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. Our first No. 1 pick of the New Year goes to L.S. Dunes’ “Violet.”
Sometimes a track comes together just right, with no hiccups — from the demo stage to the final mastering — as if destiny has taken hold. That sure seems like the case with “Violet,” an inspired new cut from post-hardcore supergroup L.S. Dunes.
Guitarist Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) brought the original demo to the band in fully structured form, laying the groundwork for his bandmates to finish it off with their own performances. In the words of bassist Tim Payne, “We all just knew immediately what we had to do.”
The impeccable falsetto vocals of Anthony Green (Circa Survive, Saosin) and layered guitar-work give off a pleasant and nostalgic mid–’90s Radiohead vibe, and the tangible angst and melancholy of the track befits its lyrical premise. “This song is about someone getting exactly what they deserve,” said Green. “This song helped me get through the feeling of being ghosted.”
Honorable Mentions:
Bonfire – “Lost All Control”
German melodic hard rock vets Bonfire continue to perfect their craft and test the extremes of their trademark sound. “Lost All Control” is a fast and frenetic piece — straight-up power metal at moments — that melds the band’s big hooks and choruses with speed riffing and technicality. The guitarwork is supreme, as are the shimmering vocals of Dyan Mair, whose anachronistic performance evokes Bonfire’s ’80s heyday.
Lacuna Coil – “Gravity”
Lacuna Coil and Century Media have really been stoking the hype for the Italian band’s upcoming album, Sleepless Empire, one of our most-anticipated heavy releases of 2025. “Gravity” makes a whopping five singles from the LP, this one exemplifying the contrasting extremes that drive the veteran group’s brand of metalcore: the guttural vocals vs. clean melodic female singing; the musical peaks and valleys, from chugging riffage to soaring choruses and bombastic drops.
Tremonti – “Tomorrow We Will Fail”
Mark Tremonti (Creed, Alter Bridge) has unleashed one of the first great hard rock albums of 2025, with his eponymous band’s just-released effort The End Will Show Us How. Remarkably, we’ve included four tracks from the album on our HSOTW rundowns (a new record for the column), with standout cut “Tomorrow We Will Fail” being the latest. It kinda goes without saying at this point, but the guitarist’s vocal performance is top notch — he really gave it his all on this album — and this grungy track has a surging major-chord arrangement and a central riff that could work in Creed.