The Anatomy Of – Urne
Urne’s Serpent and Spirit is one of the most extraordinary and eclectic debuts of 2021. Although the band draw from a well of distinct influences, the album as a whole is difficult to categorise. What wo... Read More...
235 – Bottom Text
Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Back on the grind with the half-year review. We talk about a few new releases, including Machine Head, Interloper, Ophidian I, and Structures. Then we talk about the albums we connecte... Read More...
Orden Ogan – Final Days
From the moment Blind Guardian's stock started to fall following 2006's underrated-if-uneven A Twist in the Myth record, their countrymen in Orden Ogan stepped in with a series of ambitious, concept-driven rec... Read More...
Into the Pit // The Best (And Worst) Years for Thrash Metal
Howdy Headbangers,
Dropping another top ten list seemed a tad redundant, given that I've picked out a "Big Four" for each quarter of the year. Put those together and you effectively have a "Top 16" of 2020.... Read More...
Into the Pit // Q3 2020
Howdy headbangers,
Let's get the sad stuff out of the way upfront. The thrash world lost a major figure with the unexpected passing of Power Trip frontman Riley Gale last month. I'm not going to pretend I h... Read More...
Into the Pit // Q1 2020
Howdy headbangers! Josh here, I'm officially taking over Into the Pit while Pete's off trying to make the world a better place and whatnot. This means two things: a) it's gonna get a whole lot groovier around h... Read More...
Into the Pit – 2019 Wrap-Up And Playlist Swap
Happy holidays, fellow moshers! Once again, we find ourselves at the end of the year. A calendar is about to get thrown out just to be replaced by another one with a new number on it. But what a year it was! 20... Read More...
Meshiaak – Mask Of All Misery
Meshiaak's debut album, Alliance of Thieves (2016), is one of the best thrash metal albums to ever come out of Australia. A supergroup of sorts, featuring current and ex-members of 4Arm and Terramaze, the Melbo... Read More...
Best of Closing Tracks
An album doesn't really end when its last note is sounded. Or, at least, great albums don't; there are definitely works out there that only span the time during which the music is playing. But truly great rele... Read More...
Into The Pit – Playlist Swap
Following our mailbag post last week, Pete and I thought we'd get further antiquated with a good old-fashioned Heavy Blog is Heavy playlist swap. We each put together a list of the songs that we thought best de... Read More...