on Feb 12th, 2021 →
Wake - This Abyssal Plain
No Clean SingingFollow “(This is the last installment in Andy Synn‘s week-long series of essays about metal in 2020, closing with a Top…” on Dec 11th, 2020 →
HVRT - Moralists
Decibel MagazineFollow “Formerly known as Shitshifter, German riffmongers Hvrt were one of my biggest, brightest – not to mention nastiest – new…” on Apr 26th, 2021 →
Akhlys - Somniloquy
Echoes and DustFollow “It is abject terror driven into your soul with every harsh tremolo, every blast beating onslaught and every insidious fear-building…” on Dec 15th, 2020 →
Bastien Keb - The Trains Don't Keep Me Up Now
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Albums that are sonically or topically turbulent. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Dec 15th, 2020 →
Vrenth - Graveyard of Lost Souls
Decibel MagazineFollow “This Friday, Maryland death consortium Rotted Life Records will release Baptism Death, the debut album from west coast manglers Vrenth.…” on Dec 15th, 2020 →
BACCHUS - I. I
No Clean SingingFollow “Bacchus was the name adopted by the Romans for the older Greek god Dionysus. He was a complex deity —…” on Dec 11th, 2020 →
Bhleg - Vyss
No Clean SingingFollow “I continue to fall far behind in my listening due to a year-end crunch at my fucking day job, which…” on Dec 13th, 2020 →
Isolation - with HNRY FLWR
We All Want Someone To Shout ForFollow “Singer-songwriter Rodes Rollins began work on her appropriately titled song “Isolation” while quarantining in Colorado and then wanted to make…” on Dec 14th, 2020 →
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