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Record(s) o’ the Month – July 2017

Record(s) o’ the Month – July 2017

By Steel Druhm on August 28, 2017 in 2017, Blog Posts, Record o' the Month, 124 comments

“In the days when dinosaurs walked the Earth, and land was swamp and caves were home, you had to wait a long, long time for the Record(s) o’ the Month to arrive via delivery monkey. In our glorious modern age, the coveted selections drop into your laps with alarming semi-regularity, requiring only a modicum of patience. Even that small condition of service is too great for the average AMG reader however, and by the 15th of each month they lay siege to the AMG offices like a suburban mall in a George Romero movie.” OCCUPY AMG.

Violet Cold – Anomie Review

Violet Cold – Anomie Review

By Treble Yell on July 24, 2017 in 2017, Azerbaijan Metal, Black Metal, Fólkvangr Records, Reviews, Tridroid Records, Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal, 61 comments

“To say that 2016 was a tumultuous year would be an understatement akin to calling the thirty-year siege of Ceuta a “brief skirmish.” For all the trials and tribulations endured, last year did produce a heady number of quality metal albums that offered some comfort for the unfolding apocalypse. One of those albums was Magic Night by one-man black metal act Violet Cold, a bittersweet hour of instrumental blackgaze that earned a place on my year-end Top 10 list. Emin Guliyev, the sole puppeteer of Violet Cold, returns with a new album entitled Anomie, except this record re-inserts vocals for a release in line with traditional atmospheric black metal albums.” One man blizzard.

Mord’A’Stigmata – Hope Review

Mord’A’Stigmata – Hope Review

By Akerblogger on February 10, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Pagan Records, Polish Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, 9 comments

“We’ve experienced the highs of weirdness with European stalwarts Dødheimsgard and Thy Catafalque but we’ve also experienced the very real lows with bands like Aborym twisting the weird nozzle just a bit too far. Mord’A’Stigmata, unwilling to release a plain-Jane of an album, have released Hope, a hopeless mixture of sullen atmospheres and ritualistic ominousness with the occasional bluesy lead. It sounds fantastically enticing on paper, but does the conceptual fantasy match up the aural reality?” Black metal hates paper!

Violet Cold – Magic Night Review

Violet Cold – Magic Night Review

By Treble Yell on December 4, 2016 in 2016, Azerbaijan Metal, Black Metal, Post-metal, Reviews, Tridroid Records, Post-Metal, 40 comments

“If you had said to me that an experimental, one-man shoegaze black metal album would end up as one of the best releases of the year, I would’ve replied with ‘Who are you and what are you doing in my home?’ Incredulity would twist the contours of my face as I struggled to reconcile that such a combination could come together so beautifully, stripping away my defenses and pouring itself into every exposed cavity.” Dental metal?