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AMA (Ask Metal Anything) // September 2020

Nick Cusworth
September 2, 2020
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AMA is Heavy Blog’s monthly community Q&A column, where readers ask questions across the gamut, and we are legally required by the universal laws of “AMA” to answer them! These are edited and excerpted tra... Read More...

Hey! Listen to Skalpel!

Eden Kupermintz
April 15, 2020
Listen To This!
And now for something completely different. If you've been paying attention to the world of electronics in any capacity, you know who Ninja Tune are. In case you don't, they're one of the best labels on the pl... Read More...

Heavy Issues – How Do You Decide Your Album of the Year List?

Joshua Bulleid
January 2, 2020
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We here at Heavy Blog like to ponder the big questions: Who are we? Why are we here? What makes one album “better” than another? You know, the big stuff. In order to better address such pressing matters, we bri... Read More...

“The Kurt Cobain of Memes”: Bent Knee Talk New Album, Tour Mishaps, and the Future of Music

Nick Cusworth
October 21, 2019
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There are certain privileges and challenges that come when you get to interview a band multiple times. On the one hand, building a relationship and rapport with bands and artists breeds a certain familiarity a... Read More...

Unmetal Monday // Albums of the Year Edition

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December 31, 2018
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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...

Jazz Club Quarterly // April – June 2018

Scott Murphy
July 18, 2018
The Jazz Club
Welcome back to Jazz Club Quarterly! We hope you've built up a craving for jazz over the past few months, because we have a diverse array of recommendations for your listening enjoyment. Other than the obvious ... Read More...

Heavy Blog’s Top 25 Albums of 2018 (So Far)

Heavy Blog
July 6, 2018
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Midpoint. Half in, half out. Shadow. A divide. Balance. The semantic milieu surrounding stuff that's divided 50/50 is incredibly rich; it opens some of the greatest cultural creations of all time ("Midway upon ... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 6/22/18

Scott Murphy
June 22, 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...

Jazz Club 2017 // The Jazziest Offerings of the Year

Scott Murphy
December 21, 2017
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We've charted out quite the trajectory for Jazz Club over the past few years. Initially, we launched the column as a means of dissecting key albums from throughout the year, starting with what I still fervently... Read More...

Heavy Blog Staff’s Top Ten Albums of 2017

Heavy Blog
December 19, 2017
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Our staff has shifted quite a bit since we posted our first aggregate AOTY list back in 2014. From refocusing our content to implementing The Brooklyn Plan™ to publishing our 2017 AOTY list, our roster o... Read More...
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