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Our favorite orchestral doom metal band out of New Orleans is back with a new single. On "Black Snake," Anareta is not messing around. It just blasts with the heaviness as soon as the song starts. It's a screamy and thrashy masterpiece, and then the noise retreats and leaves just the strings. "Black Snake" then turns into this gorgeous, lush, and stripped down nearly classical piece of just strings and music. This goes on for much longer than expected, and the metal only slowly moves back in. But move back in it does, and with an absolute vengeance. "Black Snake" is the rare eleven minute metal song that will have you desiring more. Anareta says of their new song: "'Black Snake' is a recognition of the horrific and destructive forces of the oil industry and the commercial infrastructures that are imposed on our lands and across our waterways. The title stems from a Lakota prophecy of a black snake that would cross the land causing destruct...

Photo via Facebook Despite being called "Fear," there is some optimism in Jacqueline Tucci's latest single. According to Tucci,  “ Fear ” is about a time in my life when I felt like I was really searching for something but I didn’t know what it was. The song was born out of those feelings of restlessness and frustration." The song is kinda sorta folk adjacent, but only by the current modern definition of what counts as folk. "Fear" is a rambling indie rock song that balances an intense foreboding along with a sense of hope. Plus, it's oddly groovy. It all fits into a killer little indie rock song that is bordering on pure perfection. You can watch the video for "Fear" below. Bonus: It's filled with classic horror movie monster puppets! You can get a copy of the single over at Bandcamp . For more on Jacqueline Tucci, check her out on Facebook and Twitter .