So, Iron Thrones’ new EP The Wretched Sun which I made the Record o’ the Month and raved about in my review came out yesterday (the 27th of July, 2010). You can order the record from the band via their website (actually, through their store, but go to their site, too) and over at their […]
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The Project Hate’s Funding Project
Update 25/07/2010: K. Philipson has posted this on the appropriate thread over at Global Domination: “STOP THE DONATIONS UNTIL I SAY OTHERWISE! SOMETHING JUST HAPPENED AND UNTIL WE KNOW THE EXACT STATUS OF THIS – DO NOT DONATE! I WILL SHARE INFORMATION AS SOON AS I CAN. (don’t sweat it, I am not stealing your […]
Shining till Umeå!
Har du nÃ¥nsin märkt att svenska band faktiskt sällan fÃ¥r spela i Sverige? Det känns som de stora banden frÃ¥n Sverige Ã¥ker pÃ¥ turné över hela världen men aldrig längre norrut i landet än Stockholm (om dom ens spelar i Sverige). De flesta som dyker upp gör sÃ¥ pÃ¥ festivaler under sommaren och helt ärligt […]
Iron Maiden Moons the US
In an attempt to not re-post Blabbermouth’s news like many of the blogs out there (since yes, I, too am unfortunately tied to Blabbermouth for my news), I try to do a bit more analysis and opinion on certain things. Think of me as the pundit to your regular news hour. Anyway, I have often given Iron Maiden shit about their American tours. Now once again they’re skipping the midwest in the US for the most part, and unfortunately they’re not coming to Sweden except for the stupid Sonisphere festival which costs way too much to just see Maiden (RIP Dio.). But one of the things I’ve often complained about is Maiden’s reluctance to do new tours in the US or to play deep cuts on tours (can’t you play Alexander the Great JUST ONCE!?).
The Final Frontier Revealed!
Well, it’s on us again. Iron Maiden fever. I have no idea whether or not there will be promo for this. I’ve already been bugging my local EMI people about this stuff, but they’ve been hiding behind a website and pretty much no contact whatsoever. But I can promise that I’ll be keeping you up to date on this whole thing. And fuck. August 16th starts Maiden-mania again. Man, this is going to be a rockin’ summer for me.
How to Destroy Angels – Free Download
Hey there everybody. It has come to my attention that ex-Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor has put out a new demo with his wife doing vocals called How to Destroy Angels. This is free to download here. If you pay $2.00 you can get the files in 44.1khz .wav files (which is CD quality pretty much). Rumor has it that if you like late NIN you’ll like How to Destroy Angels. I am not a fan, personally, of anything that was done in the last few years. But I know a lot of people are, and fuck, I think that Trent Reznor’s dedication to the basically free distribution of his art is totally commendable and he should be encouraged to continue doing so.
Angry Metal Guy = Bad Capitalist
Here at Angry Metal Guy, you may have noticed that refreshingly compared to the majority of other websites on the interwebs this site doesn’t have any ads. It has no targeted ads, it has no irrelevant ads, it has no ads at all. I have never set up a secretive little program with a company where I make money for promoting their products or any of that other bullshit that one regularly sees shady bloggers doing all over the place.
Empuse – The Beginning of the End (1995)
What was happening in your life in 1995? Maybe you weren’t into metal yet, or maybe you weren’t aware that there was something growing in the heart of Sweden that would soon be one of the most successful and influential scenes in the history of heavy metal. Between 1994 and 1996 a myriad of amazing records were released from Scandinavia, Sweden in particular, but also the budding black metal scene in Norway was going on and even Finland was producing Amorphis records. Katatonia released For Funerals to Come that year, as well as it being the year of the mighty Slaughter of the Soul in 1995 as well. Go through your iTunes or on RYM or wherever and check out what was going on.
More Shroud of Despondency Amazingness
As far as I’m concerned, one of Wisconsin and Michigan’s best kept secrets is the solo project of one Rory Heikkila: Shroud of Despondency. I posted earlier about his amazing tracks from the record Objective: Isolation which is soon to be released (hopefully). And now, he’s apparently gotten together with the drummer and vocalist from Owlscry to create 5 new tracks of fucking amazing black metal. This stuff is sans bass and vocals and “slightly unmixed” and still it is fucking better than most of the stuff I’m getting in as promos. It is fucking phenomenal, to say the least. One observer put it like this: “Dude, your music is so good it makes me cry.” Not because it’s so emotionally evocative (though, it’s that too) but because it’s just so fucking good and as a musician you can’t help but be a little jealous.
