Quite simply, we are dedicated to developing progressive music as a genre by releasing the best acts that the genre has to offer.For a band who write songs almost exclusively about dying of heroin overdoses while stuck in muddy holes, Alice in Chains music has always worked remarkably well in the sunlight at an outdoor festival, but Check my Brain is the moment they went from unparalleled grunge crooners to indisputable rock stars, with guitarist-come-mainman Jerry Cantrell rebranding himself as a modern-day Billy Gibbons.As for us, were only getting things arranged and calculated out.In the meantime, we have plenty of pre-list madness for you to get through; remember, 2019 is not just the end of the decade, its also the ten years anniversary for Heavy Blog is Heavy 2009 was also the year other blogs were started, like our good friends over at No Clean Singing, and, honestly, when you look at what a year 2009 was for metal, its no wonder.
Karnivool Themata Blogspot Crack The SkyeImagine youre starting a fledgling blog and you survey the field for content to find Agoraphobic Nosebleed, The Great Misdirect, Crack the Skye, Karnivool and so much more. Is it coincidence Is there some deeper force at work Its probably just that something in the long cycle of decades just captures our attention, hungry for narratives as it always is. Whole sub-genres got their first big kick during this year (alt-metal, for example, with Sound Awake and progressive stoner with Crack the Skye ). They were around before but 2009 saw the release of seminal albums in those sub-genres, seminal here meant in the literal manifestation of the word. It was a moment of genesis for many sounds and, even where it wasnt, towering takes on many genres were released. So, a few weeks before we start diving into the just-as-amazing 2019, lets look back ten years ago and remember how the previous decade closed. Their early material was noisy and grotesque, an experiment in industrial gonzo-grind, with sub-minute songs about violence, drugs, and sex. The noisy grind became infused with groove metal and speed metal, and Hull began taking production and songwriting more seriously for the project. The band adopted three vocalists for this release; Jay Randall, Richard Johnson, and Katherine Katz, all of whom provide incredible performances. As with any Hull release, there are riffs for days, complete with the odd wailing and shredding solo. Theres even a ridiculous programmed drum solo on Question of Integrity. Agorapocalypse is a practice in reveling in the excess of self-indulgence and pushing extreme metal to its most ridiculous reaches. These elements come together for what happens to be one of the most fascinating grind albums out there, even if the lyrical content rarely amounts to little more than shit and dick jokes. While Bon Scotts character was stamped all over ACDC, Lane Staleys soul is baked into Alice in Chains. Staleys relationship with his music was much more personal and intimate than not only Scotts, but than almost any other frontman you care to name. Add to that a seven-year hiatus and fourteen years between studio recordsduring which the entire grungealternative scene disintegratedand youve got yourself one of the most impressive feats in musics history. Dirt (1992) will always be the bands classic and definitive release, but their comeback album is every bit its equal. Its a masterclass in everything that was ever great about the band, produced while theyre operating at peak performance. All Secrets Known begins the record with a suitably melodramatic and mournful dirge, that feels like it picks up exactly where tracks like Sludge Factory and Again left offits opening lines: Hope, a new beginning Time, time to start living Just like just before we died Theres no going back to the dreams we started from paying knowing homage to the past while continuing to plough defiantly forward. And thats it: the entire riff is just one bend drawn out, more and more, over and over, capped off bywait for itanother bend Its one of the coolest riffs ever and the band manage to communicate more power and emotion in that single (repeated) bend than any (other) musical mastermind(s) you care to name have ever managed with any amount of tricks at their disposal.
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