Heavy Song of the Week is a feature on Heavy Consequence breaking down the top metal, punk, and hard rock tracks you need to hear every Friday. This week, No. 1 goes to Cloakroom’s “The Pilot.”
Cloakroom’s new album Last Leg of the Human Table opens with cinematic grandeur in the form of lead track “The Pilot.” This cascading crusher is as heavy as any metal or doom track, yet manages to be calming rather than caustic. Lilting vocal melodies, rendered with just a touch of autotune, cut through a wall of oceanic guitar tones that are captured in crystal-clear, raw fidelity. Pay heed, fans of shoegazey space-rock (Spiritualized, HUM, Failure, etc.). Cloakroom even snuck in the obligatory aeronautical reference with the title of the song itself.
Honorable Mentions:
Corey Taylor and Bad Omens – “Dust in the Wind”
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Aaron Gilhuis, this cover of the Kansas classic features a soaring Celtic-inspired arrangement that builds on the minimal acoustic structure of the original. Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Bad Omens’ Noah Sebastian put their world-class voices on display, with atmospheric reverb making their duet sound like a singular voice at times.
Deafheaven – “Heathen”
Deafheaven dial back the aggression a bit on “Heathen,” employing the clean singing and dream-pop guitar arrangements that were central to their previous album Infinite Granite. There are still a few stabs lying in wait — moments where the band and singer George Clarke suddenly go harsh — thus, the song can be seen a mid-point between Deafheaven’s last album and the previous single “Magnolia,” which was a full-on black metal assault.
Billy Idol – “Still Dancing”
The autobiographical “Still Dancing” charts Billy Idol’s career, from his punk roots in the band Generation X, to his rock stardom as a solo artist. Aptly, the track very much sounds like one of Idol’s big hits in the ’80s, complete with throwback production that deliberately evokes surging guitar anthems like “White Wedding” and “Rebel Yell.”
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