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Hail Spirit Noir – Eden In Reverse

June 10, 2020

With music, as in every facet of life, expectation creates a breeding ground for disappointment. Albums often clear the bar fans continuously raise, of course, but they can also hit it straight on or miss the ... Read More...

Cool People Column – 3/16/20

Joshua Bulleid

March 16, 2020

Cool People Column

It’s been said that there’s more to life than music and, while we remain sceptical, we’ve decided to test the premise with our new bi-weekly Cool People Column! Noyan and Eden already bring you great pop cul... Read More...

Apprentice Destroyer – Permanent Climbing Monolith

Scott Murphy

October 8, 2019

Reviews

I've always gravitated towards multi-instrumentalists with an array of sonic interests. Artists who extract unique ideas from a kernel of creativity always tend to mix flavors with each side project. A great e... Read More...

Pinkish Black – Concept Unification

Jordan Jerabek

June 7, 2019

Reviews

Bringing “the heavy” in new and interesting ways is tough, but Texas duo Pinkish Black have a way of making it sound easy. Frighteningly dark and drenched in desperation, they evoke everything from the more ob... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Tulip Unleash Fresh Hell with Self-titled Record

Jordan Jerabek

April 4, 2019

Premieres

Take your nerd-ass “WINTER IS COMING” nonsense and chuck it in the garbage. Winter is gone. Spring is here. More importantly, Tulip is here. (Oh relax, I’m not really being serious about chucking everyone’s fa... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: SOM deliver a deeper gaze into their “Starless Sky”

David Zeidler

March 25, 2019

Premieres

Back in November we premiered "Prayers" from the debut album by SOM, a supergroup of sorts featuring a trio of unheralded members of the heavy music landscape. Vocalist/guitarist Will Benoit and drummer Duncan... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Living Phantoms Reveal “In Disguise”

David Zeidler

March 21, 2019

Premieres

written by Evan Lurie Today we have a guest author with us, Evan Lurie from the post-genres-dedicated blog Arctic Drones. Evan has long been one of the authorities on ambient, electronic and synth-driven mu... Read More...

Unmetal Monday // 12/17/2018

Jonathan Adams

December 17, 2018

Unmetal Monthly

There’s a lot happening in the music world, and we here at Heavy Blog try our very best to keep up with it! Like the vast majority of heavy music fans, our tastes are incredibly vast, with our 3X3s in each Pla... Read More...

Thomas Giles – Don’t Touch The Outside

Jimmy Rowe

December 13, 2018

Reviews

Don't Touch The Outside, Between the Buried and Me frontman Tommy Rogers' fourth proper full-length under the moniker Thomas Giles, takes the retrowave and electronic influences on previous outing Velcro Kid (2016) and imbues those new wave vibes with some of the wilder experimentation and genre diversity which made Pulse (2011) and Modern Noise (2014) so incredible.

Release Day Roundup – 10/19/18

Scott Murphy

October 19, 2018

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 quality new music. But whi... Read More...

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Atramentus - Stygian

Bring Me The Horizon – POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR

Of Feather and Bone – Sulfuric Disintegration

Countless Skies – Glow

Dark Tranquillity – Moment

Clipping. – Visions of Bodies Being Burned

Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment

Hey! Listen to Let Us Prey!

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8-Track / Playlist Swap – Kylie Minogue

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Release Day Roundup – 11/13/20

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Hail Spirit Noir – Eden In Reverse

Cool People Column – 3/16/20

Apprentice Destroyer – Permanent Climbing Monolith

Pinkish Black – Concept Unification

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Tulip Unleash Fresh Hell with Self-titled Record

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: SOM deliver a deeper gaze into their “Starless Sky”

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Living Phantoms Reveal “In Disguise”

Unmetal Monday // 12/17/2018

Thomas Giles – Don’t Touch The Outside

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