Editors' Picks

Editors’ Picks // April 2021

April 5, 2021

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...

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...

Editors’ Picks – December 2020

Scott Murphy

December 7, 2020

Editors' Picks

Hello everyone and welcome to November's music, the final month of the year! What's that? I'm being told in my earphone here that November is in fact not the final month of the year? What do you know, I always... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // November 2020

Scott Murphy

November 9, 2020

Editors' Picks

The last few weeks have been, to say the least, quite stressful for a lot of us at the blog. When you look at the list of albums that we chose to run for this month’s Editors’ Picks, it might be tempting to pa... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // October 2020

Eden Kupermintz

October 5, 2020

Editors' Picks

In 2019, I made the point that Autumn is a season where we prepare for the great dark of Winter. We start to prepare for the tough season, wherever we are, even in warmer parts of the world. This year, this se... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – August 2020

Heavy Blog

September 2, 2020

Columns, Editors' Picks

As you might have guessed already, the Monthly Missive's intro will be taking much of the spotlight away from this intro. But the Editors' Picks intro is something I've been writing for years now, ever since w... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – July 2020

Heavy Blog

August 7, 2020

Editors' Picks

We're still doing this, huh? We're still pretending as if this is as worse as it gets, as if it this is rough, sure, but we can do this, we got this? For me, July (and August) are when everything gets even wor... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – June 2020

Scott Murphy

July 3, 2020

Editors' Picks

I can't tell you how many times I've thought of closing down the blog. It's kind of a secret but not really; I've spoken about it in Facebook groups before but I don't think I've ever written about it on the b... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – May 2020

Heavy Blog

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...

Dvne – Etemen Ænka

Eden Kupermintz

April 5, 2021

I swear that, out of the myriad of things that I love about music, watching a band grow is still my favorite. There's s... Read More...
Body Void – Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth

Jordan Jerabek

April 5, 2021

Body Void have all-but settled in as one of extreme music’s elite with their benchmark-setting heaviness, unloading a s... Read More...
Sanguisugabogg – Tortured Whole

Jimmy Rowe

April 5, 2021

Columbus, Ohio's Sanguisugabogg are among one of the most hyped up-and-coming death metal bands of the moment. Their demo Pornographic Seizures, released in 2019, was acclaimed in underground death metal circles and moved units quickly, landing them on the Century Media roster for their debut album Tortured Whole. It would seem that The 'Bogg has found themselves an early formula for success as a rising act to watch in death metal.
Christian Cosentino – Lawn

Eden Kupermintz

April 5, 2021

Every once in a while, something comes along that really arrests you. Don't get me wrong; I listen to new albums I like... Read More...