This Top 12 Heavy Rock albums is the hardest list I’ve ever written. Doom. Post Rock. Heavy Metal. Sludge. I believe each of these albums could become iconic, and ranking them just seems wrong on so many levels.
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Read More Why I Skipped Black Sabbath: Back to the BeginningThe worst part of Whitehovse’s The Mighty One is that it’s incredible. Frustratingly, agonizingly great. Not good, but great.
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