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  • Best of 2021
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    • Heavy Blog's Superlative List for 2021

      Eden Kupermintz
      January 17, 2022
      Best of 2021, Lists!
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    • Yearly Missive // 2021

      Eden Kupermintz
      January 17, 2022

    • Finding Meaning In Meaninglessness: A 2021 Survivor’s Guide

      Nick Cusworth
      January 17, 2022

    • Heavy Blog’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

      Heavy Blog
      January 17, 2022

    • A World In Which Music Exists – 2021 In Review

      Eden Kupermintz
      January 17, 2022

    • Doomsday – 2021 In Review

      Pete Williams
      January 17, 2022

    • Death’s Door // 2021 In Review

      Scott Murphy
      January 17, 2022
  • Monthly Missive
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    • Monthly Missive // June 2021

      Eden Kupermintz
      June 14, 2021
      Monthly Missive
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    • Monthly Missive // June 2022

      Eden Kupermintz
      June 13, 2022

    • Monthly Missive // May 2022

      Heavy Blog
      May 5, 2022

    • Monthly Missive // April 2022

      Heavy Blog
      April 7, 2022

    • Monthly Missive // March 2022

      Heavy Blog
      March 3, 2022

    • Yearly Missive // 2021

      Eden Kupermintz
      January 17, 2022

    • Monthly Missive // December 2021

      Eden Kupermintz
      December 7, 2021
  • Columns

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    • Flash of the Blade // September 2022

      Eden Kupermintz
      September 28, 2022
      Flash of the Blade

    • Post Rock Post // September 2022

      Eden Kupermintz
      September 13, 2022
      Post Rock Post

    • Kvlt Kolvmn // August/September 2022

      Jonathan Adams
      September 12, 2022
      Columns, Kvlt Kolvmn

    • Death's Door // August/September 2022

      Jonathan Adams
      September 12, 2022
      Columns, Death's Door

    • Rotten to the Core // September 2022

      Calder Dougherty
      September 9, 2022
      Rotten to the Core

    • Editors’ Picks // September 2022

      Eden Kupermintz
      September 2, 2022
      Editors' Picks
    • A Gift to Artwork
    • Cool People Column
    • Death’s Door
    • Doomsday
    • Editors’ Picks
    • Genre Genesis
    • Grind My Gears
    • Into the Pit
    • Kvlt Kolvmn
    • Post Rock Post
    • Rotten to the Core
    • Unmetal Monthly
  • Genres
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      • Black Metal
      • Death Metal
      • Doom Metal
      • Grindcore
      • Metalcore
      • Post-Metal
      • Progressive Metal
      • Stoner Metal
      • Sludge Metal
      • Thrash Metal
      • Trad Metal
    • Rock
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      • Hardcore
      • Indie Rock
      • Math Rock
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      Heavy Blog
      April 9, 2015
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      Jimmy Rowe
      September 26, 2022

    • Fallujah – Empyrean

      Eden Kupermintz
      September 7, 2022

    • Destrage – SO MUCH. too much.

      Ahmed Hasan
      September 6, 2022

    • Parkway Drive – Darker Still

      Joshua Bulleid
      September 5, 2022

    • The Callous Daoboys – Celebrity Therapist

      Calder Dougherty
      September 1, 2022

    • Dreadnought – The Endless

      Eden Kupermintz
      August 31, 2022
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      Joshua Bulleid
      July 28, 2020
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      Joshua Bulleid
      September 23, 2022

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      Joshua Bulleid
      September 16, 2022

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      Joshua Bulleid
      September 13, 2022

    • Release Day Roundup – 9/9/22

      Joshua Bulleid
      September 9, 2022

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      Joshua Bulleid
      September 2, 2022

    • Release Day Roundup – 8/5/22

      Scott Murphy
      August 5, 2022
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Editors’ Picks // August 2022

Heavy Blog
August 22, 2022
Editors' Picks
...and we're back! You may already be privy if you've meandered over to our Facebook or Patreon feeds, but over the course of the last two weeks or so, we've been on the back end in an absolute panic due to a ... Read More...

Heavy Blog’s Top 25 Albums of 2022 (So Far)

Heavy Blog
July 20, 2022
Lists!
Time continues its dogged and completely unstoppable advance and so we find ourselves in the middle of yet another year. At this point, writing about how grim things seem to be is redundant. Just go back to my... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // June 2022

Heavy Blog
June 13, 2022
Editors' Picks
What a month! May had a lot to offer: the latest hip-hop opus from Kendrick Lamar, progressive black metal from Luminous Vault and Tómarúm, the core of Radiohead stepping out on their own as The Smile, an wort... Read More...

Monthly Missive // May 2022

Heavy Blog
May 5, 2022
Monthly Missive
Remember how, when COVID was kicking off, we got a slew of articles talking about the new world which COVID will leave behind? While the declarations of COVID’s demise are very untimely, it’s safe to say that ... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // May 2022

Heavy Blog
May 5, 2022
Editors' Picks
Hello and welcome to yet another edition of Editors' Picks! This time around we're running things in a bit of a condensed format, as several editors are away dealing with life stuff. What's life stuff? Well, j... Read More...

Monthly Missive // April 2022

Heavy Blog
April 7, 2022
Monthly Missive
Oh boy, this was a rough one to get out! Some unfortunate alignments with my work life, plus the myriad other matters which trouble the editors of the blog, plus the wonderful and ever-inconsistent joys of wor... Read More...

Monthly Missive // March 2022

Heavy Blog
March 3, 2022
Monthly Missive
You know, it has been my goal in these Missives, and elsewhere on the blog, to be very honest with you readers. So I feel comfortable positing to you one of the questions which has haunted me for the last few ... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // March 2022

Heavy Blog
March 3, 2022
Editors' Picks
March is always a sleeper month. It's not just because we usually take February off (since January is when we post our end of year content) but also because the industry "wakes up" from the winter freeze. Febr... Read More...

Death’s Door // March 2022

Heavy Blog
March 3, 2022
Death's Door
Welcome back, Hellions.  We’ve missed you.  A lot has transpired since we last connected. War broke out in Europe, and… I mean, I think I’ll just leave it at that. Things are bad. Worse than ba... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn // March 2022

Heavy Blog
March 3, 2022
Kvlt Kolvmn
The dark winter of humanity’s soul continues apace. Time to wallow in the perpetual misery with more quality black metal.  Welcome once again, friends, to Kvlt Kolvmn. New year, same global disasters. ... Read More...
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