“Jon Mikl Thor (Thor to you mere mortals) is the real most interesting man in the world. From champion bodybuilder to Vegas entertainer, early adapter metal maven, actor and business owner, he’s been so many things that it simply boggles the mind. After making metal music since the 70s, he’s still excited to be writing and releasing new music and getting back on stage to flex his creative muscles. With a new album on the shelves and an award winning documentary shining light on his travels and trials, Thor is enjoying a late career renaissance few would have expected. Despite a hectic schedule, the man behind the myth was gracious enough to discuss his incredible life story with me and opine on where the Fates have taken him.”
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Interview With Tymon Kruidenier of Our Oceans
“What do you get when you throw former and current members of Cynic, Exivious, and Dodecahedron all together in a room to record music? If you said something like quasi-jazz infused blackened death fuckery, you’d be absolutely…wrong. Completely. Like, not even close. What you do get instead is some of the loveliest sounding prog rock you’ll hear all year. Who knew?”
Myrkur at The Underworld, London Live Review
“Amalie Bruun has had mixed reviews in her short stint making music in the metal community. Garnering critical acclaim from the organic, free-range, caramel mocha chocamericano-flecked Macbooks toted by the illustrious writers at Pitchfork, she has been rejected quite forcefully by those who are truly metal with vastly superior opinions.” To fully examine Myrkur’s kvlt bona fides, we deployed the ground troops.
Yer Metal Is Olde – Dissection – Storm of the Light’s Bane
A loving retrospective on Dissection’s classic opus is long overdue, and here it is, with love and fanboyism galore. One of those special albums that needs no introduction…. is olde.
Iron Maiden from Worst to Best: 15-13
“On the 4th of September Iron Maiden will release its 16th studio album. This new platter is slated to be a double-disc monstrosity by the name of The Book of Souls, and I’m currently listening to the promo and putting together an equally epic review of it. In honor of this, I’m going to take advantage of the moment to do something I’ve wanted to do for a very, very long time: a huge Iron Maiden retrospective, spanning the band’s entire studio discography.”
Angry Metal-Fi: A Higher Resolution
“Angry Metal-Fi is a series of articles that are cross posted on Angry Metal Guy and Metal-Fi as a collaborative effort to evangelize dynamics in metal.” And this time they discus high-res recordings and the facts behind the hype.
Support AMG Writers When They Release Music: Ethereal Shroud
It isn’t everyday that a member of the AMG family releases an album, so when it happens you should probably check it out and be supportive, you thankless bastards.
AMG is Now a Good Capitalist!
“AMG has slowly grown as a web presence, crawling from the primordial ooze of internet obscurity to walk upon the shores of notoriety and bask in the warmth of the worldwide metal mindshare. With such a meteoric rise, it was inevitable that someday we would reach the dreaded cash grabby stage of blog existence. That day is nigh.” Send us your money and we’ll send you some…love.
A Call to Arms II: Helping Steel for Brains Founder Jonathan Dick in His Time of Need
“Many of you may be familiar with the Steel for Brains metal blog, run by Jonathan Dick. It has come to our attention that Jonathan’s daughter Hannah is struggling with a serious medical condition and it’s creating financial hardships for his family.” Read and find out how to help.
Cannibal Corpse Set to Record Conceptual Album Based on The Crimean War
“In a departure from their usual milieu of splatter, gore and serial killer adoration, legendary death lords Cannibal Corpse have announced plans to base their next album on the war between Russia and western powers like Britain, France and Sardinia that rocked Europe and Asia from 1853 to 1856.” You heard it here first!