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 Turnstile’s first new song in four years, “Never Enough.”
Picking up right where they left off with the acclaimed Glow On four years ago, Turnstile are in fine form on the title track from their forthcoming album, Never Enough.
It takes a while for things to kick into gear, as the song opens with a one-minute ambient intro, though that only adds to the payoff when the guitar drop finally hits and the chorus starts sailing. Not so much hardcore as it is ’90s-indebted grunge pop, this is pretty much a surefire anthem for Summer ’25. And it’s still highly moshable to boot.
Honorable Mentions:
Behemoth – “Lvciferaeon”
“Lvciferaeon” hits with a bit less impact than Behemoth‘s previous singles from The Shit Ov God (though that’s more a testament to how strong those were) and sees the Polish blasphemers operating in a more grindy death metal context. The instrumental performances remain at an apex for Behemoth’s career, with this track casting a similar silhouette as some of the great blackened death metal pieces on the band’s opus The Satanist.
Katatonia – “Lilac”
The first Katatonia track since the departure of founding guitarist Anders Nyström sees the band fully embracing the gothic death metal sound that led to his exit. No matter what side of the fence you’re on (Nyström wanted to return to the band’s ’90s roots), Katatonia execute this style very well, blending the compelling melodic vocal work of Jonas Renkse with a stew of prog, goth, and extreme metal elements.
Sodom – “Trigger Discipline”
The organic, natural sound of the production is immediately noticeable on the latest single from German thrash titans Sodom. “No plastic!” exclaimed frontman Tom Angelripper in the press release for the track. “The difference in sound compared to today’s standard drum productions is amazing and has had a positive effect on all the instruments.” It adds a ferocious live-sounding edge to this bulldozing riffer, which some would say is a required component of all thrash worth its salt. We must note that Tom Angelripper’s vocals on this track sound a lot like a certain other thrash metal Tom — Slayer’s Tom Araya — which ain’t a bad thing.
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