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Hey! Listen To Seven Sisters!

1 week ago | heavyblogisheavy.com | Eden Kupermintz

I'm here to make sure no one who is even remotely a fan of NWOBHM makes the mistake of not knowing about Seven Sisters. That's right, it's a Hey! Listen To This post! More veteran readers of the blog will remember we used to run these posts all of the time. Their goal is to allow us to shine a light on bands and albums we find ad-hoc, without much fanfare and planning.
Release Day Roundup: 4/11/25

1 week ago | heavyblogisheavy.com | Joshua Bulleid

Top PicksItaly's Benthos showed a ton of promise with their 2021 debut II, but I definitely didn't see them going in a more mathcore direction on this second album. The foundational building blocks they shared with us in the Anatomy of feature we did with them are certainly still in play, with the band's sound still often providing parallels with tech-prog heavyweights like The Contortionist, Animals as Leaders, Tesseract and Periphery in their more melodic modes.
Editors' Picks // April 2025

1 week ago | heavyblogisheavy.com | Eden Kupermintz

Greetings, dear reader! I bet you are burning with the question of whether or not I will, for the fourth year at least, open the April edition of Editors' Picks with words about the coming of Spring. Greetings, dear reader! I bet you are burning with the question of whether or not I will, for the fourth year at least, open the April edition of Editors' Picks with words about the coming of Spring.
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Dormant Ordeal Unleash "Horse Eater"

2 weeks ago | heavyblogisheavy.com | Eden Kupermintz

public Fresh from the vein of Willowtip death metal come Dormant Ordeal, a Polish blackened death metal band I can only describe as "fucking evil". Another week, another excellent release from Willowtip Records, am I right? But seriously, the admittedly excellent label is only as excellent as the bands it signs and releases and, luckily, they seem to have a direct line to some sort of death metal lodestone.
Release Day Roundup: 4/4/25

2 weeks ago | heavyblogisheavy.com | Joshua Bulleid

Top PicksIs much as it seems like they’re custom made for me, I’ve had a hard time getting into Bleed from Within, outside of the outstanding Era album (2018). But if Fracture(2020) was a touch too much, and Shrine(2022) wasn’t quite enough, then Zenith hits just right. Zeolite may have nicked their album cover, but it's the Scots who pull off the most convincing Parkway Drive imitation this week.
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Stone From the Sky Announce "Hic Sunt Dracones"

3 weeks ago | heavyblogisheavy.com | Eden Kupermintz

public People sometimes (not really) ask me what keeps me going after eleven years with the blog. I have many answers but one of the most powerful ones is: "I have to tell more people about French stoner rock". People sometimes (not really) ask me what keeps me going after eleven years with the blog. I have many answers but one of the most powerful ones is: "I have to tell more people about French stoner rock".
Snooze - I KNOW HOW YOU WILL DIE

3 weeks ago | heavyblogisheavy.com | Eden Kupermintz

You open your phone and there's a text from unknown number that reads: "Babe, wake up - Snooze have harsh vocals now" You open your phone and there's a text from unknown number that reads: "Babe, wake up - Snooze have harsh vocals now". It's from me. I'm here to tell you that Snooze, one of my favorite math-rock/metal bands on the planet, have harsh vocals now.
Doomsday // March 2025

3 weeks ago | heavyblogisheavy.com | Eden Kupermintz

It is Doomsday once more and as I have said elsewhere, this year's first few months were all about the fuzzy domains of this column, for me at least. It is Doomsday once more and as I have said elsewhere, this year's first few months were all about the fuzzy domains of this column, for me at least. It seems as if a week cannot go by before I am dazzled by another fantastic, feedback laden release.
Release Day Roundup: 3/28/25

3 weeks ago | heavyblogisheavy.com | Joshua Bulleid

Top PicksI wasn't really sure which album I was going to highlight this week. There's a lot of good stuff out, but nothing that's particularly rising above for me. That was, until Canada's Symbiotic Growth came in clutch with their fantastic new record Beyond the Sleepless Aether. Enslaved are an immediate touchstone—so much so that I'm sure the main riff to "Spires Of The Boundless Sunset" sounds like a specific latter-day song of theirs that i can't quite place.
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Indifferent Engine Sketch Out "Crescents"

4 weeks ago | heavyblogisheavy.com | Eden Kupermintz

public The field of groovy, chunky music has been incredibly stacked lately. Here to add to this overflowing feeling of abundance are Indifferent Engine and their electrifying visualiser and song, "Crescents" Man, the field of groovy, chunky music has been incredibly stacked lately. Here to add to this overflowing feeling of abundance are Indifferent Engine and their electrifying visualiser and song, "Crescents".