Apr23

Victory Over the Sun – Dance You Monster to My Soft Song! [Things You Might Have Missed 2023]

Victory Over the Sun – Dance You Monster to My Soft Song! [Things You Might Have Missed 2023]

By Dear Hollow on January 3, 2024 in Things You Might Have Missed 2023, 29 comments

“Victory Over the Sun is a project of the Portland-based multi-instrumentalist Vivian Tylińska who, along with Jute Gyte’s Adam Kalmbach and Kostnatění’s D.L., represents the diversity and power of the unorthodox take of microtonal black metal. You’ll find Tylińska is more inspired by Liturgy than Darkthrone, touches upon Kayo Dot more than Mayhem, actualizing a more triumphant and avant-garde take on black metal – although her more blackened passages are nothing short of vicious.” Wictory in black.

AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö: Neural Dissonance – Under a Rain of Senses

AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö: Neural Dissonance – Under a Rain of Senses

By Dolphin Whisperer on August 17, 2023 in Angry Metal Guy's Unsigned Band Rodeo, Death Metal, Progressive Metal, 10 comments

“AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö” is a time-honored tradition to showcase the most underground of the underground—the unsigned and unpromoted. This collective review treatment continues to exist to unite our writers in boot or bolster of the bands who remind us that, for better or worse, the metal underground exists as an important part of the global metal scene. The Rodeö rides on.” Death in July.

AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö: Paraphilia – The Memory of Death Given Form

AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö: Paraphilia – The Memory of Death Given Form

By Dolphin Whisperer on May 26, 2023 in Angry Metal Guy's Unsigned Band Rodeo, Death Metal, 19 comments

“AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö” is a time-honored tradition to showcase the most underground of the underground—the unsigned and unpromoted. This collective review treatment continues to exist to unite our writers in boot or bolster of the bands who remind us that, for better or worse, the metal underground exists as an important part of the global metal scene. The Rodeö rides on.” Feel the Paraphilia.

Austere – Corrosion of Hearts Review

Austere – Corrosion of Hearts Review

By Dear Hollow on May 13, 2023 in Reviews, Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal, 8 comments

“Atmospheric black metal has long been relegated to the woods and to the peaks – to the frigid north. Neglected has been another form of desolation. While the abyss has many names, whether nature offers its lush arms of shelter or the lament of desolation can be heard across the cruel cityscapes, we think cold and bleak. When fused with the depressive and suicidal musings of life’s cruel hand, we seek shelter in ColdWorld’s snow-laden shores, smell the whiff of Silencer’s smoking gun, or indulge in Lifelover’s melodramatic puppetry. We typically don’t think desert, desiccation, or aridity; Austere does.” Sand-tyricon.

Atavistia – Cosmic Warfare Review

Atavistia – Cosmic Warfare Review

By Doom_et_Al on May 6, 2023 in Reviews, Black Metal, 32 comments

“It’s no secret that I was a little harsh on Canadian black metal outfit, Atavistia’s last album, 2020’s The Winter Way. Call it COVID-19 induced burn-out, call it black-metal fatigue, or simply call it being right, but that album grated this reviewer’s proverbial carrot. Far too long, bloated like a corpse in the sun, with a focus on sheer epic-ness at the expense of all else, I dropped the hammer on it and moved on. But a swell of opposition arose declaring that I had been too hasty; that I should take it back for one last dance. So when the follow-up, Cosmic Warfare, arrived, I changed our status from “Splitsville, Population: Atavistia” to “It’s Complicated,” and dived in. Was I being too kind or have these canucks found the key to my withered heart?” Dating in the darkness.

Danava – Nothing But Nothing Review

Danava – Nothing But Nothing Review

By Itchymenace on May 4, 2023 in Reviews, Retro Metal, 32 comments

“Are you ready to have your face scorched? Danava may sound like a brand of European yogurt but there’s no fruit on the bottom here, just shards of broken beer bottles and rusty guitar strings. The band is a fierce and feisty quartet from Portland who deliver new waves of metal by the spiked wheelbarrow load. Get your tetanus shots before spinning Nothing But Nothing because there’s plenty of jagged, gnarly riffs to lock your jaw wide open in wonder. Looking like Spinal Tap and sounding like Di’Anno era Maiden, these boys have packed their bong with a heavy strain of metal, stoner rock and prog and forged a record that will make you want to drag race your carpeted van up the rainbow bridge and straight into Valhalla.” Nothing but RAWK.

Fimbulvet – Portale Review

Fimbulvet – Portale Review

By El Cuervo on May 2, 2023 in Reviews, Folk Metal, Melodic Black Metal, 11 comments

“Promising Paganistic black metal, and a single that at least piqued my curiosity, I had hoped that Germany’s Fimbulvet might execute on the rousing, fist-pumping feel of my favorite Viking and folk metal bands. I was surprised to find that their new record, Portale, is released close to the band’s 20th anniversary, being their fifth full-length but first in 9 years. There’s a lot to be said about a storied band but equally a lot to be said for a storied band that I’ve not encountered.” Unknown and unknowing.

Margarita Witch Cult – Margarita Witch Cult Review

Margarita Witch Cult – Margarita Witch Cult Review

By Crispy Hooligan on May 1, 2023 in Reviews, NWOBHM, Stoner Metal, 23 comments

“On this most Veridian of weeks, Margarita Witch Cult bursts into your pot den wielding a crème brûlée torch and a fifth of shitty tequila akimbo. The Brummie lads scoff at your bowl, sneer at your bong, and head straight for your dab rig. These aren’t your mellow stoners. No. Margarita Witch Cult is for fans of the murderously occult stylings of Green Lung, Orange Goblin, and Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats.” Drinks with cults.