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Relentless Mutation: How Right Does Metal Get Genetics?

March 1, 2021

If you started actively reading Heavy Blog in more recent years (like the very good decision maker you are), it's unlikely you've seen much content from me. In fact, I haven't been able to contribute very acti... Read More...

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

Jonathan Adams

May 1, 2020

Premieres

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...

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