Into the Pit // Q1, 2021
Hey there Headbangers!
Has it been a stacked few months for thrash metal, or what! The thrash train kept right on rolling through Christmas and into the new year, with absolutely no sign of slowing down. On ... Read More...
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Feculent – Weaponisation of the Amygdala: Endless Warfare
Australia's metal scene has no shortage of titanic acts contained within its shores, and their collective death metal lineage speaks for itself. Those familiar with the scene may recognize names such as Snorlax and Resin Tomb, or perhaps others such as Shackles, Descent, Siberian Hell Sounds and Idle Ruin if you're more intimately familiar.
Into the Pit // Q4 2020
Howdy Headbangers,
The mathematicians among you will realise that this post technically shouldn't be hitting you until January. Although I usually hit you with these quarterly posts the month after a quarter e... Read More...
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: In Malice’s Wake Embrace Death On Gehenna
Having perfected the thrash genre with 2011's The Thrashening, In Malice's Wake have been leaning more and more into extreme metal acroos their last couple of releases. With "Gehenna" – the closing track form t... Read More...
Death’s Door // November 2020
I’m hard pressed to think of a better time for death metal ruination than during an election cycle. Tensions run insanely high, anger seethes, and the need for healthy outlets for explosions of emotion and pri... Read More...
AMA (Ask Metal Anything) // September 2020
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...
Obscene – The Inhabitable Dark
There are many cornerstone elements that congeal to make metal the incredible music it is. I think about the punishing drum work, guitar-based pyrotechnics, growled/screamed/wailed vocals, distorted tones, and... Read More...
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Xpus conjure old school death metal mastery in “Of Purity, Chastity and Temptation”
Over the past several years, death metal has experienced a renaissance of epic proportions, fueled by movements of radical innovation (propelled by bands such as Ingurgitating Oblivion, Pyrrhon, Alkaloid, Arti... Read More...
Umbra Vitae – Shadow of Life
Let me get this out of the way up front: I can count on one hand the amount of “supergroups” that met or exceeded the expectations laid on them by the collective success of their individual parts. Most supergr... Read More...
AMA (Ask Metal Anything) – April 2020
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...