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Hey! Listen To Vulvodynia!

Matt MacLennan
May 15, 2015
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South Africa and brutal death metal don't normally fit together in the same sentence but one young band is about to change that forever. Vulvodynia (don't look up the meaning of the word, for serious) play some... Read More...
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Hey! Listen To The Northern!

Simon Handmaker
January 9, 2015
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Deathcore bands are a dime a dozen these days, and it takes some incredibly strong talent and songwriting skills to stand apart from the crowd. Whether bands do this by bringing an element of progressive song... Read More...
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Ne Obliviscaris Edges Out Fallujah in 2014 Heavy Blog is Heavy Reader’s Poll

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December 18, 2014
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All this week we've been posting the results of our staff poll of the best releases of 2014. Find out your choices for Album of the Year and an aggregated Top 25 of Reader choices after the jump. ... Read More...
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What Your Heavy Blog Staff is (Really) Listening To: Part One A-L

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November 2, 2014
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It's been a great month of a great year for music and those of us privileged to write for Heavy Blog is Heavy have had our players working overtime.  But what have we really been listening to since the start of... Read More...
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What Greg Hampton of The Zenith Passage is (Really) Listening To

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September 28, 2014
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We say it all the time, the Scrobbler doesn't lie. So what will we find Greg Hampton of up and coming Tech Death band The Zenith Passage is (really) listening to after the jump? ... Read More...
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Acrania – Totalitarian Dystopia

Matt MacLennan
September 18, 2014
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Brutal death metal at its very core should be, well, brutal. Without naming names, there are a plethora of bands out there doing brutal as it should be done. Contrarily, there are bands that try to stick sl... Read More...
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Farewell, 2012: Tentaclesworth’s Top 10 Albums of 2012

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December 20, 2012
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What a year. Here is a summary of my most pleasurable listening experiences. Quick shout outs to Gaza, Eldrimner, Acrania (Mexico), Disfiguring the Goddess, Gods of Eden, Trash Talk, Xibalba and TesseracT who ... Read More...

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