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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HÆRESIS - Echoes of Ashes
No Clean SingingFollow “(Daniel Barkasi is back with us today, presenting a collection of reviews for a variety of recommended albums released in…” on Nov 14th →
Saturnine - The Raven
if it be your willFollow “Matt Gallaway’s creative journey unfolds like a carefully crafted album—each chapter a different sound or mood, yet all tied together…” on Jul 8th →
Saturnine - Peace and Rest
if it be your willFollow “https://www.matthewgallaway.com/ Matthew Gallaway invites listeners into the haunting, dream-lit world of Death Culture at Sea, a project born from restless…” on Jun 12th →
Inter Arma - New Heaven
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Insert joke here about how this column is late because we were smoking a bunch of weed or because the…” on Feb 27th →
Cave Sermon - Beyond Recognition
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Black metal is well situated towards the end of our End of Year content, not because it's somehow lesser but…” on Feb 17th →
DRUNK IN HELL - I"M NOT LAUGHING
The QuietusFollow “From demon-riffing drone-lords Bong to gruelling, piledriver punks Drunk In Hell, power trident-pronged psych outfit Blown Out, experimental soundtracking with…” on Oct 28th, 2024 →
Bile Caster - ABSCESS
No Clean SingingFollow “(written by Islander) “Nasty, miserable, no-nonsense sludge played at maximum volume with a focus on what is shit in life.”…” on Oct 2nd, 2024 →
The Howling Wind - Land Of Sorrow
No Clean SingingFollow “(Andy Synn is ready to be swept off his feet again by The Howling Wind) Look, by now I’m sure…” on Sep 9th, 2024 →
Subterraen - Poisoned Waters
No Clean SingingFollow “(We present another one of Dan Barkasi‘s monthly collections of reviews and recommended music, taking stock of 8 records that…” on May 14th, 2024 →
Selenoplexia - Visions of Hell
Chicago ReaderFollow “Chicago metal quartet Selenoplexia attracted some attention with their strong 2022 debut EP, Agony, and last fall they released their…” on May 13th, 2024 →
Fórn - Dweller on the Threshold
The ObeliskFollow “The most recent album from Boston’s Fórn, 2018’s Rites of Despair, saw them reaching deeper into death-doom with low growls…” on Apr 26th, 2024 →
Inter Arma - Southern Man
Invisible OrangesFollow “Putting on an Inter Arma album has always felt like stepping into an extreme music Big Top Circus; above your…” on Apr 19th, 2024 →
Cave Sermon - The Paint of an Invader
Machine MusicFollow “Yada, yada, yada, metal. Keep safe. As always, check out my various interview projects and other cool shit. And if…” on Jan 27th, 2024 →
Ghorot - Dredge
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Doomsday - surprise, the albums this month go slow, they go low, and the go loud. Shocker, right? Seriously though,…” on Oct 31st, 2023 →
Selenoplexia - Lay Waste Our Powers
Chicago ReaderFollow “Veteran Chicago gig-poster artist and graphic designer Shelley Howard died Saturday, October 14, at age 76. For decades, Howard designed…” on Oct 24th, 2023 →
Witching - Incendium
BrooklynVeganFollow “Philly heavy band Witching will follow their 2020 debut LP Vernal (and their standalone 2021 single “A Piece Of My…” on Oct 24th, 2023 →
Ghorot - Dead Gods
The ObeliskFollow “You’ll forgive me if I’m late posting these Ghorot tour dates. The Boise-based deathbringers will issue their second album, titled…” on Aug 17th, 2023 →
WALLOWING - FLESH AND STEEL
The QuietusFollow “In his latest guide to the best in brand new metal, Kez Whelan assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Metallica's…” on May 2nd, 2023 →
Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean - I Will Possess Your Heart
Everything Is NoiseFollow “One of the very first reviews I wrote for Everything Is Noise was for Chained to the Bottom of the…” on Apr 3rd, 2023 →
Axioma - Septic
Destroy//ExistFollow “Members of Keelhaul, Brain Tentacles, and the French death metal band Morgue, make up the post black metal group Axioma,…” on Mar 7th, 2023 →