The Anatomy Of: Noctambulist
Hailing from Denver, Colorado, Noctambulist conjure blackened and atmospheric death metal, pulling inspiration from Disgorge, Ulcerate, Isis, and more.
AMA (Ask Metal Anything) // May 2021
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...
THÆTAS – Shrines to Absurdity
Like 2019 and 2018 before it, 2020 is A Year of Death Metal. Obviously death metal isn’t the only metal subgenre seeing great releases at the moment - a cursory look at our Best-Of lists from the past couple ... Read More...
The Anatomy Of: The Sound That Ends Creation
Texas one-man mathgrind project The Sound That Ends Creation is a bit of a hidden gem that we're doing our best to highlight wherever possible. Our very own Matt McLennan gave the new album Music Designed To G... Read More...
Hour of Penance – Misotheism
There's often a lot of emphasis on the best death metal being progressive or technical – especially around these parts; And often the best death metal is the most progressive and/or technical. Yet, also... Read More...
Death’s Door // June 2019
Welcome to Death’s Door, Hellions. Pop a squat on a bone throne and get comfy. There’s plenty of premium content to be had in the world of death metal, and Scott and I are here to deliver unto thee the goods.
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Grind My Gears – Tune Low. No, Lower Than That. Lower Still. There We Go.
This one's a little bit rushed, as I forgot I had a Grind My Gears to write today, so bear with me while I rush through three new releases for you. All humanely sourced through Bandcamp's grindcore tag, the thr... Read More...
Heavy Issues: Which Track Taints an Otherwise Outstanding Album?
We here at Heavy Blog like to ponder the big questions: Who are we? Why are we here? Thrash ballads: yay or nay? You know, the big stuff. In order to better address such pressing matters, we bring you Heavy Iss... Read More...
Truth Corroded – Bloodlands
Adeleaide's Truth Corroded have long been one of the most respected names in Australian metal. Yet, although they've been putting out brilliant releases since the early years of the new millennium, they've nev... Read More...
Death’s Vault // Master – On the Seventh Day God Created… Master
Last week we premiered the outstanding “Stand Up and Be Counted” from Master's forthcoming thirteenth full-length Vindictive Miscreant. Now we take a look back at their long-forgotten second album, On the Seven... Read More...