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Heavy Blog’s Superlative List for 2021

January 17, 2022

Best of 2021, Lists!

Well. Here we are again. Another year ends and the insatiable urge within us to look back and to summarize kicks in. But, like last year, we have chosen to resist this urge somewhat by doing away with having a... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn // 2021 In Review

Scott Murphy

January 17, 2022

Best of 2021, Kvlt Kolvmn

Welcome to Kvlt Kolvmn’s Best of 2021 bonanza. Another difficult year has drawn to a close. Let’s recap: Everything fucking sucked. Now that that’s out of the way, the good news: Black metal ruled ... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn // November 2021

Heavy Blog

November 10, 2021

Kvlt Kolvmn

Quality over quantity. It’s true in most all contexts, and especially so in this month’s edition of Kvlt Kolvmn. Life often facilitates a more judicious approach to what we are able to consume in a given month... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Mystras Is Back With The Monolithic “The Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

Eden Kupermintz

October 8, 2021

News

Back in April of last year, when I premiered a track and then reviewed an excellent album from Mystras, I didn't expect the project would be back so soon. However, such ended up being the case: Mystras, led by... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn // April 2021

Scott Murphy

April 5, 2021

Kvlt Kolvmn

What a month. What a lovely month! Cue Fury Road soundtrack, but make it black metal. That’s the sound of March blazing in with a righteous, unholy fury in the world of black metal. What a month it was. There’... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn // 2020 In Review

Jonathan Adams

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Kvlt Kolvmn

2020 felt in many ways like a perpetual winter of the soul. Thus far, 2021 feels little different. But time is a lie and black metal is forever. What a delightful truth that is. Below you will find our coll... Read More...

Heavy Blog Yearbook // Our Favourite Articles of 2020

Karlo Doroc

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020

Since 2017 we’ve been wrapping up our end-of-year coverage with a Yearbook encompassing our favourite articles from the year, pieces we can be proud of and look back on in the years to come as very best of wha... Read More...

Fighting Fire with Fire, Part II – Metal and Transgressive Love

Eden Kupermintz

December 7, 2020

Deep Dive

Chrome marks "transgressive" as a spelling mistake. Or at least it did, I think I've since added it to its dictionary. This is a good indication that a term only seems "correct" to me because I picked it up du... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn // November 2020

Jonathan Adams

November 9, 2020

Columns, Kvlt Kolvmn

Greetings, frost-bitten hoard! Welcome to another edition of Kvlt Kolvmn. Much has transpired since we last entered the ice walls of black metal’s highest quality tundra, so let’s get right to it. Out... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn // October 2020

Jonathan Adams

October 5, 2020

Columns, Kvlt Kolvmn

Greetings, frost-bitten hoard! Welcome to another edition of Kvlt Kolvmn. The weather is beginning to turn, leaves are falling in droves and the first pricks of cold are seeping into the air. It’s finally here... Read More...

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