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...
We here at Heavy Blog like to ponder the big questions: Who are we? Why are we here? What’s your favourite album from 1989? You know, the big stuff. In order to better address such pressing matters, we bring y... Read More...
2016 has been quite the busy year for the Sumerian Records roster. The 10 Years in the Black Tour, featuring Bad Omens, Upon a Burning Body, After the Burial, I See Stars, Born of Osiris, and Asking Alexandria,... Read More...
English metalcore outfit Asking Alexandria were presented with a highly tempting offer yesterday in the form of an "audition" courtesy of Protest the Hero frontman Rody Walker. It seems the self-proclaimed ... Read More...
There's nothing inherently wrong with using downtuned guitars to write catchy and heartfelt music with soaring vocal hooks, so long as you do it with some intelligence and creativity. Issues is one such band that openly embraces the pop metal tag, but ultimately fails at creating a fun or interesting listening experience on their self-titled debut.
Today, Asking Alexandria rustled the internet's collective jimmies (are we still using that meme? no? oops) by releasing a cover of Nine Inch Nails' hit classic, 'Closer.' Of course, my first thought was, "oh... Read More...
Whitechapel's self-titled release from last year was one of the best modern metal albums to come out. Such a talented and young band have evolved from just straight deathcore into a more death metal style wit... Read More...
Award shows in the metal world, much like lists, are a necessary evil. Nothing quite gets people talking as much as an organisation declaring that something is 'the best' in it's field and, whether it's civil... Read More...
This is pretty strange news. ThePRP --- who, keep in mind, is usually right about tour rumors --- is reporting rumors that Avenged Sevenfold will embark on a headlining run later this year, and will bring in ... Read More...