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      Eden Kupermintz
      January 25, 2021
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    • Music Journalism’s Top 50 Metal Albums of 2020

      Nick Cusworth
      February 9, 2021
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      Eden Kupermintz
      January 25, 2021
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      Heavy Blog
      January 25, 2021
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      Jonathan Adams
      January 25, 2021
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      Nick Cusworth
      January 25, 2021
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      Joshua Bulleid
      January 25, 2021
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    • Monthly Missive // December 2020

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      December 7, 2020
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      April 5, 2021
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      January 25, 2021
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      April 5, 2021
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      April 5, 2021
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      April 5, 2021
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      April 5, 2021
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      April 5, 2021
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Editors’ Picks // April 2021

Heavy Blog
April 5, 2021
Editors' Picks
This is honestly one of the strongest Editors’ Picks I can remember. While there’s some discussion to be had about the quantity of releases in March 2021 (a slowdown in relation to Jan/Feb can definitely be ob... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // March 2021

Heavy Blog
March 1, 2021
Editors' Picks
Which month is more cursed into awkwardness, December or January? As far as the music industry goes, the answer is really; they both are afflicted by the same proximity to the holidays, the same sort of sluggi... Read More...

Heavy Blog’s Favorite Albums of 2020

Heavy Blog
January 25, 2021
Best of 2020
So...our AOTY list looks a little different this year. Ok, a LOT different. You’ve probably noticed how much we’ve diversified our coverage over the last few years. As we started pulling together our collectiv... Read More...

Heavy Blog Staff’s Top 25 Albums of 2020

Heavy Blog
January 25, 2021
Best of 2020
We may have taken a different direction with our overall AOTY list this year, but we still wanted to share what everyone on staff thought were the best releases of the year! Comment with your own top 25, album... Read More...

Genre Genesis // Album of the Year Edition 2020

Heavy Blog
January 25, 2021
Best of 2020, Genre Genesis
One of our favorite AOTY segments is back! As we did in 2018, our significant others deliver some quick thoughts on a sample of our staff’s top albums of the year. There are some predictable reactions (“thing ... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // January 2021

Heavy Blog
January 4, 2021
Editors' Picks
Well. I must say that I have spent all of my “intro juice” (a horrible phrase which I shall never use again, I’m sorry) on writing this month’s Missive, the upcoming end of year Missive, and the Year in Review... Read More...

Monthly Missive // December 2020

Heavy Blog
December 7, 2020
Monthly Missive
Hello. In previous years, this space would probably be occupied by something about the end of the year. After all, most of the other musical outlets you probably follow have probably already posted their end o... Read More...

Monthly Missive // November 2020

Heavy Blog
November 9, 2020
Monthly Missive
Today, I want to talk to you about the normative, restorative, healing power of music. No, you haven’t opened the wrong website; this isn’t a “442HZ” website (don’t Google that please, it’s so stupid). Instead... Read More...

Monthly Missive // October 2020

Heavy Blog
October 5, 2020
Monthly Missive
This time around, I'm not going to talk about anything negative. But, I'm not going to be talking about anything positive as well. I'm going to follow my own recommendations from a talk I recently gave and try... Read More...

Monthly Missive // September 2020

Heavy Blog
September 2, 2020
Monthly Missive
So! Here we are. Heavy Blog 3.0. Writing this intro makes me remember the famous, and cliche, adage: wherever you go, there you are. Yes, it’s 2020. And yes, this is the third iteration of Heavy Blog, once aga... Read More...
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