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Heavy Issues: Which Album Would You Like to See Remastered or Re-recorded?

April 19, 2019

We here at Heavy Blog like to ponder the big questions: Who are we? Why are we here? Why is the bass so low in the mix? You know, the big stuff. In order to better address such pressing matters, we bring you H... Read More...

A Storm of Light – Anthroscene

Joshua Bulleid

October 11, 2018

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The world will end. The world will end. The world will end. Not with a whimper but a long, drawn-out, human-inflicted death rattle. ...Or so Anthrocene, the fifth-full length from ex-Neurosis visual artist Josh... Read More...

SUMAC – Love In Shadow

Simon Handmaker

September 13, 2018

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Man, I have been ready to love SUMAC for a while. This three-piece - Aaron Turner of ISIS, Old Man Gloom, Mamiffer, and a plethora of others; Nick Yacyshyn of Baptists; and Brian Cook of Botch, These Arms Are S... Read More...

Dust Moth Are ‘Casual Friends‘

Heavy Blog

January 28, 2014

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The explosive end to Botch seemed to have some volatile effects on the bands that spawned from their ashes. Forever intertwining and collapsing on themselves, the timeline pretty much looks like a Hofstadter ... Read More...

Phantom Glue – A War Of Light Cones

Heavy Blog

July 16, 2013

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Kurt Ballou gets around. When he's not blazing a trail with Converge, he's hunkered down in his own studio at God City, working the sound-desk for various noise-making machines who've all requested his producing expertise. This is where he could be found during the months of April and August 2011, twiddling the knobs for Boston, MA's Phantom Glue. The result of those sessions has taken two whole years to see the light of day, but now Black Market Activities have stepped in to save A War Of Light Cones from staying buried from view.

Narrows And All Pigs Must Die To Tour Together In March

Heavy Blog

December 22, 2011

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I'm not overly familiar with All Pigs Must Die, so I won't pretend to know, but if I were you I'd be super excited about Narrows heading your way if you live in any of the places on the below list. Fronted ... Read More...

New Russian Circles Track Makes Me Happy; Australian/NZ Tour Announced

Heavy Blog

June 20, 2011

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Russian Circles on record are good, but Russian Circles live are something else, and so the following video of the band performing a brand new track in Bolanzo, Italy is making me a little weak in the knees. ... Read More...

For Whom The Bell Tolls: These Arms Are Snakes

Heavy Blog

November 5, 2010

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Could it be...metal Santa? So. Bands break up. It sucks, but that's the way of things. For most of them, the reason is pure and simple; on some level, they suck. Whether it's only a li... Read More...

For Whom The Bell Tolls: Kill Sadie

Heavy Blog

October 1, 2010

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Survived two fucking plane crashes. 'Ard. So. Bands break up. It sucks, but that's the way of things. For most of them, the reason is pure and simple; on some level, they suck. Whether it's onl... Read More...

Narrows: Live in London

Heavy Blog

June 3, 2010

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Wednesday May 5th marked the end of my academic career. It was a busy day to say the least, but lacked the appropriate fanfare I felt it deserved. Where were the fireworks? The champagne? The cheering crowd to ... Read More...

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