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Post Rock Post // November 2020

November 9, 2020

I'm gonna level with you all. I am too damn tired emotionally to write a proper intro this month. October was really fantastic when it came to post- releases, and we've got a whole lot of good content to get t... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Bound Resonate with “The Last Time We Were All Together”

Trent Bos

October 19, 2020

Premieres

Wistful yearning is perhaps no better expressed than through the genres of post-rock and shoegaze. The memories, nostalgia, and both the warmth and coldness associated can be poured into us from these textural... Read More...

Have a Nice Life – Sea of Worry

Scott Murphy

November 4, 2019

Reviews

As important as first impressions can be, they're often given more weight than they deserve. Lead singles often receive these types of extreme initial reactions, something exacerbated by the seemingly increasi... Read More...

Botanist – Ecosystem

Scott Murphy

October 14, 2019

Reviews

Uniqueness is often conflated with interesting ideas in our modern music consumption landscape. There's plenty of experimental music that, while undeniably different, is pretty deniably good. I've encountered ... Read More...

Foscor – Els Sepulcres Blancs

Trent Bos

September 12, 2019

Reviews

Foscor exist in a space among metal that I have a lot of time for. Their music feels both modern and nostalgic at the same time. Like it could be from the early 00s, yet with the veneer of modern needle-pushin... Read More...

Secret Shame – Dark Synthetics

Scott Murphy

September 6, 2019

Reviews

As I covered in our video premiere for "Calm," Secret Shame strike just the right balance of post-punk nostalgia and innovation. The group employs a "dark rock" kaleidoscope throughout Dark Synthetics that tou... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Try to Stay “Calm” About Secret Shame

Scott Murphy

September 5, 2019

Premieres, Video

Effective post-punk seemingly always strikes a balance between genre ideals and young energy. Of course, the same can be said about a multitude of genres. But this feels especially true for post-punk, a style ... Read More...

VIDEO PREMIERE: Trench Explore the Dreamy Limbo of Transition in “Liminal”

David Zeidler

April 3, 2019

Premieres, Video

One day after premiering Brady to the world, we're back with another member of the Flesh and Bone Records roster: the Syracuse, New York shoegaze quartet Trench, who are debuting the video for "Liminal" from t... Read More...

Evi Vine – Give Your Heart to the Hawks

Eden Kupermintz

March 4, 2019

Reviews

In our romantic conception of music, as some sort of "pure" art form, we'd like to imagine that the external physicality of an album, like cover art or name, don't matter or matter less than the music at hand.... Read More...

Blankenberge – Radiogaze (Remaster)

David Zeidler

November 28, 2018

Reviews

Oh, shoegaze. Does anyone have one of those genres that is, on paper, a perfect storm of everything they want to hear, but rarely seems to come together in the way they are dreaming of? That is shoegaze for me.... Read More...

Heavy Blog’s Top 50 Albums of 2019

Metal Journalism’s Top 50 Albums of 2019

Heavy Blog Yearbook // Our Favourite Articles of 2019

A Gift To Artwork // 2019 In Review

Disco Loadout: 2019 In Review

Heavy Blog Guest List – Bent Knee

Discoveries // 2019

Monthly Missive // September 2020

Monthly Missive // November 2020

Monthly Missive // October 2020

Rotten to the Core // November 2020

Doomsday // November 2020

Unmetal Monthly // November 2020

Death's Door // November 2020

Kvlt Kolvmn // November 2020

Editors’ Picks // November 2020

Atramentus - Stygian

Bring Me The Horizon – POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR

Dark Tranquillity – Moment

Of Feather and Bone – Sulfuric Disintegration

Countless Skies – Glow

Clipping. – Visions of Bodies Being Burned

Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment

Hey! Listen to Let Us Prey!

Release Day Roundup – 11/20/20

8-Track / Playlist Swap – Kylie Minogue

What We’re Really Listening To – 11/13/20

Release Day Roundup – 11/13/20

Release Day Roundup – 11/6/20

What We’re Really Listening To – 10/30/20

Post Rock Post // November 2020

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Bound Resonate with “The Last Time We Were All Together”

Have a Nice Life – Sea of Worry

Botanist – Ecosystem

Foscor – Els Sepulcres Blancs

Secret Shame – Dark Synthetics

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Try to Stay “Calm” About Secret Shame

VIDEO PREMIERE: Trench Explore the Dreamy Limbo of Transition in “Liminal”

Evi Vine – Give Your Heart to the Hawks

Blankenberge – Radiogaze (Remaster)

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