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Artificial Brain – Artificial Brain

June 3, 2022

“In space no one can hear you scream” read the tagline for Ridley Scott’s Alien, as imposing as it was concise. Decades later, the tagline remains one of the most succinct expressions of how the infinite possi... 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...

Relentless Mutation: How Right Does Metal Get Genetics?

Ahmed Hasan

March 1, 2021

Deep Dive

If you started actively reading Heavy Blog in more recent years (like the very good decision maker you are), it's unlikely you've seen much content from me. In fact, I haven't been able to contribute very acti... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: The Lylat Continuum – Ephemeral

Trent Bos

January 26, 2021

Premieres

There was something special about the initial wave of modern atmospheric progressive metal that was truly lightning in a bottle. You might say it was... ephemeral. It brought novel, unique ideas to genres that... Read More...

AMA (Ask Metal Anything) – June 2020

Nick Cusworth

July 9, 2020

AMA

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...

PREMIERE/INTERVIEW: Gain Some Perspicacity into the Tech Death Wizardry of Aronious

Scott Murphy

March 10, 2020

Interviews, Premieres

I'm on a roll with recommending new tech death this week, what with a rapidfire review for new EPs from Sutrah and Svengahli and now a full stream of the excellent debut from Aronious. As you'll hear for yours... Read More...

Peripheral Cortex – God Kaiser Hell

Scott Murphy

February 12, 2020

Reviews

There's a type of victory in sports called a "wire-to-wire" win, where one team holds the lead throughout the entire game. Instead of both teams tying and trading leads multiple times or one side staging an ep... Read More...

Godeater – Making Metal Vegan Again, One Riff At A Time

Matt MacLennan

October 8, 2019

Listen To This!

Glasgow's Godeater have been on my radar for a handful of years, with their tight as a gnat's arse live shows and widdly, shreddy tech-death only impressing more and more with every viewing. Now, in 2019 - the ... Read More...

The Anatomy Of – Stephen Taranto

Eden Kupermintz

May 17, 2019

News

It seems as if the dubiously titled nu-prog has been slowing down over the past two to three years, at least when compared to the onslaught from the genre that we experienced in 2014-2016. However, the collect... Read More...

The Trials of Conjurer, or the Ceaseless Fun of Touring in a Van

Pete Williams

April 10, 2019

Interviews

I walked into Moe’s Original BBQ just before 6. The show didn’t start until 8, but bands were scattered throughout the restaurant and music venue, checking the soundboard during mic checks and setting up merch... Read More...

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