Here’s an exciting double review of Warduna’s latest release, Birna. Prepare your unworthy tenderloins for the Valkyries, poser!
Mystikus Hugebeard
EP/Split/Single Roundup of 2024, Part 2
It’s time for Part 2 of our EP / Split / Single Roundup for 2024! You need this because you missed a lot of stuff. Just own it, you hacks!
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Ante-Inferno – Death’s Soliloquoy [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]
“That was one hell of a November 22nd this year, huh? We had new releases from bands like Múr and Panzerfaust, blog favorites Fellowship and Defeated Sanity, and even the industry titans Opeth. Yes, the metal community ate quite well that day—so well that certain releases might slip through the cracks, such as Death’s Soliloquoy, the third full-length by English four-piece black metal act Ante-Inferno.” To fire or not fire?
EP / Split / Single Roundup of 2024, Part 1
It’s time for the big EP / Split / Single Roundup for 2024! Join us for Part 1 of an analysis of the little things you probably missed.
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Sorcerer – Devotion [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]
“French melodic hardcore act Sorcerer released Devotion all the way back in March, and I’ve been listening to it regularly since then. It made quite an impression on me in that time, but I feel it necessary to admit that the strongest impression left on me is the expression of the man on the album cover. Every punch his face has suffered stripped away another wall, revealing in turn indignation, sorrow, confusion, exhaustion, acceptance, and even a subtle bloodlust. It’s the face of a man lost in his world of violence, as senseless as it is inescapable, and Devotion paints a vibrant and unforgettable image of this violence.” Show us your War Face.
Mythbegotten – Tales from the Unseelie Court Review
“At their most well-behaved, members of the Fey Kingdom are mischievous. A wallet lost here, a child spirited away there, all good fun. But history has ever taught us that the Fey can, and will, be cruel. As per Scottish Folklore, it is there, in the Unseelie Court, where those malicious denizens of the Fey Kingdom dwell, and plot. Thus arrives New York-based newcomers Mythbegotten, here to divulge untold stories of what’s past the forest’s edge by reading from a musty old tome of Tales from the Unseelie Court.” Staten Island Fairies.
Whispering Void – At the Sound of the Heart Review
“Whispering Void is, by all accounts, a supergroup. Created by former Trelldom guitarist Ronny Stavestrand, his Trelldom connections allowed him to bring Kristian Eivind Espedal (otherwise known as the problematic fave, Gaahl) onto the project. From there it snowballed, with Gaahl’s Wardruna tenure opening the door for vocalist Lindy-Fay Hella to join the project as well. Rounding out the formation is Iver Sandøy on drums, the drummer for Enslaved’s last two albums. So not only is Whispering Void a supergroup, but they’re probably one of the most Norwegian supergroups ever.” Whisper campaign.
Master Boot Record – Hardwarez Review
“Anno Domini 2024. In the early months, the code-whisperer Victor Love donned his Omnissiah robes and preached the score-counter-ruining sermon Nel Nome Del Codice within the Keygen Church. Now, the world’s premier practitioner of digital blasphemy has returned in his true, glorious form: Master Boot Record. There is no digi-christ here, only The Code. MBR is poised to release update 11.0 to your pathetic operating systems. Update name: Hardwarez.” Dos Boot!
Liljevars Brann – Helja Kor Review
They say 75% of a Finnish park ranger’s job is finding black metal bands lost in the woods shooting album covers. If Germany’s park rangers had a similar issue, they’d likely struggle most with newcomers Liljevars Brann, given how musically deep into the woods they venture in their debut, Helja Kor. Written in a fictional blend of German and Norwegian, and dubbed “mystical black metal with a folkloric edge,” does Helja Kor conjure roots that drag you into the forest’s heart, or are these woods still too close to the parking lot?
Flickers from the Fen – Stoned in Gielinor II Review
“I love dungeon synth, but the albums reviewed at AMG are usually from the more traditional, spooky scary dungeon synth artists with harsh, raw instrumentation that hearkens to the genre’s roots as an offshoot of black metal. Being a powerful wizard, I’ve always been more into medieval tavern gnomecore; the good stuff with comfy synths. What a blessing, then, that the promo Palantír would reveal Stoned in Gielinor II by Flickers from the Fen unto me, a comfy synth album based on the world of the timeless MMORPG Runescape.” More proof that it isn’t safe to use the Palantír, as the others are not accounted for.
