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Final Coil – The World We Inherited Review

By Iceberg on January 16, 2024 in Reviews, Post-Grunge, Post-Metal, 43 comments

“The U.K.’s Final Coil have once, twice graced these halls under the watchful gaze of our benevolent taskmaster Steel. But his eyes are all denim and leather these days, leaving me to find the band’s latest The World We Inherited languishing in the Dry January promo sump. Blending post and prog metal with a healthy dose of grunge, it’s been four years since they dropped their last LP, The World We Left Behind for Others. Unsurprisingly this 2024 release is connected to its predecessors, the third and final piece in the band’s “Persistence” triptych. Concept-driven albums are natural draws for this reviewer, an excellent choice for ushering in the new year.” Triple Coil points!

One List to Debase Them All: AngryMetal Guy.com’s Aggregated Top 20 of 2023

By El Cuervo on January 6, 2024 in Blog Posts, Lists, 292 comments

Listurnalia 23 comes to its close as a particularly perplexed and disconcerted El Señor Cuervo counts everything up and makes a list of the albums which garnered the Angry Metal Groupthink™ seal of approval. Needless to say, this year has portended some disturbing developments.

El Cuervo’s and GardensTale’s Top Ten(ish) of 2023

By El Cuervo on December 30, 2023 in Blog Posts, Lists, 158 comments

The days grow short and Listurnalia grows ever more refined and thoughful. Or so you would like. See what El Cuervo and GardensTale do to the curve.

Saunders and Felagund’s Top Ten(ish) of 2023

By Saunders on December 29, 2023 in Blog Posts, Lists, 103 comments

Listurnalia rolls ever onward with curated lists from Saunders and Felagund . Things are gonna get HEAVY!

Sentynel and Twelve’s Top Ten(ish) of 2023

By sentynel on December 28, 2023 in Blog Posts, Lists, 122 comments

Angry Metal Guy provides a bounty of lists for his loyal readers! Herein, Sentynel and Twelve regale readers with their take on the Top Ten(ish) Records o’ 2023!

Doom_et_Al’s and Dear Hollow’s Top Ten(ish) of 2023

By Doom_et_Al on December 28, 2023 in Blog Posts, Lists, 109 comments

Doom_et_Al and Dear Hollow join Listurnalia with big important lists. You may even agree with parts of them.

Record(s) o’ the Month – March 2023 [For Real This Time]

By Angry Metal Guy on June 11, 2023 in Blog Posts, 125 comments

I mean, you knew that we had to set the record straight eventually, right? March was a fucking rad month.

Sermon – Of Golden Verse Review

By Saunders on March 28, 2023 in Reviews, Progressive Metal, 130 comments

“UK’s mysterious Sermon burst from out of nowhere on phenomenal 2019 debut album, Birth of the Marvellous. The debut was an incredibly accomplished, polished jewel of intense and emotive progressive metal, boasting excellent production and top-shelf writing and performances from the duo. Sermon bided their time crafting the follow-up to an unexpected underground hit, with combined efforts and careful craftmanship resulting in another triumphant release.” Preaching to the choir.

Gama Bomb – Sea Savage Review

By Huck N Roll on November 30, 2020 in Reviews, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, 22 comments

“Another year, another Gama Bomb release. Why do we even review these? We know exactly what we’ll get: a fun, fast, professional thrash album loaded with riffs and silly humor. Well, there is a slight lineup change here on Sea Savage, the band’s seventh album, as long-time drummer Paul Caffrey is replaced by James Stewart, also of Vader, Sermon, and Decapitated.” Speed boating.

Bricks & Diamonds: The Best and Worst Sounding Albums of 2019

By Saunders on January 28, 2020 in Angry Metal-Fi, Blog Posts, Bricks & Diamonds, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Hard Rock, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, 51 comments

“In the tradition of the past Angry Metal-Fi end of year articles, some of the AMG team came together with a list of what we consider the best and worst sounding albums of 2019. Encouragingly, there were far more best-sounding albums on the shortlist than worst-sounding. Is this perhaps indicative of a subtle shift from extreme brickwalling in the broader metal market? We can only hope…” Bricks are for throwing.