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3 min read 2021-04-04 21:18:28

The Quill – Earthrise Review

Man, what a milestone for The Quill. Not a lot of bands, even many of legendary status, survive long enough to see the release of their 10th album,

3 min read 2021-04-03 19:49:22

I was worried about the metal scene when the world shut down, but a simple glance at the promo bin quells any fear with the rapidity of lightning –

3 min read 2021-04-01 02:30:59

You can get an idea of an album based on its cover. And, uh, wow. Three-eyed literally-horned Forlesen owl (who has fallen on hard times) feeding

3 min read 2021-03-31 18:09:31

As a trve, epic sort of gentleman, I feel there’s a disturbing lack of quality epic doom in today’s metal scene. Atlantean Kodex can’t

3 min read 2021-03-31 18:09:31

As a trve, epic sort of gentleman, I feel there’s a disturbing lack of quality epic doom in today’s metal scene. Atlantean Kodex can’t

3 min read 2021-03-31 02:41:41

The Beast of Nod‘s Vampira: Disciple of Chaos was one of the coolest indie death metal albums back in 2018. The icy hunk of sharp, odd prog-death

3 min read 2021-03-30 22:23:48

Remember that unexpected wave of quality Tool-like albums that got released in short succession a few years ago? One of the more overlooked albums at

3 min read 2021-03-30 02:16:59

The erudite doctor known about these parts as Doom_et_Al recently wrote: “We can ramble on all day about clever technical flourishes, dissonant

3 min read 2021-03-28 19:27:24

Unlike what appeared to be three-quarters of death metal internet, I wasn’t truly amazed by Sanguisugabogg’s debut EP Pornographic Seizures. It

3 min read 2021-03-28 00:50:26

One of the worst things I’ve ever done is miss Mephorash‘s 2019 release, Shem Ha Mephorash. I discovered it last year and almost wrote a TYMHM

3 min read 2021-03-27 20:30:17

Wild and rowdy speed metal from Singapore with a penchant for earwormy hooks? Don’t threaten me with a good time! And Witchseeker is all about

3 min read 2021-03-27 02:55:56

Movie Night at the AMG office is frequently a tense affair. Trying to find a flick that suits the trekkies, the Lord of the Rings nerds, the horror

3 min read 2021-03-26 22:40:51

Supergroups have always stuck me as a weird concept in metal, and a dated one in rock. That sort of fits Tomahawk, the famous(ish) oddball

3 min read 2021-03-26 02:55:51

Thanks to that one boozy pirate-themed power metal band whose name rhymes with “Sail Dorm,” it’s difficult to take oceanic themed albums

3 min read 2021-03-25 21:48:49

There’s a lot going on in death metal: there’s the swampy, smelly, drag-your-corpse through the mire old school sort; there’s the cosmic,