Goth Rock

Kadaverficker – Superkiller (A Musical Journey Between Life and Death) Review

By Saunders on October 2, 2023 in Reviews, Death Metal, Hard Rock, Punk, 15 comments

“After reviewing a slew of bigger releases and personal favorites in recent months, it’s nice to reconnect with the underground and plunge into the dank, mysterious corners of the promo sump. In doing so I stumbled across Germany’s Kadaverficker and their fifth full-length album, Superkiller (A Musical Journey Between Life and Death). Kicking around the traps since forming in 1993, Kadaverficker released a hefty collection of demos, splits, compilations, and various other shorter-form releases, eventually dipping into full-length territory on 2012’s Exploitation Nekronation. What can you expect on an LP that leaves nothing left in the tank across a whopping 71-minute runtime.” Ficking around,

Sunrise Patriot Motion – Black Fellflower Stream [Things You Might Have Missed 2022]

By Dolphin Whisperer on January 5, 2023 in Things You Might Have Missed 2022, Black Metal, Post-Metal, 19 comments

“Sunrise patriot motion—a dutiful salute and march against the hazed morning light. In this abstraction of a man dissolving to his own isolated madness as he seeks to unearth oil, the two brothers Skarstad (Will and Sam of Yellow Eyes and Ustalost) strike a different treasure with their recognizable blend of screeching melody and reverent, ethereal structures.” Post-patriot.

Then Comes Silence – Machine Review

By Master of Muppets on May 9, 2020 in Reviews, Electronica, 27 comments

“For starters, one of the weirder batches of name drops that I’ve ever whipped together: Then Comes Silence sound something like the frolicking gloomchild of The Cure, MGMT, Eurythmics, and Impure Wilhelmina. Machine is a strange thing of bouncing electronica and sullen prog, a 45-minute dance through the tears—or maybe it’s with?” Auto-saboi.

Chelsea Wolfe – Birth of Violence [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]

By Saunders on December 22, 2019 in 2019, American Rock, Folk, Non-Metal Metal Things, Not Metal, Reviews, Sargent House, Things You Might Have Missed 2019, Folk, 14 comments

“Chelsea Wolfe’s respected and increasingly revered status within, and outside, the metal scene has steadily grown in recent years. From humble beginnings of her experimental goth-folk early works, to the enchanting Pain is Beauty, Wolfe really hit her stride on 2015’s eclectic masterwork, Abyss.” Birth is violence.

Schattenmann – Epidemie Review

By Huck N Roll on July 3, 2019 in 2019, AFM Records, German Metal, Gothic Metal, Groove Metal, Industrial Metal, NDH, Reviews, Groove Metal, Industrial Metal, 22 comments

“We didn’t review the newest Rammstein album here at Angry Metal Guy, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t listen to it, or talk about it between bench press sets. The overall impression was favorable, believe it or not, and this loyal reviewer would have happily given it a 3.0. There was enough variety and catchiness that it was a fun spin. However, some folks out there in the wide world feel that Rammstein and the whole NDH genre are outdated. Who would say such a thing? Well, the boys in Schattenmann, that’s who.” Ramming speed.

Cold in Berlin – The Comfort of Loss & Dust Review

By Grymm on May 4, 2015 in 2015, Candlelight Records, Doom Metal, English Metal, Not Metal, Reviews, Doom Metal, Not Metal, 19 comments

“The Grymm Grab Bag© can be quite the two-sided beast of a backpack when utilized. For every moment when I pull out a gem by a promising band, I get two or three that end up closer to this. Forever undaunted (or just plain stupid), I once again reach into the bag of unknown-to-me goodies hoping to not get struck like that poor sap in Flash Gordon, and I am presented with The Comfort of Loss & Dust, the third album by London’s Cold in Berlin.” Reach into the bag of mystery and squeeze!

Sleep of Monsters – Produces Reason Review

By Jean-Luc Ricard on October 30, 2014 in 2014, Finnish Metal, Gothic Metal, Reviews, Svart Records, Gothic Metal, 10 comments

“Remember Babylon Whores? No? Honestly my memory did require some jogging, but they were a rather good Finnish gothic rock band (yeah another) that released some underrated albums in the late nineties/early noughties before disappearing about ten years ago.” There’s nothing like some tasty, goth-rock stle metal! But does this have the right flavor?

Lacrimas Profundere – The Grandiose Nowhere Review

By Steel Druhm on May 14, 2010 in 2010, 3.5, Napalm Records, Reviews, 1 comment

Alright all you self-loathing, gothic creepozoids and lovers of exquisite pain, step right up and get the perfect soundtrack for stalking your ex. Yes, it’s The Grandiose Nowhere by those Germanic gloom meisters Lacrimas Profundere. Album number nine shows these boys up to their usual dark tricks and giving you some hard charging, gloom infested rock n droll with plenty of misery for those who love the cold grip of melancholia. Lest you think that doesn’t sound like fun, I am thrilled to report this is a mighty rocking and rollicking goth-o-thon that makes you nod your head no matter how badly you want to sit and stare at the ground in misery.

Poisonblack – Of Rust and Bones Review

By Angry Metal Guy on March 22, 2010 in 2.0, 2010, Century Media, Doom Metal, Finnish Metal, Reviews, 1 comment

In the wake of Sentenced it’s no surprise that Poisonblack has continued strong, with support from fans of the previous band and has become bigger and bigger in Finland and throughout the world. Many miss the tongue-in-cheek depression that went hand-in-hand with later Sentenced records, at the same time as missing the band that once was. Of Rust and Bones, the new Poisonblack record (the band that features former Sentenced vocalist Ville Laihiala) basically continues on with the Sentenced legacy of mid-paced heavy metal with depressing lyrics, but doesn’t do it with the same kind of conviction or freshness that was embodied by the former band.