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Continue reading →: Solar Sons, “Altitude”
By Kira L. Schlechter While the Scottish trio Solar Sons may have been shaped in their youth by heavier bands – “the Big Four and all the Bay Area thrash, and of course the NWOBHM” … and “modern rock/metal like Faith No More and Alice in Chains,” says singer and…
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Continue reading →: Castle Rat, “The Bestiary”
By Kira L. Schlechter From New York City by way of Boris Vallejo’s fevered imagination is Castle Rat and their latest stoner-fest, “The Bestiary” (King Volume Records). Singer/rhythm guitarist Riley (The Rat Queen) Pinkerton is joined by The Count (Franco Vittore) on lead guitar and backing vocals, The Plague Doctor…
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Continue reading →: An interview with Turkey’s ASH MAGICK
In that sense, I believe music is very much like a talisman: something that protects and empowers you against the harshness of life. Emerging from the heart of Istanbul’s layered history, Ash Magick is a rising black metal project that blends haunting atmospheres with themes of mysticism, spirituality, and ancestral…
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TULIP Previews Three-Part EP With First Four Tracks
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Continue reading →: TULIP Previews Three-Part EP With First Four TracksBy Kira L. Schlechter The sheer act of putting out music in these days of streaming and listeners’ short attention spans demands as much creativity as making the music itself. Singer Ashleigh Semkiw and her guitarist/harsh vocalist husband Colin Parrish of the Texas symphonic/progressive metal band TULIP are taking a…
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Continue reading →: Hellfox, “The Spectrum of Human Gravity” interview
By Kira L. Schlechter The women of the young Italian band Hellfox aren’t able to devote themselves fully, day and night, to their music. They are the true definition of “working” musicians. But needing alternate means to support themselves financially has absolutely no bearing on the quality of the work…
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Continue reading →: CWFEN
By Isabell Köster “Medusa symbolizes something powerful: the horror, the rage, the refusal to conform to beauty or softness. She’s about embracing that darkness rather than hiding it. That’s how I feel on stage too—I’m not trying to look beautiful. I want to be imposing, intimidating even. There’s strength in…
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Continue reading →: The Yagas, “Midnight Minuet”
By Kira L. Schlechter My partner on this site sends me links to songs all the time (because she’s amazing and her musical taste is impeccable). Late last year, she sent me this song from a new band: It starts nicely enough – a jangly little alt-rock guitar melody, a…
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Continue reading →: Smoke Mountain
By KIRA L. SCHLECHTER It’s been a minute – just about 2.7 million of them – since last we heard from Tallahassee, Florida’s, preeminent stoner doom band, Smoke Mountain. But here they are, stonier and doomier than ever, with their latest, “The Rider,” just out on Argonauta Records, their second…
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Continue reading →: Vulvarine, “Fast Lane”
By Kira L. Schlechter Here at Heavy Hags, when a band describes its sound as “vulva rock,” you know we gotta go there. It’s a matter of principle! That band in question is Vienna’s Vulvarine, who blast out with their latest, “Fast Lane” (Napalm Records), an intoxicating blend of rock,…
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Continue reading →: JASON MYERS OF ICARUS WITCH
By KIRA L. SCHLECHTER Having grown up not far from Pittsburgh, I’m always interested in the heavy music that arises from the Steel City. And there’ve been a lot of them in recent years, from Lady Beast to Code Orange to Legendry. Before them, though, was the melodic metal band…
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