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Heavy Blog’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

Heavy Blog
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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  • Moon Tooth – Phototroph

    Eden Kupermintz
    May 5, 2022
    By now, Moon Tooth have garnered themselves quite a following in the progressive metal spaces. This is no accident; the scene is hungry for the kind of upbeat and unrestrained music that Moon Tooth is creating. Good news then: Phototroph is by far the band’s most energetic and “poppy” release, and I mean that in the best way possible.
  • Path of Might – Deep Chrome

    Eden Kupermintz
    May 5, 2022
    Back in 2016, I first heard Path of Might's "Mountain of Flowers & Fruit", from their self-titled release, and I wa... Read More...
  • Atoll – Prepuce

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    May 5, 2022
    A friend recently asked me a baffling question: Is Nicolas Cage a good actor? It’s a seemingly simple inquiry, right... Read More...
  • Eight Bells – Legacy of Ruin

    Eden Kupermintz
    April 7, 2022
    Legacy of Ruin very much continues Eight Bells' style of ethereal, haunting doom but splices it with more dynamic and muscular riffs, drums, and vocals for a new, and markedly improved, version of the band's sound. It is still an album to sink into to be sure, but it also affords the listener with more footholds on their way down.