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Heavy Blog’s Favorite Albums of 2020

Heavy Blog
January 25, 2021
Best of 2020
So...our AOTY list looks a little different this year. Ok, a LOT different. You’ve probably noticed how much we’ve diversified our coverage over the last few years. As we started pulling together our collectiv... Read More...

We Asked, You Decided: Heavy Blog Readers’ Top Albums of 2020

Nick Cusworth
January 25, 2021
Best of 2020, Lists!
In all the years I've been a part of this site and helping out with our end of year coverage, I have wanted to conduct a readers' poll. Alas, we never had the bandwidth to do so given the timing and timeframe ... Read More...

Drain – California Cursed

Scott Murphy
March 30, 2020
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When did hardcore stop being fun? Not to start this review with a sweeping generalization, but it feels like the mainstream music press has been fawning over a wave of "edgy, "unique" hardcore for the sake of ... 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 – SIBIIR

Matt MacLennan
October 28, 2019
Features, The Anatomy Of
I'm in love with 2019's deluge of dark, bleak hardcore bands coming out of Scandinavia. If you pay attention to my columns at Heavy Blog, you'll be well aware and probably getting sick and/or tired of me rattli... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Oberst Worship The “Goddess” With New Music Video

Matt MacLennan
October 17, 2019
Premieres, Video
A decade ago you'd be laughed at for telling everyone that Scandinavia's hottest musical export would be hardcore music. Scoffed at. Derided. Ran outta town. Well, sorry, but that's just how it is now. Norway's... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Watch NYT LIV Tear Through “Aske Og Blod” In The Studio

Matt MacLennan
May 31, 2019
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It's my birthday today, but I'm here to give YOU a gift, via NYT LIV, Indisciplinarian Records, and Earsplit PR. If you've been paying attention (have you?) then you'll have seen this Danish melodic hardcore mo... Read More...

The Anatomy Of – NYT LIV

Matt MacLennan
May 13, 2019
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There's something gorgeous happening in Denmark. It seems you can't throw a guitar into a crowd without hitting great new hardcore and metal bands from the Nordic country - Copenhagen, in particular, is the hom... Read More...

Hey! Listen to Blood Command!

Joshua Bulleid
April 15, 2019
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Bergen's Blood Command are one of those bands who should be way bigger than they are. Bill gave them a favorable shout-out in his most recent punk round-up, but the band remain a relatively uncelebrated quanti... Read More...

Mantar – The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze

Scott Murphy
August 14, 2018
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Despite being just a guitar and drum duo, Mantar still sound just as massive as their modern sludge metal brethren. On their third album The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze, Erinç Sakarya (drums, vocals) and Hanno... Read More...
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