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Nervosa – Perpetual Chaos

Pete Williams
February 12, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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