Mighty Music

Stahlsarg – Comrades in Death Review

By Grymm on November 6, 2015 in 2015, Black Metal, Death Metal, English Metal, Mighty Music, Reviews, Black Metal, Death Metal, 13 comments

“I have to give respect where it’s due. Upon reading the bio sheet that came with Stahlsarg’s debut album, Comrades in Death, I discovered that the British band already has their own beer out. I wish more bands would just cut out the middle-man and get right to brewing my favorite beverage. Also, they have shirts, coffee mugs, and even tote bags from a single glance of their webstore. All of this done without a single release! If nothing else, Stahlsarg knew to take a page from Cradle of Filth when it comes to marketing and promotion.” Beer, black metal and tote bags. Huh?

Tomb of Finland – Below the Green Review

By Grymm on August 19, 2015 in 2015, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Finnish Metal, Mighty Music, Reviews, Death Metal, Doom Metal, 27 comments

“Okay, admission time: as you can probably guess, I don’t always rely on the Grymm Grab Bag™ to decide who or what I get to review. If it’s a band I love or have a history with, I’ll give a fair looksee and go from there. In some cases, the name alone will grab me and say, “dude, review this, please.” Hence, Finland’s Tomb of Finland. That’s a pretty benign name to most people, right?” Wait for it….

Chabtan – The Kiss of Coaticue Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on May 18, 2015 in 2015, Deathcore, French Metal, Metalcore, Mighty Music, Reviews, Deathcore, Metalcore, 19 comments

“>We’re all familiar with the uncanny valley, yes? When something bears most of the aesthetic qualities of a living being, but a few crucial little details are off and the whole thing gives you the heebie-jeebies? Metal has such a valley, and the ambiguous beast called “modern metal” lives there.” We know you all secretly love deathcore.

Pandemia – At the Gates of Nihilism

By Kronos on February 28, 2015 in 2015, Czech Metal, Death Metal, Mighty Music, Reviews, Death Metal, 10 comments

“Hailing from the Czech Republic, Pandemia is a bit like the death metal equivalent of Everybody Loves Raymond; it’s been around a while appeared alongside plenty of important things, but you’ve never met anyone who really knows much about it. Maybe you’ve run across it once and stuck around for a few minutes, but something else caught your attention pretty quickly.” But everybody LOVES Raymond! War metal, maybe not so much these days.

Salvation – Resurrect the Tradition Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on January 22, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Hardcore, Mighty Music, Reviews, Hardcore, 4 comments

“Having recently gone through some much-needed “downsizing” in my personal life, hitting the gym has become a more common activity for me, so I selfishly jumped at the chance to review Salvation’s début album, Resurrect the Tradition. Salvation is a hardcore band featuring alumni of various other hardcore bands (including bassist Gary Meskil of Pro-Pain and Crumbsuckers), and this music is tailor-made to be a real life Game Genie for workouts.” Need some heavy hardcore for your heavy lifting? This might be your Salvation.

Shredhead – Death is Righteous Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on January 11, 2015 in 2015, Groove Metal, Mighty Music, Reviews, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, 2 comments

“What’s in a name? If you’re a certain AMG staffer whose name starts with a D and ends with an iabolus in Muzaka, it means the urge to rush headlong into reviewing a band you’ve never heard of without bothering to hear a single note.” The man just can’t resist modern thrash from Israel, but who can?

23 Acez – Redemption Waves Review

By El Cuervo on January 7, 2015 in 2015, Belgian Metal, Mighty Music, Non-Metal Metal Things, Not Metal, Reviews, Hard Rock, 17 comments

“A little confession: I chose to review the appallingly-titled 23 Acez sophomore effort in a bout of vindictive malice after grappling with a particularly hateful Spanish literature essay. I was pissed off and envisaged venting on a poor rock band just trying to make their way in the world.” We hate, because we care. Not about you, but other important stuff.

Estate – Fantasia Review

By El Cuervo on December 1, 2014 in 2014, Mighty Music, Power Metal, Reviews, Russian Metal, Glam Metal, Power Metal, 15 comments

“Hailing all the way from sunny Russia, Estate are the proud bearers of good ol’ fashioned Europower. Fantasia, their début effort, is brimming with cheesy keys, up-tempo riffing and questionable English accents – the hallmarks of power greats such as Sonata Arctica and Helloween. Nonetheless, the musical term ‘fantasia’ implies a nonconformity to a specific style, and there are certainly a few curve balls here.” Starting with that Pan-tastic album cover!

Distance – I Review

By Jean-Luc Ricard on November 8, 2014 in 2014, Mighty Music, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Spanish Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal, 5 comments

“Here’s a free top tip for all you kids looking to break into the music business: name your band something easily googleable. Distance have been kicking around for almost ten years now – forming in 2005, releasing a demo in 2006 and several singles at the end of the last decade – but presumably escaped any significant interest because no-one could bloody find them.” Marketing is for the market wonks, but you have to give them a little help.

Ruinside – 10 Forms of Dominion Review

By Saunders on October 21, 2014 in 2014, Finnish Metal, Mighty Music, Reviews, Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal, 1 comment

“As most dedicated metalheads are aware, a hell of a lot of great heavy music has emerged from Finland over the years. However, I can’t recall too many notable Finnish thrash bands, which was a strong factor in putting my hand up to review the sophomore album from Ruinside. Diving in blindly with a review assignment is generally not how I operate, but needless to say I was intrigued by the prospect of a raging Finnish thrash album in a scarce year for the classic genre.” Diving in blind is risky work, especially with unknown thrash involved.