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Dark Ocean Society – Hymns for the Last Man Review
As a metalhead, I always feel way behind on doom metal and its various offspring genres. It was the last genre I discovered, and further the last one I gained a bone-deep understanding of. Imagine my...
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Hex A.D. – Netherworld Triumphant Review
Written By: Nameless N00b_03 It’s a great time to be a doom fan. It feels like the genre is going through a burst of creativity at the moment. Bands who are failing to keep up, however, can find...
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Soen –“Rival” Premiere and Lotus Review
Surprise! Today we’re giving you an AngryMetalGuy.com first: an exclusive song premiere! You may have heard the news that Swedish progressive metallers Soen will release Lotus on the 1st of February,...
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Sunless Dawn – Timeweaver Review
While I dislike music competitions as much as anyone, there’s something to be said for the worldwide Metal Battle program, involving 27 countries and hundreds of fledgling bands. Organized by Wacken,...
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Divine Ascension – The Uncovering Review
Written By: Nameless N00b_17 Australian progressive metallers Divine Ascension are back with their third album, The Uncovering. Apparently. To be honest, I was blissfully unaware they were here in the...
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In the Woods…– Cease the Day Review
There have been so many strong comebacks in recent years that it actually seems more notable when one doesn’t go well. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened to In the Woods…. In the 1990s, this...
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Kosm – Cosmonaut Review
The 2015 action RPG Bloodborne is one of my favorite video games of all time. Between its intricate and satisfying combat mechanics, impeccable art and sound design, and engrossingly atmospheric...
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VOLA – Applause of a Distant Crowd [Things You Might Have Missed 2018]
Back in 2015, myself and Kronos were taken with Denmark’s VOLA and their debut album entitled Inmazes, to such an extent that I wrote about it at the year’s end. I was shocked and dismayed that we...
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Exit…Hall Left: The Weenie Metal Round-Up [Things You Might Have Missed 2018]
Not everyone can be BRUTAL ENOUGH!!1! Some of us are hobbits; diminutive, folksy, averse to Camo and Camo-derived accouterments. Maybe you just want to smell the 4/4 flowers, despite your allergies....
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Nailed to Obscurity – Black Frost Review
One of the happy surprises from out of left field during 2017 was a little album called King Delusion by then unsung German act Nailed to Obscurity. It took the base elements of Opeth, Katatonia and...
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Evergrey – The Atlantic Review
Evergrey carved quite the little niche for themselves over the last 20-plus years. Their brand of stripped down depressive progressive metal is never the most flashy or trendy thing in the room, but...
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Vandor – In the Land of Vandor Review
When I was a teenager, one of my favorite albums was DragonForce’s Inhuman Rampage. Cheesy and criminally overproduced as it was, I thought it was too cool for school. But since that point in my life,...
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Hollow – Between Eternities of Darkness Review
I first encountered Sweden’s Hollow when I found their 1997 debut Modern Cathedral in a local record store and bought it solely because of the cool artwork. It featured an interesting blend of...
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My Diligence – Sun Rose Review
One of these days, I’m going to have to visit Belgium. You see, not only did this fine little country spawn my favorite album last year, but it is spitting out a couple more interesting bands in 2019,...
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Astronoid – Astronoid Review
You wake up and everything seems better. The air is fresher, the sun is brighter, and you feel a sense of hope you haven’t felt in years. That’s what it was like listening to Astronoid‘s 2016 debut Air...
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Soen – Lotus Review
Note: AMG Himself previewed and reviewed Lotus back in November, from the comfort/imprisonment of the band’s recording studio. Refer back to that review for his almost fanboyish (although mostly...
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Lord Divine – Facing Chaos Review
One of the biggest water hazards in the reviewing game is tackling an unknown band with a decent sized discography already in place that you somehow missed out on entirely. Though I usually try to...
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The Ghost Next Door – A Feast for the Sixth Sense Review
Please take a moment with me to enjoy the hell out of that album cover. It’s a thing of beauty, to be sure, and one can read many things into it about the music it might conceal: vibrant, complex, and...
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10:13 – Result of an Iron Age Review
Written By: Nameless N00b_10 I think we can all agree that the world is fucked. I was a middle school librarian for a few years and, while the majority of the population consisted of illiterate...
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Herod – Sombre Dessein Review
Real talk: most of the time the intros for these things are the hardest part; grueling, even. This is probably obvious, given how often they’re rambling and off-topic, but it’s the truth. It’s even...
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