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Death’s Door // October 2020

Scott Murphy
October 5, 2020
Death's Door
Welcome, fellow disciples of depravity! Grab a chalice and pull up a bone throne; we have a LOT to cover this month. The year may be winding down, but the quality death metal keeps on flowing like...well, an e... Read More...

Hey! Listen to Plague Years!

Pete Williams
September 7, 2020
Listen To This!
At the end of 2018, I had the extreme pleasure to review Plague Years’ EP, Unholy Infestation. Back then, I described them as a death metal-infused crossover monster with a shockingly mature sound that became ... Read More...

Death’s Door // September 2020

Jonathan Adams
September 2, 2020
Death's Door
Welcome, friends, to the new and improved Death’s Door! As you have probably noticed by now, things look a little different around these parts as of late. Our retooling and reconfiguring of Heavy Blog to a mon... Read More...

Drouth – Excerpts from a Dread Liturgy

Pete Williams
September 2, 2020
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I typically find myself doing what I’ve been referring to as “challenge listening.” Not that it’s always something I find difficult to listen to or something like that. Usually, I just try to listen to music I... Read More...

Napalm Death – Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

Jonathan Adams
September 2, 2020
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According to every boomer I know, there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes. While existing as the stalest of semi-humorous platitudes, there’s obviously a fairly deep truth to the statement. But... Read More...

Flash of the Blade // September 2020

Eden Kupermintz
September 2, 2020
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Greetings one and all and welcome back to Flash of the Blade! Don't remember what this column is about? Luckily, it's easy to remind you: this column is about short releases that go hard. Also, swearing. Which... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: It’s Time To Get Weird In Outer Space With Intercepting Pattern

Eden Kupermintz
August 14, 2020
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Hold on to your seats folks because Earth is about to go bye-bye. Intercepting Patterns are a German progressive death metal band the powers of the void run deep in them. As we've explored in the past, metal h... Read More...

Krallice – Mass Cathexis

Jonathan Adams
August 13, 2020
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It’s been written numerous times over the past several months, but more than at any other point in time it bears repeating here: Colin Marston is absolutely owning 2020. His recording and production aesthetics... Read More...

Incantation – Sect of Vile Divinities

Jonathan Adams
August 11, 2020
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The old guard of death metal has a progressively steeper hill to climb when it comes to maintaining relevance. The current state of death metal is bursting at the seams with up-and-coming talent, with bands li... Read More...

REVIEW AND EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Atræ Bilis foment galactic destruction with “Sulphur Curtain” and their debut LP, Divinihility

Jonathan Adams
August 11, 2020
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It takes a bit for an album to captivate me immediately nowadays. To be honest, the sheer glut of excellent death metal in particular over the past several years has increased my threshold in regard to the lev... Read More...
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