233 – “Both Sides”
Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we talk quite a bit about certain events that have been happening in me and Eden's corner of the world. You know, the one. Also, some tonal whiplash into talking about Gears ... Read More...
Kvlt Kolvmn // October 2020
Greetings, frost-bitten hoard! Welcome to another edition of Kvlt Kolvmn. The weather is beginning to turn, leaves are falling in droves and the first pricks of cold are seeping into the air. It’s finally here... Read More...
Imperial Triumphant – Alphaville
When an artist breaks the mold such as Imperial Triumphant have, there’s often a ripple effect. Yet in the wake of 2018’s Vile Luxury, few bands have achieved the grandeur and scale of Imperial Triumphant’s au... Read More...
Xazraug – Unsympathetic Empyrean
Metal has a penchant for the transcendent. As an avid music consumer, it’s a rare occurrence for a record to stop me dead in my tracks and demand my complete, undivided attention. No working. No multitasking. ... Read More...
The Anatomy Of – Sojourner
Atmospheric black metal has been doing a lot of things in the last five years or so. Beyond "just" an explosion in release numbers, atmospheric black metal also seems to be undergoing another (re)negotiation o... Read More...
Unreqvited – Mosaic II: la déteste et la détresse
Hailing from the perpetually sunny, oftentimes snowy state of Colorado comes with its fair share of outdoor rituals. One of these, found deep in the throes of deepest winter, manifests itself as shoveling stup... Read More...
Heavy Issues – How Do You Decide Your Album of the Year List?
We here at Heavy Blog like to ponder the big questions: Who are we? Why are we here? What makes one album “better” than another? You know, the big stuff. In order to better address such pressing matters, we bri... Read More...
Heavy Blog’s Top 50 Albums 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...
Kvlt Kolvmn // 2019 in Review
Welcome, friends, to the final installment of Kvlt Kolvmn in the year of our infernal overlords 2019. What a year it’s been. From releases by foolproof genre legends like Mayhem, Blut Aus Nord, and Abbath to s... Read More...
Heavy Blog Guest List – Iapetus
I've spilled many a digital word on describing just what Iapetus' album from this year, The Body Cosmic, makes me feel so it was a no-brainer to reach out to Matthew and Jordan as our first guest list. At the... Read More...