Here at Revolver, we're always on the hunt for new songs to bang our heads to — indeed, it's a big part of our jobs. With that in mind, here are the tracks released this week in hardcore, grunge, metalcore and more that have been on heavy rotation at Revolver HQ. For your listening pleasure, we've also compiled the songs in an ever-evolving Spotify playlist.
Dying Wish - "Watch My Promise Die"
Dying Wish's 2021 debut, Fragments of a Bitter Memory, was a fav over at Revolver HQ, so we're stoked for the Portland band's next effort, Symptoms of Survival. New single "Watch My Promise" is another superb helping of Dying Wish's throwback metalcore output, with taut breakdowns, moody clean singing, and some high-low scream interplay between frontperson Emma Boster and guitarist Sam Reynolds that adds another dimension to their attack.
Slaughter to Prevail - "Viking"
Based on what frontman Alex Terrible told Revolver last year, it seemed like Slaughter to Prevail were "tired of deathcore" and planning for a different sound going forward. Clearly, they had a change of heart. The Russia-via-Florida band's new song, "Viking," treats deathcore like an Olympian sport, with earth-crumbling breakdowns, skin-tearing riffs, gale-force vocal typhoons and tons of grandiose atmosphere. Slaughter to Prevail make deathcore more fun. We're glad they're sticking around (for now, at least).
Rabbit - "Tail Wags Dog"
NYC's Rabbit caught our ears last year with their destructively heavy Halo of Flies EP, and now they're back with another — even heavier! — outing called Bardo. On this one, the band add more crusty black-metal sonics and death-metal riffage into their relentless hardcore assault. "Tail Wags Dog" is a standout. There're a couple knuckle-dragging mosh parts in here, but it's mostly a twisted riff-fest that vocalist Andre howls over with his uniquely hellish caterwaul. Play it louder than you think you need to.
Koyo - "Message Like a Bomb" (Feat. Daryl Palumbo)
Koyo are a band of hardcore dudes making music that's not quite hardcore. The Long Island band's breakout EP, 2021's Drives Out East, carried on their region's lineage of pushing nervy hardcore energy through bombastic pop-punk anthems (see: Taking Back Sunday, The Movielife), and "Message Like a Bomb" continues in that vein. It's a massive tune that's made even bigger with a guest spot from Glassjaw's Daryl Palumbo, who pioneered Koyo's approach, and clearly approves of their innovations to it.
3TEETH - "Drift"
Jesu is the project where Godflesh mastermind Justin Broadrick gets to chill out a bit and soak in spacier, more shoegazy textures. "Drit" is basically 3TEETH's Jesu. The industrial-metal renegades have been doling out roof-smashing cyborg anthems in the lead-up to this fall's Endex LP, and "Drift" is the moody, unexpectedly beautiful outlier of the bunch. There's a little bit of Deftones in here. A little bit of later-era Nine Inch Nails. And yeah, even some stuff that sounds a little bit like Adore-era Smashing Pumpkins. We love it.
Serration - "Shroud of Gnarled Tongues"
Alberta's Serration make metalcore for people in baggy pants and longsleeve tees to swing to. "Shroud of Gnarled Tongues" starts with a fucking breakdown that pushes and pulls between wiry riffage and classic, rubber-soles-on-VFW-floors dun-dun-duns. The band have exceeded at this sort of thing since their 2018 split with Dying Wish, but this new track — from their upcoming Simulations of Hell LP — sounds like a new live staple for them.
