Things You Might Have Missed 2024

Choir – Smithe Thee Smoldering Providence [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

Choir – Smithe Thee Smoldering Providence [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

By Dear Hollow on February 9, 2025 in Things You Might Have Missed 2024, Black Metal, Blackened Death Metal, Death Metal, 14 comments

“Bring them tired ashes to the black waters and sing an anthem for the famine! Smithe Thee Smoldering Providence is blasphemy, a molten and silt-laden horror that saturates every negative space with noise, desolation, and punishment. It dirges and roars like the gods that you thought were benevolent and merciful – their faces lurid and nauseating when you looked upon them. Hallelujah, you will go mad. You will embrace your fate with arms outstretched and feet running until you sink. You will vomit and rejoice at the coming of ruin. You will praise your master. Choir preaches to this manic truth and gospel of filth, recalling the memory of a ritual buried deep in a book of death-bathed dark.” Of smoldering and smotting.

Lowen – Do Not Go to War with the Demons of Mazandaran [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

Lowen – Do Not Go to War with the Demons of Mazandaran [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

By Kenstrosity on January 18, 2025 in Reviews, Things You Might Have Missed 2024, Doom Metal, Progressive Metal, 70 comments

“My biggest regret of 2024 when it comes to my metallic ingestions is missing Lowen’s incredible sophomore effort, Do Not Go to War with the Demons of Mazandaran. You may ask why I went so long without giving it a go, but if you look at its early October release date and the general state of life in my region at that time, you’ll understand. In another timeline, I would have spun Demons until it fell to dust in my hands, handily securing it a Top Five slot on my Top Ten(ish) of the year. It’s just that good.” Don’t fight your demons.

The Nidra – Destination Locked [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

The Nidra – Destination Locked [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

By Twelve on January 9, 2025 in Things You Might Have Missed 2024, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, 52 comments

“In the last few months of 2024, I found myself on an Eternal Tears of Sorrow kick. I’ve loved their music for a long time now, and am sorely missing new releases. The news of the band’s official hiatus was rough to read, and it got me wondering what other projects the band members are involved in. Lo and behold, Risto Ruuth and Jarmo Kylmänen (guitars and singing respectively) teamed up with drummer Heikki Vähäkuopus just this year to form The Nidra, a melodic progressive metal project that released its debut, Destination Locked, in April.” Locked and progged.

Sergeant Thunderhoof – The Ghost of Badon Hill [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

Sergeant Thunderhoof – The Ghost of Badon Hill [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

By Saunders on January 7, 2025 in Things You Might Have Missed 2024, Progressive Metal, Stoner Metal, 31 comments

“Back in 2022, a sneaky filter piece alerted me to the existence of UK progressive, psych-drenched stoner rock/metal band Sergeant Thunderhoof and their wonderfully written fourth album, This Sceptred Veil. It nabbed a well-deserved spot on my year-end list, remaining in solid rotation since its release. November 2024 saw Sergeant Thunderhoof return with their highly anticipated follow-up to that game-changing album.” The Hoof, the Hoof, the Hoof is on fire!

Grendel’s Sÿster – Katabasis into the Abaton [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

Grendel’s Sÿster – Katabasis into the Abaton [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

By Angry Metal Guy on January 7, 2025 in Things You Might Have Missed 2024, Heavy Metal, 69 comments

Unlike other members of the Angry Metal Guy staff—such as the venerable, self-aware ape suit they call Druhm who’s just one death away from actually running this show in case anything happens to me—I am not a sucker for just anything that sounds old. Such things do not remind me of my wasted youth, and thus do not earn nostalgia points. I was, therefore, thoroughly surprised that, upon listening to Grendel’s Sÿster vicariously through an ill-fated n00b review, I fucking loved it.

Ante-Inferno – Death’s Soliloquoy [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

Ante-Inferno – Death’s Soliloquoy [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

By Mystikus Hugebeard on January 6, 2025 in Things You Might Have Missed 2024, Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal, 33 comments

“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?

Laudare – Requiem [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

Laudare – Requiem [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

By Killjoy on January 4, 2025 in Things You Might Have Missed 2024, Post-Metal, 44 comments

“Requiem is a concept album in the truest sense. Laudare, a young group from Leipzig, Germany that promotes its music as “violent poetry,” chose to follow one of the oldest musical themes: a Requiem Mass. All lyrics are in Latin and taken directly from the liturgical text of a Catholic Mass for the Dead, which puts Laudare on a well-trodden path with the likes of Mozart, Verdi, and countless other famous historical composers. This association is reflected in the music of Requiem, wherein Laudare have assimilated classical chamber music into their modest brand of post-metal.” The majesty of death.