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Nervosa – Perpetual Chaos

February 12, 2021

It’s always cool to see bands grow and change over time. There are many different ways that can happen. It could mean a change in sound and approach. It might happen through the addition or subtraction of band... Read More...

Into the Pit // The Best (And Worst) Years for Thrash Metal

Joshua Bulleid

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Into the Pit

Howdy Headbangers, Dropping another top ten list seemed a tad redundant, given that I've picked out a "Big Four" for each quarter of the year. Put those together and you effectively have a "Top 16" of 2020.... Read More...

Angry Women: Nervosa’s Prika Amaral Talks Metal, Misogyny, and How to Record in the Time of COVID

Pete Williams

January 4, 2021

Interviews

Anybody who talks to me about my work at Heavy Blog will eventually ask me the same question: what’s been your favorite thing about writing for the blog? Generally, I’ll mention being able to talk to creators ... Read More...

PREMIERE: Idle Ruin Get Things Moving With “The Devil’s Trade”

Joshua Bulleid

October 22, 2020

Premieres

Sometimes you listen to metal for its complexity and cerebral intricacies. Sometimes all you need is a good riff and some serious pace, which is exactly what Idle Ruin bring on debut single "The Devil's Trade".... Read More...

Flash of the Blade // September 2020

Eden Kupermintz

September 2, 2020

Columns, Flash of the Blade

Greetings one and all and welcome back to Flash of the Blade! Don't remember what this column is about? Luckily, it's easy to remind you: this column is about short releases that go hard. Also, swearing. Which... Read More...

Expander – Neuropunk Boostergang

Simon Handmaker

August 14, 2020

Reviews

Metal bands who excel are often those who are most masterful at drawing us as the audience into the depths of their aesthetic, at submerging us in the world they’ve created for as long as we can hear the sound... Read More...

Battlemaster – Ghastly, Graven & Grimoireless

Eden Kupermintz

August 7, 2020

Reviews

As a rule, people tend to apologize too damn much. I get it, I do it as well. It comes from a basic sense of decency, a need to feel like we're not a burden, that we're cool, that we're nice. But when it spins... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – July 2020

Heavy Blog

August 7, 2020

Editors' Picks

We're still doing this, huh? We're still pretending as if this is as worse as it gets, as if it this is rough, sure, but we can do this, we got this? For me, July (and August) are when everything gets even wor... Read More...

Hey! Listen to Let Us Prey!

Joshua Bulleid

July 28, 2020

Listen To This!

Boston's Let Us Prey are a band who sound a lot like everyone else, without really sounding like anyone else. Ok, fine, they sound a lot like Nevermore, but also if they sounded more like Iced Earth, or later S... Read More...

Rebel Wizard – Magickal Mystical Indifference

Jonathan Adams

July 20, 2020

Reviews

Metal as a genre has a strained relationship with “fun”. Particularly in fundamentally self-serious subgenres like black metal, which feed on the dark, grisly, and overtly dark corners of sound and the human p... Read More...

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