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The DRX – Throughout Within Review

The DRX – Throughout Within Review

By Eldritch Elitist on December 25, 2016 in 2016, American Metal, Nefarious Industries, Progressive Rock, Reviews, Progressive Rock, 2 comments

“If my hypothesis is correct, then this should be AMG’s last full review of the year, and the honor has gone to a lowly newbie thanks to some seasonal schadenfreude courtesy of Steel Druhm. See, with our infamously dreadful December promo pool to pull from, I let the fates decide my final assignment of 2016. So while everyone else cozied up by the fire with their choice Things You Might Have Missed, he assigned me to tackle the third record of prog project The DRX, Throughout Within.” Prog the halls, then leave same.

Crippled Black Phoenix – Bronze Review

Crippled Black Phoenix – Bronze Review

By Huck N Roll on November 6, 2016 in 2016, British Metal, Post-metal, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Stoner Rock, Swedish Metal, Progressive Metal, Stoner Metal, 56 comments

“In honor of our esteemed Dr. A.N. Grier’s misplaced love for baseball (and the fact that the season has finally come to a merciful conclusion), I present a baseball analogy for Crippled Black Phoenix. CBP are like big-league sluggers: most of the time they strike out, but every few games they wallop one into the second deck of left field.” Swiiiiing, batter.

Pseudo/Sentai – Bansheeface Review

Pseudo/Sentai – Bansheeface Review

By Jean-Luc Ricard on October 13, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Non-Metal Metal Things, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Unsigned Bands, Non-metal Metal Things, Progressive Rock, 42 comments

“I’m a bit wary of reviewing prog records because I don’t want to end up sitting through eighty minutes of decadent aural onanism from tedious Dream Theatre wannabes (I would rather listen to eighty minutes of “Wannabe”). But done well prog provides musical nourishment rarely offered by other genres, and having spent a large portion of the year listening to grindcore, I was ready to take a risk with Pseudo/Sentai.” Jean-Luc is a risk taker and that can be risky.

Gazpacho – Demon Review

Gazpacho – Demon Review

By Angry Metal Guy on April 6, 2014 in 2014, Kscope, Progressive Metal, Reviews, 16 comments

“It’s no use making fun of Gazpacho for the name. I did that once already and unfortunately they’re still named after a type of tomato soup. While this tomato soup isn’t cursed, it does contain MSG, which is about as close to ‘metal’ as one needs to get to be reviewed here at AMG.” The Angry Metal Guy himself drops in to wax not-particularly-eloquently about the Norwegian progressive band Gazpacho’s newest full length. Don’t miss this review.

Circle – Incarnation Review

Circle – Incarnation Review

By Alex Franquelli on November 21, 2013 in 2013, Death Metal, Ektro Records, Finnish Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 2 comments

“I can judge a book by its cover. And I always do it. I even take the tome in my hands and I weigh it. Yes, I weigh books and decide whether or not I should go on reading the blurb on the usually polished, sensually pleasant cover. If the words convince me and the overall product smells good, I put it back on the shelves and I resume cruising through the aisles like a junkie who has learned that the best fix comes from the filthy hands of fellow addicts. They know better. In music, I follow the same criteria. I don’t get fooled too easily by a press agent all too eager to impress someone who enjoys weighing books in shopping centers on a Tuesday morning. I mean, come on.” Alex weighs both life and literature… and music. Yes, he’s like Anubis, weighing and judging all things. And now it’s Circle’s turn to be measured.

Cult of Luna – Vertikal II Review

Cult of Luna – Vertikal II Review

By Alex Franquelli on September 29, 2013 in 2.5, 2013, Avante Garde, Indie Recordings, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Shoegaze, Sludge, Swedish Metal, Drone, Progressive Metal, 2 comments

“Now, where were we? I seem to remember this this great album from an act simply incapable of disappointing. In was the middle of winter and North Korea appeared as a threat to the dumb half of the world’s population. Today, while that same fraction struggles to locate the hemisphere Syria is in, the summer light convulses in his death throes this side of the planet and we take shelter from the impending cold. OK, but what about the music?” The ever mercurial Alex is here to cover the equally mercurial Cult of Luna’s new release, Vertikal II. If you aren’t careful, you may get mercurial poisoning!