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, we highlight Primitive Man’s “Seer.”
Primitive Man’s new album Observance opens with the seven-minute “Seer,” a rouser by the band’s apocalyptically bleak standards. The Denver group catches a swift pace during the first-half of the track, sounding something like Autopsy backed by a noise outfit: behind the cavernous drumming, the bent downtuned bass, and howls of dread, Primitive Man keep the backdrop of the mix swirling with murky psychedelia, a sort of sonic randomness achieved from harnessing the feedback of amplifiers that are utterly cranked. Even when the group shifts gears to a doomed-out crawl for the track’s latter half, there’s still a vastness of sonic expanse to fall into, perhaps even more so, as the deliberate instrumentation allows the listener to delve further into the chasm.
Honorable Mentions:
Gumm – “One Thing at a Time”
Gumm are a hardcore group from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and their latest cut “One Thing at a Time” touts a driving riff that could almost work in a psych-y post-punk context. Combined with tangible melodies and a rough and expressive vocal, the band conjure classic SST and Dischord vibes here (definitely more emocore/post-hardcore than the breakdown-heavy beatdown stuff that’s become the general connotation of current hardcore).
Like Moths to Flames – “Salting the Earth”
Like Moths to Flames‘ first new song of 2025 coincides with the launch of their headlining North American tour, which kicks off tonight in Denver. The band will surely play this dynamic number, which balances Deftones-y dreaminess with choppy bits of metalcore and frontman Chris Roetter’s impassioned, borderline screamo delivery.
Sun Dont Shine – “In the End”
Building from a somber intro of plaintive vocals and simple guitar strums, heavy supergroup Sun Dont Shine settle into a grungy alt-rock sound on their latest single. Kirk Windstein’s guitars churn along, and the rest of the group — comprised of members of Type O Negative and Crowbar — keeps a tight pocket as the song reaches a swelling crescendo.
