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Noveria – Aequilibrium Review
In my first year here, back in 2016,1 I reviewed an album called Forsaken by progressive power outfit Noveria, who are pretty much DGM’s darker half. Mixing Symphony X-core with Evergrey...
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We Lost the Sea – Triumph & Disaster Review
I’d like to paint you a word picture, if that’s alright; the setting is a sidewalk alongside a busy road. There’s a chill in the air despite the persistent sunlight, and yet, the day feels rather...
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Apotheus – The Far Star Review
Every now and then you run into something that seems to have been made specifically for you. It’s like someone reached into your head, downloaded a copy of your soul, extracted exactly the sort of...
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Bölzer – Lese Majesty Review
Bölzer is a textbook case of a promising band that has struggled to reach the lofty heights of their first release, 2013’s hugely impressive Aura EP. Follow-up EP Soma was a solid outing that didn’t...
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Bull Elephant – Bull Elephant Review
A concept album about a re-animated African elephant, performed in a progressive doom style? Yes, please! This is the story of some Nazi dude who wants to bring an elephant back from the dead as a new...
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Hypno5e – A Distant (Dark) Source Review
Genres are one of the most contentious features of music in general, and metal in particular, considering the wide sprawl of sub-subtypes we have dug around ourselves. I won’t dive into the deeper...
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Palace in Thunderland – The King of the Empty Aeon [Things You Might Have...
I don’t read other blogs,1 but I do follow plenty of people on Twitter, and once in a blue moon one of them makes a good recommendation. In this case that recommendation comes in the form of Palace in...
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Timeworn – Leave the Soul for Now Review
58 reviews. Including this, Timeworn’s third offering, I have written 58 reviews across 2019. Mean score: 2.798. Median: 2.5. Leave the Soul for Now is my final full review. You know, the ones with all...
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Eternity’s End – Unyielding [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]
I’m super proud ov1 my patience on this one. I discovered Eternity’s End with the release of their debut The Fire Within back in 2016, and I was completely blown away by their thrashy brand of...
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Obsidian Tide – Pillars of Creation [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]
I love TheKenWord, but the problem is, if you skip an hour on the AMG Slack channel, you’ll probably miss one of his 1462 album recommendations. Lucky for me, at the precise day and time when Kenny...
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Iapetus – The Body Cosmic [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]
Metal offers incalculable aural interpretations of outer space. Darkspace focuses on the inhospitable nature of the infinite vacuum. Gamma Ray pitches a trip through a black hole as the ultimate roller...
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Tylor Dory Trio – Unsought Salvation Review
One last kick at the review can for 2019, thanks to the lovely and talented Madam X. She saw fit to assign a number of late promos to us, including this potentially sweet prog-metal epic from...
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Car Bomb – Mordial [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]
New York’s Car Bomb have oddly escaped my radar, so I was stoked to finally become acquainted with the band on their blockbuster fourth LP, Mordial. Admittedly I’m less adventurous towards...
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Birdeatsbaby – The World Conspires [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]
One of the best ways to get my attention is to mention a band crossing genre boundaries in unexpected ways. Birdeatsbaby drew my eye, first, with their rather evocative name and, second, with that...
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The EP, Split, and Single Post Part I [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]
Despite the swollen volume of writers now populating the Angry Metal Guy ranks and our consistent daily posts, there are still thousands of metal releases which we cannot review on an annual basis....
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The EP, Split, and Single Post Part II [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]
This is Part II of the EP, Split, and Single Post, which began here. Despite the swollen volume of writers now populating the Angry Metal Guy ranks and our consistent daily posts, there are still...
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Creature – Contes Funèbres [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]
If certain physicists—or DC Comics—are to be believed, there’s a sprawling multiverse of alternate worlds very much like, yet very different from our own. If you’re unfortunate enough to live on...
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Oberst – Paradise Review
Back in the 90s, I was in a very famous TV show I was all about hardcore and early metalcore. As a matter of fact, I was straight edge, though not for the same reasons as other practitioners of that...
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Sons of Apollo – MMXX Review
Super groups. We’ve railed against them since the start of AMG International Universal, Ltd. For every all star collaboration that does something worthwhile, there are countless others that simply...
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Nero Di Marte – Immoto Review
I am a big post-metal fan. I have admitted to this before without shame, despite the unkind words that are thrown around about the genre, including in the skull pit by my fellow word slaves scribes....
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