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Heavy Blog’s Superlative List for 2021

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...

Rotten to the Core // June 2021

Calder Dougherty

June 14, 2021

Rotten to the Core

There was so much good broad spectrum -core that came out in May, it was difficult to try and cover it all. So we didn’t. Sorry folks. Check the Circle Pit for links to the releases that definitely deserved a ... Read More...

Rotten to the Core // April 2021

Calder Dougherty

April 5, 2021

Rotten to the Core

Welcome back to Rotten to the Core, where much like the inexorable pressure of our late-stage capitalist hellworld clamoring to squeeze everything back into a state of blissfully hypnagogic consumerism post-pa... Read More...

Music Journalism’s Top 50 Metal Albums of 2020

Nick Cusworth

February 9, 2021

Best of 2020, Lists!

Hello, and welcome back to the article about the previous year that always comes long after the previous year has ended! Joking aside, based on the number of comments and messages I received asking if we were ... Read More...

Heavy Blog’s Favorite Albums of 2020

Heavy Blog

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020

So...our AOTY list looks a little different this year. Ok, a LOT different. You’ve probably noticed how much we’ve diversified our coverage over the last few years. As we started pulling together our collectiv... Read More...

Heavy Blog Staff’s Top 25 Albums of 2020

Heavy Blog

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020

We may have taken a different direction with our overall AOTY list this year, but we still wanted to share what everyone on staff thought were the best releases of the year! Comment with your own top 25, album... Read More...

We Asked, You Decided: Heavy Blog Readers’ Top Albums of 2020

Nick Cusworth

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Lists!

In all the years I've been a part of this site and helping out with our end of year coverage, I have wanted to conduct a readers' poll. Alas, we never had the bandwidth to do so given the timing and timeframe ... Read More...

Rotten to the Core // December 2020

Calder Dougherty

December 7, 2020

Rotten to the Core

Nothing pithy or pissy this month. The world continues to burn, but we’re getting through it one riff at a time. Happy holidays from ours to yours! Stay safe out there and mosh responsibly. - Calder Dougher... Read More...

Rotten to the Core // October 2020

Calder Dougherty

October 5, 2020

Rotten to the Core

Welcome back to Rotten to the Core, where we like to think of life as one big stage dive through a parting crowd. Sure, you may permanently disfigure yourself in pursuit of passing nirvana, but at least you pu... Read More...

Svalbard – When I Die, Will I Get Better?

Eden Kupermintz

October 5, 2020

Reviews

There is a specter haunting punk music, the specter of the new generation of punk. This generation of musicians grew up with the idea of punk, the inherently revolutionary and anti-establishment power of it, b... Read More...

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