{"id":612180,"date":"2026-04-18T10:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/612180\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T10:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:13:11","slug":"supergroup-iconics-cry-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/612180\/","title":{"rendered":"Supergroup Iconic’s “Cry No More”"},"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 the new single \u201cCry No More\u201d from the supergroup Iconic.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to be cynical about supergroups. The thing that makes bands so special is often not just the unique chemistry of players but also the deeper alchemy of life experiences and perspectives on art evolving together, both for and against each other. It isn\u2019t just similarity that makes people work well together but productive tension, and that\u2019s hard to manufacture out of thin air even when the combination makes perfect sense on paper.<\/p>\n

Which makes Iconic\u2019s lead single \u201cCry No More\u201d from their upcoming sophomore album II<\/a> noteworthy. Of course, Tommy Aldridge can\u2019t so much as touch a track without giving it the same incredibly heavy metal heft that he contributed to all those early Ozzy solo masterpieces. That the majority of the rest of the band have worked together in Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy lineups, two bands often underrated regarding their consistent musical strength and vitality, certainly helps things. Add in Stryper frontman Michael Sweet, serving as guitarist in this group, and it\u2019s not a shock really that the song is so strong.<\/p>\n

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But the real cementing factor is lead singer Nathan James\u2019 vocals. His lower register keeps the song fully away from glam metal territory, giving it an early heavy metal feel approaching power metal at times. This is a type of music that\u2019s tricky to pull off; one wrong step and you\u2019ve fallen into self-parody territory, where the immortality of rock gods becomes the banal fear of aging we all struggle with. Seeing the continued excellent of young players and old, music that advances the form and music that celebrates its history, is a perpetual thrill.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Honorable Mentions<\/p>\n

Ordh \u2013 \u201cApis Bull\u201d<\/p>\n

This progressive death metal troupe, born from the ashes of sludge metal group Barishi, immediately convey both a deep study and deep love of the genre. There is the same focus on hookiness as Death at their peak married to a prog heft that feels visionary and expansive. This opening cut from their new record\u00a0Blind in Abyssal Realms is surprisingly bright from a death metal track, showcasing a quite direct sense of heavy metal theatric behind the sophisticated arrangements and tricksy turns. It\u2019s hard to hear and not understand right away why genre adherrents are so thrilled by this sonic world.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pilor \u2013 \u201cL\u00e8se-Majest\u00e9\u201d<\/p>\n

This French grindcore act\u2019s opening salvo from their new album Sans Adieu\u00a0is an absolute ripper. Chaotic grindcore, an especially fun micro-genre name, mixes the intensity of grind with the textures of black and death metal, arriving at blistering heavy music from the feral wings of punk. You can feel it manifest here; there is malice and darkness, but also the kind of righteous rage that drives all great punk. There is music that tells us its okay to not be okay and then there is the music for what comes after, the uniquely heavy metal and hardcore punk animal response to extreme duress.<\/p>\n

Sans Adieu by Pilori<\/a><\/p>\n

Voivod \u2013 \u201cForgotten in Space (Symphonique)\u201d<\/p>\n

Prog-thrash legends Voivod return with live album Symphonique, out June 5th, re-orchestrating their music for symphony. The majesty of the new arrangement brings out the high-minded elements of beloved deperated guitarist Piggy L\u2019Amour\u2019s writing, with flutes and brass and strings bringing out an old-Hollywood level of theatricality from the music. The result, perhaps colored by the visualizer video for the song, lands rather close to Imperial Triumphant\u2019s territory over the past decade or so. Voivod continue to offer us a vision of an alternate universe where Yes, Rush, Metallica and Dead Kennedys got fused together in a horrible teleporter accident, one which we should remain perpetually grateful for being allowed to witness.<\/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":612181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-612180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612180","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=612180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}