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.
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Statue Of Heaven - Sorrow
Destroy//ExistFollow “Wesley Eisold’s creative momentum refuses to stall, as he’s once again reshaping the contours of hardcore with a new project,…” on Sep 25th →
EYES - OP1
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “As we've passed the mid-point of the year, it's time to reflect on what the waves of rotten filth have…” on Aug 5th →
Svarta Havet - Göm Dig
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 →
TELOS - what they built
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Ominous Ruin – Requiem (tech death) Well, that's tech-death album of the year wrapped up then. Requiem by Ominous Ruin…” on May 9th →
The Watcher - Burning World
The ObeliskFollow “A lot going on today, not the least of which is the Spring 2025 Quarterly Review passing the halfway mark.…” on Apr 10th →
Bait - Conzi - AU2
Four Four MagazineFollow “This Saturday marks Record Store Day 2025, and we’re shining the spotlight on a collection of essential recent releases from…” on Apr 10th →
Cross Bringer - Desolation Hypnosis
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 →
portrayal of guilt - Devil Music
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Genre is dead. This assertion isn't new. We’ve been heading in this direction since the days of tape trading, but…” on Feb 19th →
GRIEF RITUAL - Recursion
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Picks Grief Ritual – Collapse (blackened sludgecore) As Mr Lordi once said: It's time to get heavy!* England's Grief…” on Jan 31st →
GRIEF RITUAL - Bile
No Clean SingingFollow “(Andy Synn once more sets out to share a few of his favourite home-grown exports) My main hope, for all…” on Jan 22nd →
HOARI - 26.17.1.4.1
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Back with another edition of rotten core is rotten. A number of big names have dropped releases recently but we've…” on Dec 7th, 2024 →
Full of Hell - Burst Synapse
Everything Is NoiseFollow “‘Full of Hell and Merzbow have both made careers on seeing how far they can push their own sounds and…” on Nov 30th, 2024 →
Hidden Mothers - The Grey
Machine MusicFollow “I should be focusing on my year-end list and not wasting my precious kids-packed time with another week of music,…” on Nov 30th, 2024 →
Woes - HIDE
Digital HighFollow “Like any busy music blog, Digital High’s inbox gets hit up with submissions ranging from the ridiculous to the ridiculously…” on Nov 1st, 2024 →
portrayal of guilt - ...where the suffering never ends Anatomy Remix
FILTER MéxicoFollow “En 2021, los excelentes y brutales Portrayal Of Guilt estrenaron uno de los mejores discos de su repertorio en forma…” on Oct 31st, 2024 →
OBSOLETION - Interdimensional Chaos
Dusted MagazineFollow “Obsoletion by OBSOLETIONOn this first full-length release, Obsoletion refines its sound, polishing...” on Oct 8th, 2024 →
Förfallet - Passiv
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, 2024 →
Carrion Bloom - Ruins Along The Beach
Machine MusicFollow “If you follow my stuff on here you know that I've been struggling with keeping this format interesting now that…” on Sep 13th, 2024 →
Diploid - Trust the Process.
Machine MusicFollow “People keep dying. Keep safe. Don't die. Also, if you feel like listening to one of the most crushingly melancholic…” on Jul 28th, 2024 →
Diploid - Denial Defensive
Decibel MagazineFollow “Australian grind/noise force Diploid are one of hardest working and most prolific bands on that massive continent. The Naarm-based act…” on Jul 1st, 2024 →