262 – Pole Position
Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Discourse week! We talk about certain Polish bands who are out of touch and regressive, but also new music/updates from Misery Index, Origin, Polyphia, Oceans of Slumber, Soilwork, Lim... Read More...
Rotten to the Core // March 2022
Let's start fresh, shall we? As the first official drop of the 2022 musical calendar, we have a lot to cover and only so much of your attention span. We appreciate you taking time out of dying on stream playin... Read More...
Fit For An Autopsy – Oh What the Future Holds
Oh What the Future Holds finds Fit For An Autopsy with a little more patience, finally hitting their veteran stride in their sixth studio album. Tracks are given ample space to come alive in the pensive, bestial way only Fit can paradoxically achieve, instead of constantly clobbering you with The Big Riffs. It’s a commanding, inspired outing, far removed from the languor of their prior work. So what does the future hold for their direction after Beasts, exactly?
Mosh Lit // Vulvodynia
Hello and welcome to Mosh Lit, where we dive into the stories told by the heaviest bands out there. You might’ve noticed that this column has been on hiatus for a few months, but I’m thrilled to be back with a... Read More...
Music Journalism’s Top 50 Metal Albums of 2020
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...
Kvlt Kolvmn // September 2020
Greetings, fellow pagans! Ave Satanas, and all that jazz. Fall is creeping its way onto the scene in my neck of the woods, which provides the perfect backdrop for fantastic black metal and the awesome changes ... Read More...
Death’s Door – June 2020
Welcome once more to Death’s Door, Hellions. Wipe your feet on the mat and pull up a bone throne. Death metal had one doozy of a month in June.
Every time I write one of these my initial thought is to comme... Read More...
Editors’ Picks – May 2020
As I am writing to you today, the world burns. Melodramatic, right? But, if we're being honest, I could open this post with these words every month. Hell, I could open every single post like this because every... Read More...
Editors’ Picks – April 2020
On the last episode of our podcast, Noyan challenged me with a question: is "The Golden Age of Metal" over? I had made the point that we're living in the Golden Age of Metal back in 2016, although the idea was... Read More...
Death’s Door – April 2020
It’s that time again. Death’s Door. Let’s go. The world is a pestilential pit of sickness, stupidity, and a very uncomfortable cocktail of anxiety, depression, and boredom. But it isn’t all bad. Death metal is... Read More...