Song · The Beths
“Metal” by The Beths
From the album Straight Line Was a Lie (2025)
“Metal” by The Beths appears on 11 radio countdowns from 11 stations in 2025. It was first released in 2025 on the album Straight Line Was a Lie. Its best result is #18 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2025. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #409 alternative song of 2025.
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"Metal" comes off Straight Line Was a Lie, the Beths' 2025 album, and Elizabeth Stokes wrote it, sings it and plays guitar alongside Jonathan Pearce. Benjamin Sinclair is on bass and Tristan Deck on drums, while Pearce produced the track and mixed it with Bevan Smith, Michael Howell engineering alongside him.
It's the Beths doing what they do so well: guitars that chime and bite at once, a tight, wiry rhythm section, and Stokes singing with that disarming plainness that makes a big feeling land without a single wasted gesture.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2025 | 88 |
| 2025 | 32 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 18 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2025 | 90 |
| 2025 | 38 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
| 2025 | 53 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2025 | 89 |
| 2025 | 27 | WYEP Pittsburgh, PA | WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 44 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2025 | 90 |
| 2025 | 20 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2025 | 103 |
| 2025 | 23 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2025 | 90 |
| 2025 | 98 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2025 | 200 |
| 2025 | 62 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2025 | 103 |
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