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Into the Pit // Q4 2020

December 7, 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

Joshua Bulleid

November 25, 2020

Premieres

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

Jonathan Adams

November 9, 2020

Columns, Death's Door

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

Nick Cusworth

September 2, 2020

AMA, Columns

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

Jonathan Adams

June 18, 2020

Reviews

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”

Jonathan Adams

May 1, 2020

Premieres

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

Jonathan Adams

April 28, 2020

Reviews

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

Nick Cusworth

April 27, 2020

AMA

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...

The Black Dahlia Murder – Verminous

Scott Murphy

April 20, 2020

Reviews

You know Pabst Blue Ribbon? PBR? "America's Best" since 1893? Beer of choice for hipsters and David Lynch? My favorite Milwaukee export was a staple in my college dorm's fridge and still remains in my regular ... Read More...

Odious Mortem – Synesthesia

Jonathan Adams

January 15, 2020

Reviews

It’s fitting that my first review of 2020 should be for a spicy technical death metal rebirth. I’m of course referring here to the resurgence of death metal legends Odious Mortem, who return to we the needy ma... Read More...

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