Valkyrja – The Invocation of Demise Rating: 2.5/5.0 – Nothing special Label: Metal Blade Websites: myspace.com/valkyrjaswe | valkyrja.swe.name Valkyrja hails from Sweden, where the ice-cold summers, and even colder winters, apparently breed tons of little metal kids. Everywhere you look here you run into a band, and many of them are good. But certainly not […]
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Megadeth – Head Crusher
I make no bones about it, I am not a big Megadeth fan. Remember that part of Lord of the Rings where Gandalf calls Théodin “the lesser son of great fathers?” Yeah, the way I see it: Megadeth is pretty much the same way. Overrated, not very interesting and pretty much just kind of annoying. […]
Swashbuckle – Back to the Noose Review
Swashbuckle – Back to the Noose Rating: 3.0/5.0 Label: Nuclear Blast (EU | USA) Websites: myspace.com/swashbuckle | swashbuckle.info Release date: July 24th, 2009 (EU) | August 11th, 2009 (USA) Pirates are becoming an all-too-common and all-too-silly theme in our current society—sort of a strange zeitgeist, if you will. Everything from the pirates in Somalia to […]
10 Questions With Esko from Fejd
Fejd released their fourth CD, Storm, earlier this year and, for those of you who regularly come to this site, you’ll know that I really dug it. But who are these Swedish viking types, and where do they come from? How is it that they were producing totally awesome demos, but never got a record […]
Indukti – Idmen Review
Indukti – Idmen Rating: 4.25/5.0 – Excellent, but winding and weak at moments Label: InsideOut Websites: myspace.com/indukti | indukti.com Release date: July 27th, 2009 There is a challenge with truly progressive metal and rock and that challenge is, of course, how one describes it in novel terms without sounding like some kind of pretentious ass. […]
Ensiferum – New Album Details Confirmed!
Awww, yeah. I’m totally fucking stoked. According to Ensiferum’s myspace page, the band has confirmed some details and we’re going to be getting a new record in September! So, uh, yeah.. Also, for you Americans who read this thing—these guys are touring the states: GO SEE THEM. Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM have set “From Afar” […]
New Job for a Cowboy Streaming on Myspace
There we have it, folks! Job for a Cowboy is streaming their much anticipated record Ruination on MySpace (myspace.com/jobforacowboy). Whatever you think of the band, the artwork is pretty kickass, don’t you think? Anyway, whole record is out on the 7th of July. Yup, that’s just a few days away.
Nergal: “I’m sure our fans will worship our new opus.”
Behemoth has posted the 5th studio diary on YouTube for viewing. These diaries chronicle their studio experience—they’re also pretty fucking cool. This is, of course, all in the lead up to their new studio album Evangelion which will be released in August and is highly anticipated by this Angry Metal Guy. Well, as I said […]
Sweden’s Valkyrja Signs with Metalblade – Re-releases Debut
Valkyrja, the Swedish black metal act in the vein of others like Naglfar, has signed a two record deal with Metal Blade Records according to their Myspace page. They are currently in the studio recording their second album, while the first one (originally released on Northern Silence Productions) will be re-issued by Metal Blade on […]
Black Sun Aeon – Darkness Walks Beside Me Review
I have often commented that Finland is really producing the best metal in the world right now. Of course, when I say that I’m usually associating with bands like Moonsorrow, Finntroll or Amorphis, but apparently I’ve been leaving out a band from that whole list because they’re on a small label: Black Sun Aeon. Right now I’m going to add Black Sun Aeon to the pantheon of excellent metal coming from Finland, but unlike those other bands, they’re not wandering on the folk/viking side of things, but instead they’re doing more old-fashioned mid-paced death, intermingled with a doomy goth element that I haven’t heard done well for a long time.
