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Ambassador Gun – Tomb of Broken Sleep Review

By Jean-Luc Ricard on July 16, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Grind, Metalcore, Reviews, Metalcore, 4 comments

““Awesome, more grindcore, I love reviewing grindcore!” I thought when the AMG carrier pigeon delivered this record to my PO box the other week. Then I became concerned for the state of my memory, because I haven’t ever reviewed any grindcore. I also don’t remember Steel Druhm or Madam X implementing a carrier pigeon-based promo distribution system, but at least that explains where all those record label bribes have gone to. Training good pigeons ain’t cheap you know.” The eagle has landed. I repeat, the eagle has landed!

Milking The Goatmachine – Goatgrind Review

By Mark Z. on July 15, 2015 in 2015, Death Metal, German Metal, Grind, Hardcore, NoiseArt Records, Reviews, Death Metal, Hardcore, 13 comments

“Joke bands have never really been my thing. While I love groups like Cannabis Corpse and find their puns chuckle-worthy, it’s the riffs, not the mildly amusing weed references, that keep me coming back. That said, when an album called Goatgrind by Germany’s Milking the Goatmachine showed up in the AngryMetal promo list, I made a special exception.” Don’t ask him why.

Ommadon – Empathy for the Wicked Review

By Roquentin on July 15, 2015 in 2015, Doom Metal, Drone, Golden Mantra, Reviews, Scottish Metal, Doom Metal, Noise, 6 comments

“The greatest strength of Glasgow’s doom-meets-drone-meets-noise duo Ommadon is also their greatest weakness. Namely, their artistic devotion to relentlessly forceful, suffocating music, which can be quite a tough cookie to chew on for the uninitiated.” Stick this where the Sun O)))) don’t shine.

Prowler – From the Shadows Review

By Steel Druhm on July 14, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Heavy Metal, Reviews, Slaney Records, Heavy Metal, 11 comments

“Quite the cover, eh? And if that doesn’t tip you off that things are heading straight for Tongue-in-Cheek Town, perhaps it’s time for new trifocals. And the artwork accurately reflects what you get from Prowler – a lunkheaded troupe of retro metallers with a disturbing fetish for 80s metal and cheesy horror (also from the 80s).” This will pair well with a viewing of Night of the Comet.

Defect Designer – Ageing Accelerator Review

By Grymm on July 14, 2015 in 2015, Death Metal, Norwegian Metal, Reviews, Russian Metal, Sleaszy Rider Records, Technical Death Metal, 20 comments

“Russian tech-death machine Defect Designer had an interesting couple of years since their 2009 debut, Wax. Bassist, guitarist & vocalist Dmitry Soukhinin decided to relocate from the Russian city of Novosibirsk to the much-easier-to-pronounce Olso, Norway, taking everything but his band with him. To help round out his recording line-up, Dmitry enlisted members of SepticFlesh, Trollfest, and Cryptopsy to aid in recording what would become the oddly spelled Ageing Accelerator. Now, you would think that having people from the aforementioned bands perform for your record would have the masses salivating for progressive tech-deathy goodness, and in words on a screen, it does look inviting, doesn’t it?” So where’s all the drool?

Svärta – Sepultus Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on July 13, 2015 in 2015, A Sad Sadness Song, Black Metal, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Black Metal, 11 comments

“Oddly enough, when I was dropped Svärta’s Sepultus, I immediately thought of last year’s debut from Madmans Esprit. Not that the Swedish black metal outfit is completely comparable to the gothic/black metal band from South Korea, but they share their love for disrupting standard black-metal frenzies with perfectly executed transitions of melody and pure sadness.” Sad boy black metal? Let’s kick sand on it!

Immortal Bird – Empress/Abscess Review

By Kronos on July 12, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Black Metal, Broken Limbs Recordings, Death Metal, Grind, Reviews, Black Metal, Death Metal, 22 comments

“Anyone passingly familiar with the Chicago metal scene in the past few years will have at some point encountered Immortal Bird. In Dr. Fisting and my neck of the woods, they’re one of the better groups to grace the dingy ex-speakeasies and frostbitten holes-in-the-wall. Their tight live performances do their sludgy, blackened death metal great justice and a full-length release has been awaited for a while in la casa de Kronos.” La casa de Kronos has a big old birdbath.

Undergang – Døden Læger Alle Sår Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on July 11, 2015 in 2015, Danish Metal, Dark Descent Records, Death Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 28 comments

“Prepare for a journey into a colossal hole, into the deepest chasm, into a cavern of fetid stench and ooze. Bet you thought I was going to make a “yer mom” joke there didn’t you? ” Is there any better place to listen to nasty death metal?

Yer (Not Quite) Metal is Olde: Agents of Oblivion – Agents of Oblivion

By Grymm on July 10, 2015 in American Metal, Folk Metal, Not Metal, Sludge, Yer Metal Is Olde, Not Metal, Sludge Metal, 18 comments

“Drunk drivers fucking suck. On January 23, 1997, Acid Bath bassist Audie Pitre and his parents were killed by one who blew through a stop sign, ending one of the most creative sludge bands in the history of metal music, let alone in the New Orleans, Louisiana music scene. On a more personal note, it also ending one of my all-time favorite bands.” But at least there was a small silver lining.

Dysentery – Fragments Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on July 9, 2015 in Reviews, Death Metal, Slam, 27 comments

“If you’re a trve olde fan of AMG, you probably remember when the scores used to be at the top of the review alongside an amusing blurb. While I prefer the current format, it’s moments like these where I miss the ways of olde because our editors would’ve had a field day with Boston metal band Dysentery’s latest record Fragments.” Yes, yes we would.