For a band with such an explicit mission statement, Gruesome’s music is a complex and frustrating beast to analyze. The quartet broke out last year with a debut album (Savage Land) and lineup that embodied the concept of an “on paper” scenario; one of those perfect storms of marketing that whets the palates of…
Expectations are a funny thing. Last year, almost to the day, I had the privilege of seeing BABYMETAL take the stage at Chicago’s House of Blues. This was May 14th, 2015. I did not have a very good time. More than anything, I was filled with judgment and indignance. The…
It’s pretty rare to see a Canada only tour, but it means a lot for the all the bands involved when it is their first time in the country, or first time traveling it. Through the windows of a van between cities to small crowds and smaller venues, the whole…
Connecting the Dots explores side-projects and associated bands featuring members, past and present, of bands we know and love. In today’s Connecting the Dots, we’re going to focus on just a few of the myriad projects that are associated with the members of Deftones. Frankly, there are a good amount—many of…
Neo crust is a fickle genre, often difficult to pin down in the grand scheme of extreme music. On one hand, it is short and aggressive with more melodic tendencies, calling to mind such acts as Tragedy and His Hero Is Gone. However, on the opposite end of the spectrum,…
Even a cursory glance of our biweekly “What Heavy Blog Is Really Listening To” posts (last weeks update here) will reveal that there is a great deal of variety among our staff’s musical tastes. Due to this, we brainstormed the idea of “Playlist Swap,” another biweekly segment that takes place…
