For those who missed our last installment, We post biweekly updates covering what the staff at Heavy Blog have been spinning. Given the amount of time we spend on the site telling you about music that does not fall neatly into the confines of conventional “metal,” it should come as…
For those who missed our last installment, We post biweekly updates covering what the staff at Heavy Blog have been spinning. Given the amount of time we spend on the site telling you about music that does not fall neatly into the confines of conventional “metal,” it should come as…
For those who missed our last installment, we post biweekly updates covering what the staff at Heavy Blog have been spinning. Given the amount of time we spend on the site telling you about music that does not fall neatly into the confines of conventional “metal,” it should come as…
Let’s talk about atmosphere in metal: the idea that even in a traditionally heavy genre, where the focus is much more on riffs, the music can still create a mood that pulls the listener into the record’s ambiance. To create atmosphere in music is to use sonic art to instill…
During his time as weekend editor here, one of the consistently most popular features Brian Shields would run was the What We’re Really Listening To column, which would ask either Heavy Blog staff or musicians to share the music they’ve been jamming the most recently. We’ve decided that it was too fun…
Unique Leader is a label that has a lot on their hands nowadays. After seeing the success of Fallujah’s The Flesh Prevails last year, and Ovid’s Withering’s critically-acclaimed Scryers of the Ibis the year before, they’ve got quite a few fantastic bands on their roster releasing albums this year. One…
It’s a fresh start with a new label and even a new name for one of Northern California’s best tech death bands. We’ll have the skinny after the jump. 2013’s Revelation was indeed a revelation for Wrath of a Vesuvius and not entirely in a good way. Artistically the record…
Disclaimer: I never know what it means when people say one band or one album is “better” than another. There’s no giant scoreboard in the sky that gives Necrophagist 150,000 Awesomeness Points and Barry Manilow negative 2,000,000 points. So for me these are the new releases (albums and EP’s) that…
Heavy Blog is Heavy is proud to present a new feature from Great New Metal’s Brian Shields, a regular radio/podcast designed to highlight some of the best up and coming acts in metal. We hope you enjoy Great New Metal Radio on Heavy Blog is Heavy. I’m very fortunate to…
