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EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Xpus conjure old school death metal mastery in “Of Purity, Chastity and Temptation”

May 1, 2020

Over the past several years, death metal has experienced a renaissance of epic proportions, fueled by movements of radical innovation (propelled by bands such as Ingurgitating Oblivion, Pyrrhon, Alkaloid, Arti... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – February 2020

Heavy Blog

March 6, 2020

Editors' Picks

February! Last year, I called it "The Bastard Month" and I stand by that. This year though, this transitory month was chock full of amazing releases. It triggered my "oh my god there is so much music" mode man... Read More...

Hey! Listen to Catalyst!

Joshua Bulleid

June 10, 2019

Listen To This!

Progressive and technical death metal has been having a real moment over the last couple of years. As with everything, however, there is a dark side to the genre's current boom. With so many fantastic progressi... Read More...

Warforged – I: Voice

Eden Kupermintz

April 26, 2019

Reviews

When it finally came time for Warforged to announce their long anticipated follow-up to 2014's Essence of the Land, spirits were high in the Heavy Blog camp. The aforementioned release was a favorite of many o... Read More...

*prognotes – Alkaloid’s The Malkuth Grimoire, Part II

Eden Kupermintz

April 15, 2019

*prognotes, Features

Hello and welcome to this, the second part of our *prognotes installment analyzing Alkaloid's The Malkuth Grimoire. I usually don't make a big deal out of it but, in this case, it is absolutely essential to re... Read More...

Hath – Of Rot and Ruin

Joshua Bulleid

April 5, 2019

Reviews

2018 was a big year for progressive death metal, with outstanding releases coming from the likes of Rivers of Nihil, Alkaloid, Slugdge, Obscura and Beyond Creation – just to name a few. However, those bands al... Read More...

Eternity’s End – Unyielding

Eden Kupermintz

April 2, 2019

Reviews

As we did a short while ago with Shabti, let's get questions of pedigree out of the way quickly so we can move onto the music itself. Eternity's End, a furious prog/power generator, is made up of (deep breath)... Read More...

Semantic Memory – 2018 in Review

Eden Kupermintz

December 21, 2018

Best of 2018, Editorials

As the years go by, the trepidation and sense of the sacred with which I approach these posts only increases. I'm not a believing person but there's something about A Year that combines the intimate and the sm... Read More...

Heavy Blog Guest List – Alkaloid’s Danny Tunker

Eden Kupermintz

December 20, 2018

Best of 2018, Lists!

Boy, that title sure is a funny one; to say that Danny Tunker is Alkaloid is kind of like saying that De Vinci is the Mona Lisa's. Tunker has played in numerous incredible bands, like Aborted,&n... Read More...

Heavy Blog Staff’s Top 10 Albums of 2018

Heavy Blog

December 18, 2018

Best of 2018, Lists!

As is the case every year we do this, the exact makeup and composition of the fine (and not so fine) people who build our ranks here at Heavy Blog shifts and changes with every passing year. In a way it's inev... Read More...

Heavy Blog’s Top 50 Albums of 2019

Metal Journalism’s Top 50 Albums of 2019

Heavy Blog Yearbook // Our Favourite Articles of 2019

A Gift To Artwork // 2019 In Review

Disco Loadout: 2019 In Review

Heavy Blog Guest List – Bent Knee

Discoveries // 2019

Monthly Missive // October 2020

Monthly Missive // November 2020

Monthly Missive // September 2020

Rotten to the Core // November 2020

Doomsday // November 2020

Unmetal Monthly // November 2020

Death's Door // November 2020

Kvlt Kolvmn // November 2020

Editors’ Picks // November 2020

Atramentus - Stygian

Bring Me The Horizon – POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR

Of Feather and Bone – Sulfuric Disintegration

Countless Skies – Glow

Dark Tranquillity – Moment

Clipping. – Visions of Bodies Being Burned

Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment

Hey! Listen to Let Us Prey!

Release Day Roundup – 11/20/20

8-Track / Playlist Swap – Kylie Minogue

What We’re Really Listening To – 11/13/20

Release Day Roundup – 11/13/20

Release Day Roundup – 11/6/20

What We’re Really Listening To – 10/30/20

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Xpus conjure old school death metal mastery in “Of Purity, Chastity and Temptation”

Editors’ Picks – February 2020

Hey! Listen to Catalyst!

Warforged – I: Voice

*prognotes – Alkaloid’s The Malkuth Grimoire, Part II

Hath – Of Rot and Ruin

Eternity’s End – Unyielding

Semantic Memory – 2018 in Review

Heavy Blog Guest List – Alkaloid’s Danny Tunker

Heavy Blog Staff’s Top 10 Albums of 2018

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