In 2029, I’ll be fast approaching forty and, Satan willing, I’ll be writing about a band that listened to Sleepsculptor in their youthful days. I’ll be old, balder, and even more miserable, the members of Sleepsculptor will be on their fifth full-length and thousandth whammy pedal, and the young folk…
September ends and with it, Summer fully dies. Especially where I’m presently at, the East Coast of the United States, the first brushes of Autumn are being felt. To be honest, there’s no better time of the year for metal; sure, Winter is black metal’s eternal domain but Autumn lends…
Editor’s Note: I’m glad to welcome longtime reader Remi VL as a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommendations. -Scott Murphy Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to…
I’m having trouble figuring out how to start this review on a note that fits with how I usually like to start reviews. Typically, I try to follow a particular formula: start with an observation on a larger discussion or common phenomenon within music – the idea of evolution across…
In case you haven’t noticed, wacky and sassy Myspace-era metalcore and grind are back, baby, and I’m here for it.
Anyone else remember the good ol’ days of mathcore and grindcore on Myspace circa 2008? Chaotic hardcore, grindcore, and deathcore blended in a menagerie of inaccessible weirdness. The Dillinger Escape Plan, Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Psyopus, See You Next Tuesday, and The Number Twelve Looks Like You were among some of the highlights. They just don’t make metal like that much anymore, and what’s troubling is that only one of those five bands will be active come 2017 — No. 12 — and they’ve broken up once before already.
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…
Yesterday, we took a listen at 10 bands that were incredibly influential to the genre of avant-garde metal. Today, we’re going to collect a sampling of more recent contributions to the art of music, picking tracks that have only been released since 2008. These are the bands that are pushing…
Right around the time I started writing for Heavy Blog, our own Dormition wrote his weekly column about a New York based MathGrind band called The Sawtooth Grin. It’s always been on my list of things to check out since the article and I finally got around to it. I’ve been…
The discovery of a new band is always exciting. Will it be something you’ve heard countless times? An experience that leaves a bad taste in your mouth? Or is it a treat from which you cannot stop consuming? I wanted to take a trip back in time to reminisce about…
