Хамтлаг талийгаач гоцлол дуучин Райли Гэйлийн дурсгалыг хүндэтгэн, шинэ дуучнаар Сет Гилморыг эгнээндээ нэгтгэн уран бүтээлийн замналаа үргэлжлүүлж байна.
Power Trip хамтлаг “Precinct 3” нэртэй шинэ синглээ гаргаснаар есөн жилийн завсарлагаа дуусгавар боллоо. Тус хамтлаг “Nightmare Logic” цомгийнхоо амжилтыг давтах болон хамтлагийн гол дуучин асан Райли Гэйлийн үлдээсэн өвийг хадгалах томоохон хүлээлтийн дор энэхүү бүтээлийг танилцуулж байна. Шинэ дуучин Сет Гилморын хүчирхэг хоолой, Slayer-ийн хэв маягийг санагдуулам риффүүд нь хамтлагийн hardcore болон thrash metal урсгалын өвөрмөц хослолыг илтгэж байна.
Энэхүү шинэ сингл нь “Scavenger” дууны хамт давхар сингл байдлаар цацагдсан бөгөөд хамтлагийн цаашдын хөгжлийн олон талт байдлыг харуулах зорилготой юм. Хөгжим шүүмжлэгчид уг бүтээлийг хамтлагийн уран бүтээлийн шинэ хуудас хэмээн онцолж байна.
Энэ долоо хоногийн бусад онцлох бүтээлүүдэд Cult of Luna хамтлагийн “The Rift”, Deafheaven хамтлагийн “Hunter”, болон Hypno5e хамтлагийн “Trame Noire” дуунууд багтлаа. Cult of Luna өөрсдийн пост-метал урсгалын үндэс болох hardcore хэв маягийг “The Rift”-д тусгасан бол Deafheaven хамтлаг “Hunter” дуугаараа black metal урсгалын сонгодог хэлбэрийг гаргаж иржээ. Мөн Hypno5e хамтлаг “Trame Noire” бүтээлээрээ пост-метал болон прогрессив метал урсгалын огтлолцол дээрх өвөрмөц дуугаралтыг үзэгчдэд хүргэж байна.
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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 the new single “Precinct 3” from Power Trip.
To describe “Precinct 3” as a solid return for Power Trip would be a phenomenal understatement. The band was clearly aware of the burdens not just of expectation, being expected to follow their masterpiece Nightmare Logic, but also to live up to the legacy of their late vocalist Riley Gale. They were being asked to appease not just a real history of the band but also a hypothetical future none of us got to see; that the process to feel comfortable taking a swing took nine years is no surprise really. Thankfully, the band strikes hot with the fevered “Precinct 3,” a song that sees the band still holding their twin inspirations of hardcore and animalistic thrash.
Power Trip tap into their inner Slayer, delivering riffs worthy of Hanneman and King with their fevered intensity. Then suddenly the band shifts into a mode closer to Voivod or Coroner for the closer, bringing in a subtle progressive shaping to the riff. There is a heft and violence to new singer Seth Gilmore’s vocal performance, along with a production approach that sounds closer to the bite of contemporary Metallica records or the more extreme end of Exodus.
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The choice of this song (released as a double single with the track “Scavenger”) to reintroduce the band was clearly meant to show not just the greatness Power Trip still contain but also to tease at the breadth of their capabilities, to remind us that with only two full-lengths under their belt before their frontman’s tragic passing, they still have many more angles we have not yet seen. Riley would be proud.
Honorable Mentions
Cult of Luna – “The Rift”
Cult of Luna continue to demonstrate why they are one of the few post-metal bands of the 2000s not just to endure but to continue to thrive. “The Rift” showcases a rare side of the band featuring up sections that wouldn’t be out of place on an Umea hardcore record, fitting given that was the scene the band originally grew out of. It’s easy to forget the direct ties post-metal has to hardcore and crust punk, the brilliant magic that can happen when punks are handed psychedelic and progressive records, but Cult of Luna have always worn their history proudly on their sleeve. Their singles are often more emotionally transparent than this. “The Rift” remains elusive, teasing at an emotional context we don’t receive with it as a standalone track. But, like a great single, it makes you hungry to know how it fits in rather than merely feeling incomplete on its own. It desires completion.
Deafheaven – “Hunter”
If anything will make you begin to agree with kvlt types who hate when Deafheaven weaves beautiful melodies into their work, its hearing how great they are at black metal in its more direct form. The attentive can hear all kinds of sonic touch points here, from the subtle majesty of a group like Beherit to the rotten castle grandeur of Emperor to the mad wolf howl of Watain. “Hunter” joins “Black Brick” as one of the greatest pieces the band has ever made, an artifact from another world where they pursued the icy wastes of true black metal over the sun-warmed emotional richness of their current body of work. That they can do both is a rare gift.
Hypno5e – “Trame Noire”
We are blessed currently to experience a duality. The Ocean, having shed their previous full lineup and reconstituted a new one, are exploring a new and brilliant new sonic direction with their superb Solaris. Meanwhile, Hypno5e seems to have gotten the memo, turning in a track with “Trame Noire” that would not have been out of place on the past few records by the Ocean to keep that itch scratched as well. That is, of course, until the heavier portions really unfurl their wings, bringing a sense of menace and darkness that the Ocean typically erred away from. Hypno5e may be known in some circles as a djent band, but they’re better understood as sitting in the space between post-metal and the more cinematic wing of progressive metal, wielding their skills toward complex arrangements rather than fiddly technicality. “Trame Noire” is emotionally exhausting in the best way, the kind of blank-brained catharsis you can only get by one extended feral scream.
