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Allgemein, Interviews

Smoke Mountain

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17. April 2025

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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Allgemein, Reviews

Vulvarine, “Fast Lane”

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16. March 2025

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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Allgemein, Hags Halves

JASON MYERS OF ICARUS WITCH

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2. March 2025

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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Allgemein, Interviews

Public Disco Porch

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22. December 2024

By Kira L. Schlechter Public Disco Porch: a juxtaposition of unrelated words. The musical style of the indie band of that name: let’s say Pennsylvania Dutch mystic folk stoner metal – a juxtaposition if ever there was one. The Pennsylvania quartet is charismatic singer/guitarist/violinist Spencer McCreary, David Portelles on guitar…
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Allgemein, Reviews

Whispering Void, “At the Sound of the Heart”

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31. October 2024

Whispering Void, “At the Sound of the Heart” (Prophecy Productions) Review by Kira L. Schlechter As its creators have implied, “At the Sound of the Heart” is music for decompression. “Put your phone down,” they advise; listen to the sound of your heart, the blood in your veins, the call…
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Interviews

Bobbie Dazzle

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9. October 2024

Meet Bobbie Dazzle Interview and story by Kira L. Schlechter, Heavy Hags In these heavy, gloomy, dangerous times, boy, could we use some joy. Enter Miss Bobbie Dazzle, a k a Sian Greenaway, from Birmingham, England, who trails wafts of incense, clouds of glitter, and blazes of psychedelic color in…
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Reviews

Fleshgod Apocalypse

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1. September 2024

Fleshgod Apocalypse, “Opera,” Nuclear Blast Records By Kira L. Schlechter, Heavy Hags “Life is a wonderful thing. Even when everything around us seems to be falling apart, we must find a meaning for existing. And unexpectedly, sometimes second chances can be way more exciting than the first ones.”–Francesco Paoli, Fleshgod…
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Reviews

Hammerfall

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15. August 2024

Hammerfall, “Avenge the Fallen,” Nuclear Blast Records Review by Kira L. Schlechter, Heavy Hags After 30 years in any career, it’s natural for one to pause and reflect – on what’s accomplished, on what’s next, on one’s eventual end, even. The Swedish band Hammerfall is rather at that point with…
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