Song Recommendation: “Reveal” by Messa (2025)

The first 30 seconds don’t really prepare the listener for what’s to follow as a jangly tuned is plucked out on a nylon string guitar until a classic metal riff rises to the fore before being swallowed by pummeling kick drums, walls of noise and the swirling double-tracked vocals that strain towards a smog-choked stratosphere. Eventually we’re treated to a fuzzy, even groovy guitar solo as waves of howling noise continue to crash against our eardrums. Shades of Chelsea Wolfe and some old-school Sabbath in equal measure, Messa have put together a fantastic knotted black-hole of a song that sits alongside other equally ripping bangers on their also highly recommended full length, The Spin, which is filled with similar goth-tinged, heavy-psych rockers.