Article By: Leanne Ridgeway
This random roundup of bands is the Hearkened Heap. Alliteration is a lovely thing. Silly name, serious fun. We receive a bucket of emails every day about new music and rarely have enough time to cover them all. This is a handful of random heavy bands to check out, all along the genre spectrum.
Many have shiny new music releases here, but I’ll also throw in some older albums you may have missed or forgotten about. We may not be able to catch live music in person yet, but we can still bring you some heavy while we’re waiting. Many of these artists may also be part of our monthly Spotify playlists as we go along. Listen, follow, shop, share, or all of the above…
Hearkened Heap
January 30th, 2021
DIRT CHURCH
Independent | post-hardcore, sludge metal, blackened doom
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SUMERU
Brilliant Emperor Records | death metal, sludge, black metal
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SNOW
Independent | punk, metal, sludge
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PERSES
Independent | post-metal, atmospheric doom metal
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STONEBOURNE
Independent | heavy rock, alternative rock, grunge
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CRUTHU
Independent | doom metal (traditional), heavy metal
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GLORY OR DEATH RECORDS COMPILATION
Various Artists | stoner rock, heavy rock, doom, heavy psych
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VIS MYSTICA
Independent | “jedi metal”, power metal, djent, progressive
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TIA CARRERA
Small Stone Records | stoner rock, heavy psych jams
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DRAINBOW
Independent | experimental death, black, progressive, gothic metal
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THE MESSTHETICS
Dischord Records | experimental rock, punk, instrumental
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DINOSAUR JR.
Various Labels | indie rock, alternative, noise rock
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SUPERNAUGHTY
Argonauta Records | stoner rock, heavy rock, grunge
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EVERY TIME I DIE
Epitaph Records | metalcore, hardcore, metal
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BONGZILLA
Relapse Records, Heavy Psych Sounds | doom metal, sludge, stoner metal
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