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Thoughts Factory – Elements Review
One’s musical taste changes and evolves all the time. I like to pride myself on having an extensive palate when it comes to metal, and I make an effort to expand it further whenever possible and learn...
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Ereley – Diablerie Review
I kind of forgot about Fear Factory for a while there. I can give no particular reason for it, they simply slipped out of my mind and slunk through the front door, down the stairs, into the street. But...
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Bricks & Diamonds: The Best and Worst Sounding Albums of 2019
I’m more of an audio enthusiast than an audiophile. What does that mean exactly? Well, I can’t claim to know all the technical terms and intricacies of audio production and engineering, however, I...
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Elden – Nostromo Review
It’s January.1 This means dreary weather, a brutal fucking time at work when all my clients realize they didn’t get much done in December so everything is suddenly urgent, and choosing a random promo...
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Moloken – Unveilance of Dark Matter Review
We pretend not to, but we forget about bands all the time here. I forgot about – what’s that band? – Fear Factory last week and just now forgot that my last introduction was also about forgetting. In...
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Dead Kosmonaut – Gravitas Review
January has been kind to me, and while I haven’t been the overrating bastard that Holdeneye has, I also haven’t had anything bad come my way.1 Am I just in a good mood? Likely not, since I hate winter....
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Psychotic Waltz – The God-Shaped Void Review
The nostalgia circuit has been around forever, and while it’s fun (sometimes) to see old bands play their decades-old hits in casinos, it’s even more fun when formerly awesome bands reunite and put out...
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Xenobiotic – Mordrake Review
Recently a new rule was established in the AMG offices: no more claiming promos more than a month out. Giving everyone equal opportunity makes for more entertaining gladiatorial combat in the Skull...
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Runescarred – The Distant Infinite Review
There are two-billion-plus different ways something can sound “progressive.” For the sake of brevity, let’s oversimplify the matter and assume that these two billion ways of being progressive boil down...
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Hex A.D. – Astro Tongue in the Electric Garden Review
They say you never forget your first time. I was a naked and shivering n00b, huddled fearfully in the depths of the Skull Pit, trying to get my bearings. What was I doing here? How had this happened?...
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Huntsmen – Mandala of Fear Review
Huntsmen was one of the best left-field surprises of 2018 with their American Scrap album. By mixing progressive sludge and Americana, they created a sound not quite like any other. The songs neatly...
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Ghost Toast – Shape Without Form Review
The angry metal times, they are a-changin’. Suddenly equality matters in the promo pit, and now instead of casting my gaze to particularly promising offerings on the farther end of the horizon I must...
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White Stones – Kuarahy Review
Martin Méndez always appeared the most metal of the Opeth crew, with his cool stage presence and thrashing headbanging style. As his main band continue spiraling down a vintage progressive rock rabbit...
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Aronious – Perspicacity Review
It’s about goddamn time for an hour long prog/tech death record. Though they fly in the face of this website’s mandate that no album exceed the runtime of Reign in Blood, I have to confess my love for...
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Ani Lo. Projekt – A Time Called Forever Review
I have an irrational aversion to bands that name themselves after people. Perhaps it’s because I’ve always fantasized about being in a band, and choosing a righteous name for said band is always one of...
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Hyborian – Vol. II Review
Hyborian first bored into my consciousness with their single, “Head and the Sword,” an absolutely killer song1 that showcased a suave combination of sludge, stoner, and prog influences. To this day it...
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Sweven – The Eternal Resonance Review
I’m sure I’m not alone in wondering what Chuck Schuldiner would have done musically had he not been taken from us far too soon. Would he have maintaining the style heard on the sole Control Denied...
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Aeternam – Al Qassam Review
Our overlord’s prolonged stay in the dark dungeons of higher education has yielded mostly secondhand stress and delayed Record o’ the Month articles for Angry Metal Guy Himself. But in my case, it has...
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Void of Sleep – Metaphora Review
Italy’s Void of Sleep caught me by surprise with their excellent 2013 debut Tales Between Reality and Madness. Boasting a suave mix of sludge, stoner, doom and prog influences, Tales was a mighty first...
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Enzo and the Glory Ensemble – In the Name of the World Spirit Review
First off, I’d like to apologize if you can’t hear me too well. I’ve been instructed to shout over the anguished shrieks of the Master of Muppets, who’s having a tough time right now. You see, we’re...
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