The Anatomy Of: Juan Bond
Much like labelmates The Callous Daoboys, Juan Bond employs strings in their ranks, providing some opportunity for diverse textures and avenues for avant-garde weirdness.
Rotten to the Core // December 2020
Nothing pithy or pissy this month. The world continues to burn, but we’re getting through it one riff at a time. Happy holidays from ours to yours! Stay safe out there and mosh responsibly.
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Editors’ Picks – May 2020
As I am writing to you today, the world burns. Melodramatic, right? But, if we're being honest, I could open this post with these words every month. Hell, I could open every single post like this because every... Read More...
163 – Bizarre Content
Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast!This week, we have little content. Even less than usual. New music from After the Burial, Fractal Universe, Allegaeon, Masvidal, The Odious. Also Adam Neely on busking, the Vmbrella teaser, and cool people time with Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Lancer. Enjoy!
Release Day Roundup – 4/19/19
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 wh... Read More...
After The Burial – Evergreen
There's something comforting and warm about good After the Burial albums. Maybe those aren't the first words that come to mind for many listeners, but it's undeniable that the band evokes a more personal response than the average metalcore act. This became even clearer when core member Justin Lowe passed away under tragic circumstances, which must have been a very heavy blow to the members. Many fans were invested in not just the music, but the people behind it. And it was undeniably felt when the first album after Justin's loss, Dig Deep, made his absence sting that much more. So Evergreen was the test of whether the band would continue to feel hollow, or recover and keep the memory alive. It's pretty safe to say, upon hearing it, that the band pass with flying colors.
The Anatomy Of: As Oceans
North Carolina is an underappreciated hotbed of talent in the American metal scene, where bands like Between the Buried and Me and Corrosion of Conformity, among many others, have come up to inform the progress... Read More...
112 – Digging Deep For That Rare Form
This week we do the promised Deep Segment on After the Burial! They're one of my favorite bands and I have a lot to say about them, so it takes quite a while. We dig into their career and talk about it all. We barely have time for news, but we do discuss a few items. Namely Avenged Sevenfold protesting the Grammys, Converge politely trolling a fan who disrupts their show, and Pestilence kinda accidentally releasing their album, maybe? Also cool people stuff - Eden finishes All the Birds in the Sky, I talk about the new J.K. Simmons series Counterpart, and Eden plays Subnautica. Enjoy!
The Sleeper – Apparatus
After a quiet 5 years, German progressive metal outfit The Sleeper have finally provided a follow-up to their debut 2013 album, Aurora. The band’s newest effort is a 6 track EP titled Apparatus, and it marks a ... Read More...
What Heavy Blog Is Really Listening To – 1/19/18
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 ... Read More...