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Heavy Blog’s Superlative List for 2021

Eden Kupermintz
January 17, 2022
Best of 2021, Lists!
Well. Here we are again. Another year ends and the insatiable urge within us to look back and to summarize kicks in. But, like last year, we have chosen to resist this urge somewhat by doing away with having a... Read More...

Heavy Blog’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

Heavy Blog
January 17, 2022
Best of 2021, Lists!
Last year, we didn't run a traditional "Best Of" list like the rest of the online music community likes to do. Deep into the pandemic, values changed, and the year-end push to create retrospective content summ... Read More...

Heavy Blog Guest List // Fierce Deity

Eden Kupermintz
January 17, 2022
Best of 2021, Lists!
I'll be honest with you: the first time I heard Fierce Deity's Power Wisdom Courage I didn't really know what to make of it. It was only our staff members which saved me by insisting that I listen to it and bo... Read More...

The Industry Awards 2021: Music Journalism’s Top 50 Metal Albums & More

Nick Cusworth
January 17, 2022
Best of 2021, Lists!
I am Sisyphus, and this series is my boulder. Last year I swore I would not do this again without some major help. And while I did have a few people reach out to me with some valiant attempts at automating thi... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn // 2021 In Review

Scott Murphy
January 17, 2022
Best of 2021, Kvlt Kolvmn
Welcome to Kvlt Kolvmn’s Best of 2021 bonanza. Another difficult year has drawn to a close. Let’s recap: Everything fucking sucked.  Now that that’s out of the way, the good news: Black metal ruled ... Read More...

Heavy Blog Readers’ Top Albums of 2021

Nick Cusworth
January 17, 2022
Best of 2021, Lists!
After the success of last year's poll, I decided it was worth the time and immense pain of doing this again! Once again and always, I am a glutton for pain. But enough about me! This post is all about you! Wel... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // December 2021

Scott Murphy
December 7, 2021
Editors' Picks
Every year it's the same damn thing: the year is over, proclaim the magazines and the blogs! Time to summarize! Time to rank! Time to make order and sense of this thing called music, an art form that, while re... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 11/19/21

Scott Murphy
November 19, 2021
Release Day Roundup
Editor’s Note: Do you think we “missed” an album this week? Click here. Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday ... Read More...

Flash of the Blade // November 2021

Eden Kupermintz
November 10, 2021
Flash of the Blade
Greetings duelists and welcome back to Flash of the Blade! It’s 2021! Everything is different and yet, the absolute fucking same. A monster looms and that monster is called capitalism and if we don’t get out o... Read More...

Kvlt Kolvmn // November 2021

Heavy Blog
November 10, 2021
Kvlt Kolvmn
Quality over quantity. It’s true in most all contexts, and especially so in this month’s edition of Kvlt Kolvmn. Life often facilitates a more judicious approach to what we are able to consume in a given month... Read More...
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  • Moon Tooth – Phototroph

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    May 5, 2022
    By now, Moon Tooth have garnered themselves quite a following in the progressive metal spaces. This is no accident; the scene is hungry for the kind of upbeat and unrestrained music that Moon Tooth is creating. Good news then: Phototroph is by far the band’s most energetic and “poppy” release, and I mean that in the best way possible.
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    May 5, 2022
    Back in 2016, I first heard Path of Might's "Mountain of Flowers & Fruit", from their self-titled release, and I wa... Read More...
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    A friend recently asked me a baffling question: Is Nicolas Cage a good actor? It’s a seemingly simple inquiry, right... Read More...
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    Eden Kupermintz
    April 7, 2022
    Legacy of Ruin very much continues Eight Bells' style of ethereal, haunting doom but splices it with more dynamic and muscular riffs, drums, and vocals for a new, and markedly improved, version of the band's sound. It is still an album to sink into to be sure, but it also affords the listener with more footholds on their way down.