2019

Record(s) o’ the Month – March 2023

By Angry Metal Guy on April 1, 2023 in Blog Posts, 201 comments

As things have gotten busier and I’ve struggled with a lot of different things, it’s true that there is a burdensome aspect to being the guy who’s always doing the Record(s) o’ the Month. This year, I tried to approach this differently. I intended to use Zadion’s stupid fucking comment as the kind of bulletin board material that keeps motivating a guy to keep playing even when he’s on the verge of retirement due to his bum knee and a skyrocketing K-rate. But the “diabolical façade” cannot march on.

Wilderun – Veil of Imagination [Things You Might Have Missed 2020]

By Angry Metal Guy on December 26, 2020 in Things You Might Have Missed 2020, 103 comments

As it turns out, Veil of Imagination is still one of the most imaginative, beautiful and complete records that I have ever heard. Did you miss it?

Villagers of Ioannina City – Age of Aquarius [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]

By sentynel on December 18, 2020 in Things You Might Have Missed 2019, Folk Metal, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, 53 comments

“Originally released on an independent label in 2019, I didn’t find out about the excellent Age of Aquarius until Napalm re-released it this year. I’m writing it up anyway because it’s one of the best things I’ve heard this year.” Time is fluid.

Whitechapel – The Valley [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]

By Dear Hollow on November 7, 2020 in Things You Might Have Missed 2019, Deathcore, 31 comments

“Bet you didn’t expect a TYMHM 2019 post just as TYMHM season 2020 begins to pick up, did ya? I also bet you didn’t expect to see AMG’s third- or fourth-best black metal specialist piggybacking aboard a relatively popular deathcore album either. Well, it’s 2020, a year jampacked with surprises. So surprise, motherfucker – the Metal Gods work in mysterious ways.” Time is a fluid construct.

Bricks & Diamonds: The Best and Worst Sounding Albums of 2019

By Saunders on January 28, 2020 in Angry Metal-Fi, Blog Posts, Bricks & Diamonds, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Hard Rock, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, 51 comments

“In the tradition of the past Angry Metal-Fi end of year articles, some of the AMG team came together with a list of what we consider the best and worst sounding albums of 2019. Encouragingly, there were far more best-sounding albums on the shortlist than worst-sounding. Is this perhaps indicative of a subtle shift from extreme brickwalling in the broader metal market? We can only hope…” Bricks are for throwing.

Corrective Measures: Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestral – Legacy of the Dark Lands

By Angry Metal Guy on January 27, 2020 in 2019, Experimental Metal, German Metal, Nuclear Blast, Reviews, Symphonic Metal, Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, 52 comments

“What is the goal of Legacy of the Dark Lands? To my ears, it sounds the point of the album was to write a metal opera in the style of Blind Guardian. But what if the goal of Legacy of the Dark Lands, a thing that made sense at the time of its conception was accomplished between 2002’s A Night at the Opera and 2015’s Beyond the Red Mirror? What if, in the years since A Night at the Opera, Blind Guardian had developed their sound to be so unique and so orchestral that by the time Legacy of the Dark Lands was released, it was unnecessary and maybe even uninteresting?” S&M Part Deux.

Death Metal We Missed: 2019 Edition

By Diabolus in Muzaka on January 18, 2020 in 2019, American Metal, Canadian Metal, Czech Metal, Danish Metal, Death Metal, Deathcore, Mexican Metal, Slam, Things You Might Have Missed, Things You Might Have Missed 2019, 83 comments

“Whether we missed it digging through the promo sump or it wasn’t deposited in there to begin with, the reflection commensurate with the end of a year makes us remember records that weren’t featured on the blog that nonetheless deserved to be. This little post is an effort of some of us here to put a dent, however tiny, in that issue.” Death gets a second chance.

Abigail Williams – Walk Beyond the Dark [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]

By Dr. A.N. Grier on January 17, 2020 in 2019, American Metal, Black Metal, Blood Music, Reviews, Things You Might Have Missed 2019, Black Metal, 67 comments

“Manned by the dark mind of Ken Sorceron, Abigail Williams has come a long way in the last decade. Surviving lineup changes, relocations, and changes in musical directions—as well as fandom—Sorceron pushes on, refusing to settle on a path created for him by others’ expectations. Up ahead is another bend in this path. So, take my hand and let’s Walk Beyond the Dark together.” Abby normal

Yer Metal Is Olde: Pantera – Far Beyond Driven

By Saunders on January 11, 2020 in 2019, American Metal, EastWest Records, Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Yer Metal Is Olde, Groove Metal, Southern Metal, Thrash Metal, 101 comments

“Few bands in the history of metal earn such massive amounts of acclaim and disdain across the broader metal community than Pantera. The Texan legends dominated the mainstream metal scene throughout the ’90s, after reinventing themselves from their questionable glam roots, developing into a testosterone-fueled juggernaut of thrash-based groove metal.” Driven to excess.

Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze – Offerings of Flesh and Gold [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]

By Dear Hollow on January 10, 2020 in 2019, A Moment of Clarity Recordings, Ambient Metal, American Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Drone, Reviews, Things You Might Have Missed 2019, Doom Metal, 37 comments

“Offerings of Flesh and Gold blends ritual ambiance, drone, and even aspects of dungeon synth with black metal, and I don’t know if it’s my latest fascination with enigmatic black metal projects like Death. Void. Terror. or Ancient Moon, but this debut hits the sweet spot.” Bull markets .