"Raphael Weinroth-Browne of Kamancello and Musk Ox, among other groups, is, in my mind, the most interesting cellist in metal. This is in large part due to the fact that he actually plays a lot of non-metal. Musk Ox is a fantastic chamber folk project with nary a distortion to be heard. His debut solo release, Worlds Within, covers a lot of ground, but is largely a work of classical music. And yet, you can just hear in the way he plays that Weinroth-Browne is a metal musician. The influence a...| Angry Metal Guy
"Orbit Culture is a stellar band, so 2023's Descent should have been an AOTY contender. An all-killer, no-filler blend of melodeath and thrash with a dark industrial edge sounds like a hodge-podge in the worst ways, but the Swedes have made it their brand with a fluidity that has defined them from the beginning. In this way, the quartet showed their songwriting prowess, with tracks like "Black Mountain" and "The Aisle of Fire" leading the charge in the death/thrash riffage that we've all come...| Angry Metal Guy
"I've been hot and cold on Finnish doom-death act Hooded Menace over the years. I enjoyed the heavy, ugly sound of their early albums, but as they slowly progressed into more melodic realms, I felt they lost a bit of their primal sting. I enjoyed albums like Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed and 2021s The Tritonus Bell and respected their reset into more jaunty, trad metal melodic doom soundscapes, but it just felt like something was missing. That brings us to their latest release, Lachrymos...| Angry Metal Guy
"Blending sludge metal and electronica make for fascinating bedfellows, and that's exactly what instrumental outfit Modder brings to the table with Destroying Ourselves for a Place in the Sun. I don't recall encountering this genre combo before, but the unlikely pairing fits together in compelling and novel ways. Destroying Ourselves for a Place in the Sun is one part early Mastodon and one part The Prodigy, and it works better in practice than I'd ever expect it to on paper." Sun mode. T...| Angry Metal Guy
"-ii- is not a metal band. They play what they seem to call “ghost wave,” which sits somewhere between post-rock, goth, darkwave, trip-hop, and industrial, at times recalling HEALTH or Nine Inch Nails. If this sounds fairly electronics-heavy, it is." Ghosts in the system. The post -ii- – Apostles of the Flesh Review appeared first on Angry Metal Guy.| Angry Metal Guy
"Death metal generally dabbles in the dark, the grisly, the violent, and the brutal. With the aid of '80s-style synths, Lightchapter plays a version with a lighter, more hopeful touch. The aptly-named Where All Hope Begins marks album number two for this quartet out of Denmark. The band's mission is to merge "despair and hope" and also "pain and joy" through not only their sound but their lyrics. Even on a blog that celebrates the angry and still makes fun of the brief Happy Metal Guy stint, ...| Angry Metal Guy
"On Om Moksha Ritam, Insomniac manages to craft a sound that is immediately recognizable yet distinctly their own. They merge the progressive psychedelia of Elder with the layered, textural approach of REZN, all filtered through the Southern-gothic tinge of fellow Georgians Baroness. The result is a body of songs that draw equally from the contemplative exploration of '70s prog, Americana-dipped blues rock, and the anthemic heft of post-metal's sludgier, power-chord-driven moments." Stoner fo...| Angry Metal Guy
"When we last heard from noise mastermind Steve Austin and his legendary project, Today is the Day, it was with No Good to Anyone, a partly seething, partly mournful, and all-too-sincere portrait highlighting loss, despair, and anger that also possessed an undercurrent of hope. I dug the album considerably, and still view it as an album that should have, by all intents and purposes, brought new eyes and ears towards the band's direction. Sadly, No Good to Anyone released in early 2020, jus...| Angry Metal Guy
"Though not all post-metal is instrumental, almost all instrumental metal bands play some variation of post-metal. One could write a riveting dissertation exploring the reasons behind this phenomenon and its implications, if one were inclined towards musical studies and history; alas, I am but a humble observer of such odd patterns and have no definitive answers. Perhaps it is part of how heavily defined by vocals many genres are; perhaps the textured and buildup-heavy nature of post-metal si...| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Swedish orthodox black metal icons Ofermod's "Drakosophia." Is it good? (It good.)| Angry Metal Guy
An international duo writing power metal about someone's World of Warcraft character? How can this be bad?| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Yetzer Hara by Lotan, available August 15th worldwide via Emanzipation Productions.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Harbinger by Electrocutioner, available September 5th worldwide via CDN Records.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Rust & Glory by the Dread Crew of Oddwood, available worldwide March 15 via self release.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Martaiden Mailta by Marrasmieli, available worldwide April 8 via Naturmacht Productions.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Between Land and Sky by Marrasmieli, available January 27th via Naturmacht Productions.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Jubokko by Drowstorm, available February 28th worldwide via Pest Productions.| Angry Metal Guy
A look back at Heorot by Burden of Ymir, which you may have missed in 2023. Available via Flowing Downward.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of The Long Winter by Burden of Ymir, available July 4th worldwide via Flowing Downward.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Savage New Times by Incite, available August 15th worldwide via Reigning Phoenix Music.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Charming the Decomposed by Retching, available August 22nd worldwide via Transcending Obscurity Records.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Laurentian Blue by Panopticon, available worldwide August 15th via Bindrune Recordings.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Amongst the Low & Empty by Signs of the Swarm, available July 28th worldwide via Century Media Records.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Absolvere by Signs of the Swarm, available September 24th worldwide via Unique Leader Records.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of To Rid Myself of Truth by Signs of the Swarm, available August 22nd worldwide via Century Media Records.| Angry Metal Guy
A review of Remission/Resolve by No Shelter., available worldwide July 25th via This Charming Man Records. No Shelter. loves Entombed like we all do.| Angry Metal Guy
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