Two years ago, we here at Heavy Blog is Heavy had the privilege of sponsoring the first ever North American tour by Leprous. The band took to the road solo, grabbing local acts as support along the way, where we grabbed photos and video. That same year, Ihsahn dismissed Leprous…
For those who missed our last installment, We post biweekly updates covering what the staff at Heavy Blog have been spinning. Given the amount of time we spend on the site telling you about music that does not fall neatly into the confines of conventional “metal,” it should come as no surprise that many of us on staff have pretty eclectic tastes that range far outside of metal and heavy things. We can’t post about all of them at length here, but we can at least let you know what we’re actually listening to. For those that would like to participate as well (and please do) can drop a 3X3 in the comments, which can be made with tapmusic.netthrough your last.fm account, or create it manually with topsters.net. Also, consider these posts open threads to talk about pretty much anything music-related. We love hearing all of your thoughts on this stuff and love being able to nerd out along with all of you.
It’s been a while since we did one of these, but…for those who missed our last installment, We post biweekly updates covering what the staff at Heavy Blog have been spinning. Given the amount of time we spend on the site telling you about music that does not fall neatly…
Welcome to our new monthly post, Editors’ Picks! In the recent two years, our editorial body has grown quite a bit: from basically two guys running everything, we now have around seven people managing the blog in an editorial capacity, including two (count ’em, two!) Editors in Chief. We thought we’d harness that unique body of editors and use their over-reaching perspective to shed light on specific releases each month. The way it works is simple: each editor gets to pick one album released in January (or in its proximity, as we just said). We write short pieces about them and link you to the album, allowing you to check it out yourselves. There’s no genre restrictions: expect to see some gnarly stuff on here as most of our editors have a very wide range of musical appreciation. Without further ado, let’s dig in into this month’s offering!
Chicagoland locals Dissona, two albums deep, are on the verge of a breakthrough. Not musically, however, as they have already achieved the interesting songwriting and powerful construction. No, these boys just need to be heard and, with any luck, Paleopneumatic will propel them into the ears of progressive fans everywhere.…
After the dissolution of Nevermore in 2011, the fate of its members seemed unclear. Guitarist Jeff Loomis continued a struggling solo career and a mild side project in Conquering Dystopia before finally settling in as Arch Enemy’s rhythm guitarist. Drummer Van Williams went on to found the stunning progressive/power act…
Progressive metal fans, we have a special treat for you! Our friends in Dissona are premiering a sonic teaser of their upcoming album Paleopneumatic with us and you can put it in your ear holes exclusively on Heavy Blog is Heavy! The Chicagoland fivesome have been working tirelessly for more…
Much to our mutual dismay, we have largely ignored covering the Chicago-based prog aficionados Dissona. Hell, even digging through our inbox we discovered that they wanted us to cover their album back in September of last year and it went unread. Oops! Still, we managed to give them a little…
On their first official US tour ever, mighty progressive metal giants Leprous took to the road after performing at ProgPower USA on a handful of dates. On board was, well, literally nobody as the Norwegian fivesome assembled local acts as support at every location. It only seemed right to have…
