Oh the Humanity! - "Gutted"
There's just something about punk bands that add in some thrashy metal that just works for me. That's where Oh the Humanity! come in. The Boston band have been around since 2012, and their latest single, "Gutted," starts off as a melodic punk track. It's a driving track with shout along choruses and is surprisingly catchy. And then the metal guitars kick in. It's a very slow process, but as the guitar edges into metal more and more, the song just gets cooler and more fun. The song as all of the serious side of punk, especially heavy punk, but the fun of noodling heavy metal. "Gutted" is quite simply a great song that exists in both the worlds of punk and metal without blurring the lines at all. Oh the Humanity! say of their latest single: "'Gutted' is a song about self loathing, self improvement, and an inability to forgive yourself. Wrestling with the person you are, the person you were and the person you want to be. These themes are st...