{"id":239740,"date":"2025-10-25T18:26:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/239740\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T18:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:26:29","slug":"heavy-song-of-the-week-puscifers-self-evident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/239740\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Song of the Week: Puscifer’s “Self Evident”"},"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, we highlight Puscifer\u2019s \u201cSelf Evident.\u201d<\/p>\n

Puscifer<\/a> are set to return with their first album in more than five years, announcing a February 6th release for their upcoming LP, Normal Isn\u2019t<\/a>. Maynard James Keenan and company unleashed the first single, \u201cSelf Evident,\u201d and it\u2019s an absolutely hypnotic song. Over a driving rhythm section, Keenan and Carina Round engage in call-and-response vocals that are instantly captivating.<\/p>\n

Lyrically, Puscifer\u2019s longstanding dark sense of humor shines through, with lines like, \u201cYou\u2019re an idiot\/ You embody every bit of it\/ Even set a new precedent\/ Empirical\/ Concrete evidence\/ Minimal due diligence\/ We\u2019ve\u2005concluded\u2005what is obvious\/ You\u2019re\u2005a bunghole.\u201d Not too many bands can pull off a song with the word \u201cbunghole\u201d in it, but then again, not too many bands are anything like the wholly unique Puscifer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Honorable Mentions:<\/p>\n

Angel Du$t \u2013 \u201cCold 2 the Touch\u201d
Angel Du$t<\/a> announced their new album Cold 2 the Touch this week, dropping the bite-sized title track in the process. To the pace of galloping Mot\u00f6rhead drums, the band dish out a balance of aggression and melody as frontman Justice Tripp projects all the braggadocio that comes with putting a $ in your band name. In one of the more eye-catching pull quotes we\u2019ve encountered this year, Tripp\u2019s confidence was palpable in regards to the band\u2019s new material: \u201cThis is who I am, and I speak for the band too: These are people who are always going to be playing aggressive rock and roll. It\u2019s happening whether you like it or not. I\u2019m me, and if you get in my way I\u2019m gonna crush you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Bad Omens \u2013 \u201cDying to Love\u201d<\/p>\n

Another Bad Omens<\/a> single, and another example of the band stretching its sonic boundaries further. The massive guitars on \u201cDying to Love\u201d sound like something Failure would lay down. And there\u2019s a bit of harsh vocals and extreme metal, too, for fans who were worried that the band had completely ditched that aspect of their sound with the mellow vibes of the previous single.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

HEALTH \u2013 \u201cTHOUGHT LEADER\u201d<\/p>\n

As we iterated in our HSOTW feature on their previous single, HEALTH<\/a> have gone full evil mode for their latest album. Highly dystopian lyrics on current events and topics, paired with the harshest and noisiest electro-industrial soundscapes of their career. \u201cTHOUGHT LEADER\u201d continues the trend.<\/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":239741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-239740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}