Stadiums should be scrambling to prepare themselves to host Cody Hyde, a revolutionary of metalcore and hard rock fusionism whose ability to augment overdriven amplification feels seemingly infinite. His latest release, Final Ending, featuring Marko Duplisak, is a harbinger of melodically juggernautical visceralism, reinforced with the kind of raw emotion that hits hard enough to leave you with a concussion.
Resonating as a refusal to sink into the clutches of absolute nihilism, Final Ending becomes an exposition of how we will meet final endings in our lifetimes, but none except the final ending deserves apathy. Cody Hyde turns that premise into a full-throttle statement of defiance, placing melodic hooks beside blast beats, serrated guitars, and Lamb of God-esque screamo vocals that tear through the verses with razor-sharp teeth.
For fans of Bullet For My Valentine, Metallica, and Five Finger Death Punch, the single carries the scale, muscle, and melodic instinct of arena-ready metal. Hyde, a guitarist and composer from Milaca, Minnesota, has been building towards his second studio album, Songs For the Broken, with tracks rooted in personal struggle, toxic relationships, and a broken world. Here, the soaring hard rock choruses hook themselves inside your throat while riffs strut as salacious guitar porn, making ambivalence impossible.
Final Ending is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.
Review by Amelia Vandergast
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