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.
Latest avant-garde black metal tracks
Schammasch - Image of the Infinite
No Clean SingingFollow “(We’ve arrived at the final installment of DGR‘s Top 50 list for 2024, which has been unfolding day by day…” yesterday →
Scarcity - In The Basin Of Alkaline Grief
The QuietusFollow “Kez Whelan salutes one of the best years for metal in recent memory, and forces himself to pick just 20…” last week →
Maladie - Rebirth
No Clean SingingFollow “(Andy Synn highlights three of the more unusual albums from November) This time next week we’ll have begun my annual…” on Dec 2nd →
Serpent Column - Reclaiming Decades Erased
Invisible OrangesFollow “Due to their sheer quantity, trying to sandwich all of October’s hot releases into one column is a tall order.…” on Nov 5th →
Doedsmaghird - Heart Of Hell
PopMattersFollow “In October's best metal, Blood Incantation explore the cosmos, the Bug disfigures the techno sound, and Oranssi Pazuzu contine to…” on Nov 4th →
夢遊病者 - Jupiterian Convulse Tremor
Machine MusicFollow “Hello there. Not the greatest week, and one in which I was told that my writing was in fact part…” on Nov 1st →
Bríi - Médium
stereogumFollow “The monster emerged from the mists of the moshpit. “Recently, we played a show in Cleveland, and some guy in…” on Oct 31st →
Schammasch - They Have Found Their Master
Machine MusicFollow “Another week, a worse week, a horrible week, and yet more music. Keep safe. If you're new to this metal…” on Oct 20th →
Bríi - Baile Fantasma
Machine MusicFollow “"Will he be able to post even more "Ron is wasting his life away by writing idiotic metal lists"? Well,…” on Oct 13th →
Ὁπλίτης - Παραδειγματιζομένη μουσική
stereogumFollow “Is zeuhl finally making meaningful inroads into metal? There are signs. In an interview with Machine Music’s Ron Ben-Tovim, Ὁπλίτης’s…” on Sep 30th →
Scarcity - The Promise Of Rain
stereogumFollow “Welcome to the first annual Heavy Metal Roundtable, a symposium of sickness inviting some of heavy metal’s brightest minds to…” on Jun 28th →
Scarcity - Venom & Cadmium
Destroy//ExistFollow “Venom & Cadmium emerges as the latest single and visual revelation from Scarcity's upcoming album, The Promise of Rain, slated…” on May 10th →
Sacrificial Vein - Cruciatum Aeternum
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Black metal moves ever onward, and Kvlt Kolvmn is here to document the chaos. As has been stated a few…” on Apr 22nd →
Ashenspire - The Law of Asbestos
Machine MusicFollow “Cool bands making cool music is still, happily a thing. Utrecht band Ontaard are a case in point. Technically, I…” on Mar 27th →
Farsot - Nausea
PopMattersFollow “In best metal albums, Spectral Voice craft soul-wrenching death/doom, Borknagar's unique blend remains relevant, and Darkspace dare us to stare…” on Feb 29th →
Ὁπλίτης - Ἡ τῶν λυσσημάτων ἄγγελος
stereogumFollow “Welcome back. With the world in great shape and no potentially life-changing national decisions looming on the horizon, I thought…” on Jan 31st →
Fortress Of The Pearl - A harmony of opposites and interconnectedness
Machine MusicFollow “Hi. Shit week, but an OK life. Had the pleasure of releasing my AOTY interview with Fleshvessel, so that was…” on Jan 13th →
deemtee - Color out of space
Machine MusicFollow “Hi. Yes. Another one. I have no excuse, I am a weak man. Keep safe. As always, check out my…” on Dec 16th, 2023 →
Ὁπλίτης - Ὁπλῖτις
Invisible OrangesFollow “More often than not, aggression and instrumental dexterity delivers the bulk of extreme metal’s thematic impact, not its lyrics. This…” on Nov 29th, 2023 →
Code - The Long Drop
Machine MusicFollow “Hi. Good. Another tumultuous week, though in a much more pleasant way overall. Thanks to all who support this weird…” on Sep 23rd, 2023 →