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Rotted Futures: A Conversation with Steve Blanco of Imperial Triumphant

July 23, 2020

I was fortunate to chat with Imperial Triumphant bassist Steve Blanco back in May. We discussed the band’s process, influences, and of course, their new album Alphaville (out Friday, July 31 via Century Media)... Read More...

Hey! Listen to Helen Svoboda!

Scott Murphy

July 7, 2020

Listen To This!

As a certified, card-carrying vegan, sometimes I just need some avant-garde chamber music about vegetables. I know, that’s quite a genre niche, but thankfully Helen Svoboda is here to deliver. You might rememb... Read More...

Kayo Dot – Blasphemy

Eden Kupermintz

August 19, 2019

Reviews

There has always been the sense of the eerie and the weird to Kayo Dot's music. Perhaps that is in the nature of all the disparate styles we often clumsily bundle up together under the guise of avant-garde or ... Read More...

Uniform & The Body – Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back

Scott Murphy

August 13, 2019

Reviews

There's a fine line between consistency and stagnation, especially with a sophomore album. Whether an artist offers too much of the same or does a complete about-face, both approaches can easily turn off early... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: “Follow the Snake” with New Video from Zvi

Scott Murphy

August 1, 2019

Premieres, Video

Feature Photo by Justina Villanueva Ron Varod (Kayo Dot, Psalm Zero) has kept busy since releasing the phenomenal Deer Pink as Zvi in April. He relocated from Brooklyn to Portland (Oregon), released a colle... Read More...

Heavy Blog's Superlative List for 2021

Yearly Missive // 2021

Finding Meaning In Meaninglessness: A 2021 Survivor’s Guide

Heavy Blog’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

A World In Which Music Exists – 2021 In Review

Heavy Blog Guest List // Terminus

Heavy Blog Guest List // Fierce Deity

Monthly Missive // April 2022

Monthly Missive // June 2022

Monthly Missive // May 2022

Monthly Missive // March 2022

Yearly Missive // 2021

Monthly Missive // December 2021

Monthly Missive // November 2021

Doomsday - July 2022

Flash of the Blade // July 2022

Death's Door // Mid Year Review

Kvlt Kolvmn // Mid Year Review

Rotten to the Core // Mid Year Review

Post Rock Post // July 2022

Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life

Ithaca – They Fear Us

Chat Pile – God’s Country

Imperial Triumphant – Spirit of Ecstasy

Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture

Wake – Thought Form Descent

Coheed & Cambria – Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind

Hey! Listen to Let Us Prey!

Release Day Roundup – 8/5/22

What We’re Really Listening To – 7/29/22

Release Day Roundup – 7/29/22

Release Day Roundup – 7/22/22

What We’re Really Listening To – 7/15/22

Release Day Roundup – 7/15/22

Rotted Futures: A Conversation with Steve Blanco of Imperial Triumphant

Hey! Listen to Helen Svoboda!

Kayo Dot – Blasphemy

Uniform & The Body – Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: “Follow the Snake” with New Video from Zvi

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