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Music Journalism’s Top 50 Metal Albums of 2020

Nick Cusworth
February 9, 2021
Best of 2020, Lists!
Hello, and welcome back to the article about the previous year that always comes long after the previous year has ended! Joking aside, based on the number of comments and messages I received asking if we were ... Read More...

We Asked, You Decided: Heavy Blog Readers’ Top Albums of 2020

Nick Cusworth
January 25, 2021
Best of 2020, Lists!
In all the years I've been a part of this site and helping out with our end of year coverage, I have wanted to conduct a readers' poll. Alas, we never had the bandwidth to do so given the timing and timeframe ... Read More...

Heavy Blog Guest List – Dawnwalker

Eden Kupermintz
January 25, 2021
Best of 2020, Lists!
Honestly, I will never get tired of writing about Dawnwalker even though I've done so so many times now, especially in 2020. This was a banner year for the group; they released Crestfallen, a great EP which li... Read More...

Doomsday – 2020 In Review

Pete Williams
January 25, 2021
Best of 2020, Doomsday
IT. IS. DONE. I mean, sort of. All you Heaviest of Bloggers made it through to 2021. We’re not quite out of the woods yet (I guess the pandemic and President Orange Assburger didn’t quite get the memo about kn... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 1/15/21

Scott Murphy
January 15, 2021
Release Day Roundup
Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...

Post Rock Post // December 2020

Nick Cusworth
December 7, 2020
Post Rock Post
Good. Lord. Listen, 2020 has been a very good year for music in general, post- included. That goes doubly so when you take Covid into account. However, I don't think any of us were mentally prepared for the... Read More...

Doomsday // November 2020

Jordan Jerabek
November 9, 2020
Doomsday
Welcome to November to all ye doomy and gloomy who enter here. Since Pete was out of the Doomsday office doing important shit like, oh, I don’t know, promoting democracy in the states by making sure people wer... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // November 2020

Scott Murphy
November 9, 2020
Editors' Picks
The last few weeks have been, to say the least, quite stressful for a lot of us at the blog. When you look at the list of albums that we chose to run for this month’s Editors’ Picks, it might be tempting to pa... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 10/30/20

Scott Murphy
October 30, 2020
Release Day Roundup
Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...

Doomsday – June 2020

Pete Williams
June 24, 2020
Doomsday, News
A slow and low greetings to you all, Heaviest of Bloggers! Is everybody still doing alright? I know I usually start these columns off with whatever random thoughts I’m having, but a recent conversation with a ... Read More...
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