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Into the Pit // Q1, 2021

Joshua Bulleid
April 5, 2021
Into the Pit
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...

Into the Pit // The Best (And Worst) Years for Thrash Metal

Joshua Bulleid
January 25, 2021
Best of 2020, Into the Pit
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 // Q1 2020

Joshua Bulleid
March 31, 2020
Into the Pit
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

Joshua Bulleid
December 16, 2019
Best of 2019, Into the Pit
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...

Into The Pit – Playlist Swap

Joshua Bulleid
August 14, 2019
Into the Pit
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...

Into the Pit: Thrash Metal Mailbag

Pete Williams
August 8, 2019
Into the Pit
Hello fellow pit-sters! This month, I thought we could do something a little different. You all know I’ve been playing fast and loose with the schedule of this column, and August will be no different! Fellow t... Read More...

Heavy Issues: Which Track Taints an Otherwise Outstanding Album?

Joshua Bulleid
May 22, 2019
Heavy Issues
We here at Heavy Blog like to ponder the big questions: Who are we? Why are we here? Thrash ballads: yay or nay? You know, the big stuff. In order to better address such pressing matters, we bring you Heavy Iss... Read More...

Into the Pit – First Quarter Thrashin’

Pete Williams
April 10, 2019
Into the Pit, News
About a month ago, fellow thrasher and friend of the column Josh Bulleid asked me a question (In so many words). “Hey dude, should we do a quarterly wrap up? We got some good records we haven’t talked about ye... Read More...

Truth Corroded – Bloodlands

Joshua Bulleid
March 21, 2019
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Adeleaide's Truth Corroded have long been one of the most respected names in Australian metal. Yet, although they've been putting out brilliant releases since the early years of the new millennium, they've nev... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 2/22/19

Scott Murphy
February 22, 2019
Release Day Roundup
Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But w... Read More...
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