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 death metal, deathcore, hardcore 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.
Ghost - "Stay Inside" (ft. Patrick Wilson)
Ghost just keep upping their game when it comes to cover songs. For this Ghost-ified rendition of Shakespears Sister's 1992 single, "Stay," the Swedish occult act recruited Patrick Wilson from the Insidious and Conjuring films. Wilson's voice harmonizes beautifully with that of Tobias Forge, and this gothic pop cut will surely blow the minds of both Ghost and horror fanatics alike.
Orbit Culture - "From the Inside"
Orbit Culture never miss! With some of the most brutal vocals in modern melodic death metal, frontman Niklas Karlsson carries "From the Inside" through its pummeling verses. After an anthemic chorus, Orbit Culture get mournful with a soft bridge before blowing the entire track open with double-kick work so good it'd make Vinnie Paul blush. There's just so much life in this band, and they keep cranking out tunes like this that stand right alongside the very best cuts in melodeath's history books.
Carnifex - "Necromanteum"
Carnifex went ultra-conceptual with the lead single from their newest album. The Necromanteum title-track is a feast of symphonic deathcore, delving deep into a reality where wealthy intellectuals speak with death itself through a prophetic mirror. Scott Ian Lewis' vocals are immaculate throughout "Necromanteum," and the full band capture a mystic and brutal atmosphere among the breakdowns and savage blasts.
Better Lovers - "Become So Small"
Better Lovers is a Frankenstein monster taken from the head of The Dillinger Escape Plan, the backbone of Fit for an Autopsy and the core of Every Time I Die. The all-star group surprise-released their debut EP this week, with "Become So Small" immediately sticking out as an explosive outlier. This frantic piece of hardcore delivers the full might of each band member and scrambles their respective styles in a violent and unpredictable tornado.
UNITYTX - "ROC SH!T"
This is one of the heaviest rap-rock hybrids you'll ever hear. Harnessing the energy of the recent trap-metal explosion, UNITYTX bring a full deathcore guitar tone to "ROC SH!T." Part club banger, part pit starter, "ROC SH!T" is filled with unfiltered and youthful energy that refuses to be contained into a genre box. If you're into City Morgue or Denzel Curry's rock-centric material, UNITYTX's "ROC SH!T" is for you.
Restraining Order - "Another Better Day"
Massachusetts' Restraining Order are leaning all the way into Oi! on their upcoming album Locked In Time, and we're fucking here for it. There were bits and pieces of chanty sing-along on their excellent 2019 LP, This World Is Too Much, but nothing as instaneously catchy and boot-stomping as "Another Better Day," which circles back to its anthemic refrain just enough times to make you want to play the whole thing over once it's done.
