Polish Metal

Ketha – Zero Hours Starlight Review

By Kronos on November 17, 2017 in 2017, Avante Garde, Djent, Polish Metal, Reviews, Selfmadegod Records, Djent, 71 comments

“It takes something else to make music that, even if it has obvious roots, seems to have been produced entirely out of these normal cycles. Such was the case with #!%16.7, the last release from Krakow’s oddball djent group Ketha. It had everything you’d never expect; grind-length grooves, a horn section, and even that Casio patch that’s just a dude grunting. Zero Hours Starlight is a wholly more conventional effort, but it still refuses easy categorization.” There’s a mole in my pigeonhole!

Over The Voids – Over The Voids Review

By Grymm on November 17, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Nordvis Produktion, Polish Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, 20 comments

“In my stint with Angry Metal Guy, I’ve encountered not one, but two overly congested forms of black metal. I’ve either encountered black metal that goes beyond its initial consume-by date, or I’ve been bombarded by one-man basement metal, with the latter only impressing me here and there. So when I get a 4-song, 34-minute album with two of the songs dipping below the 7-minute mark, let’s just say the hairs on my neck and back shoot up straighter than those on Don King’s head.” Basement king or cellar fail?

Blaze of Perdition – Conscious Darkness Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on November 8, 2017 in 2017, Agonia Records, Black Metal, Polish Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, 26 comments

“Blaze of Perdition is a Polish band, and Poland is a largely Catholic country. Conscious Darkness, their follow-up to the solid Near Death Revelations, is a black metal record, which in the vast majority of cases entails irreligious or fervently anti-religious content. This is black metal fused with death metal, but not blackened death; the Polish, along with the Germans, are particularly good at this!” Poles of blackened fury.

Devilish Impressions – The I Review

By Grymm on September 24, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Death Metal, Lifeforce Records, Polish Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, Death Metal, 46 comments

“Before reading this here review, do me a huge and grab your nearest dictionary. Go on, I’m a patient man-cat. Scroll to the letter ‘E’ and look up the word “experimental” for me. ‘Experimental,’ by definition, relates to ideas never been used before, or lands never traversed prior. It means that whatever this amalgamation is, it’s something truly hasn’t been done before. It’s tough to pull off in metal music, but it does happen. So when the word ‘experimental’ (and next-of-kin descriptive noun ‘individualistic’) gets thrown about in a one-sheet promo PDF, the hairs on my neck stand on end.” Pavlovian neck hairs?

Biesy – Noc Lekkich Obyczajów Review

By Kronos on September 8, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Death Metal, Polish Metal, Reviews, Third Eye Temple, Black Metal, Death Metal, 24 comments

“Our own Grymm poised no shortage of praise before Outre’s Ghost Chants in 2015, and that admiration for the album stuck long enough for it to post a respectable spot on his year-end list. I was too pissed off by the year’s dismal death metal output to look into the album at the time, but later listens revealed it to be just as described: a grating bramble of black metal, supported by a remarkably evil vocal performance. While Biesy’s Noc Lekkich Obyczajów isn’t exactly the album’s successor, it’s within spitting distance, also heavily reliant on sounds pioneered by Ulcerate and Deathspell Omega.” Spit in the city.

Decapitated – Anticult Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on July 14, 2017 in 2017, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nuclear Blast, Polish Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, Groove Metal, 70 comments

“There’s album artwork and then there’s album artwork. The latter is the kind that speaks to you the moment you pick it up. It’s the kind that—in conjunction with the album title—conveys every hidden detail beyond its glossy surface. Beyond the praying hands to my left—forced together in the most submissive way—is post-Vitek Decapitated. A band I’ve had a hard time understanding since Vitek passed in 2007.” Decapitation, love and understanding.

AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeo: The Rebirthening [Black Tundra – Black Tundra]

By Steel Druhm on May 11, 2017 in 2017, Angry Metal Guy's Unsigned Band Rodeo, Blog Posts, Doom Metal, Post-Metal, 61 comments

“Back in the primordial days of this here blog, we attempted something called “AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeo.” The basic idea was to select a bunch of unsigned bands and give them the collective review treatment to find the most worthy buried gems. It was our humble effort to remind folks that the metal underground is still an important part of the world of metal.” It’s back, and more unsigned then ever! Grab a beer and a steer.

Hate – Tremendum Review

By Eldritch Elitist on May 5, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Napalm Records, Polish Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, Death Metal, 21 comments

“I typically like to treat albums as self-contained works. Music evolves with the artist; any band will tell you that a given record is a time capsule chronicling a band’s creative impulses at a given point, and that, ideally, it should not be beholden to prior albums. Yet certain works regarded as important transitional pieces may not be appreciated as such until years later.” Does that language worry you?

Azarath – In Extremis Review

By Grymm on April 7, 2017 in 2017, Agonia Records, Black Metal, Death Metal, Polish Metal, Reviews, 19 comments

“I make it a point to never judge a band by the musical contributions of its members. Case in point: Azarath. This Polish death metal behemoth boasts in its ranks Inferno from, well, Behemoth. As such, I know that many people are going to draw comparisons between this act and Poland’s favorite Satanic sons. Doing so shortchanges Azarath’s five vicious full-lengths and their own standing among Poland’s influential scene.” Poland Springs…evil.

Medico Peste – Herzogian Darkness EP Review

By Dr. Wvrm on March 27, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Polish Metal, Reviews, World Terror Committee, Black Metal, 11 comments

“In the 14th century, the Black Death shaved roughly 20% of the world’s population off the map and your average medico della peste watched it happen. These plague doctors treated the disease when possible, but all the while bolstered their grim understanding of its contraction, its progression, and its corpses. Medico Peste tapped this horrific lineage with א: Tremendum et Fascinatio. Terrifying and entrancing indeed, the debut opened a festering wound in the hearts of listeners. With follow-up EP Herzogian Darkness, the Poles convincingly bolster a black-hearted résumé that is quickly becoming one to watch.” Bring out your EPs!