angrymetalguy.com : You’ve likely never heard of him, but Mauricio Guerrero has been a busy man of late. I hadn’t either, until Peruvian stoner-doom band Illwind, featuring lead guitar from Guerrero, dropped their debut album in early July. Clarkkent’s positive review of The Unfolding at the End of Light drew my attention to this ‘chill … Seguir leyendo “Argul – Soledad & Orgullo Review”

angrymetalguy.com : The power of storytelling is well-known to Belarusian post-black outcasts Dymna Lotva. Their previous album, The Land Under the Black Wings: Blood, progressed that series through tragic true and folkloric tales, its overt tragedy in this sense bringing the real devastation wracking their native and settled home countries.1 Vyraj sees Dymna Lotva continue … Seguir leyendo “Dymna Lotva – Vyraj Review”

angrymetalguy.com : Besides thrash, heavy metal played a pivotal role in shaping my relationship with metal. Black Sabbath and Rainbow informed my earliest dalliances with the genre, and soon after my listening plate was laden with Maiden and greased with Priest. These bands and others set my sacred heart aflame with heavy metal thunder, and … Seguir leyendo “Ironflame – Worlds to Conquer Review”

angrymetalguy.com : When Lord Heikkinen formed Soulgrind in 1992, it was a rough and raw solo death/doom band. He released two EPs and two LPs between 1993 and 1995 for the now-defunct Malodorous Mangled Innards Records before deciding to invite some band members along for the ride. This would drastically alter Soulgrind’s musical direction towards … Seguir leyendo “Soulgrind – Ad Pulchram Mortem Review”

angrymetalguy.com : Columbus, Ohio, is the home of the dynamic duo behind Abyssal Rift, and they’re the proud owners of a band logo so completely unintelligible that we could have used it during WWII to utterly flummox the Nazi codebreakers. On sophomore outing Relics of Great Ash, the twosome throw gnarly chunks of Immolation, Incantation, … Seguir leyendo “Abyssal Rift – Relics of Great Ash Review”

angrymetalguy.com : Sometimes you need an album that slaps. An album to lower the type of smackdown to make The Rock jealous, an album that brings out the joyful superlatives and meme-tier descriptors. Swedish death is the lynchpin of this idea, the undying zombie of subgenres, the style that spits in the face of innovation … Seguir leyendo “Gravecrawler – Nidus Review”

angrymetalguy.com : I’ve recently decided to devote more attention to self-released projects. Some of the most interesting metal exists far outside the usual channels, grinding away in the shadows while willing listeners dig beneath the surface for uncut gems. Saskatchewan, Canada’s Destroy My Brains has been doing exactly that since its 2017 self-titled debut, following … Seguir leyendo “Destroy My Brains – Wilt Review”

thisisblackmetal.com : / Review by Jeger Archgoat – Nightbringer, Lightbringer Record Label: Debemur Morti Productions Year: 2026 Rating: 9/10 Within the darkest nether-regions of the World of Black Metal, past the Underground and into Hellish places where only Devil Worshippers, War Mongers and Blasphemers dare, you’ll discover the malevolent Archgoat. Since 1989 Archgoat has been … Seguir leyendo “Review: Archgoat – Nightbringer, Lightbringer”

thisisblackmetal.com : / Review by Nekrist Sisyphean – Divergence Record Label: Edged Circle Productions Year: 2026 Rating: 8/10 When new artists and bands approach and share their music, curiously awaiting the listener’s reaction and subsequent critique, it’s difficult for me not to feel a certain skepticism and even doubt as to whether there’sactually any quality … Seguir leyendo “Review: Sisyphean – Divergence”