The Prog-nosis // June 2021
We present to you all of the prog that’s fine to print. Odd time signatures lie ahead! Too many notes stalk these waves! Loud synths on everything!
Karnivool - The Decade of Sound Awake
There’s been mu... Read More...
Relentless Mutation: How Right Does Metal Get Genetics?
If you started actively reading Heavy Blog in more recent years (like the very good decision maker you are), it's unlikely you've seen much content from me. In fact, I haven't been able to contribute very acti... Read More...
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: It’s Time To Get Groovy and Jazzy With Autocatalytica’s “Cheggo”
It's been a while since I have seen an album name as appropriate as Autocatalytica's upcoming Powerclashing Maximalism. This is an album that's just on all the time; at its core, it is a progressive metal work... Read More...
Obsidian Kingdom – Meat Machine
Being an experimental band on a major metal label takes both acumen and guts. Obsidian Kingdom are teeming with both, and have proven themselves as a band unafraid to push boundaries over their previous four a... Read More...
PREMIERE: Brace Your Peripheral Cortex for this Cover of Necrophagist’s “Dawn and Demise”
Earlier this year, I raved about the eccentric death metal on God Kaiser Hell, the debut album from Peripheral Cortex. I praised the German quartet for their eclectic approach to songwriting, which recalls the... Read More...
Titan to Tachyons – Cactides
Sometimes, the only soundtrack for my present moment is an album that can do all the talking. By that, I mean the kind of records full of dense jams that are effortless to vibe along to, especially since each ... Read More...
Love Letter – Karnivool
Karnivool are not just a blog favourite, but a personal one too - comfortably sitting within my top five favourite bands of all time. For someone who routinely listens to hundreds of different records a year t... Read More...
Hey! Listen to Etherius!
Etherius are for everyone who claims to love Dream Theater but whinges about James LaBrie. Instrumental music has grown in popularity since the rise of the tech-metal scene. Yet, rather than the dexterous whidd... Read More...
The Anatomy Of – Wilderun
Sometimes, a lead single can all but guarantee you'll love an album, which was very much the case after I heard "Far from Where Dreams Unfurl." As I outlined in my review, Wilderun have crafted my favorite pro... Read More...
Wilderun – Veil of Imagination
"The passion caused by the great and the sublime in nature, when those causes operate most powerfully, is Astonishment; and astonishment is that state of the soul, in which all its motions are suspended, with ... Read More...