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Death’s Door // March 2021

Scott Murphy
March 1, 2021
Death's Door
We have returned, fellow heathens! Fill your favorite chalice and pull up a bone throne; it’s good to be back. While conventional wisdom says that new releases slow down come December and pick back up in the s... Read More...

Humanity’s Last Breath – Välde

Calder Dougherty
February 12, 2021
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Music is cyclical. Beyond the obvious patterns of write-record-release and press runs and tours and merch drops, there is an unspoken undercurrent carrying it all aloft. Good music, or what is perceived as goo... Read More...

Nervosa – Perpetual Chaos

Pete Williams
February 12, 2021
Reviews
It’s always cool to see bands grow and change over time. There are many different ways that can happen. It could mean a change in sound and approach. It might happen through the addition or subtraction of band... Read More...

Death’s Door // 2020 In Review

Jonathan Adams
January 25, 2021
Best of 2020, Death's Door
We’ve come down to it. After an absolutely batshit year, we’ve compiled our favorite releases in the wonderful world of death metal in the year of shit 2020. As is the custom, usual suspect Scott and myself wi... Read More...

Angry Women: Nervosa’s Prika Amaral Talks Metal, Misogyny, and How to Record in the Time of COVID

Pete Williams
January 4, 2021
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Anybody who talks to me about my work at Heavy Blog will eventually ask me the same question: what’s been your favorite thing about writing for the blog? Generally, I’ll mention being able to talk to creators ... Read More...

Death’s Door // January 2021

Scott Murphy
January 4, 2021
Death's Door
Quick! Bone throne, chalice, death metal. You know the drill. We’ve finally trudged through the last bit of the nightmare that was 2020, and we’re looking forward to recapping the gruesome, brutal death metal ... Read More...

Death’s Door – December 2020

Scott Murphy
December 7, 2020
Death's Door
It’s been a bad year. We’re in a collective bad mood. There’s little that soothes a soul in tumult like bad music. You know the kind of “bad” I’m referring to. The type that rips your face from your body, that... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Brighten Your Miserable Day With PlasticBag FaceMask’s “Put a Light In a Cloud”

Matt MacLennan
November 19, 2020
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The last project I wrote for high school music a decade and a half ago was titled "Spandex Death Mask". It was a terrible Dillinger rip that had trombones and sax runs (Ire Works had just come out, give me a br... Read More...

The Anatomy Of Stygian Crown

Eden Kupermintz
November 9, 2020
Features, The Anatomy Of
There's not much in this world that I love than epic doom metal done well. When you add in the "traditional" moniker in front of that definition, you elevate things to whole new levels of excitement for me. Al... Read More...

Genre Genesis // Enslaved – “Urjotun”

Nick Cusworth
November 9, 2020
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Genre Genesis is our monthly column dedicated to the hardworking and endlessly patient partners of Heavy Blog editors and writers, who are, shall we say, not nearly as invested in heavier music as we tend to b... Read More...
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