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Thy Catafalque – Geometria Review
I can’t speak for everyone, but this year hasn’t exactly crushed it for me. I don’t know what it is. A case of the heard-it-all-befores? The inescapable drain of attempting to keep up with everything...
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Alkaloid – Liquid Anatomy Review
The Malkuth Grimoire marked an exciting beginning for the star-studded line-up of Alkaloid. Escaping the imposing shadows of the band members other projects in unique and often unconventional ways, the...
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Nocturnal Graves – Titan Review
Everybody has a desert island album, but if I were to pick a desert island scene, it would have to be Australian metal.1 For music that’ll satisfy you for the rest of your wretched life, look no...
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Craft – White Noise and Black Metal Review
I’m still a believer of the album. I crave something that’s more than just a collection of songs. Sometimes I get that from the promo bin, most of the time I don’t. Unfortunately, we live in a society...
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The Lion’s Daughter – Future Cult Review
When your parents said to follow your passion, I don’t think they meant for you to throw on a zip-up face mask, sling a taxidermy animal over your shoulder, and become a fucking weirdo. Yet that’s...
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Carnation – Chapel of Abhorrence Review
To most people, the word “carnation” refers to a frilly colored flower. Belgium’s Carnation aren’t most people. In fact, if the music on this death metal quintet’s debut is any indication, to them a...
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Black Tusk – T.C.B.T. Review
In theory, Georgia’s Black Tusk is a band I should like more than I do. Admittedly I’ve lost touch with them and haven’t revisited any of their material recently, but previous experiences haven’t...
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KEN mode – Loved Review
What the fuck is that? A demented shadow person? A medieval executioner? The nightmarish specter of your father asking you why you haven’t eaten your Brussels sprouts? These are the questions you’ll...
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Circles – The Last One Review
Circles‘ textured approach to prog metal recalls the moodiness and energy of Fates Warning within the context of a post-djent landscape where six-string guitars and straight rhythms are seen as passé....
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Crippled Black Phoenix – Great Escape Review
Okay, let’s get this out of the way right now so we can get on with the review. Yes, this album cover needs a unicorn. It’s the first and foremost thing any of us noticed in the AMG World Headquarters...
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Vreid – Lifehunger Review
It was June 2006 and I was helping a friend move into a downtown apartment. It was hot and we were scrambling up and down two flights of stairs as fast as possible before a cop could ticket us for...
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Horrendous – Idol Review
Catapulted to death metal stardom following a remarkable career evolution between their solid debut, The Chills, to the outstanding slab of technically proficient and innovative old school death that...
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Beyond Creation – Algorythm Review
After The Aura catapulted them up to the front of the tech death field, Beyond Creation have enjoyed continued success based on a surprisingly small oeuvre and touring with seemingly continuous...
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Hate Eternal – Upon Desolate Sands Review
“This ain’t your father’s death metal!” Too often do reviewers or promos use this cliché, but in the case of Hate Eternal, I beg to differ. They decidedly are my father’s death metal, but not because...
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Sylvaine – Atoms Aligned, Coming Undone Review
Back in 2016, Katherine Shepard, aka Norwegian/French multi-instrumentalist Sylvaine, dropped an impressive album of beautiful soundscapes in Wistful, taking the groundwork laid down by the likes of...
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Mayhem – Grand Declaration of War Remixed and Remastered Review
It’s odd being given the task of “reviewing” a record that, if it were a person, would be in the age of majority. Mayhem’s Grand Declaration of War has remained a controversial record for arguably...
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Rotting Christ – The Heretics Review
I want to start off this review on a different foot. You see, in 2016 I reviewed Rituals by Greek black metal institution Rotting Christ, and I was not kind. As someone who jumped on board the Rotting...
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Misery Index – Rituals of Power Review
Originally spawned from the remnants of the classic Dying Fetus line-up from the monumental Destroy the Opposition, Misery Index wasted fuck all time getting their act together and becoming an...
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Vltimas – Something Wicked Marches In Review
Man, this March has been ridiculous. Just when all of us chillaxing in the AMG Consortium of the Infernal’s brimstone lounge1 were bitching and moaning about the unfair quantity of choice black...
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Saint Vitus – Saint Vitus Review
What a long strange trip its been for Saint Vitus. One of American’s oldest doom bands, they’ve been grinding away since the late 70s. Contemporaries of Pentagram and Trouble, they’ve always stood...
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