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Adagio – Life Review
Unlike other genres, power metal isn’t one that I can freely delve into – I need a little consideration before I lunge into that fray of fromage. Having spent most of my adult life in front of a...
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Nostoc –Ævum Review
Written By: Master of Muppets Firsts. Life’s full of ’em. Some are wonderful, such as the proverbial first kiss, or the first time you heard (or wrote about!) heavy metal. Some are horrible, such as...
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Cormorant – Diaspora Review
If there’s one criminally underrated band whose discography I implore you to investigate, it’s surely California’s Cormorant. I sincerely rate their opening records, Metazoa and Dwellings, as among my...
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Lör – In Forgotten Sleep Review
With every .zip and .rar file that a reviewer opens comes a whiff of hope. Usually, that hope is merely that a freshly delivered promo isn’t actually a steaming pile; as any contributor to AMG...
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The Hirsch Effekt – Eskapist Review
The human tongue is a fascinating organ. A muscular hydrostat, this slick wedge is a capable tool that can fold, contract and lengthen at will to crush and manipulate food during the mastication...
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Xanthochroid – Of Erthe and Axen: Act I Review
California’s Xanthochroid doesn’t do things in half measures. The ambitious young band impressed with their accomplished debut LP, Blessed He With Boils in 2012, creating a detailed fantasy world and...
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Leprous – Malina Review
Written By: Angry Metal Guy Leprous is one of Norway’s finest acts and one of the excellent stable of modern prog bands that we have covered here at AMG in the last 5 or 6 years. In recent times, their...
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Akercocke – Renaissance In Extremis Review
I created my moniker out of a weird obsession with Akercocke. A close friend and I would muse over the lyrical and conceptual themes from Goat of Mendes, watch videos of the band being interviewed by...
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Anubis Gate – Covered in Black Review
When it comes to prog-power, Anubis Gate has been the first name in my Rolodex ever since 2005s A Perfect Forever found its way to my iron ears. Later albums like Andromeda Unchained and The Detached...
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Subterranean Masquerade – Vagabond Review
I stumbled blindly onto Subterranean Masquerade‘s brilliant debut Suspended Animation Dreams eleven years ago. It stuck with me for almost a decade, despite no new material appearing from the band....
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Threshold – Legends of the Shires Review
2017 has been a challenging year for Steel‘s favorite prog-minded bands. Pyramaze tried to craft a movie soundtrack of a metal album and crashed on a reef in the treacherous Michael Bay, and Anubis...
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Vanora – Momentum Review
Written By: Lokasenna Norway. A country home to a beautiful language, gorgeous fjords, and hideous metal. While most, including me, associate the country with black metal, there are other brands...
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Squalus – The Great Fish… Review
When the trailblazing and difficult to classify Giant Squid went on indefinite hiatus in 2015, the heavy music world lost one of its great innovators and truly underappreciated acts. They signed off...
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Enzo and the Glory Ensemble – In the Name of the Son Review
Written By: Master of Muppets Oh, what a fool I have been… Once, I believed my own open-mindedness to be a virtue, one which could help me expose the world to musical truths they might otherwise never...
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The Great Discord – The Rabbit Hole Review
A few weeks ago, I described the latest Arch Enemy album as the bad kind of pop metal: too slick, too loud, too focused on choruses and too conscious about image. But there’s a different, less negative...
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Angel Vivaldi – Synapse Review
Written By: Swordborn Angel Vivaldi and I have had our brushes in the past, but despite his considerable back catalog, I’ve never found myself with the racing heart and flushed cheeks that many other...
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Iris Divine – The Static and the Noise Review
It’s prog time, baby. Having only dipped my metal-shod toes in my favorite genre a handful of times this year, I made a concerted effort to get ahead of my coworkers in October and indulge me of some...
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Dark Waters End – Submersion Review
Some albums inspire a poetic muse in me which sees fit to furnish their reviews with an interesting introduction. Perhaps a mangled quote or musing on the themes they employ. Submersion did no such...
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Xanthochroid – Of Erthe and Axen: Act II Review
I approached Xanthochroid’s Of Erthe and Axen: Act I with excitement and optimism the band could capitalize on the potential of their high quality 2012 debut, Blessed He With Boils. It represented the...
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Ne Obliviscaris – Urn Review
Ne Obliviscaris have proven one of the more controversial bands that I’ve reviewed during my incarceration tenure at AngryMetalGuy.com. My review of Citadel split the crowd with AMG Himself, an...
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