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AMA (Ask Metal Anything) // November 2020

November 9, 2020

AMA is Heavy Blog’s monthly community Q&A column, where readers ask questions across the gamut, and we are legally required by the universal laws of “AMA” to answer them! These are edited and excerpted tra... Read More...

Best of 2009

Eden Kupermintz

November 29, 2019

Best Of, Lists!

Well folks, it's that time once again: Album of the Year content is just ahead of us and the list-making engines have already been watered with the blood of magazines and blogs who think the year ends in Novem... Read More...

Tӧrzs – Tükor

Eden Kupermintz

October 22, 2019

Reviews

The question of what exactly makes post-rock what it is is a hotly debated one. But, as with all forms of discourse, there are usually a few "points of truth" on which everyone (more or less) tends to agree. F... Read More...

Post Rock Post // August 2019

Nick Cusworth

September 16, 2019

Post Rock Post

Perhaps some of you have noticed that I've been a bit less loquacious in these intros of late. At the very least I've noticed it and feel a bit guilty for it. Truth be told I simply have not had nearly as much... Read More...

The Anatomy Of – Detach the Islands

Matt MacLennan

September 13, 2019

The Anatomy Of

One of the most exciting releases of the year, Detach The Island's The Burden To Become Fact is one of the sleeper-hits of the year, blending the magical mayhem of chaotic post-violence with the stuttering, sav... Read More...

Disco Loadout – August 2019: Battles & ArcTanGent

Simon Clark

September 4, 2019

Disco Loadout

The Load In August may have been a relatively quiet month in terms of the volume of events I attended, but there can be no doubt that the quality has been exceptionally high. Having already spoken at ... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 8/2/19

Scott Murphy

August 2, 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... Read More...

Russian Circles – Blood Year

David Zeidler

July 19, 2019

Reviews

One thing I can say about Russian Circles is that they have always been consistent. I've seen them open for Minus the Bear in Brooklyn in 2006, headline a tiny club in Milford, Connecticut in support of Geneva... Read More...

Hey! Listen to The Grey!

Simon Clark

July 2, 2019

Listen To This!

As a general rule, a metal band that takes the decision to remain instrumental is more likely to be a proggy or mathy affair. When listening to them, it's more common to find oneself swaying to twinkly explora... Read More...

BIG|BRAVE – A Gaze Among Them

Scott Murphy

May 1, 2019

Reviews

Despite the seemingly straightforward nature of drone, the style is a great deal more varied in practice. For drone metal in particular, the idea of drawing out doom to an even more low, slow and meditative st... Read More...

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