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Heavy Blog’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

January 17, 2022

Best of 2021, Lists!

Last year, we didn't run a traditional "Best Of" list like the rest of the online music community likes to do. Deep into the pandemic, values changed, and the year-end push to create retrospective content summ... Read More...

Heavy Blog Guest List // Simeon Bartholomew

Eden Kupermintz

January 17, 2022

Best of 2021, Lists!

I shouldn't need to introduce Simeon Bartholomew by now but in case you've forgotten, he's a good friend and one of the driving forces behind SEIMS. And if you don't know who they are then you've really not be... Read More...

Heavy Blog Readers’ Top Albums of 2021

Nick Cusworth

January 17, 2022

Best of 2021, Lists!

After the success of last year's poll, I decided it was worth the time and immense pain of doing this again! Once again and always, I am a glutton for pain. But enough about me! This post is all about you! Wel... Read More...

Heavy Blog’s Top 25 Albums of 2021 (So Far)

Heavy Blog

July 12, 2021

Lists!

I know Eden already made this comment in his Missive into, but...seriously? July already? Maybe it’s because 2020 felt like a time void and the universe is playing catch up (or something like that). As is our ... Read More...

Unmetal Monthly // July 2021

Jonathan Adams

July 12, 2021

Columns, Unmetal Monthly

What a year, gang. The last 18 months have felt incredibly strange on a multitude of levels, almost like a nightmare that's slowly fading but not quite finished with you yet. There isn't an industry on the pla... Read More...

The Prog-nosis // July 2021

Eden Kupermintz

July 12, 2021

The Prog-nosis

Can we say that progressive music is dead? That's one of the questions that's been troubling me ever since we started this column (OK, way longer than that but that's not the point right now). On the one hand,... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // June 2021

Scott Murphy

June 14, 2021

Editors' Picks

When you read this month's Editors' Picks, you might notice that a lot of the entries are long. I mean, they're usually long but this time they're quite long. It brings to my mind a very interesting point rega... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 5/28/21

Scott Murphy

May 28, 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...

Unmetal Monthly // March 2021

Jonathan Adams

March 1, 2021

Columns, Unmetal Monthly

Is it just me, or is 2021 already amazing for music? While 2020 was filled with surprise records that came out of nowhere often to the delight (and just as often disappointment) of listeners, 2021 so far seems... Read More...

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