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Rotten to the Core // March 2021

Calder Dougherty
March 1, 2021
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It’s been a year since we last spoke. January and February felt like a full year, right? The last thing I remember was spending a week holed up writing blurbs about bands like END and Clown Core and now we’re ... Read More...

Earth Moves – Human Intricacy

Trent Bos
November 26, 2019
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Fresh off a short UK tour with rising formidable heavy weights Conjurer and LLNN, Earth Moves are back with a gripping and powerful sophomore release of emotive post-metal, Human Intricacy. Their debut The Tru... Read More...

Metal Journalism’s Top 30 Albums of 2018

Nick Cusworth
January 25, 2019
Best of 2018, Lists!
Hello, and welcome to the final post we will have about 2018! Yes, it’s late January. And yes, this is coming out much later than in previous years. After several years of completely burning myself out assembl... Read More...

Heavy Issues – What Are You Looking Forward To In 2019?

Joshua Bulleid
January 22, 2019
Heavy Issues
We here at Heavy Blog like to ponder the big questions: Who are we? Why are we here? What is the best Swedish progressive grindcore album released prior to 1993? You know, the big stuff. In order to better add... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Roll the “Dice” on The Guts’ Punky Mathcore

Simon Clark
January 16, 2019
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As I mentioned in my 2018 round-up article last month, one of the most pleasing surprises I had adventuring through London's live music scene last year was a chance encounter with Brighton quintet The Guts. ... Read More...

Disco Loadout: 2018 In Review

Simon Clark
December 19, 2018
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Four years ago, I started to keep a complete list of every band I saw. Three years ago, I began kicking myself for not starting that childishly simple task sooner. Never mind. At least I can tell you... Read More...

Genre Genesis // Albums of the Year Edition

Jonathan Adams
December 17, 2018
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Welcome back to Genre Genesis. For newcomers, here’s a brief overview of how this works. Four of the other editors – Nick, Scott, Jonathan, and Eden – have partners who are, shall we say, not nearly as investe... Read More...

Heavy Blog’s Top 25 Albums of 2018

Heavy Blog
December 17, 2018
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It's hard to write these intros without spoiling other posts from our end of year content; after all, this intro is focused on 2018 and what it has been and that’s addressed in multiple upcoming posts as well.... Read More...

Disco Loadout: October 2018 – Euroblast Special

Simon Clark
November 6, 2018
Disco Loadout
The Load In The gig drought continues. Admittedly, I was out of the country (again) for a good chunk of the month and, typically, almost everything I wanted to see in October happened whilst I was away. I was ... Read More...

Disco Loadout – July 2018 – The Hirsch Effekt, Voyager and more

Simon Clark
August 7, 2018
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The Load-In My July, as you may have already seen from my review, is always dominated by Tech Fest. For the last six consecutive summers, I've enjoyed a highly concentrated weekend of general merriment, sub dr... Read More...
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