{"id":2428062,"date":"2026-05-22T14:08:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2428062"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:08:58","slug":"new-music-friday-5-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-5-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-5-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-5-22\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (5\/22)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A very happy <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/new-music-friday-5-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-5-01\/\" id=\"1985900\">New Music Friday<\/a> holiday weekend to you all!<\/p>\n<p>We love a long weekend, don\u2019t we folks? And what better to complement that long weekend than a few new jams to make it really pop. This week leans heavy, but every single one of these tracks is a certified banger in its own right. You won\u2019t be disappointed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pirates-by-xcomm-ft-ghostemane\">\u2018PIRATES\u2019 by XCOMM ft. GHOSTEMANE<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/AcJbiofWvV0\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"XCOMM - PIRATES ft. GHOSTEMANE - Official Music Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AcJbiofWvV0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"XCOMM - PIRATES ft. GHOSTEMANE - Official Music Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AcJbiofWvV0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>When old heads (it\u2019s me, I\u2019m the old heads) say, \u201cthe kids are alright,\u201d they\u2019re talking about XCOMM.<\/p>\n<p>This Venice Beach <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/new-music-friday-5-songs-you-need-to-hear-this-week-01-16\/\" id=\"1949545\">hardcore punk band<\/a> has been on a f**kin\u2019 scorcher of a run lately, and now they\u2019ve got a brand new album, Time To Burn, and a new single: \u201cPirates\u201d, featuring none other than the man himself, Ghostemane.<\/p>\n<p>The tune starts with a relentlessly angry minute of fury, then Ghostemane comes to slow it down. The trap metal master lends his distinctive vocals through an eerie bridge that comes barreling into a heavy a** final breakdown ending.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot stress this enough: you need to be listening to XCOMM.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4x4-by-gideon\">\u201c4X4\u201d by Gideon<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/mNo_Rs8wHMo\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/mNo_Rs8wHMo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GIDEON - 4x4 (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mNo_Rs8wHMo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GIDEON - 4x4 (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mNo_Rs8wHMo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>Praise Dale and raise hell\u2026 the boys in Gideon are back with two tons of metal for your garage-beer weekend.<\/p>\n<p>This is that 2026 Holler Hardcore, right here. Architecturally, it\u2019s nu-metal, but nu-metal soaked in whiskey caked in backwoods mud. If you want real walk-the-walk blue collar metal, well, you\u2019ve found it: \u201c<em>I\u2019ll be a country motherf**er til the day I die!<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Gideon is currently on the \u201cLet It Rip\u201d North American Tour with Alpha Wolf, Mugshot, and Resolve. Tickets are available <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gideonal.com\/\" id=\"https:\/\/gideonal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on the band\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-your-name-it-s-walking-by-truck-violence\">\u201cYour name, it\u2019s walking\u201d by Truck Violence<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/IBotnvWeXNs\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/IBotnvWeXNs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Truck Violence - Your name, It&amp;apos;s walking (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IBotnvWeXNs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Truck Violence - Your name, It&amp;apos;s walking (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IBotnvWeXNs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>I chose to put Gideon and Truck Violence back-to-back because I find them to be almost two sides of the same coin. It\u2019s heavy, confrontational, working-class music. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, where Gideon leans more southern nu-metal, Truck Violence feels closer to late 90s metalcore. It\u2019s loud, distorted noise rock, but it feels inspired by Botch or old <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/converge-set-to-record-their-first-standalone-album-in-8-years\/\" id=\"1859484\">Converge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the Canadian band released their newest single, \u201cYour name, It\u2019s walking\u201d. The four-minute-plus track is dark, melodic chaos steeped in desperation. It does, however, spend some soft moments in a folky banjo plateau, before surging to a cataclysmic finale.<\/p>\n<p>Their new album, <em>The weathervane is my body<\/em>, will be out June 26 on The Flenser.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cellophane-by-index\">\u201cCellophane\u201d by Index<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/IHsh9gnjMxM\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/IHsh9gnjMxM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Index - &quot;Cellophane&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IHsh9gnjMxM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Index - &quot;Cellophane&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IHsh9gnjMxM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>This one is for all you deepcut 2010s scenesters. Oh, but it\u2019s not going to be what you\u2019re expecting at all.<\/p>\n<p>Former members of Control Top, Alan Creedon and Alex Lichtenauer, are now Index. The duo is making some truly merciless noise rock with their first song, \u201cCellophane\u201d, out now. It\u2019s chaotic, but it\u2019s directed and purposeful.<\/p>\n<p>That this is only the beginning for Index is a great thing for us all.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spiritual-obliteration-by-100-demons\">\u201cSpiritual Obliteration\u201d by 100 Demons<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/O3P3RbLVPSA\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/O3P3RbLVPSA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"100 Demons  - Spiritual Obliteration\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O3P3RbLVPSA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"100 Demons  - Spiritual Obliteration\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O3P3RbLVPSA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>The beatdown boys are back in f**king town.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut\u2019s own 100 Demons have once again been unleashed, and they are bringing hell with them. The band just dropped a new single, \u201cSpiritual Obliteration\u201d, which heralds their new album, <em>Embrace the Black Light<\/em> (out June 5 from Closed Casket Activities).<\/p>\n<p>This s**t is chuggy, mean, and heavy as BALLS. It\u2019s early 2000s breakdown-metalcore reclaiming its birthright throne. All hail.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 -->\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.vice.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very happy New Music Friday holiday weekend to you all! We love a long weekend, don\u2019t we folks? And what better to complement that long weekend than a few new jams to make it really pop. 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