If you’ve been around these parts since the early days, you’re sure to recognize the name Tre Watson. Proprietor of his own solo project to being the driving force of deathcore act Carthage, Tre was never content with just sitting still. Early TW material was in keeping with the then-burgeoning…
As is Christmas tradition, we at Heavy Blog Is Heavy have once again reached out to some friends and family in the online metal community to put together a small gift to our readers in the form of Heavy Comp Is Heavy. This year, we’ve collected nearly twenty tracks from…
No other genre carries the singular weight that mathcore does. I’m hard-pressed to ever think of another style of music that so fluidly manages to meld deft, technical, engaging musicianship with such raw emotions. Of course, there are more emotional genres, and more technically impressive ones, but mathcore perfectly fuses…
Here at Heavy Blog, we’ve had the privilege to sponsor a number of tours from all sorts of bands we’re fans of. Our latest sponsored tour, the Proggest August Tour, featuring Native Construct, Wings Denied, and Outrun the Sunlight just wrapped up [view photos here], so we’re especially pleased to be bringing another one to…
Welcome to Starter Kit, a new feature on Heavy Blog. The point of this feature is to expose you, dear reader, to a genre that you may not know much about, or may be interested in getting into but don’t know where to start. In it, one of us will…
Do you ever get the feeling like there’s just so much music and so much you want to do and write about but you just can’t because there’s not enough time but the world is amazing (I’ve been listening to too much And So I Watch You From Afar)? Well, sometimes…
The Aurora Borealis Project is the brainchild of Carthage/Illuminations vocalist Eric Hendricks, featuring his vocals and lyrics set to music written with friends in the Maryland music scene. We’ve shared several tracks by this amazing project in the past but the upcoming album Eternal Efflorescence features guest songwriters such as Drewsif…
Sometimes all it takes for a band to earn a listen is outstanding exhibition of the music. Logically, we’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but the easiest way for new acts to get attention these days as far as I’m concerned is to have outstanding album…
[youtube= Baltimore based progressive deathcore band Carthage have parted ways with old bassist Robbie Gossweiler and welcomed Ian Wilmot, of Illuminations, to the fold. Wilmot has posted a video of him playing their song ‘Blackout’, and by all accounts he nails it, especially the difficult riff around halfway through the…
What a year. Here is a summary of my most pleasurable listening experiences. Quick shout outs to Gaza, Eldrimner, Acrania (Mexico), Disfiguring the Goddess, Gods of Eden, Trash Talk, Xibalba and TesseracT who just barely missed the cut. Sorry guys. Anyways, I hope you enjoy my list. I didn’t mess around. Just…
