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Editors’ Picks – April 2020

Heavy Blog
May 8, 2020
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On the last episode of our podcast, Noyan challenged me with a question: is "The Golden Age of Metal" over? I had made the point that we're living in the Golden Age of Metal back in 2016, although the idea was... Read More...

Grind My Gears – The One With the Caustic Wound Record

Matt MacLennan
April 16, 2020
Grind My Gears
Honestly, there'd be more to this weeks Grind My Gears if I could be fucked but I'm losing my marbles and all sense of productivity. Isn't it just as well that there's at least one record released in the last w... Read More...

Death’s Door // 2019 in Review

Jonathan Adams
December 18, 2019
Best of 2019, Death's Door
Welcome, Hellions, to our last Death’s Door installment of the decade! Wipe your feet on the mat and pull up a bone throne. We’re about to embark on a journey through another fairly amazing year of music. Oh y... Read More...

Cerebral Rot – Odious Descent into Decay

Simon Handmaker
August 15, 2019
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Look, you guys know by now what my deal is with death metal. I love that shit. Cannot get enough, ever. In many ways, it's the perfect genre of metal: unusually tight stylistic constraints in terms of instrume... Read More...

Death’s Door // June 2019

Jonathan Adams
July 9, 2019
Death's Door
Welcome to Death’s Door, Hellions. Pop a squat on a bone throne and get comfy. There’s plenty of premium content to be had in the world of death metal, and Scott and I are here to deliver unto thee the goods. ... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 6/7/19

Scott Murphy
June 7, 2019
Release Day Roundup
Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quali... Read More...

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