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 you Heavy Issues: a bi-weekly column by which we plan to…
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, was the final leg of Sumerian’s year-long series of tours celebrating the…
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 stay-at-home-boyfriend is making excellent use of down time (when he’s not busy cleaning, of course) following the end of…
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 my god, why did they have to ruin a Nine Inch Nails track?” but I caught…
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 with deathcore elements, and it really works well for them. They recently did a tour…
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 or not, there’s usually some interesting points raised. So, with that in mind, let’s…
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 tow Deftones and Ghost. What?! Despite the perceived popularity of Ghost, seeing them on tour…
Unleash the butthurt
Right off the bat, let me make it clear that I own, and play in a legitimate context, a 9 string guitar. So you probably know why I’m here. Over the past few days, Agile announced a 10 string guitar, Etherial guitars announced my custom 9-string guitar (above), and death/grind…
