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German Metal
Herman Frank – Right in the Guts Review
Accept is on a roll lately, and here’s guitarist Herman Frank’s second solo outing. Not only is it Acceptable, it’s also pretty ballsy (to the wallsy).
Kreator – Phantom Antichrist Review
Germanic thrash lords return to fight for relevancy, glory and the iron throne of thrash.
Dawn Of Disease – Crypts Of The Unrotten Review
Herein Happy Metal Guy asks why these guys are so sad. I’m beginning to wonder what he actually knows about metal.
Ahab – The Giant Review
Funeral doom is about as niche a market as you’ll ever find anywhere. It’s slow as hell, heavy as fuck and requires more concentration than a quantum psychics exam given at a strip club.
Running Wild – Shadowmaker Review
Raise the sails and fly the black mark, the original metal pirates are back to plunder your booty (in a strictly platonic way, of course).
Exumer – Fire & Damnation Review
Here’s a reunion album I did NOT expect to see in my promo bin.
Accept – Stalingrad Review
It’s been said by some (one) that all we do at AMG is review death metal. Well, this here certainly ain’t death metal!
Secrets of the Moon – Seven Bells Review
Both AMG and myself have been pretty hard on black metal over the past year or so, and we’ve both felt burned out on the style at times. I’ve chided the scene for its lack of innovation and bitched like a school girl about the overuse of cheesy symphonics.
Lanfear – This Harmonic Consonance Review
Honesty in band promotion is about as common as happy, uplifting Finnish music. Despite this dire paucity, Lanfear keeps things refreshingly real. Their website bills them simply as “underrated metal” and I couldn’t agree more. These German prog-power champs have some impressive albums under their belts, but they aren’t as known or as appreciated as they should be. Herein, Steel Druhm dissects The Harmonic Consonance which is out worldwide now!
