In early 2017 the Warren, Pennsylvania post-rock quartet Heron came right out of the gate with a stunning debut that had genre fans the world over buzzing with excitement. You Are Here Now would go on to rank as one of the best releases of the year, with a rich,…
Combining atmospheric sludge and doom, featherweight post-rock and lashings of black metal come Latitudes with their most recent outing Part Island, a meditation on the elemental link between the natural world and the self, moor and mind if you will, and the slow but sure disintegration of one, and by…
Back in April, symphonic black metal gods Belzebubs release Pantheon of the Nightside Gods. I wrote our review for this record and absolutely loved it. It might be one of my favorites of the year (though there’s still a lot of 2019 left to go!). At that time, I mistakenly…
Editor’s Note: Welcome back! In case you missed the first part of this feature, we are taking a hard look at the surprisingly diverse and thriving post-rock/metal and math rock-influenced scenes throughout Latin America, with a particular focus on three countries. In part one we spoke to a group of…
One of my favorite things about curating compilation albums for A Thousand Arms has been the research process. Countless hours scouring Bandcamp pulling captivating needles out of mostly uninspiring haystacks could turn one cynical, but for me it has only affirmed what I had already suspected: post-rock is a genre…
I walked into Moe’s Original BBQ just before 6. The show didn’t start until 8, but bands were scattered throughout the restaurant and music venue, checking the soundboard during mic checks and setting up merch tables. I had arranged a 6 PM interview with Conjurer through their PR guy but…
It has to be said that the UK/European festival season for 2019 is shaping up to be a particularly strong one. Alongside established festivals delivering killer line-ups for this year’s iteration, there are also a few newcomers finding space for themselves on the calendar. Of these newbies, Radar Festival’s opening…
For nearly 35 years Hirax have been plying their trade of sinister thrash metal with rotating lineups, and now, for the first time in their long career, they visited Guatemala. When considering the most metal-starved fanbases in the world, this small Central American nation is rarely recognized but this is a place where the fans are the embodiment of fanatics, gobbling up every note of music from other countries that comes in front of them.
In speaking with three members of Montréal-based black metal group Entheos, I was treated to a lively, dynamic discussion that veered into philosophical, esoteric realms: the aesthetics of self-promotion, the fragility of concepts. If there’s one thing to take away, it’s that they’re hyper-aware of the framework they work within;…
In case you missed it, we announced a couple of months ago that Heavy Blog will be sponsoring Post. Festival, the US’s only (and thus also premier) major post-rock/metal/whatever festival on October 19th and 20th at Indiana City Brewery Co. in Indianapolis, IN. The festival is shaping up to be an incredible event, featuring the likes of The Appleseed Cast, Outrun the Sunlight, Heron, This Patch of Sky, and far more. I wanted to talk to the festival organizers about what fans can expect from the weekend, about what makes holding a post-rock festival in the US a more daunting challenge than in Europe, and about why they believe the genre of post-rock is as strong as it’s ever been and only getting stronger.
