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<\/p>\nApril breezes are blowing across the AMG estates even though the summer heat reigns supreme. With several big-ticket releases and a collection of killer platters from lesser-known acts clogging the April voting sheets, it was a pretty fat month for extreme music. This caused consternation among staffers as loyalties to iconic bands clashed and lengthy histories of excellence were rehashed, compared, and contrasted. In the end, hard decisions were made, office furniture was hurled, and curses were invoked. This is the AMG way. Welcome back to April!<\/p>\n
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If one band exemplifies death metal majesty, decay, and consistency over 30-plus years, it\u2019s New York\u2019s own Immolation. Since launching their crusade of brutality way back in 1989, the band have become one of the most influential acts in the genre, with a sound that evolves and mutates but is always recognizably Immolation. April brought us the 12th installment in their legacy of ugliness, and Descent<\/a> [out April 10th from Nuclear Blast (Bandcamp<\/a>)] is another statement on what death metal should be. Wickedly heavy, technical as hell, and ugly as fook, it\u2019s the kind of album that feels like a tanker full of anvils. It highlights the inventiveness of Immolation even as it revisits past eras of the band\u2019s enormous catalog. As a well-impressed Steel Druhm pointed out, \u201cImmolation remain a rare, altered beast among other repellent horrors, painting their uniquely disturbing soundscapes across history and time.\u201d An equally gobsmacked Kenstrosity added, \u201cThis twelfth album, soon upon us, perpetuates that standard and may even prove, with time, to have elevated it once again.\u201d Strong words for the Grand Titans of Death. All hail Immolation.<\/p>\n Runner(s) Up:<\/p>\n \n\tGive in to Your Anger:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April breezes are blowing across the AMG estates even though the summer heat reigns supreme. With several big-ticket…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[23197,232719,170814,143262,232720,93,112882,61,45897,60,278,109305,232721],"class_list":["post-549148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-23197","tag-a-dark-poem-part-ii-sanguis","tag-apr26","tag-at-the-gates","tag-descent","tag-entertainment","tag-green-carnation","tag-ie","tag-immolation","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-records-o-the-month","tag-the-ghost-of-a-future-dead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/At-The-Gates-The-Ghost-of-a-Future-Dead-01-150x150.jpg\")
At the Gates \/\/ The Ghost of a Future Dea<\/a>d [April 24th, 2026 | Century Media | Bandcamp<\/a>] \u2014 It\u2019s very difficult to review an album that you know will be the last for a metal luminary. It\u2019s the end of a life, an era, and a musical companion you\u2019ve traveled with for years, even decades. Such was the dilemma facing Grymm when The Ghost of a Future Dead was released in the aftermath of the tragic passing of legendary vocalist Tomas Lindberg. At the Gates have had plenty of genre-defining moments over their career, and fortunately, what Tomas left us with here can stand proudly among their very best. It\u2019s a vicious, face-melting slab of thrashy melodeath with hooks and fangs aplenty, showcasing the classic At the Gates sound and the caustic, corrosive vocals of a brave and ever-defiant Tomas. As Grymm astutely summarized, \u201d If this ends up being At The Gates\u2019 swansong, this is a hell of a way to go out, as they dropped another classic on our sorry asses. Awesome job to all those involved. Rest in power, Tompa.\u201d Journey on, metal brother.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/849627-150x150.jpg\")
Green Carnation \/\/ A Dark Poem Part II: Sanguis<\/a> [April 3rd, 2026 | Season of Mist | Bandcamp<\/a>] \u2014 Successor act of Norway\u2019s In the Woods…, Green Carnation traveled a strange musical path since 2000, passing through death and Gothic metal to eventually arrive at a kind of progressive metal-lite. A Dark Poem Part II: Sanguis finds them continuing their Poem trilogy, offering hard-edged moments alongside plenty of sad, sullen set pieces sure to bring the feelz to the coldest of hearts. Musically, Sanguis explores some older Green Carnation sounds while also pushing their style forward into new spaces, always with quality songcraft at the forefront. There are some genuinely tear-jerking moments here if you like to feel unhappy. As the usually jaded, cynical, and cranky-assed Doc Grier gushed, \u201cFor those who need something in these trying times to bolster their spirits or tear them apart (if only for a moment to reset), Sanguis is here for you.\u201d Flower power!<\/p>\n