Pale Horse Ritual – Diabolic Formation Review
2025 must have been a challenging year to occupy the Sabbath-worship lane. Ozzy’s passing on July 22nd—seventeen days…
Ildaruni – Divinum Sanguinem Review
The mystic, the subliminal, the macabre: the fixings of good black metal and the bread and butter of…
Burned in Effigy – Tyrannus Aeternum Review
On their debut, Rex Mortem, the king was dead, but on Burned in Effigy’s sophomore effort, Tyrannus Aeternum,…
Mrs. Frighthouse – Solitude Over Control Review
How much noise is too much? I used to believe you could never have too much noise, with…
Serpent God – Denial Review
The digital era, where a band can release singles or EPs at a whim, seems to have tossed…
Ravager – From Us with Hate Review
What can one reasonably say that hasn’t already been proclaimed in the halls of AMG over and over…
Morke – To Carry On Review
One of my favorite bits in the game Portal 2 comes near the very beginning, when the player…
Modder – Destroying Ourselves for a Place in the Sun Review
Blending sludge metal and electronica make for fascinating bedfellows, and that’s exactly what instrumental outfit Modder brings to…
Warcoe – Upon Tall Thrones Review
Certain decades and locations have a unique and instantly recognizable sound, like 90s hip hop, Florida death metal,…
Ritual Mass – Cascading Misery Review
It’s difficult to enter a conversation about death doom without thinking, at least once, of Incantation. Or Autopsy.…
Korp – And Darker It Shall Become Review
One of my favorite things about metal is how there’s always some name you’ve never heard of who…
Cult Burial – Collapse of Pattern, Reverence of Dust Review
It has always overwhelmed me just how much music is out there, ceaselessly being recorded in studios and…