Well, it had to happen sometime; we had to cover Merzbow at some point.
Even a cursory glance of our biweekly “What Heavy Blog Is Really Listening To” posts will reveal that there is a great deal of variety among our staff’s musical tastes. Due to this, we brainstormed the idea of “Playlist Swap,” another biweekly segment that takes place between playlist updates. We…
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…
Nearly four decades before Chloë Grace Moretz took off her Hit-Man costume to star in the lackluster remake of Carrie (2013), the titular role was dominated by Ms. Sissy Spacek, who elevated the first of countless Steven King screen adaptions to truly terrifying heights. And after just a few seconds into Brath, it…
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…
Last year, Godflesh demonstrated exactly how a comeback record should sound with the exceptional A World Lit Only By Fire (review here). While touring in support of their preceding comeback EP Decline & Fall, the band embarked on a short trek with prolific noise artist Prurient and powerviolence powerhouse Nails, which was unfortunately not as extensive as many fans…
During his time as weekend editor here, one of the consistently most popular features Brian Shields would run was the What We’re Really Listening To column, which would ask either Heavy Blog staff or musicians to share the music they’ve been jamming the most recently. We’ve decided that it was too fun…
With genre tags like powerviolence, grindcore and noise, last year’s collaboration between Full of Hell and Merzbow (creatively titled Full of Hell & Merzbow) turned out to be as ferocious as it sounded on paper. Our staff agreed with this sentiment, with the album landing at #36 on our top albums…