{"id":140799,"date":"2025-09-13T18:44:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T18:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/140799\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T18:44:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T18:44:18","slug":"health-channel-anger-and-fear-on-ordinary-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/140799\/","title":{"rendered":"HEALTH Channel Anger and Fear on “ORDINARY LOSS”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heavy Song of the Week<\/a> 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 HEALTH\u2019s new single \u201cORDINARY LOSS.\u201d<\/p>\n

HEALTH<\/a> have described their new album as one of \u201canger, fear, and catharsis,\u201d and the band\u2019s decision to announce it amidst this week\u2019s news cycle \u2014 on September 11th of all days \u2014 seems calculated to some degree. Singer Jacob Duzsik pretty much sums it up in his album-announce quote, one of the more eye-opening press release quotes we\u2019ve encountered in some time:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe future is shit and the phone you are reading this on is making it worse, but please don\u2019t put it down.\u201d<\/p>\n

The misanthropy extends to the music itself, as heard on the opening track and lead single \u201cORDINARY LOSS.\u201d Electro-industrial percussion pounds away through a claustrophobic mix, the only concession to melody being Duzsik\u2019s unmistakable, clean-sung coos. But even those are used to transport some grim phrases (\u201cAll that\u2019s left is sadness\u201d \u2026 \u201cThe dead are blessed with no dreams\u201d). Harsh music for harsher times.<\/p>\n

Related Video<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Honorable Mentions:<\/p>\n

AFI \u2013\u00a0\u201cHoly Visions\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHoly Visions\u201d is another fine example of AFI<\/a>\u2018s current sonic direction, which is basically full-blown \u201980s gothic new-wave worship. If there\u2019s one knock on this track versus the previous single \u2014 a HSOTW selection \u2014 it\u2019s that AFI get a little too \u201980s trope-y here, whereas \u201cBehind the Clock\u201d saw the band exploring an open-ended arrangement that was more distinct in character. Still, this is topshelf stuff if you\u2019re in the market for goth new wave in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Bad Omens \u2013\u00a0\u201cImpose\u201d<\/p>\n

Bad Omens<\/a> continue to subvert expectations, ditching metal and metalcore entirely on the R&B-tinged \u201cImpose.\u201d The use of breakbeats and electronic textures results in a melodic cascade that rises and falls in volume. Singer Noah Sebastian follows suit, his emotive vocals remaining steady and unwavering, never quite rising to a scream. The band wear this style well \u2014\u00a0maybe too well, at least for the contingency of fans who prefer when Bad Omens keep it more metalcore.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Coheed and Cambria \u2013 \u201cKey Entity Extraction VII: Yuko the Trivial\u201d<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t keep up with Coheed and Cambria<\/a>\u2018s ongoing world-building concept albums \u2014 the band has its own saga of sci-fi lore at this point \u2014 approaching a song titled \u201cKey Entity Extraction VII: Yuko the Trivial\u201d might seem like jumping into the proverbial deep end. Thankfully, you don\u2019t need to know much about the band\u2019s \u201centities\u201d or storylines to enjoy their latest single. This four-minute pop rocker is as accessible as anything in the band\u2019s canon, and even if the lyrics are informed by a narrative, they\u2019re universal enough to stand on their own.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy Song of the Week is a feature on Heavy Consequence breaking down the top metal, punk, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-140799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}