Angry Metal Guy

Behold the war horns of Polish blackened death veterans Neolith in the opening bars of their sixth album’s title track “Inbir” and know that a war of a cold and ancient breed is upon you. Indeed, Inbir takes its name from the ancient Sumerian word for war, continuing the Polish band’s thirty-plus-year fascination with Bro...

In the Rush documentary Beyond the Lighted Stage,1 Jack Black describes musicians’ wells of creative juices as ‘rocket sauce.’ He notes that some musicians and bands only...

And they’re back! The tiny one-man band (plus a few friends) I love, with the name I can never spell correctly. Soliloquium first darkened my iron doorstep with their 2018 sophomore outing Contemplations, impressing with a combination of early Katatonia-meets-Rapture that resulted...

Though it may only take you five or so minutes to read—well, one to skim, ten seconds to stare at the scores, another few to check whether the score safety counter still works, 30 seconds to draft a snarky “what is this site coming to” comment that you delete, a couple minutes to see what other bewildered folks have to say about something complete...

Entheos is a band I’ve followed since their inception. After discovering drummer and multi-instrumentalist Navene Koperweis through his work with Animals as Leaders, I devoured the debut EP Primal (2015) and full-length Dark Future (2017). Then 2023’s