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Heavy Metal
A photo of the artist's face, with two metal chains crossed in front of his browline and partially obscuring his eyes.
Studio album by
Cameron Winter
ReleasedDecember 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)
StudioStockholm Syndrome Sound
Length43:50
Label
Producer
  • Cameron Winter
  • Loren Humphrey
Cameron Winter chronology
Singles
(2024) 		Heavy Metal
(2024)
Singles from Heavy Metal
  1. "$0"
    Released: November 19, 2024

Heavy Metal is the debut solo album by Geese frontman Cameron Winter. It was released through Partisan Records and Play It Again Sam on December 6, 2024, and was met with critical acclaim.

Recording and production

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According to Winter, he worked with musicians he found on Craigslist, as well as a 5-year old boy who played bass, and recorded parts of Heavy Metal at Guitar Center locations in New York City.[1][2]

The album was co-produced by Winter and Loren Humphrey in Tuxedo Park, New York.[3][4]

Release and reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Line of Best Fit9/10[5]
Paste8.9/10[6]
Pitchfork8.3/10[7]
The Needle Drop8-9/10[8]

Heavy Metal was released through Partisan Records on December 6, 2024.[9] It received positive reviews from Pitchfork,[7] Paste,[6][10] The Line of Best Fit,[5] The Needle Drop,[8] GQ,[1] and UpRoxx.[11] It has been further praised by other musicians, such as Waxahatchee and Nick Cave.[12][13][14]

It was named one of the best debut albums of 2024 by Paste[15] and an early entry for one of the best albums of 2025 by several publications, given its late 2024 release.[16][17][18][19]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Cameron Winter.

Heavy Metal track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Rolling Stones"3:18
2."Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed)"4:11
3."Love Takes Miles"3:18
4."Drinking Age"3:30
5."Cancer of the Skull"5:31
6."Try as I May"4:47
7."We're Thinking the Same Thing"2:47
8."Nina + Field of Cops"5:52
9."$0"6:43
10."Can't Keep Anything"3:49
Total length:43:50

References

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  1. ^ a b Black, Chris (February 6, 2025). "A 22-Year-Old Who Lives With His Parents Recorded a Solo Album at Guitar Center. We Can't Stop Listening". GQ. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  2. ^ Goodman, Lizzy (April 5, 2025). "On the Verge of Rock Stardom". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  3. ^ Benjumea, Carolina (December 6, 2024). "Cameron Winter is Unapologetically Himself in His Solo Debut". House of Solo Magazine. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  4. ^ Walker, Sophie Leigh (December 10, 2024). "Cameron Winter is not kidding this time". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Walker, Sophie Leigh (December 6, 2024). "Review of Heavy Metal by Cameron Winter: Geese frontman soars on debut solo record". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  6. ^ a b Dempsey, Alli (December 19, 2024). "Cameron Winter Reckons with the Existentially Absurd on Heavy Metal". Paste. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  7. ^ a b Green, Walden (January 11, 2025). "Cameron Winter: Heavy Metal". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal". The Needle Drop. January 30, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  9. ^ "Cameron Winter ← Artists ← Partisan Records". partisanrecords.com. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  10. ^ "The 40 Best Debut Albums of 2024". Paste Magazine. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  11. ^ Hyden, Steven (February 14, 2025). "It's A Cameron Winter Winter". UPROXX. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  12. ^ Crutchfield, Katie (January 28, 2025). "you're making me feel like a dollar in your hand". Katie Crutchfield’s Substack. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  13. ^ Davenport, Tom (April 14, 2025). "A lovely Sunday morning today. I don't know why. What did you do?". The Red Hand Files. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  14. ^ Jones, Damian (April 15, 2025). "Nick Cave reveals the "glorious" album he's currently enjoying at the moment". NME. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  15. ^ "The 40 Best Debut Albums of 2024". Paste Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  16. ^ D’Souza, Shaad (May 14, 2025). "Cameron Winter Summer". i-D. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  17. ^ Bloom, Madison; Corcoran, Nina; Gaca, Anna; Green, Walden; Larson, Jeremy D.; Lorusso, Marissa; Sherburne, Philip (April 2, 2025). "The Best Music of 2025 So Far". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  18. ^ "The best albums of 2025 so far". The FADER. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  19. ^ "The Best Albums of 2025 So Far". Rolling Stone. June 5, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
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