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Flash of the Blade – In Praise of the Short Release

Eden Kupermintz
August 10, 2020
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It seems to be a bit weird to write a long post about short albums, right? So we're just not going to do that. Just one or two paragraphs maybe, as an intro, and then right down into some fast, furious, and sh... Read More...

Concert Review: Vader, Abysmal Dawn, Hideous Divinity, Vitriol, Desolate at Jewel Music Venue (Manchester, NH)

Scott Murphy
February 17, 2020
News
New Hampshire is the fly over state of New England when it comes to noteworthy metal tours. Most bands book their New England dates at one of the countless options in Massachusetts; there are more highly frequ... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – January 2020

Heavy Blog
January 31, 2020
Editors' Picks
You know that feeling you get right before you're sick? I'm talking the day or night before; you feel your bones start to ache, a sort of cloud descending upon you. It's like standing in the first few seconds ... Read More...

Against Change – 2019 in Review

Eden Kupermintz
December 27, 2019
Editorials
Change is overrated. There's this idea that if you look back at the recent and you don't see change in your life, you're doing something wrong. This simple difference comparison is then labelled "growth" and,... Read More...

Heavy Blog Guest List – Hath

Joshua Bulleid
December 20, 2019
Best of 2019, Lists!
I said in my write-up for Of Rot and Ruin for our April Editors' Picks post that it was going to take "something pretty special" to beat it out as my album of the year. Here we are eight month's later and, whil... Read More...

Death’s Door // 2019 in Review

Jonathan Adams
December 18, 2019
Best of 2019, Death's Door
Welcome, Hellions, to our last Death’s Door installment of the decade! Wipe your feet on the mat and pull up a bone throne. We’re about to embark on a journey through another fairly amazing year of music. Oh y... Read More...

Heavy Blog’s Top 50 Albums of 2019

Heavy Blog
December 17, 2019
Best of 2019
This is one of those years where you're writing your end of year summary every day. It's a year which inundated all of us with so much music, and from so many angles and genres, that it almost begged to consta... Read More...

Death’s Door – September 2019

Jonathan Adams
October 4, 2019
Death's Door
Welcome, friends, to Death’s Door. Wipe your feet on the mat and pull up a bone throne. Let’s talk about September death metal. Sweet Satan, was it delectable.  I’ve been harping on it for time immemor... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – September 2019

Heavy Blog
October 1, 2019
Editors' Picks
September ends and with it, Summer fully dies. Especially where I’m presently at, the East Coast of the United States, the first brushes of Autumn are being felt. To be honest, there’s no better time of the ye... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 9/6/19

Scott Murphy
September 6, 2019
Release Day Roundup
Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But wh... Read More...
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