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Nailed to Obscurity – Generation of the Void Review

By Tyme on September 6, 2025 in Reviews, Death Metal, Post-Metal, Progressive Metal, 18 comments

“As I settle further into my staff position here at AMG headquarters I still feel a slight trepidation when grabbing a promo tagged “waived seniority.” With Nailed to Obscurity’s fifth long-player, Generation of the Void, however, such is the case, and for reasons we don’t discuss with fans, it has fallen to me to pick up where our hairy overlord, Steel, left off. His rave review of Nailed’s 2017 album King Delusion took the act from obscurity to notoriety and, in so doing, landed a spot on his top ten that year. While slightly less enamored with 2019’s Black Frost, it’s clear from that reading Steelstill harbored quite a bit of love for this German quintet, which not only raises the stakes for Generation of the Void, but for me as well.” Void if nailed.

Warlung – The Poison Touch Review

By Steel Druhm on February 15, 2025 in Reviews, Occult Rock, Stoner Rock, 28 comments

“What better way to bounce back from a week of depressive, melancholic doom than to marinate oneself in a hard-rocking retro stoner/occult release by an act totally unknown to me? Texas-based Warlung boast a spectacular name and though The Poison Touch is their 5th album, they’ve managed to evade my metal detector until now. Their sound is a mix of 70s rock, stoner doom, and occult metal with flashes of NWoBHM-inspired rowdiness sprinkled throughout.” Iron lungs.

AMG Turns 15: Mailroom Supervisors Speak

By Carcharodon on May 22, 2024 in AMG Turns 15, 111 comments

The AMG staff celebrates the site’s improbable 15-year aniversary by attacking one another and complaining about the office accomadations. What fun!

Lucifer – Lucifer V Review

By Felagund on January 30, 2024 in Reviews, Doom Metal, Occult Rock, 36 comments

“Ah, Lucifer. I remember listening to their self-titled debut album back in 2015 and being immediately hooked by the killer pipes of frontwoman Johanna Platow Andersson and their take on fuzzy, doomy occult rock. But as I sit here to craft a review of Lucifer’s fifth album (aptly titled Lucifer V), I must admit that after that very first dance with the devil in the pale moonlight, I haven’t listened to them much in the intervening years.” New year, same Devil.

The Night Eternal – Fatale [Things You Might Have Missed 2023]

By Steel Druhm on December 19, 2023 in Things You Might Have Missed 2023, Heavy Metal, 47 comments

“Sometimes we get a promo and for whatever reason, it languishes in the sump unloved and unexplored, and later on we find out we missed a real gem and feel collective shame. Other times we just don’t get the promo at all. The latter was the issue with Fatale, the sophomore outing by German goth/heavy/occult metal act The Night Eternal.” Fatale if swallowed.

By Fire and Sword – Glory Review

By Steel Druhm on September 18, 2023 in Reviews, Heavy Metal, 63 comments

“When Steel sees a band calling themselves By Fire and Sword with an album bearing the simple title of Glory, grand visions of an armored titan hacking his way through demon hordes on a burning, blood-drenched battlefield come to me. Thusly brimming with barbaric bloodlust, your Beloved Lord of Viking Primates seized the full-length debut by these mysterious men from Boise, Idaho. But a funny thing happened as I girded my hairy loins and sharpened my remorseless war grinder. You see, By Fire and Sword aren’t about the kinds of glory attained by disdaining fortune and splitting skulls.” No one expects the Boise Inquisition!