The Kerrang! Chart: The best new music this week

Every Friday, you get bombarded with new music. To make it easier to get on board with the most killer stuff, we've digested it all, and curated the ultimate weekly chart.

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Malevolence – Trenches

Malevolence singer Alex Taylor has boasted that the Sheffield sluggers' newie is “possibly the most aggressive, ignorant and direct song we have ever written”. Which is really funny, and absolutely on the nose. Incidentally, that's probably where at least one fist is going to end up connecting when they bust this bad boy out live. A rare moment where ignorance is a thing worth celebrating. Also: ripper guitar solo.

NECKBREAKKER – Face-Splitting Madness

How's that for a title? You know what you're getting from Danish death metal kids NECKBREAKKER with that, so well done on nailing how to do marketing properly. Also, and more importantly, on doing wildly heavy death metal properly as well.

Whispers – Close Your Eyes

And because we haven't given you enough heaviness and angry shouting this week, here's Thai hardcore crew Whispers doing anything except follow the instruction of their own name. Turn these chunky riffs up loud, and Bang-kok your head.

1. Malevolence – Trenches
2. NECKBREAKKER – Face-Splitting Madness
3. Whispers – Close Your Eyes
4. Counterparts – A Martyr Left Alive
5. Delain – The Reaping
6. The Amazons – Pitch Black
7. Harpy – Born To Destroy
8. Slung – Fire To Burn
9. State Champs – The Constant
10. Comastatic – Self Sabotage (feat. Down And Out)
11. Tayne – Fear (feat. Rolo Tomassi)
12. Split Dogs – Precious Stones
13. Out Of Love – It Is What It Is (feat. Wade Macneil)
14. The Gates Of Slumber – Full Moon Fever
15. The Dark – Slip Away
16. PATRIARKH – WIERSZALIN IV
17. As December Fall – Angry Cry
18. Burning Witches – The Spell Of The Skull
19. Paleface Swiss – My Blood On Your Hands
20. Red Method – All For One None For All (feat. Bloodywood)