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 heavy metal tracks
warmachine - hypnagogia
+rcmndedlistenFollow “Photo by Vika Brennik “hypnagogia” is defined as the transitional period between the sleeping state and full lucidity. In warmachine’s…” on Dec 9th →
Strider - Midnight Zen
The ObeliskFollow “I don’t know that it’d ever happen, but I’d like to see this band. Strider come from Ankara, Turkey, and…” on Dec 8th →
Castle - Queen Of Death
The ObeliskFollow “A follow-up for 2024’s Evil Remains (review here) is an enticing prospect from nomadic heavy metallers Castle, but we’re not…” on Dec 5th →
Divorce - All My Freaks
Berkeley PlaceFollow “I listen to metric tons of music every year. These were my favorite 2025 releases, generally in order with #1…” on Dec 5th →
HELL - Hevy
The QuietusFollow “Kez Whelan picks out the 20 best records from 2025 in metal, year of heartening cross-pollination and pushed limits, as…” on Dec 3rd →
Borracho - Vegas Baby
The ObeliskFollow “Who’s up for a potentially-life-changing weekend in the desert? Well, me, for one. Barring a magic invite, I don’t imagine…” on Dec 2nd →
Titanic - Gotera
Loud and QuietFollow “2025 has been the 20th year of Loud And Quiet and the first of us operating online, here on Substack,…” on Dec 1st →
Saturna - The never ending star
The ObeliskFollow “Obviously the below comes from social media, and I’m willing to bet that if you live in one of the…” on Nov 28th →
Blinder - The Pour
Everything Is NoiseFollow “Pittsburgh band Blinder launches from the bunkers of the underground like an infrared homing device with the volatile, noisy shoegaze…” on Nov 26th →
Princip - S.O.S World (radio outtake)
Add To Wantlist Follow “Princip is a loud street-punk/surf-rock band from Tianjin, China, featuring young noisemakers Marshall (vocals), CYH (guitar), DIAO (guitar), Strickland (bass),…” on Nov 26th →
Volcano - It Don't Matter
Rosy OverdriveFollow “Welcome to the fourth annual Rosy Overdrive Label Watch! It’s time to check in on what a dozen (give or…” on Nov 25th →
Sherpa - Alignment
The ObeliskFollow “Thus ends my favorite Quarterly Review since the last one. Yeah, some of my motivation was in bookkeeping, in wanting…” on Nov 21st →
Fate's Hand - The Quest Spirit
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Top Picks Human – Concetto Transeunte (progressive/tech death) This is some very good, fretless-bass-led, progressive tech-death. Deficit – Deathstyle (nu…” on Nov 21st →
Sundecay - Here Comes the Wizard
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Back in 2018, I premiered a neat little EP from a doom band called Sundecay. Back then, the cover art…” on Nov 19th →
Joe Hasselvander - Quasimodo
The ObeliskFollow “I was gonna do this whole week, happy Monday, happy Tuesday, happy Wednesday, but I happen to feel like an…” on Nov 19th →
Speedclaw - Night Watch
Decibel MagazineFollow “It’s been eight years since Croatian heavy metal revivalists Speedclaw released their last EP, Beast in the Mist, but they’re…” on Nov 18th →