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The Industry Awards 2021: Music Journalism’s Top 50 Metal Albums & More

January 17, 2022

Best of 2021, Lists!

I am Sisyphus, and this series is my boulder. Last year I swore I would not do this again without some major help. And while I did have a few people reach out to me with some valiant attempts at automating thi... Read More...

Heavy Blog Readers’ Top Albums of 2021

Nick Cusworth

January 17, 2022

Best of 2021, Lists!

After the success of last year's poll, I decided it was worth the time and immense pain of doing this again! Once again and always, I am a glutton for pain. But enough about me! This post is all about you! Wel... Read More...

Flash of the Blade // October 2021

Eden Kupermintz

October 5, 2021

Columns, Flash of the Blade

Greetings duelists and welcome back to Flash of the Blade! It’s 2021! Everything is different and yet, the absolute fucking same. A monster looms and that monster is called capitalism and if we don’t get out o... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn // September 2021

Scott Murphy

September 8, 2021

Columns, Kvlt Kolvmn

Summer is dying, fading slowly and mournfully into the grips of the morning chill. The light leaves earlier each day, leaving the sky for the advent of the long night. Fall is upon us. Winter is coming. Oh... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn – February 2020

Jonathan Adams

March 4, 2020

Kvlt Kolvmn

Welcome to Kvlt Kolvmn, lovers of all things frost-bitten. Over the past few days I’ve been trying to figure out a way rationally and calmly verbally express my effusive, utterly unbridled enthusiasm regarding... Read More...

Fluisteraars – Bloem

Simon Handmaker

March 2, 2020

Reviews

It's been unseasonably warm and bright in Chicago recently. Not every day, of course, but over the past few weeks we've had a surprising amount of sunshine for a city that's accustomed to going a week at a tim... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 2/28/20

Scott Murphy

February 28, 2020

Release Day Roundup

Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...

2020 Primer – Heavy Blog’s Most Anticipated Releases of the Year (Thus Far)

Scott Murphy

January 3, 2020

Release Day Roundup

Editor’s Note: I’m glad to welcome longtime reader Remi VL as a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group&nb... Read More...

The Anatomy Of – Latitudes

Nick Cusworth

May 6, 2019

The Anatomy Of

In case you can't tell, we really like Part Island, the latest album from the brilliant British post-metal outfit Latitudes. It's easily been one of the albums I've been the most excited about so far this year... Read More...

Karg – Dornenvögel

Simon Handmaker

December 24, 2018

Reviews

I've written before about black metal's love affair with the idea of the auteur, most at length in one of my favorite pieces, my longform essay on black metal and Romanticism, where I discussed the idea of the... Read More...

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