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The Anatomy Of: SHINING’s Blackjazz
Welcome to a new feature on Heavy Blog, “The Anatomy Of”. Taken from the Between The Buried And Me album of the same name — in which the band pays tribute to artists/bands that they feel have most...
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Stepping Stone: Ministry – Psalm 69
Welcome to Stepping Stone, where we see how our influences of the past hold up today. No human is static; our tastes are constantly changing, no matter how slowly. The same thing we liked five years...
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In Defense Of: Korn – Untitled
It isn’t lost on me that given the online metal community’s collective disdain for nu-metal in hindsight, it would be appropriate to write a piece in defense of each and every album in the Korn...
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To Be Or Not To Be (At The Show): Two Opinions On Live Music
What makes art, in my opinion, so damn amazing, is that there’s no clear-cut formula of it. Every time we try to dissect art, we always end up with more questions than answers. No definition will...
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The Devil’s Roots: Thelema in Metal
If a poster was created of famous devil-worshippers then Aleister Crowley’s face would no doubt be near the front and center. Despite not actually being a Satanist, Crowley’s “wicked’’ deeds placed...
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The Devil’s Roots: LaVeyan Satanism In Metal
In America during the 1960s, times they were o’ changing. Rock n’ roll was huge, Beatlemania was runnin’ wild, the Civil Rights Movement was changing the world, hippies were doing drugs and having sex...
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The Devil’s Roots: The Satanic Summary
When I started The Devil’s Roots, it was with the intention of exploring the myriad of Satanic belief systems metal encompasses in order to distinguish their differences and find out if there is...
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Street Sects – Rat Jacket
We’ve already vilified ourselves for missing Street Sects‘s 2016 monster End Position, and if you haven’t heard it either, feel free to go spin the record now and share in our shame. The duo of...
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99 – Sacred Son ft. Dane Cross
So, we mentioned the Sacred Son artwork controversy before. The chill artwork for the very real black metal album drew some ire, so we got the man behind the curtain to join us and tell it all. And it...
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Marilyn Manson – Heaven Upside Down
Content Warning: This review critiques the violent subject matter in Marilyn Manson’s music, including descriptions of domestic abuse and sexual violence.Following a disappointing run that had lasted...
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104 – Ayreon Brotherhood
Yay normal episode! This week we have a bunch of weird/grim news to talk about. Jay-Z suing journalists, Taylor Swift suing journalists, Marilyn Manson pointing a fake gun at an audience after a...
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A Perfect Circle – Eat The Elephant
A Perfect Circle was never the same following the re-election of George W. Bush. Although the band had remained largely apolitical and introspective up until that point, the controversial ballot saw...
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A Storm of Light – Anthroscene
The world will end. The world will end. The world will end. Not with a whimper but a long, drawn-out, human-inflicted death rattle. …Or so Anthrocene, the fifth-full length from ex-Neurosis visual...
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3Teeth – Metawar
Industrial sounds are busy shaking up hardcore at the moment but, as far as the mainstream incarnation of the genre goes, industrial metal appears to be largely done and dusted. The pounding,...
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Love Letter // Adam Clayton’s Bass Tone on The Joshua Tree
Adam Clayton is one of the most distinctive bass players in rock n’ roll history. Although most of U2‘s media attention is focused around Bono and The Edge, it’s Clayton who is the centerpiece of many...
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