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Dreadnought – The Endless Review
Ever since my introduction to Denver’s Dreadnought in 2015 with the excellent Bridging Realms, I’ve had a vested interest in their development. They’re an endlessly intriguing band, if not always an...
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Becoming the Archetype – Children of the Great Extinction Review
Like my colleague Dear Hollow, I cut my metal teeth (and nails) on heavy Christian music, and Becoming the Archetype is, without a doubt, the greatest extreme metal band of the faithful persuasion. We...
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Angry Metal Primer – King’s X
Over 40 years of metal’s biological urge (and a hefty lack of restraint) has resulted in some incomprehensibly large catalogs. No one should have to listen to anywhere from 13 to 15 [Luca Turilli’s]...
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Gone Cosmic – Send for a Warning, the Future’s Calling Review
One of the cruelest fates to befall any given record that comes across my desk at Angry Metal Guy Judgment Emporium is to be totally forgotten. It happens, more often than I’d like. Gone Cosmic‘s last...
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King’s X – Three Sides of One Review
2022 seems to be a year for bands I was a fan of in their heyday to reunite. A couple months ago we saw the release of the not-amazing-but-not-embarrassing new album from Porcupine Tree,...
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Red Rot – Mal de Vivre Review
The dissolution of Davide Tiso’s flagship project, Ephel Duath has left a scar, a gloom, that has festered in memory and stained the landscape that Red Rot oozes forth. Though not usually steeped in...
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Warforged – The Grove | Sundial Review
It took an unprecedented length of time for me to appreciate Warforged‘s debut I: Voice back in 2019. In fact, I was so moved by the record once it finally clicked that I awarded it an enthusiastic...
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Fallujah – Empyrean Review
Fallujah has a contentious history here at the house of AMG. From the first flirtations, Angry Metal Guy himself had with The Harvest Wombs,1 to the loudness wars that consumed The Flesh Prevails,2 to...
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Taxi Caveman – Galactic Slope Review
I’ll not proclaim any prior knowledge of this band, nor even a particular affinity for their advertised genre of stoner metal. These Polish gents were selected on the bases of an excellent name and...
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An Abstract Illusion – Woe Review
OK. Let’s take a minute to step back and breathe in that gorgeous Adam Burke artwork. What do its dark hues conjure for you? Hidden depths and barely concealed beauty? Perhaps. A sense of unease and...
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Gutvoid – Durance of Lightless Horizons Review
A young act’s debut full-length can be exciting on many levels. You are there at the birth of something, the leaping off point for a career of unknown fortunes. Sometimes you can smell greatness even...
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Arkheth – Clarity Came with a Cool Summer’s Breeze Review
Apparently, we’ve reviewed Arketh before. Somehow I forgot, despite that obnoxiously bright and colorful artwork. The Australian one-piece, masterminded by one Tyrone Kostitch, returns four years later...
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Ahasver – Causa Sui Review
Have you ever heard the story of Ahasver, a forsaken quasi-biblical figure who ignored Jesus somewhere along the line? Now, he gets to wander around undying until the big guy comes back. That’s just a...
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Queensrÿche – Digital Noise Alliance Review
A new Queensrÿche platter almost mandates a look back at the many peaks and valleys the band traversed over their long career. Early releases like their eponymous EP and The Warning were timeless...
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AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö: Autonoesis – Moon of Foul Magics
Back in the primordial days of this here blog, we attempted something called “AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö.” The basic idea was to select a bunch of unsigned bands and give them the collective review...
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Parius – The Signal Heard throughout Space Review
“This reeks of your elitism.” The words that every self-important purveyor of opinions at AngryMetalGuy.com wants to hear. As a fan of all things progressive and experimental, Philadelphia’s Parius was...
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Teramaze – Flight of the Wounded Review
Okay, let’s get this out of the way right up front. Those of you who only want to listen to bands featuring orcs as lead singers will not enjoy this. So, no need to skim down, glance at the rating, and...
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O.R.k. – Screamnasium Review
I’m one of the ones who was saddened to notice the absence of stellar bass guitarist Colin Edwin on Porcupine Tree’s good-to-tepid Closure/Continuation album earlier this year. Apparently since Edwin...
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Vorbid – A Swan by the Edge of Mandala Review
A swan at the edge of what? A fucking mandala? You know, those monk-assembled sand drawings that they sweep away as a meditation. A Swan by the Edge of Mandala (henceforth ASbtEoM) is hands down the...
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Obsidious – Iconic Review
There’s been an incredible amount of hype roiling behind international supergroup Obsidious’s upcoming debut record Iconic. Having lived under a rock for the past two years, I missed literally all of...
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