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Maps of Meaning – The Once and Future King

Eden Kupermintz
October 5, 2020
Maps of Meaning
Hello and welcome back to Maps of Meaning, Heavy Blog's column exploring the ties between metal and literature! Hey, it didn't take two years for me to write another entry this time around. Progress! Anyway, i... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – August 2020

Heavy Blog
September 2, 2020
Columns, Editors' Picks
As you might have guessed already, the Monthly Missive's intro will be taking much of the spotlight away from this intro. But the Editors' Picks intro is something I've been writing for years now, ever since w... Read More...

The Anatomy Of – Unleash the Archers

Eden Kupermintz
August 14, 2020
Features, The Anatomy Of
While we've recently had Brittney Slayes from Unleash the Archers over on our podcast, there's recently no limit to the amount of love we want to shower on this band and their latest release, Abyss. The band r... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – July 2020

Heavy Blog
August 7, 2020
Editors' Picks
We're still doing this, huh? We're still pretending as if this is as worse as it gets, as if it this is rough, sure, but we can do this, we got this? For me, July (and August) are when everything gets even wor... Read More...

Hey! Listen to Let Us Prey!

Joshua Bulleid
July 28, 2020
Listen To This!
Boston's Let Us Prey are a band who sound a lot like everyone else, without really sounding like anyone else. Ok, fine, they sound a lot like Nevermore, but also if they sounded more like Iced Earth, or later S... Read More...

Lör – Edge of Eternity

Eden Kupermintz
May 15, 2020
Reviews
One of the common phrases in metal that I have absolutely no interest in challenging is that power metal is pretty much dead. Don't get me wrong, there are still a few interesting albums being made each year b... Read More...

Nightfear – Apocalypse

Simon Handmaker
March 4, 2020
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Recently, I've been handed a term by a friend and I've found myself using it a lot. That term is "Pringles metal," which they used to describe death metal stalwarts Cannibal Corpse, who have built a 30-year ca... Read More...

Love Letter – Angra’s Temple of Shadows

Eden Kupermintz
January 21, 2020
Love Letter
Angra is one of those bands that I always mention when speaking about other bands or when describing their genre in general. There's a reason for that and it's mostly Temple of Shadows, their 2004 release. Whi... Read More...

Horizon’s End – Skeleton Keys

Eden Kupermintz
January 6, 2020
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European progressive metal is just one of those genres where the promise of a well-made album lies at the other side of a field of mediocrity. Perhaps it's because of how cheesy the genre actually is and how h... Read More...

Victorius – Space Ninjas From Hell

Joshua Bulleid
January 2, 2020
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Victorius's previous offering, the six-track EP DIsnosaur Warfare: Legend of the Power Saurus (2008), is one of the best power metal releases of recent years. Although fluorescent '80s nostalgia had long been ... Read More...
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