{"id":220370,"date":"2025-09-10T18:08:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.angrymetalguy.com\/?p=220370"},"modified":"2025-09-10T22:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:22:11","slug":"stuck-in-the-filter-june-2025s-angry-misses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angrymetalguy.com\/stuck-in-the-filter-june-2025s-angry-misses\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuck in the Filter: June 2025’s Angry Misses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSweat pours out of our pores. Heat blisters metal and scorches dirt. Power bills rise relentlessly, without mercy. These are the signs of summer in the brutal ductwork that is our hallowed Filter. But we continue onward in search of those metallic scraps that provide such unbridled joy to our masses. The only variable: who of my trusted team will survive this season, and who will perish in the service of this sacred duty?<\/p>\n

We won’t know the answer until this article gets published. And when it is, the statistics will be fabricated and obfuscated accordingly. So ignore the death toll and instead peep the haul!<\/p>\n

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Kenstrosity’s Meanest Meanies<\/span><\/h2>\n

Shadow of Intent<\/strong><\/a> \/\/ Imperium Delirium <\/em><\/strong>[June 12th, 2025 – Self-Release]<\/h3>\n

\"\"For over a decade, Connecticut\/Rhode Island melodic deathcore independents Shadow of Intent <\/strong>challenged the standards of the genre by offering album after album of ripping tracks filled with drama, clever songwriting, and demolishing vocal talent. In their catalog, Elegy<\/em> was the one record of theirs that didn’t stick with me. However, Imperium Delirium<\/em> rapidly righted the ship with 55 minutes of opulent, evil, and crushing melodic destruction. Raging through its first half without a single misstep, Imperium Delirium<\/em> is a focused effort chock full of devastating heft, buttery smooth songwriting, and a favorable riffs-to-breakdowns ratio. The back half focuses on drama and orchestration just a touch more, but songs like “Feeding the Meatgrinder,” “Vehement Draconian Vengeance,” and “No Matter the Cost” still bring the violence required to annihilate entire planets. Championing this unending assault of killer tunes, Ben Duerr’s vocal performance is intimidating to say the least, easily reinforcing his rightful place as one of the very best extreme vocalists in the scene today. Of course, the record is still too long by about 10 minutes, and a fair amount of that bloat comes from the slightly overblown self-titled closer. Additionally, while I appreciate the reverent nod to the instrumental talent on “Apocalypse Canvas,” I don’t believe it adds enough to the story of this record. Nonetheless, Imperium Delirium<\/em> might be one of my favorite Shadow<\/strong>s of Intent<\/strong>, and I look forward to where it leads me next.<\/p>\n