Classical Music

Nick Vasallo – Apophany Review

By Carcharodon on March 16, 2022 in Reviews, Classical, Drone, Experimental Metal, 26 comments

“Nick Vasallo has been making music in the Bay Area for more than 20 years. He is best known as the guitarist and vocalist of deathcore legends Antagony, as well as tech death outfit Oblivion. Perhaps less well known, at least in metal circles, is his interest in musical theory and composition, which he studied extensively, ultimately being awarded a doctorate in 2011. He now teaches at college level. This brief bio perhaps gives some context for Apophany, a hybrid metal-classical album and the follow up to 2012’s Monuments Emerge. Smart-tech.

Lorem Ipsum – Vivre Encore [Things You Might Have Missed 2021]

By Kronos on January 14, 2022 in Reviews, Not Metal, 32 comments

“Lorem Ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit Vivre Encore. Despite their playful moniker, the band lose nothing to translation. The French trio use acoustic guitar, violin, piano, and voice to articulate anxiety, failure, and grief in profound and singular songs that draw from European classical music, folk, post-rock and screamo.” Res ipsa loquitur.

Virgin Black – Requiem – Pianissimo Review

By Treble Yell on December 13, 2018 in 2018, Australian Metal, Classical, Not Metal, Reviews, Self-released, Non-metal Metal Things, 62 comments

“There was a time when The End Records could do no wrong. Agalloch, Green Carnation, Antimatter, the label churned out a stream of genre-defining albums by metal bands large and small. So confident was I in their curation that I set upon buying practically every release The End Records put out, at least until the wheels fell off and the label debased itself by churning out mainstream dreck. But it was fantastic while it lasted, and Sombre Romantic, the 2001 debut record of Adelaide-based Virgin Black, was one of the early successes that left an indelible impression with its contrasting cries of doom and operatic embellishments.” A night at the opera.

Goatcraft – Yersinia Pestis Review

By Grymm on July 11, 2016 in 2016, American Metal, I Voidhanger Records, Neo-Classical Metal, Non-Metal Metal Things, Not Metal, Reviews, Ambient, Not Metal, 15 comments

“One of the best aspects of writing for Angry Metal Guy Inc. Ltd. Turbo Hyper-Fighting Edition, besides the scenic view of the cemetery right outside the window of my broom closet/office, is the chance to review something challenging and different. Texas one-man black metal act Goatcraft definitely fits the bill as both. Yes, we review a crap-ton of one-man (or woman) black metal here, but I don’t recall us ever reviewing an album that’s strictly piano.” One man, one keyboard…all blackness.

The Visit – Through Darkness Into Light Review

By El Cuervo on October 7, 2015 in 2015, Canadian Metal, Folk Metal, Non-Metal Metal Things, Reviews, Unsigned Bands, Folk Metal, 40 comments

“With none but Woodfall’s Raphael Weinroth-Browne on cello and Heather Sita Black singing, The Visit’s debut album, Through Darkness Into Light, seems an unlikely candidate for Angry Metal Guy. Classical chamber music is stylistically about as far as one can venture from bombastic metal sub-genres such as power.” Prepare to get some class in your crude lives, you philistines.