Now six years into their career, British alternative metal crew Saints Among Us have unleashed one of their finest tracks to date. ‘Hunger’ blends different alternative styles seamlessly, lurching between outright heaviness and sugar sweet melodies with absolute ease.
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Watch: The Big Deal share new video for ‘Fairy of White’
Today sees the release of The Big Deal’s second album, ‘Electrified’. It’s a record that shows none of the signs of being a “difficult” follow up to an excellent debut, partly because the Serbian rockers have stuck to a familiar blueprint. The mix of bombast, melody, melodic metal crunch and soaring hooks works just as well for them the second time around.
Check out ‘Grind’, the new video from Zygnema
When thinking of groove metal, it’s easy to think of the standard tropes: huge riffs and grinding tones, often coupled with a growled vocal. Often, the results fall into a sound that draws from ‘Far Beyond Driven’ era Pantera, and ‘Ashes of The Wake’ era Lamb of God. Whenever bands borrow from these sources, the results are always impressive – despite Phil Anselmo’s insistence on ruining Pantera’s legacy in a number of ways – but once in a while, a groove metal band will come along who are just a little more interesting.
Listen: Revolution Rabbit Deluxe share angry new single ‘Tim Gurner Says’
Revolution Rabbit Deluxe’s 2023 album ‘Control Freaks’ mixed rock, pop and politics in such a way it was impossible to ignore the influence of the younger Nicky Wire and Richey James Edwards. With sloganeering messages and a very 90s sound, tracks like ‘G7 Countdown’ blended the vitriol of the early Manics with the busy rhythms of the baggy movement; ‘Head In The Sand’ celebrated self-ignorance against a hefty indie rock groove, and – best of all – ‘Stuck On Stupid’ attacked the world with a Miles Hunt-ish sneer and a post-punk sound, pumping the heart of one of the band’s most pointed tracks to date.
Watch: Common Tongue release new track ‘Done’
After breaking through with their ‘Isolation’ single in 2023, Common Tongue set upon a musical journey where huge riffs would reign. It was immediately clear that the duo – hailing from Southsea, on the south coast of England – were capable of summoning the fire and fury of a full band set up, and the huge swagger at the heart of that debut might find an audience among the lovers of Royal Blood and early Muse.