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Serpent Column – Endless Detainment

March 26, 2020

If you’ve been even a casual reader of our coverage of modern black metal here at Heavy Blog, you’ll no doubt be familiar with the batshit insanity dissonant stylings of Serpent Column. Two full-length records... Read More...

Xenobiotic – Mordrake

Jonathan Adams

February 26, 2020

Reviews

Every year, it seems like there’s one particular death metal album released in the early months of the year that sets my quality standards for the next several months. Last year in January, Alterage’s The Appr... Read More...

Death’s Door // 2019 in Review

Jonathan Adams

December 18, 2019

Best of 2019, Death's Door

Welcome, Hellions, to our last Death’s Door installment of the decade! Wipe your feet on the mat and pull up a bone throne. We’re about to embark on a journey through another fairly amazing year of music. Oh y... Read More...

Abyssal – A Beacon in the Husk

Jonathan Adams

June 24, 2019

Reviews

I’m a sucker for the kind of discordant, dissonant, technically adventurous death metal that leaves you simultaneously baffled and awed. Think Portal and their utterly unhinged songwriting, Ulcerate and their ... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – January 2019

Heavy Blog

February 1, 2019

Editors' Picks

January is like a box of chocolates; you never know exactly what you're going to get. That's how the famous saying goes, right? In any case, the start of the year does tend to be an unexpected affair. December... Read More...

Death’s Door – January 2019

Jonathan Adams

January 31, 2019

Death's Door

Welcome back, hellions, to Death’s Door. Wipe your feet on the mat and pull up a bone throne. It’s time to talk death metal. New year. New filth. Oh yeah, baby. The beginning of a new year is always weird f... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 1/25/18

Scott Murphy

January 25, 2019

Release Day Roundup

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... Read More...

Altarage – The Approaching Roar

Jonathan Adams

January 24, 2019

Reviews

For all its historic and contemporary emphasis on gore, violence, and the southern hemisphere of the otherworldly, it’s a bit surprising how unscary modern death metal is. Perhaps it’s my own desensitization t... Read More...

2019 Primer – Heavy Blog’s Most Anticipated Releases of the Year (Thus Far)

Scott Murphy

December 28, 2018

Release Day Roundup

Well, here we are – another year full of new releases. In lieu of our weekly Release Day Roundup, we thought we’d preview the months ahead of us and highlight which albums we’re most heavily anticipating. Thi... Read More...

Chaos Echœs – Mouvement

Scott Murphy

March 21, 2018

Reviews

First impressions have always been a powerful force when it comes to music consumption. Whether due to a lack of time and/or money, listeners have limited resources to dedicate to the ceaseless torrent of new m... Read More...

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