The Drowned God have now twice chosen the very beginning of the year to release their music. This tactic is an infamous double-edged sword. On one hand, it allows you to enter the field with fanfare, blasting into the new year when ears are still fresh and expectant. On the other, you…
Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But while some of our Editors and Contributors sit down gleefully each week to dive into this newly stocked treasure…
Even a cursory glance of our biweekly “What Heavy Blog Is Really Listening To” posts will reveal that there is a great deal of variety among our staff’s musical tastes. Due to this, we brainstormed the idea of “Playlist Swap,” another biweekly segment that takes place between playlist updates. We…
For those who missed our last installment, We post biweekly updates covering what the staff at Heavy Blog have been spinning. Given the amount of time we spend on the site telling you about music that does not fall neatly into the confines of conventional “metal,” it should come as no surprise that many of us on staff have pretty eclectic tastes that range far outside of metal and heavy things. We can’t post about all of them at length here, but we can at least let you know what we’re actually listening to. For those that would like to participate as well (and please do) can drop a 3X3 in the comments, which can be made with tapmusic.net through your last.fm account, or create it manually with topsters.net. Also, consider these posts open threads to talk about pretty much anything music-related. We love hearing all of your thoughts on this stuff and love being able to nerd out along with all of you.
It’s January, which means we get to finally put all of the music from the previous year behind us and focus strictly on new and exciting music again. It also means that we get to celebrate an anniversary of sorts, as we have officially been running this column for one…
For those who missed our last installment, We post biweekly updates covering what the staff at Heavy Blog have been spinning. Given the amount of time we spend on the site telling you about music that does not fall neatly into the confines of conventional “metal,” it should come as…
Part of the nitty-gritty of being a music journalist is tracing the lineage of sounds: being able to understand the complicated, web-like family tree of artists and where they pull their influences from to create more specific sounds. One needs to understand historical trends in music, the scenes that crop…
Once upon a time, there existed a band, a band that so flawlessly wed the distinct styles of emoviolence and post rock into one beautiful, dark, haunting matrimony. The aggressive parts retained their energy without diluting the raw chaos and anger, passionate bursts of emotion, while the more melodic parts…
