Heavy Buys // June 2021
Staff picks from the record store from the last month, featuring Ad Nauseam, The Black Queen, Phoebe Bridgers, Fear Factory, and Opeth!
Unmetal Monthly // May 2021
It’s finally spring, and the music world is starting to hop into action. Not saying that the releases of the early months of the year were of low quality (categorically untrue), but there’s something about the... Read More...
Playlist Swap – 05/10/21
Josh’s Grid with Jon’s Comments
Crypts of Despair – “Being – Erased”
The first feeling that enters my heart upon listening to this track is shame. How in the hell did I miss this? The album art for Crypts of... Read More...
Heavy Buys // March 2021
In years past, we’ve tried our hand at a column whereby staff were able to discuss physical media in its various forms and any other music-related purchases, and that was Heavy Buys. The column was used sporadically, but we felt that it was time to bring it back for 2021.
Unmetal Monthly // March 2021
Is it just me, or is 2021 already amazing for music? While 2020 was filled with surprise records that came out of nowhere often to the delight (and just as often disappointment) of listeners, 2021 so far seems... Read More...
Heavy Blog’s Favorite Albums of 2020
So...our AOTY list looks a little different this year. Ok, a LOT different. You’ve probably noticed how much we’ve diversified our coverage over the last few years. As we started pulling together our collectiv... Read More...
Unmetal Monthly // 2020 In Review
We’ve finally come to it. The obituary of the year 2020. Good riddance, go fuck yourself, etc. While the past rotation around the sun was universally considered one of the darkest of our lifetimes, you wouldn’... Read More...
We Asked, You Decided: Heavy Blog Readers’ Top Albums of 2020
In all the years I've been a part of this site and helping out with our end of year coverage, I have wanted to conduct a readers' poll. Alas, we never had the bandwidth to do so given the timing and timeframe ... Read More...
Heavy Blog Staff’s Top 25 Albums of 2020
We may have taken a different direction with our overall AOTY list this year, but we still wanted to share what everyone on staff thought were the best releases of the year! Comment with your own top 25, album... Read More...
Unmetal Monthly – December 2020
It goes without saying that 2020 has been a very weird year on a host of fronts. One of those sections of strangeness is musical output. With so much time at home, there has been a veritable glut of material r... Read More...