Heavy Buys // June 2021
Staff picks from the record store from the last month, featuring Ad Nauseam, The Black Queen, Phoebe Bridgers, Fear Factory, and Opeth!
Into the Pit // Q4 2020
Howdy Headbangers,
The mathematicians among you will realise that this post technically shouldn't be hitting you until January. Although I usually hit you with these quarterly posts the month after a quarter e... Read More...
Thoughtcrimes – Tap Night
It's probably fair to say that many of us don't fully want to admit to ourselves that there probably won't be another Dillinger Escape Plan album. But, as time stretches away from those final shows at t... Read More...
Editors’ Picks – September 2018
Hello and welcome to September, where everything's made up and the points don't matter. Cultural references aside, September is indeed the month where the year usually goes: "Oh, you thought there was a lot of ... Read More...
Release Day Roundup – Get Out the Vote Edition
Listen: it's no secret (because we choose not to make it a secret) that a vast majority of the writers and editors here at Heavy Blog belong to the left side of the political map. There are exceptions and there... Read More...
Connecting the Dots – Mastodon
Welcome to Connecting the Dots, the column where we give a brief rundown on a central band along with a host of other projects their members, both past and present, have been involved in. Today we’ll be focusing on progressive sludge powerhouse Mastodon and the myriad of projects they’ve been involved with.
Unmetal Monday // 9/10/2018
There’s a lot happening in the music world, and we here at Heavy Blog try our very best to keep up with it! Like the vast majority of heavy music fans, our tastes are incredibly vast, with our 3X3s in each Play... Read More...
Stepping Stone: INXS’s Kick
Like many metalheads, I spent many a year condemning anything verging on pop as simplistic, saccharine drivel manufactured to appeal to the lowest common denominator of music listeners. Over time I’ve softened ... Read More...
Connecting the Dots // The Dillinger Escape Plan
It’s been a while, but we’re back, so welcome to another edition of Connecting the Dots, and today we will be focusing on mathcore masterminds The Dillinger Escape Plan! Whilst they’re soon going to be shutting up shop (R.I.P), we can remain eternally grateful to the incredible records they’ve released during their two-decade career, their vicious live performances, and the incredible other musical projects they leave in their wake. Without further ado, let’s dive into the amazing projects these musicians have been a part of.
Heavy Blog Guest List – Cyborg Octopus’s Top 10 Albums of 2016
Editor's note: welcome back to our Heavy Blog Guest List feature where we give some of the bands we covered (or just adored) in 2016 a chance to publish their own Top 10 Albums of 2016. This time around we have Cyborg Octopus, a band who produced one of the funnest and most well thought out progressive metal albums of the year. Their approach to differing influences, ideas and styles can definitely be seen reflected in their chosen Top 10, which is, once again, presented to you the reader completely unedited and untouched! If you're interesting in the kind of music that a group with these far-flung tastes might make, check out their album below. Enjoy the list!