March of the Unheard

Record(s) o’ the Month – January 2025

Record(s) o’ the Month – January 2025

By Angry Metal Guy on March 8, 2025 in Blog Posts, Record o' the Month, 130 comments

The tradition at Angry Metal Guy has been the strong start to the year where, like so many people with New Year’s Resolutions, you stick with ’em for a while, and then they taper off, sliding later and later as the year goes on. But this year, even the dopamine kick of listing everything in some kind of ranking order and getting lots of positive feedback from readers didn’t help me shake my funk. Yet, I have dragged myself out of funk in order to make a minimal effort for the greater good. APPRECIATE ME!

The Halo Effect – March of the Unheard Review

The Halo Effect – March of the Unheard Review

By Steel Druhm on January 9, 2025 in Reviews, Melodic Death Metal, 95 comments

“It seems like only yesterday I was writing about a supergroup helmed by Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity fame. That’s because I just covered Cemetery Skyline, his Goth rock project that dropped the very successful Nordic Gothic release late last year. Now in the blink of a Mind’s I, he’s back with the sophomore outing from The Halo Effect. This star-studded collective features various past members of In Flames. It’s essentially a salute to the early days of the Gothenburg sound, with an approach that conjures nostalgia of the glory days of both Dark Tranquillity and In Flames equally.” Perish in the flaming tranquillity!