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Death’s Door // 2021 In Review

January 17, 2022

Best of 2021, Death's Door, Lists!

It’s time. Welcome, most beloved Hellions, to Death’s Door: End of Year Edition. Below you will find our collective’s individual favorite records of the year, as well as some thoughts about the genre’s current... Read More...

Death’s Door // July 2021

Jonathan Adams

July 12, 2021

Columns, Death's Door

How is it July already? Please, someone explain this to me. What the hell happened to 2021? Perhaps this is what being stuck in your neighborhood for 18 months does to you... either way, the mid-year lists are... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // May 2021

Heavy Blog

May 10, 2021

Editors' Picks

What a month! May was arguably the most stacked month of the year thus far, and as you’ll see from the picks below, incredibly well-rounded as well. Our top picks include everything from The Armed’s noise-pop-... Read More...

Death’s Door // May 2021

Heavy Blog

May 10, 2021

Death's Door

Welcome, as always, to Death’s Door. Good infernal underlords, what a month for death metal. April was not unkind to me in the death metal department, with bands old and new coming out swinging with some of th... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 4/23/21

Scott Murphy

April 23, 2021

Release Day Roundup

Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...

Serpent Column – Endless Detainment

Jonathan Adams

March 26, 2020

Reviews

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...

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