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Circles – The Last One Review
Circles‘ textured approach to prog metal recalls the moodiness and energy of Fates Warning within the context of a post-djent landscape where six-string guitars and straight rhythms are seen as passé....
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Potmos Hetoimos – Vox Medusae Review
The typical pitfall of pseudo-experimental metal bands is their tendency towards buffoonish self-aggrandizement and the accompanying insistence on pompous philosophical themes. Often drawing...
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Voivod – The Wake Review
I, Dr. Fisting, am back—but much more importantly, so is Voivod. After suffering a near-fatal blow with the death of founding guitarist Denis “Piggy” D’Amour in 2005, these Canadian legends are...
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Ethernity – The Human Race Extinction Review
I have a love-hate relationship with progressive metal, particularly power prog. Several of my all-time favorite acts are prog as fuck, or at least dip their toe in those waters. However, not many...
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Anisoptera – Spawn of Odonata Review
California’s Anisoptera have a lot going for them. Or, rather, as of the likely publish date of this review, they had one thing: an opening slot for Exist, Inferi, Beyond Creation, Archspire, and...
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Madder Mortem – Marrow Review
Rare is the band that truly sounds like no one else. Either standing on the shoulders of giants, or innovating their way to hundreds of copycats, few have no comparable peers, followers, or ancestors....
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Gaia – Aerial Review
I like reviewing underdogs. Every now and then you run into an album that seems to have everything against it, yet a nagging feeling remains that if they just do everything right, it might be lightning...
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Revocation – The Outer Ones Review
In just over a month I’ll be celebrating (with metalcore, most likely) my fifth year writing for Angry Metal Guy’s family feedbag, and what better way to do that than with the latest LP from Boston’s...
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Ambassador – Belly of the Whale Review
Written By: Nameless_n00b_01 I know that any music which could accurately be described with words like “restrained,” “subtle” or (hurk) “romantic” is fighting an uphill battle to get even a cursory...
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A Forest of Stars – Grave Mounds and Grave Mistakes Review
A Forest of Stars have been traveling on an upwards cosmic trajectory since their third full-length, 2012’s A Shadowplay for Yesterdays. For a band who didn’t have plans to record anything after their...
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Professor Black – LVPVS Review
Recently, I was discussing with a friend of mine the irony of making sure our children don’t go down some of the more contentious routes we enjoyed traversing when we were younger. But the reality is...
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The Necromancers – Of Blood and Wine Review
Guess who’s back, again: The Necromancers are back, so tell a friend, yo! A scant year and change after rocking the Hall straight to Hell with their diabolical debut Servants of the Salem Girl, the...
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Northern Crown – Northern Crown Review
A band’s sophomore album is the make or break moment in many a career. We all know the story: A young band cobbles together a set of original compositions then spends years honing and retooling them in...
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Mycelia – Apex Review
Hey loyal readers and metal enthusiasts, do you like djent? How about metalcore? Switzerland? Or perhaps Mycelia‘s self proclaimed moniker of progressive deathcore? If you answered yes to these...
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Piah Mater – The Wandering Daughter Review
Written By: Nameless_n00b_01 The pia mater, Latin for “tender mother,” is one of three meninges that surround and protect the brain from damage. So as you’re headbanging at your local metal show, your...
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Heir Apparent – The View From Below Review
Okay kiddies, gather around Uncle Steel, Witchfinder General and Keeper of the Sacred Banhammer. It’s time for another metal history lesson. Once upon a time there was a little band called Heir...
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Into Eternity – The Sirens Review
Well, this is a band I didn’t expect to see again; I actually didn’t recognize the name until several listens in, having gotten properly into metal after their mid-2000s heyday. These days, Into...
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Haken – Vector Review
Haken is one of modern prog’s most distinguished bands. They, along with colleagues like djent-adjacent Caligula’s Horse or Tool-inspired Soen, have developed a drum and bass-heavy style that pushed...
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The Ocean – Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic Review
When I listen to The Ocean, I can’t help but think of Angry Metal Guy. Though I was a fan before (especially of fluXion and the Precambrian double album), Noctus and Angry Metal Guy convinced me to...
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Witherfall – A Prelude to Sorrow Review
Witherfall was one of the biggest surprises of 2017. They came out of left field and blew my doors off with a hyperactive, highly technical take on power-prog rivaling Symphony X and Nevermore. Formed...
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