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Angry Metal Guy’s Classics: #2

Angry Metal Guy’s Classics: #2

By Angry Metal Guy on August 11, 2009 in American Metal, Blog Posts, Roadrunner, 2 comments

OK, so the first album that I did in my “classic albums” section was Type O Negative, which of course, was one of my favorite bands at the time. But they also turned me onto Roadrunner Records, which for those of you too young to remember, was kind of one of the few places even putting out metal in the US during the 1990s. Sure, in retrospect, a lot of that stuff wasn’t that great. But there were a few bands on that label that put out some good records. Sepultura had Chaos AD which I loved, and one band that stands out for me to this day, and that I really loved as an angsty teenager, was Life of Agony.

Behemoth – Evangelion Review

Behemoth – Evangelion Review

By Angry Metal Guy on August 10, 2009 in 2009, 3.0, Black Metal, Death Metal, Nuclear Blast, Reviews, Black Metal, Death Metal, 4 comments

Maybe I’m alone in this, but Behemoth’s tremendous success over the last few years, starting with the record Demigod has long been a great surprise to me. Not that the band isn’t good and doesn’t deserve the success. Frankly, they are great and they do deserve the success, but just the idea that a blackened death metal band from Poland would be causing such a stir wasn’t something that had crept into my mind a few years ago, before they released their first real popular “opus.” Demigod of course was followed up by a weaker The Apostasy which, while good, couldn’t possibly have lived up to the expectations of the earlier material. And, unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, it’s probably never bad to be hotly anticipated) for the band, Evangelion is one of the most hotly anticipated records of the year. I’ve been trying to get my hands on it for a while and now that I’ve finally got a promo version of it, I’ve been playing the hell out of it.

Ahhh!!!

Ahhh!!!

By Angry Metal Guy on August 6, 2009 in 2009, Black Metal, Blog Posts, Candlelight, Progressive Death, Progressive Metal, Black Metal, Progressive Metal, 0 comments

October is going to be a very good month! Why is that? Because not only do we get a new record from Hypocrisy as already mentioned but Ihsahn, the very excellent ex-front man from black metal legends Emperor (as if you didn’t know that) is going to be releasing his own new record! Color me fucking stoked! I hadn’t expected that at all! Anyway, let’s hope it lives up to angL, which was easily my favorite album from 2008. Now if only Candlelight would add me to their promo list so that I can get a copy and do an interview with the genius himself!! Mark down October 19th on your calenders, I know I will.

What am I stoked about?

By Angry Metal Guy on August 6, 2009 in 2009, Blog Posts, Death Metal, Nuclear Blast, Swedish Metal, Death Metal, 0 comments

Angry Metal Guys do get all excited like little kids. This time? The new Hypocrisy record. Oh, yeah. How cool is that? Dropping in October—watch this space! I’m hoping to land an interview with Peter Tägtgren! Here’s the official release from Nuclear Blast. Swedens [sic] masters of death HYPOCRISY have just revealed the final tracklist […]

Sonata Arctica – The Days of Grays Review

Sonata Arctica – The Days of Grays Review

By Angry Metal Guy on August 5, 2009 in 2009, 4.0, Nuclear Blast, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Progressive Metal, 10 comments

I’ve been a big Sonata Arctica fan for a long, long time. One of the first records I ever reviewed in my entire reviewing career was Silence, which by many is still considered to be the band’s finest record. I loved it, and I was instantly hooked by the band’s sweet hooks, tightness and particularly the vocal stylings of one Tony Kakko. The music was just technical enough to make me feel superior to all the people who were listening to Nu-Metal, but poppy and feel good were the other traits that I loved about the band. I’ve always described it as “driving music.” You know, hit the open road, go as fast as you think you can get away with and blast Sonata Arctica at top volumes while you barrel down the highway into the amazing summer day. Sound familiar to your experience? I hope so, because that’s the angle I’m starting from.