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A Gift To Artwork – Travis Smith

February 15, 2016

Welcome to A Gift To Artwork, where we at Heavy Blog inspect the various art that has defined the heavy metal aesthetic through an in-depth introspection. For previous installments, please click here. Mostly, ... Read More...

Fit For An Autopsy – Oh What the Future Holds

Calder Dougherty

January 21, 2022

Oh What the Future Holds finds Fit For An Autopsy with a little more patience, finally hitting their veteran stride in their sixth studio album. Tracks are given ample space to come alive in the pensive, bestial way only Fit can paradoxically achieve, instead of constantly clobbering you with The Big Riffs. It’s a commanding, inspired outing, far removed from the languor of their prior work. So what does the future hold for their direction after Beasts, exactly?
SOM – The Shape Of Everything

Jimmy Rowe

January 21, 2022

Shoegaze act SOM arrived in 2018 and melted hearts with their debut album The Fall, then blew us away from the stage at POST. Festival the following year. The act (featuring members of Junius, Constants, and Caspian) has been described as "doom pop," which isn't inaccurate; the baseline SOM modus operandi consists of colossal low-end, lush guitar layers, and airy vocal hooks delivered through a wash of delay and reverb, without pretense or complication.
SEED – Dun Pageant

Eden Kupermintz

December 7, 2021

It has been a while since I pointed out the underappreciated and subtle art of album or track names. It's an often over... Read More...
Plebeian Grandstand – Rien ne suffit

Jimmy Rowe

December 7, 2021

French blackened hardcore outfit Plebeian Grandstand have continuously cultivated an ever-building hype and air of myst... Read More...

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A Gift To Artwork – Travis Smith