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90s Metal Weirdness: W.A.S.P. – Kill.Fuck.Die

By Dr. Fisting on October 4, 2015 in 90s Metal Weirdness, 47 comments

“Cast your minds back to a time when metal music was not cool. Nay, indeed, a time when metal was anathema to all that was considered to be “chic” and “in.” A time when your favorite bands were actually encouraged by the music industry to play slower, cut their hair, and write sensitive lyrics about their childhoods. Yes, this unfortunately really happened. Our semi-irregular feature “90s Metal Weirdness” focuses on albums released between 1992 and 2001 and which we all probably would rather forget. But in the service of publicly shaming the musicians involved, we have pushed forward.” Industrial grade W.A.S.P. sounds good on paper, right?

Trivium – Silence in the Snow Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on October 3, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Metalcore, Reviews, Roadrunner, Metalcore, 84 comments

“Well, kids, let this be a lesson to you all. Dropping clickbait jokes and fucking too much with the AMG HR department results in the dropping of various hammers. In my case, punishments manifested themselves in the form of name-calling (Steel called me a “Master Baiter”) and a metalcore promo for review.” The core will flow until you praise our new logo.

Bloodway – Mapping the Moment with the Logic of Dreams Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on October 1, 2015 in 2015, Avante Garde, Black Metal, I Voidhanger Records, Reviews, Romanian Metal, Avante Garde, Black Metal, 48 comments

“Not many people know Costin Chioreanu musician. Most metalheads know Costin Chioreanu artist. Since the artist appears to have quite the workload, it’s not surprising that the musician is an “ex” member of most his musical endeavors. Lucky for us, the musician is back with a debut full-length filled with unsettling avant-garde black metal.” Sounds suspiciously like another strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde!

Shrines – Shrines Review

By Jean-Luc Ricard on September 30, 2015 in 2015, Apocalyptic Witchcraft, Black Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Metal, 17 comments

“As Voices guitarist Sam Loynes says “yes to anything that comes [his] way, metal or otherwise,” his growing list of projects are quite numerous. Shrines (formerly Diminished Fifth) is the third of Sam’s bands I’ve reviewed, and one I’ve been very much looking forward to listening to.” The Voices and Voices related love continues unabated.

Blëed – The Hatred Inside Review

By El Cuervo on September 30, 2015 in 2015, Canadian Metal, Djent, Metalcore, Reviews, Thrash Metal, Unsigned Bands, Djent, Metalcore, Thrash Metal, 30 comments

“Imagine third-rate Slayer-worship, a guitar tone so doctored it almost resembles djent, and lyrics so mindlessly asinine and violently vacuous that they actually pain me to hear them. Throw in a faltering vocalist and unimaginative song-writing and you have The Hatred Inside. Intrigued?” Better than fourth-rate Slayer, right?

W.A.S.P. – Golgotha Review

By Steel Druhm on September 29, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Napalm Records, Reviews, Heavy Metal, 102 comments

“Blackie Lawless has certainly lived an interesting life. Once the perfect target for those clucking hens in the PMRC, he embodied everything uptight suburban soccer moms hated. He looked like a glam demon, advocated the excessive use of drugs and alcohol, and his sleazy metal band wore oversized codpieces and wrote songs about fucking like a beast (I bet Tipper Gore got a secret thrill from that tune).” Vatican tested, PMRC disapproved (still).

Black Breath – Slaves Beyond Death Review

By Mark Z. on September 29, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Death Metal, Hardcore, Reviews, Southern Lord, Death Metal, Hardcore, 33 comments

“Back when I was a snot-nosed college senior rolling around with my windows down and blasting Black Breath’s newly released Sentenced to Life. At the time, I felt so hip for listening to this so-called “Entombedcore” right as it was catching on, when bands like All Pigs Must Die, Early Graves, and Black Breath themselves were at the forefront of a sound that combined the throat-shredding fury of mid-aughties hardcore with a guitar tone and riffing style heavily inspired by Swedish death.” Remember those carefree days of youthful metal elitism?

Gloryhammer – Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards Review

By Angry Metal Guy on September 28, 2015 in 2015, English Metal, Napalm Records, Power Metal, Reviews, Power Metal, 134 comments

“I have been accused of being boring and touchy because I dislike parody heavy metal bands. Whenever a band like Steel Panther or The Darkness shows up, I get defensive. “Metal is alive and well,” I argue, and honestly, there are bands that are putting out great power metal and hard rock that gets ignored by mainstream press outlets that rave over parody bands and they sell lots of records. I also tend to get annoyed by comedy lyrics; for the most part those songs are funny once or twice, but after a while they just stop being funny and they become uninteresting because, well, that’s the point. Put this together, and a parody band seems like it should have a lot of strikes against it here at Angry Metal Guy. Not only are Steel Druhm and I firmly anti-fun, but I’m defensive about metal because I don’t want real, talented metal bands getting short shrift next to bands who are just making fun of the sound.” Fun will be had.

Annihilator – Suicide Society Review

By Steel Druhm on September 28, 2015 in 2015, Canadian Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Reviews, Thrash Metal, UDR Music, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, 56 comments

“Those who’ve been around the blog a while know I’ve been feudin’ and beefin’ with Annihilator for so long, even AMG thinks my mind is gone. I’ve taken their past few albums to task because I know they’re capable of so much more than the half-hearted, formulaic party thrash they’ve delivered for the better part of their 26 year career.” Can’t we all just get along?

VI – De Praestigiis Angelorum Review

By Grymm on September 27, 2015 in 2015, Agonia Records, Black Metal, French Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, 38 comments

“VI. Yes, yet another band with a name that’s not easily Google-able, but after a month of nothing but doom and “space metal,” I decided I was due for some rather bleak, black artistry. What I didn’t know upon grabbing De Praestigiis Angelorum for review was that the band was comprised of former members of Antaeus and current members of Aosoth and The Order of Apollyon.” It’s like a French pasty full of kvlt!