Interviews

Total Request Live: Baroness’s John Baizley on Concerts By Request, Post-COVID Touring, and Gold & Grey

November 10, 2021

“Hi there Pete,” the email started out. I love getting these emails from bands and their agencies. It always feels very validating to know that people and artists appreciate what I do on Heavy Blog. I love wri... Read More...

Is This the Life? Cardiacs, the Band Every Weirdo Can Love or RIP Tim Smith (1966-2020)

Matthew Landis

July 22, 2021

Features, Interviews

It’s been a year since Tim Smith of Cardiacs passed away. In the chaos and confusion what was then pandemic early-days and a summer of Black Lives Matter protests, the announcement likely got lost in the shuff... Read More...

Delving into delving: An Interview with delving/Elder’s Nick DiSalvo

Simon Handmaker

June 14, 2021

Interviews

Those keyed into modern progressive rock, heavy psych, or doom metal should instantly recognize Nick Disalvo’s name from Elder. On their five LPs released across the past decade and change, the Berlin- née New... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE/INTERVIEW: Stone Healer Explore New Territory with Conquistador

Trent Bos

April 26, 2021

Interviews, Premieres

Progressive death metal is a genre that has taken on a lot of forms, especially in the 21st century. By the nature of it, it is open to blending with other musical styles or genres, often to great effect. It's... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE/INTERVIEW: Experience Microtonal Black Metal Bliss with Victory Over the Sun’s Nowherer

Scott Murphy

April 22, 2021

Features, Interviews, Premieres

Let me tell you, I was stoked when Eden put me in touch with Vivian Tylinska last week. Learning about a new Victory Over the Sun album was exciting enough, but having the chance to both premiere the album and... Read More...

Angry Women: Nervosa’s Prika Amaral Talks Metal, Misogyny, and How to Record in the Time of COVID

Pete Williams

January 4, 2021

Interviews

Anybody who talks to me about my work at Heavy Blog will eventually ask me the same question: what’s been your favorite thing about writing for the blog? Generally, I’ll mention being able to talk to creators ... Read More...

Life Turns on a Dime: A Conversation with Jay Postones & Amos Williams of TesseracT

Joe Astill

December 7, 2020

Features, Interviews

The lifespan of bands have their mythologies; the “tricky” album, the record label feud, the member fallout, the “controversial” shift in sound. There’s always something with every band, something that uproots... Read More...

Reaching Enlightenment: A Conversation with Spirit Adrift’s Nate Garrett

Simon Handmaker

October 5, 2020

Interviews

Spirit Adrift are one of the leaders of a cadre of bands currently pushing the sound of American heavy metal back to the forefront of the headbanger’s consciousness. Across three albums in four years - 2016’s ... Read More...

To Sing of Damnation: Inside the First Full-Length Novel Published by The Flenser

Scott Murphy

September 2, 2020

Interviews

If you’ve followed Heavy Blog over the last few years, you know how much we love Bay Area “dark music” label The Flenser. They’ve cultivated an incredibly diverse roster that simultaneously features a collecti... Read More...

PREMIERE: Brace Your Peripheral Cortex for this Cover of Necrophagist’s “Dawn and Demise”

Scott Murphy

August 6, 2020

Interviews

Earlier this year, I raved about the eccentric death metal on God Kaiser Hell, the debut album from Peripheral Cortex. I praised the German quartet for their eclectic approach to songwriting, which recalls the... Read More...

Cynic – Ascension Codes

Jimmy Rowe

November 19, 2021

Cynic have long achieved legendary status in extreme metal and prog, introducing jazz fusion influences to death metal ... Read More...
So Hideous – None But a Pure Heart Can Sing

Eden Kupermintz

November 10, 2021

So Hideous are a band that are no strangers to transformation. A name change that could have been just superficial ende... Read More...
Don Broco – Amazing Things

Joshua Bulleid

November 10, 2021

The music world is rife with traditionally heavier artists who have garnered mainstream acclaim by softening their soun... Read More...
Monolord – Your Time To Shine

Pete Williams

November 10, 2021

As I was listening to Your Time To Shine, the newest release from Sweden’s Monolord, a nonsequitur thought went through... Read More...