Heavy Song of the Week is a function on Heavy Consequence breaking down the highest steel, punk, and onerous rock tracks you want to hear each Friday. This week, we spotlight Primitive Man’s “Seer.”
Primitive Man’s new album Observance opens with the seven-minute “Seer,” a rouser by the band’s apocalyptically bleak requirements. The Denver group catches a swift tempo through the first-half of the monitor, sounding one thing like Post-mortem backed by a noise outfit: behind the cavernous drumming, the bent downtuned bass, and howls of dread, Primitive Man preserve the backdrop of the combination swirling with murky psychedelia, a type of sonic randomness achieved from harnessing the suggestions of amplifiers which might be totally cranked. Even when the group shifts gears to a doomed-out crawl for the monitor’s latter half, there’s nonetheless a vastness of sonic expanse to fall into, maybe much more so, because the deliberate instrumentation permits the listener to delve additional into the chasm.
Honorable Mentions:
Gumm – “One Factor at a Time”
Gumm are a hardcore group from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and their newest reduce “One Factor at a Time” touts a driving riff that might nearly work in a psych-y post-punk context. Mixed with tangible melodies and a tough and expressive vocal, the band conjure traditional SST and Dischord vibes right here (positively extra emocore/post-hardcore than the breakdown-heavy beatdown stuff that’s change into the final connotation of present hardcore).
Like Moths to Flames – “Salting the Earth”
Like Moths to Flames‘ first new tune of 2025 coincides with the launch of their headlining North American tour, which kicks off tonight in Denver. The band will certainly play this dynamic quantity, which balances Deftones-y dreaminess with uneven bits of metalcore and frontman Chris Roetter’s impassioned, borderline screamo supply.
Solar Dont Shine – “Within the Finish”
Constructing from a somber intro of plaintive vocals and easy guitar strums, heavy supergroup Sun Dont Shine settle right into a grungy alt-rock sound on their newest single. Kirk Windstein’s guitars churn alongside, and the remainder of the group — comprised of members of Kind O Detrimental and Crowbar — retains a good pocket because the tune reaches a swelling crescendo.
