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Into the Pit – 2019 Wrap-Up And Playlist Swap

December 16, 2019

Best of 2019, Into the Pit

Happy holidays, fellow moshers! Once again, we find ourselves at the end of the year. A calendar is about to get thrown out just to be replaced by another one with a new number on it. But what a year it was! 20... Read More...

Hey! Listen to This Summer is Going to Kill You!

Pete Williams

October 14, 2019

Listen To This!

I often think about how we’re always talking about serious music on Heavy Blog Is Heavy. You want to take metal seriously, but I think we frequently forget that metal is music and music can often just be fun.... Read More...

Xoth – Interdimensional Invocations

Simon Handmaker

October 1, 2019

Reviews

As a band, Xoth represent a specific challenge to review: it feels impossible to concoct the right combination of words that both accurately describes the band and makes them sound as appealing as I’d like. M... Read More...

Toxic Holocaust – Primal Future: 2019

Pete Williams

September 27, 2019

Reviews

What is it about straight genre bands that we love so much? We may all try to stay as objective as possible, but everybody has a favorite. Old school death metal, second wave black metal, grindcore, the list c... Read More...

High Command – Beyond the Wall of Desolation

Jordan Jerabek

September 19, 2019

Reviews

Is there anything better than finding exactly what you’ve been looking for? Not in the “I lost my keys and I need to drop everything to track them down before I totally lose my mind” sense, but rather the fort... Read More...

Wizard Rifle – Self-titled

Jordan Jerabek

August 23, 2019

Reviews

Even if you took a group of the most scholarly sludge punks and fed them a steady diet of Lightning Bolt, Neurosis, and Sonic Youth for years and years, it’s not likely they’d produce anything as unconventiona... Read More...

Into The Pit – Playlist Swap

Joshua Bulleid

August 14, 2019

Into the Pit

Following our mailbag post last week, Pete and I thought we'd get further antiquated with a good old-fashioned Heavy Blog is Heavy playlist swap. We each put together a list of the songs that we thought best de... Read More...

Lord – Fallen Idols

Joshua Bulleid

July 23, 2019

Reviews

There are two things I know about power metal: that all the best power metal bands are Australian, and that all the best power metal is simply thrash metal in disguise. If there’s any doubt concerning either of... Read More...

Hey! Listen to Freighter!

Eden Kupermintz

July 22, 2019

Listen To This!

Many bands would like to claim to be wild. There's something inherently attractive about savageness, especially in metal. But very few bands actually feel unleashed, regardless of the states of mind that might... Read More...

Death Angel – Humanicide

Bill Fetty

May 17, 2019

Reviews

Bay Area thrash legends Death Angel have returned bringing us Humanicide, an album endeavoring to lay out a portrait of a decaying world in all its forms. The band are one of those veteran groups who once stoo... Read More...

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Kvlt Kolvmn // October 2020

Into the Pit // Q3 2020

Cool People Column // October 2020

Rotten to the Core // October 2020

Unmetal Monthly // October 2020

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Into the Pit – 2019 Wrap-Up And Playlist Swap

Hey! Listen to This Summer is Going to Kill You!

Xoth – Interdimensional Invocations

Toxic Holocaust – Primal Future: 2019

High Command – Beyond the Wall of Desolation

Wizard Rifle – Self-titled

Into The Pit – Playlist Swap

Lord – Fallen Idols

Hey! Listen to Freighter!

Death Angel – Humanicide

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