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All Them Witches – Nothing as the Ideal

September 8, 2020

All Them Witches have certainly made a name for themselves as a psych-rock staple over the last decade. Their blues-inflected brand of heavy psych has taken on a variety of forms across their studio releases, ... Read More...

Bask – III

Pete Williams

November 5, 2019

Reviews

As I get older and write more and more for Heavy Blog Is Heavy, the thing that keeps me motivated is to hear how music is changing. As a 30-something dude, it’s really cool to hear how bands that were huge to ... Read More...

Ecstatic Vision – For the Masses

Laura Ansill

October 11, 2019

Reviews

Last October I went to the Days of Darkness festival in Baltimore, MD to see Blue Oyster Cult play alongside a number of esteemed metal, industrial, and hard rock acts. Among the other bands on the lineup were... Read More...

Boris – LOVE & EVOL

Simon Handmaker

October 10, 2019

Reviews

Writing about a band as foundational to their genre and as monolithic in the landscape of post-Y2K metal as the Japanese amplifier cult known as Boris is tough. Trying to wear the hats of both fan and critic f... Read More...

Hippie Death Cult – 111

Jordan Jerabek

August 14, 2019

Reviews

What I like best about getting my paws on a debut record is experiencing the twofoldness of the statement that is made on this introduction. The record simultaneously says “this is definitively us” and “this i... Read More...

Baroness – Gold & Grey

Pete Williams

June 5, 2019

Reviews

It’s always a tricky thing when an established group puts out a new record. You don’t want to get your hopes up necessarily, but you’re just really looking forward to hearing it. Especially if that artist is o... Read More...

Stone From the Sky – Break a Leg

Eden Kupermintz

March 5, 2019

Reviews

I still remember the first time I played Fuck the Sun, Stone From the Sky's previous album (yes, that's actually what it's called). What I don't quite remember is what I was expecting but it wasn't an expansiv... Read More...

Heavy Delinquency – Motorpscyho’s The Crucible

Eden Kupermintz

February 27, 2019

Reviews

Motorpsycho are a hard band to grapple with; their career, as we have told you before, stretches all the way back to the end of the 80's. They've also ping ponged between numerous genres, always fixated upon p... Read More...

Den of Antiquities – Jerusalem

Laura Ansill

February 22, 2019

Den of Antiquities

Editor’s Note: Den of Antiquities focuses on the hazy days of proto-metal and the sounds and stories which surrounded the birth of our beloved genre. Read on below for loud pioneers, forgotten gems from d... Read More...

High on Fire – Electric Messiah

Matthew Landis

September 28, 2018

News

If High on Fire’s newest—Electric Messiah—was, in fact, inspired by a dream Matt Pike had about Lemmy, then opener “Spewn from the Earth” is a statement of purpose. Pike has always reminded me of Lemmy as a voc... Read More...

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A Gift To Artwork // 2019 In Review

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Heavy Blog Guest List – Bent Knee

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Monthly Missive // September 2020

Monthly Missive // November 2020

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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

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Countless Skies – Glow

Clipping. – Visions of Bodies Being Burned

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Release Day Roundup – 12/4/20

Playlist Swap // 11/30/20

What We’re Really Listening To – 11/27/20

Release Day Roundup – 11/27/20

Release Day Roundup – 11/20/20

8-Track / Playlist Swap – Kylie Minogue

All Them Witches – Nothing as the Ideal

Bask – III

Ecstatic Vision – For the Masses

Boris – LOVE & EVOL

Hippie Death Cult – 111

Baroness – Gold & Grey

Stone From the Sky – Break a Leg

Heavy Delinquency – Motorpscyho’s The Crucible

Den of Antiquities – Jerusalem

High on Fire – Electric Messiah

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