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5 min read 2022-02-25 00:00:00

Allegaeon – Damnum

Tech death has an excess problem. While last year’s absolutely riveting crop of records serves as a hopeful new trend within the subgenre,

87 min read 2022-01-17 23:04:00

Well. Here we are again. Another year ends and the insatiable urge within us to look back and to summarize kicks in. But, like last year, we have

41 min read 2022-01-17 23:02:00

Last year, we didn’t run a traditional “Best Of” list like the rest of the online music community likes to do. Deep into the pandemic, values

14 min read 2022-01-17 23:00:00

A Gift to Artwork, taken from the Caligula’s Horse song “A Gift to Afterthought”, breaks down and analyses your favourite album artwork. The

10 min read 2022-01-17 23:00:00

After the success of last year’s poll, I decided it was worth the time and immense pain of doing this again! Once again and always, I am a glutton

27 min read 2022-01-17 23:00:00

It’s time. Welcome, most beloved Hellions, to Death’s Door: End of Year Edition. Below you will find our collective’s individual favorite

14 min read 2021-12-07 22:01:11

Fellow Melbournian Heavy Blogger Karlo was one of my very first Playlist Swaps back when I joined the Blog in 2017. A lot has happened since then,

2 min read 2021-11-26 18:24:37

For 3 albums now, Canada’s young tech-death masters have shredded their way into the upper echelon of the genre. From 2011’s barely registering

1 min read 2021-11-13 23:17:14

October was an unusually strong month for 2021. I suspect there’s a marketing aspect to this,1 where one places the highest priority releases in

1 min read 2021-11-10 22:02:00

*prognotes breaks down and analyses your favourite metal and progressive concept albums lyrically and musically. Read other entries in this series

1 min read 2021-11-10 22:01:00

Hello and welcome to Mosh Lit, where we dive into the stories told by the heaviest bands out there. You might’ve noticed that this column has been

1 min read 2021-11-10 22:00:00

A Gift to Artwork, taken from the Caligula’s Horse song “A Gift to Afterthought”, breaks down and analyses your favourite album artwork. The

1 min read 2021-11-10 22:00:00

Blood. Gore. Death metal. Ah, the glorious days of the old school. We all know the tales of yore in which Cannibal Corpse and Morbid Angel became

1 min read 2021-10-30 21:00:00

I’m not sure where you all are, but here in New York it finally feels like Autumn…right on the porch knocking at the door of All Hallow’s Eve.

1 min read 2021-10-29 21:00:00

Editor’s Note: Do you think we “missed” an album this week? Click here. Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it