For those who missed our last installment, We post biweekly updates covering what the staff at Heavy Blog have been spinning. Given the amount of time we spend on the site telling you about music that does not fall neatly into the confines of conventional “metal,” it should come as no surprise that many of us on staff have pretty eclectic tastes that range far outside of metal and heavy things. We can’t post about all of them at length here, but we can at least let you know what we’re actually listening to. For those that would like to participate as well (and please do) can drop a 3X3 in the comments, which can be made with tapmusic.net through your last.fm account, or create it manually with topsters.net. Also, consider these posts open threads to talk about pretty much anything music-related. We love hearing all of your thoughts on this stuff and love being able to nerd out along with all of you.
Scott Murphy
Anthony Braxton – Duets 1976
PJ Harvey – Rid of Me
Krallice – Dimensional Bleedthrough
Merkabah – Moloch
Prince – Sign o’ the Times
Pharaoh Sanders – Black Unity
Sony Sharrock – Ask the Ages
Wayne Shorter – Juju
Suffocation – Souls to Deny
Jonathan Adams
Pallbearer – Heartless
Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me
Touché Amoré – Stage Four
Sloth Herder – No Pity, No Sunrise
Venenum – Trance of Death
Sun Kil Moon – Benji
Lantern – II: Morphosis
Beach House – Teen Dream
Bereft – Lands
Jimmy Mullett
Arch Enemy—Khaos Legions
Björk—Vespertine
The Cure—Pornography
Deftones—Gore
Depeche Mode—Playing the Angel
Naked City—Torture Garden
Amon Tobin—ISAM
Chelsea Wolfe—The Grime And The Glow
John Zorn—There Is No More Firmament
Jordan Jerabek
All Them Witches – Sleeping Through The War
All Them Witches – Lightning At The Door
Bereft – LANDS
Judas Priest – Screaming for Vengeance
Luminous Vault – Charismata
Pharoah Sanders – Tauhid
Uhtcearu – The Plight of Wanderers
Blame God – Strategically Confined
Weather Report – Mysterious Traveller
Simon Handmaker
Slug Christ – The Crucifixion of Rapper Extraordinaire
Gorephilia – Severed Monolith
Grimes – Art Angels
Coheed and Cambria – Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star, Vol IV: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness
Junius – Eternal Rituals For The Accretion Of Light
Toothgrinder – Schizophrenic Jubilee
Ulver – The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Milo – Things That Happen At Day // Things That Happen At Night
Duck, Little Brother Duck! – Don’t Take Our Filth Away
Eden Kupermintz
Pallbearer – Heartless
Artificial Brain – Infrared Horizon
sleepmakeswaves – Made of Breath Only
Returning We Hear the Larks – Ypres Incarnate
Ulver – The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Orm – Orm
Iapetus – The Long Road Home
Full of Hell – Trumpeting Ecstasy
Elbow – Little Fictions
David Aleksov
Various Artists – A Decade Ilian Tape
Lawrence English – Cruel Optimism
Swans – The Glowing Man
Kangding Ray – Hyper Opal Mantis
The Necks – Unfold
Calm Hatchery – Sacrilege of Humanity
Intronaut – The Direction of Last Things
Turinn – 18 1/2 Minute Gaps
Talaboman – The Night Land
Matt MacLennan
Artificial Brain – Infrared Horizon
Poison The Well – Tears From The Red
Every Time I Die – Last Night In Town
Zao – The Funeral Of God
Behemoth – Evangelion
Analepsy – Atrocities From Beyond
fluoride – fluoride
Dodecahedron – Kwintessens
Teethgrinder – Misanthropy