Playlist Swap // 5/6/2020
Even a cursory glance of our biweekly playlist updates will reveal that there is a great deal of variety among our staff’s musical tastes. Due to this, we brainstormed the idea of Playlist Swap, wher... Read More...
Metal Journalism’s Top 30 Albums of 2018
Hello, and welcome to the final post we will have about 2018! Yes, it’s late January. And yes, this is coming out much later than in previous years. After several years of completely burning myself out assembl... Read More...
Hey! Listen to TrYangle!
If you’re anything like me, you have a specific love/hate relationship with radio-friendly hard rock. If you’re reading this site, how can’t you? More often than not, it’s too predictable, derivative, or gener... Read More...
Connecting the Dots – Mastodon
Welcome to Connecting the Dots, the column where we give a brief rundown on a central band along with a host of other projects their members, both past and present, have been involved in. Today we’ll be focusing on progressive sludge powerhouse Mastodon and the myriad of projects they’ve been involved with.
What Heavy Blog Is Really Listening To // Playlist Swap – 5/17/18
Even a cursory glance of our biweekly playlist updates will reveal that there is a great deal of variety among our staff’s musical tastes. Due to this, we brainstormed the idea of Playlist Swap, where two of ou... Read More...
Release Day Roundup – 4/20/18
Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But whi... Read More...
A Perfect Circle – Eat The Elephant
A Perfect Circle was never the same following the re-election of George W. Bush. Although the band had remained largely apolitical and introspective up until that point, the controversial ballot saw them abando... Read More...
The Anatomy Of: Vexes
Surely by now you've all heard some of the buzz surrounding the up-and-coming hard rock / post-hardcore group Vexes. Featuring former members of A Life Once Lost, Vessl, Fury of Five, and Downstage, the act are... Read More...
What Heavy Blog Is Really Listening To – 3/1/15
During his time as weekend editor here, one of the consistently most popular features Brian Shields would run was the What We're Really Listening To column, which would ask either Heavy Blog staff or musici... Read More...
Arcane – Known/Learned
Double albums are probably the most difficult to achieve. They are highly hit-or-miss in nature, and can be extremely successful or a major flop. There’s only a handful of double albums that generated tons ... Read More...