February; or, as I like to call it (I literally just invented this), “The Bastard Month.” It’s not just the weird length which makes this month hard to pin down; it’s no longer “The First Month of the Year,” but nor is it close to its half. It’s not Midwinter…
It’s mildly surprising that not a lot of bands have tried to recreate the sound of 2008-2011 era progressive metalcore, also known as “Sumeriancore” for the label that came to define the sound. Sure, many have iterated on the sound and developed their own on top, but there haven’t been a lot of proper throwbacks. It seems oddly fitting for Aenimus to be the band to do it, as their sophomore album Dreamcatcher is their first since 2013. Not only does Dreamcatcher bring the beat of the genre back to life, it also exudes six years’ worth of creativity as well, and is a very satisfying return to a genre that’s missed sorely by many.
Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast!
Title doesn’t matter because blogs don’t matter! Apparently. Other than that, we have the obligatory Threatin conversation, then discuss some new #content like Archspire, Born of Osiris, Sarah Longfield, Aenimus, Postwax, Slipknot and Soen. Then we do cool people on Cam, Call of Cthulhu (the game), Homecoming, Total Warhammer 2 Vampire Coast, and Peter Watts’s The Freeze-Frame Revolution. Enjoy!
For those who missed our last installment, we post biweekly updates covering what the staff at Heavy Blog have been spinning. Given the amount of time we spend on the site telling you about music that does not fall neatly into the confines of conventional “metal,” it should come as…
Once again, we at Heavy Blog are excited to announce that we are teaming up with our friends in up-and-coming California tech-death outfit Ænimus! The group’s early 2015 “Going South For Win-Tour” — which is also being presented by Sojourner Booking — will see the band hitting the West Coast…
Sometimes ideas that begin in high school don’t come to fruition until years later. Find out how that’s true for some current members of Rings of Saturn and Aenimus after the jump. For guitarist Miles Dimitri Baker (Aenimus) and drummer Aaron Stechauner (Rings of Saturn), the musical journey began long…
Controversial technical death metal band Rings of Saturn aren’t going away any time soon. The group have just announced that they’ve completed work on their sophomore full-length album for Unique Leader Records, and they’ll be embarking on a headlining tour this Summer with Arsonists Get All The Girls, Auras, and…
Disclaimer: I never know what it means when people say one band or one album is “better” than another. There’s no giant scoreboard in the sky that gives Necrophagist 150,000 Awesomeness Points and Barry Manilow negative 2,000,000 points. So for me these are the new releases (albums and EP’s) that…
Heavy Blog is Heavy is proud to present a new feature from Great New Metal’s Brian Shields, a regular radio/podcast designed to highlight some of the best up and coming acts in metal. We hope you enjoy Great New Metal Radio on Heavy Blog is Heavy. I’m very fortunate to…
A debut album today does not have to scream originality or push the envelope of the genre that it fits closest to. To put out a truly unique debut in this day there needs to be a strong sense of “Where the hell did this come from?” after the first listen. Ænimus’ debut Transcend Reality barely misses this mark, but not by much.
