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230 – Everything Is Recognizable, But Nothing Is

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April 19, 2021
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Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we have some good discussions about creativity, how artists engage with their fans, and how laying the formula of an artist bare can break them for the listener. Those discus... Read More...

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Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 3/26/21

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March 26, 2021
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Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...

The Anatomy Of – SiXforNinE

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September 30, 2019
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SiXforNine have released the standout heavy metal album of the year so far with their second album Parallel Universe. The band perfectly blend elements of classic and progressive metal with alternative and hard... Read More...
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The Deadstation Presents: 10 Essential Albums Of Old-School Style Progressive Metal – Part Five

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October 12, 2012
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Hey everybody! My name’s Shjon Thomas, and I play guitar in a Boston-based progressive metal band called The Deadstation. The awesome guys here at Heavy Blog is Heavy let me write a guest article on whatever ... Read More...
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Chris Letchford of Scale the Summit: The Heavy Blog Is Heavy Interview

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December 23, 2011
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Yesterday we posted our interview of Last Chance To Reason, but it isn't the only band we talked to this week. On the very same Protest the Hero headlining tour (which ended last night), we spoke to Chris L... Read More...
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Weekend Homework: Who Will Be Metalsucks’ #1 Modern Metal Guitarist?

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As many of you will know, masters of all that is metal (or a stoner's approximation of, at least) Metalsucks have been counting down a list of who they (the staff) consider to be the top 25 modern metal guita... Read More...

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