| Motionless In White, Behemoth, Insomnium, Poppy, JERNBLOD, Amberian Dawn, Fiddlehead, No Cure, Boundaries, SAVE US, Vindicta, Madball, Sebastian Bach, Blood Incantation, Blutengel, 40 FINGERS, Sparta, They are the performers of the brand new Metal, Hard Rock, etc. songs that caught, these past days, our interest and liking. Beware (very possibly) NSFW |
17 . Motionless In White – R.I.P. (w/ Skylar Grey)
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Motionless In White’s “R.I.P. (feat. Skylar Grey)” on Decades stages a breakup autopsy where silence and regret hang like a funeral, Chris Motionless and Grey trading lines over somber piano, funereal synth swells and Justin deBlieck and WZRDBLD’s expansive production. Music video directed by : Jensen Noen – Song featured on the album : Decades Another Life (2019) |
16 . Behemoth – I, Scvlptor
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Behemoth’s “I, Scvlptor,” the title centerpiece of their release, stretches blackened death metal into a slow, ritualistic march as Nergal likens endless self‑formation to battling raw matter, the song’s two‑part militant structure riding gnarly riffs and cavernous drums. Music video directed by : Dariusz Szermanowicz – Song featured on the album : I, Scvlptor Ov Fire And The Void (2009) |
15 . Insomnium – Shadowlife
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Insomnium’s melodic death metal single “Shadowlife,” produced with Miiro Varjus and mixed by Jens Bogren for Century Media Records, contrasts whispered verses about the shortest, darkest day with soaring choruses and melancholic guitar lines that gradually crest into an atmospheric crescendo. Music video directed by : Jari Heino Only One Who Waits (2024) |
14 . Poppy – Dying To Forget
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Poppy’s “Dying to Forget,” produced by Jordan Fish for her album Empty Hands, funnels nihilistic lines about “standing for nothing” into a metalcore barrage of dense distortion, pounding drums and dynamic shifts that frame her searing vocal before Orie McGinness’s stark video imagery. Music video directed by : Orie Mcginness I Disagree (2019) |
13 . JERNBLOD – Greenland
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 JERNBLOD’s Nordic metal/folk anthem “Greenland” imagines longships disappearing into black seas and ravens circling a “land of frozen souls,” her powerful female vocal and layered choirs riding windswept, cinematic instrumentation that evokes icy swells and ancient voyages. Father, Beyond Valhalla (2026) |
12 . Amberian Dawn – Moon
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Amberian Dawn’s symphonic metal track “Moon,” composed by Tuomas Seppälä with lyrics and vocals by Nicole Willerton, seeks peace and beauty amid destruction as her soaring voice and grand keyboards circle heavy guitar riffs, treating the moon as a guiding light through suffering. Music video directed by : Erkki Halkka – Song featured on the album : Temptation’S Gates He Sleeps In A Grove (2008) |
11 . Fiddlehead – Baby I’ll Change
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Fiddlehead’s post‑hardcore title track “Baby I’ll Change,” produced by Alex Farrar, opens with the line “Sitting on the train I said ‘Baby I’ll change’” and slowly grows from delicate guitar and vocals into a crashing, anthemic finale tied to memories of Boston figure Jimmy Flynn. Music video directed by : Alex Henery – Song featured on the album : Baby I’Ll Change Ep |
10 . No Cure – Slowly Turning Blue
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Alabama band No Cure’s metallic hardcore cut “Slowly Turning Blue” from *It Is Going To Get Dark* hits with massive riffs and blast‑beat spikes while Blaythe Steuer’s deeply personal lyrics strain against the dense mix, balancing mosh‑pit violence with raw vulnerability. Song featured on the album : It Is Going To Get Dark Laceration Divine (2022) |
9 . Boundaries – May This Pain Never Leave
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Boundaries’ 2026 metalcore/hardcore single “May This Pain Never Leave,” from *Yearning: The Unbeautiful After*, reflects on grief after a fatal 2025 plane crash, Matthew McDougal extending Colin Parkes’s idea that pain is the price of love over crushing, anguished breakdowns and mournful leads. Song featured on the album : Yearning: The Unbeautiful After Easily Erased (2024) |
8 . SAVE US – Death To Something
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 SAVE US’s “Death To Something,” title track of their debut produced by Landon Tewers, has Miguel Owls acknowledging that becoming a father means killing parts of his old life, his confessional screams and melodic refrains threading through stuttering riffs and sharp rhythmic shifts. Song featured on the album : Death To Something Nightmare (2023) |
7 . Vindicta – The Face Of The Clown
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Vindicta’s metal debut “The Face Of The Clown (feat. The Dark Messiah),” released December 1, 2025 after ex‑Dogma members formed the project, spits lines like “I’m just a number in your audition” over bleak, pounding guitars, with Matteo Ermeti’s video reinforcing its alienated, resistant tone. Music video directed by : Matteo Ermeti Slice It (2021) |
6 . Madball – Tethered
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Madball’s NYHC song “Tethered,” from *Not Your Kingdom* on Nuclear Blast Records, taps their classic bouncy groove and gang‑chant energy as Freddy Cricien roars about tension and resilience, the riff‑driven structure built for stage dives and shout‑along, old‑school hardcore impact. Music video directed by : Dave Causa And Freddy Cricien – Song featured on the album : Not Your Kingdom The Fog (2018) |
5 . Sebastian Bach & Jonathan Cain, Bob Daisley – Man On The Silver Mountain
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Hard‑rock cover “Man On The Silver Mountain” unites Sebastian Bach, Jonathan Cain and Bob Daisley for the Ritchie Blackmore tribute Ride The Rainbow, preserving Rainbow’s mystical lyrics about a prophetic figure on a mountain while modern heavy production and Bach’s soaring vocal emphasize the iconic riff. Slave To The Grind (W/ Skid Row) (1991) |
4 . Blood Incantation – Dawn
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Blood Incantation’s “Dawn,” from the *All Gates Open* film soundtrack documenting *Absolute Everywhere* sessions, trades their usual cosmic death metal riffing for meditative ambient/drone, using slowly evolving synth textures and spacious tones to score imagery of transformation and existential exploration. Music video directed by : Miles Skarin – Song featured on the album : All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Slave Species Of The Gods (2019) |
3 . Blutengel – Schwarzer Engel
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Blutengel’s darkwave/synthpop single “Schwarzer Engel,” issued by Out Of Line Music, portrays a “black angel” embodying desire and darkness, its melancholic lyrics about loneliness and inner conflict carried by cinematic pads, steady electronic pulses and Chris Pohl’s dramatic melodic vocal. Music video directed by : Victoria Anders Wir Sind Das Licht (2021) |
2 . 40 FINGERS – Thunderstruck
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Italian ensemble 40 FINGERS recast AC/DC’s hard rock classic “Thunderstruck” as a cinematic acoustic guitar quartet, turning Angus Young’s riff into interlocking fingerstyle lines, tapped harmonics and body percussion that imply the original vocal hooks through dense rhythmic counterpoint. Music video directed by : Igor Burlović – Song featured on the album : Audio Production By Matteo Brenci & Emanuele Grafitti Bohemian Rhapsody (2019) |
1 . Sparta – Without Your Hands
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Date Added : Jun 24,2026 Sparta’s “Without Your Hands,” from Cut A Silhouette with Jim Ward on vocals and James Robbins producing, folds lines like “Keep your head down, son” about exhaustion and devotion into bright post‑hardcore guitars and a worn, hopeful melodic surge. Music video directed by : Travis Shinn – Song featured on the album : Cut A Silhouette Crater (2026) |
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