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Artist......: Stay Dead
Album.......: Beneath the Weight of Worlds
Year........: 2026
Genre.......: Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: Ripple Music
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (24bit)
Quality.....: 1693kbps / 48 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 7 tracks
Playtime....: 00:35:44
Size........: 437.9 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-07-24
S.Date......: 2026-07-24
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/g9rrce90130t3
01. Empty Pages 4:08
02. Stay Dead 5:25
03. White Noise (feat. Troy Sanders) 6:27
04. Electric Mistress (feat. Matt Pike) 6:31
05. Chrysalis (feat. Eryka Fir and Aiwass) 8:04
06. What Happened to Rock N' Roll 1:25
07. Fever Dog (Stillwater cover) 3:44
Stay Dead is the latest supergroup to emerge from the
Heavy Underground scene who are made up of members from
High Desert Queen, Hollow Light and Fear The Victor,
However, that only tells half the story with guest
appearances from legends such as Matt Pike and Troy
Sanders. You also have appearances from Eryka Fir (Coma
Hole) and AIWASS along for the ride. Stay Dead's debut
album Beneath The Weight Of Worlds is quite a complex,
brooding, philosophical and emotionally charged
statement of the human condition.
The record blends levels of Doom, Sludge, Stoner Metal,
Prog Metal and Psychedelic elements with some detours
into areas of Post-Rock, Thrash, Space Rock and Groove.
This is a very multi-layered record from the very start
with influences ranging from Mastodon, High On Fire,
ELDER and NEUROSIS with also the band's members ever
present musical projects. Lead vocalist Ryan Garney
seems to be everywhere these days and that's a good
thing where he can shine a light to his incredible
vocals once more.
Ryan leaves the musical heavy lifting to his colleagues
and famous friends where they all brilliantly succeed in
laying down pummelling grooves that will give your body
a tough physical challenge whilst rewarding your mental
wellbeing when everything is said and done. The whole
record relies on hard-hitting lyrics and intense vocals
which come alive through tracks such as Empty Pages,
White Noises, Electric Mistress and Chrysalis.
Beneath The Weight Of Worlds does have a grimy and
sludgy exterior where the Post-Doom and Post-Stoner
thematics work amazingly well with the intense gloomy
melodic moments. The most hard-hitting track has to be
the excellent second track White Noise which really does
touch upon some tough themes which gives Stay Dead a
more vindictive appearance than you initially realise
until you hear the actual song which leaves you on a
more hopeful message.
The flashes of Post-Whatever and Psychedelic melodies is
a great way for Stay Dead to introduce a natural way of
creative storytelling with the guest appearances of
their friends to find common ground to play great music
with. The majority of the album is emotionally wrought
with complex grooves allowing Stay Dead to align
themselves more closely to the likes of Pallbearer and
YOB but with a distinctive Hard Rock quality keeping
everything grounded.
However, I will say my favourite aspect or track of the
album is Stay Dead's insane and gloriously entertaining
cover of the classic track Fever Dog. Fever Dog is from
the classic movie Almost Famous. A classic movie
directed by Cameron Crowe which was inspired by his
early days in the Seventies working for Rolling Stone
Magazine and being shown the seedier side of the Heavy
Rock scene from the legendary bands of the day. If you
haven't seen the movie then I implore you to watch it
now. Watch both versions, the theatrical cut and the
even better director's cut.
Within that movie, there's a fictional band called
Stillwater whose "famous" track "Fever Dog" is played
throughout the movie. That song was written by Nancy
Wilson of the band Heart and film director Cameron
Crowe. This track is pure Seventies HARD ROCK excess but
Stay Dead give this a slamming modern day Sludge
Rock/Stoner Rock makeover which stays true to the
original. (Apologies for the slight historical lesson
there. Almost Famous is one of my all-time favourite
movies).
Beneath The Weight Of Worlds is how a "supergroup"
should deliver their debut album with its fearless
attitude and non-stop supply of impactful grooves from
start to finish. The legendary record label Ripple Music
is releasing this album so you know this is going to
sound great. As Ripple Music never put out a bad record
within their entire lifetime.