Valkyrie’s Fire – Out of Darkness Review
Most of my AMG time recently has gone to tech issues , but I’ve been wanting to write…
Fog Wall – Gloomweaver Review
Drawing from metal’s perennial fantasy touchstone—Lord of the Rings—with the genre’s new favorite fantasy—the Fromsoftware game catalog—Fog Wall…
Tyraels Ascension – Grave Seeker Review
Do I like metalcore? I’ve always struggled a bit with this question. That’s a terrible way to start…
Into to the Obscure: Cianide – Death, Doom and Destruction
We all have our dark and privileged metal secrets we selfishly keep to ourselves, only sharing with a…
Fuming Mouth – The Ringing Bell Review
An age-old challenge for critical houses like ours is that, while they simultaneously represent a cohesive vision, each…
Serpent Lord – The Once Forgotten Ways of Old Review
After reviewing Crotaline in April and Dimmu Borgir’s Grand Serpent Rising earlier this month, 2026 is shaping up…
Fires in the Distance – Circadian Promise Review
Not many bands can craft as characteristic an aura as Fires in the Distance. Their dreamy melodicism yet…
Stuck in the Filter: March 2026’s Angry Misses
Rain has started to leak into the ducts as Spring gets wetter and wetter. While I’m away, vacationing…
Silaera – An Aberration of the Void Review
Written By: Aleken’s Gunstrosity Every year has one magical moment that I look forward to with great anticipation:…
Leila Abdul-Rauf – Andros Insidium Review
You may not recognize her name if you don’t follow her solo work, but Leila Abdul-Rauf is an…
Osmium Gate – Cannibal Universe Review
Of all the discouraging and difficult elements contributing to people having appallingly bad taste not being into metal,…
The Silver – Looking Glass of Hymnal Blue Review
Comprising members of Horrendous and Crypt Sermon, back in ye strange times of 2021, Philadelphia’s The Silver dropped…