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    • Heavy Blog's Superlative List for 2021

      Eden Kupermintz
      January 17, 2022
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      Eden Kupermintz
      January 17, 2022

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      Nick Cusworth
      January 17, 2022

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      Heavy Blog
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      Eden Kupermintz
      January 17, 2022

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      January 17, 2022

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      January 17, 2022
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      July 12, 2022
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Rotten to the Core // Mid Year Review

Calder Dougherty
July 20, 2022
Rotten to the Core
I know what you're thinking. "It has been a pretty mid year, hasn't it?" And I can sympathize. But we're not here to prematurely mourn what has been, on paper, a pretty shit time on planet Earth. If all the s... Read More...

Rotten to the Core // April 2022

Calder Dougherty
April 7, 2022
Rotten to the Core
Welcome back to Rotten to the Core. Breakdowns, am I right? Fight riffs? Headwalking, trashcan tossing, pit flipping, deadlifting, crymoshing tunes? You're in the right place, sailor. Let us be your lighthouse... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 3/11/22

Scott Murphy
March 11, 2022
Release Day Roundup
Editor’s Note: Do you think we “missed” an album this week? Click here. Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days op... Read More...

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  • Ithaca – They Fear Us

    Calder Dougherty
    July 27, 2022
    They Fear Us is glammed up and sure of itself, flaunting its bittersweet revelations and patriarchal eviscerations with precision and style. It's everything you could ask for from a follow-up to an already stellar debut.

  • Chat Pile – God’s Country

    Jimmy Rowe
    July 22, 2022
    Oklahoma City's Chat Pile crept up from the underground to the greater hardcore consciousness with a pair of EPs in 201... Read More...

  • Imperial Triumphant – Spirit of Ecstasy

    Jimmy Rowe
    July 15, 2022
    Spirit of Ecstasy feels as though it has a broader sense of purpose and (forgive me) triumphant spirit that Alphaville never quite reached, in hindsight. Listeners know what they're signing up for at this point in the band's discography, and Spirit of Ecstasy should leave absolutely nobody dissatisfied. You're getting what you want, and that's the ultimate Imperial Triumphant record; glorious, depraved, and weird as hell, and they're better at it than ever.

  • Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture

    Eden Kupermintz
    July 12, 2022
    My investigation into what exactly makes avant-garde music is one of the most fragmented threads running through my his... Read More...