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Heavy Blog’s Top 25 Albums of 2020 (So Far)

July 24, 2020

I have spent most of my considerable number of intros in 2020 to talk about how the world is falling apart. No one can blame me; the world is falling apart and we haven't seen anything yet. We're in the prelud... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – May 2020

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June 5, 2020

Editors' Picks

As I am writing to you today, the world burns. Melodramatic, right? But, if we're being honest, I could open this post with these words every month. Hell, I could open every single post like this because every... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – April 2020

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May 8, 2020

Editors' Picks

On the last episode of our podcast, Noyan challenged me with a question: is "The Golden Age of Metal" over? I had made the point that we're living in the Golden Age of Metal back in 2016, although the idea was... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – March 2020

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April 3, 2020

Editors' Picks

This is the first Editors' Picks introduction that I'm writing from quarantine. Will it also be the last? No one really knows but the odds are heavily against it. Sure, it seems like we in Israel have a better... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – February 2020

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March 6, 2020

Editors' Picks

February! Last year, I called it "The Bastard Month" and I stand by that. This year though, this transitory month was chock full of amazing releases. It triggered my "oh my god there is so much music" mode man... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – January 2020

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January 31, 2020

Editors' Picks

You know that feeling you get right before you're sick? I'm talking the day or night before; you feel your bones start to ache, a sort of cloud descending upon you. It's like standing in the first few seconds ... Read More...

Heavy Blog Staff’s Top 10 Albums of 2019

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December 18, 2019

Best of 2019

It might not come as a shock to most of you who keep up with the site, but I don't really like lists. Some of the other editors despise them less and some might even like them but I don't think you'll find any... Read More...

Heavy Blog’s Top 50 Albums of 2019

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December 17, 2019

Best of 2019

This is one of those years where you're writing your end of year summary every day. It's a year which inundated all of us with so much music, and from so many angles and genres, that it almost begged to consta... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – November 2019

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December 3, 2019

Editors' Picks

November! I love November. That's when it starts to really get cold in Israel. November is also when music starts to slow down as people prepare for the Big Freeze (both in temperatures and in social presence)... Read More...

Best of Closing Tracks

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November 5, 2019

Best Of, Lists!

An album doesn't really end when its last note is sounded. Or, at least, great albums don't; there are definitely works out there that only span the time during which the music is playing. But truly great rele... Read More...

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