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EP/Split/Single Roundup of 2024, Part 2

By Mystikus Hugebeard on January 17, 2025 in Blog Posts, Lists, Things You Might Have Missed 2024, Black Metal, Death Metal, Deathcore, Doom Metal, Hardcore, Mathcore, Post-Metal, Slam, 50 comments

It’s time for Part 2 of our EP / Split / Single Roundup for 2024! You need this because you missed a lot of stuff. Just own it, you hacks!

Cherd’s Raw Black Metal Muster [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

By Cherd on January 15, 2025 in Blog Posts, Black Metal, 88 comments

“There are two types of people in this world: those who appreciate raw black metal, and those who live fulfilling lives with friends and careers and family who speak to them at holiday gatherings. Since the advent of Bandcamp, the kvltest of all metal genres has become infinitely more accessible. Every year I wade through acres of tape hiss and tinny treble, looking for the half dozen or so raw black releases that rise above the buzzing tangle of cobwebs to rarified, putrid air. The following represent a cross-section of the seemingly infinite number of corpse-painted weirdos in basements the world over making music with no hope of even the smallest commercial success.” Enjoy of deep basements.

Thus Spoke and Maddog’s Top Ten(ish) of 2024

By Steel Druhm on December 27, 2024 in Blog Posts, Lists, 129 comments

Thus Spoke and Maddog reveal their massive Top Ten(ish) lists to the world. Treat them gently but fairly.

Have a Merry AMG Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah

By Steel Druhm on December 25, 2024 in Blog Posts, 135 comments

Christmas is the time to say you love AMG.

Interview with Fellowship’s Matthew Corry and Callum Tuffen

By Eldritch Elitist on December 2, 2024 in Interviews, 27 comments

We proudly present an AMG exclusive interview with Matthew Corry and Callum Tuffen of Fellowship. Read it and learn about fellowship.

Opeth from Worst to Best: 13-9

By Angry Metal Guy on November 19, 2024 in AMG Rankings, Blog Posts, Progressive Death, Progressive Rock, Death Metal, Progressive Rock, 232 comments

“On the 22nd of November, Opeth will release full-length number fourteen—which we have already reviewed, if you have not seen it. We sometimes “go ranking” here at Angry Metal Guy, but in the case of Opeth that just doesn’t convey the profound influence the band has had or the depth of the personal relationship that I—Angry Metal Guy—have with one of Sweden’s greatest metal and progressive bands.” Wherein we ranketh Opeth.

Record(s) o’ the Month – September 2024

By Angry Metal Guy on November 5, 2024 in Blog Posts, 164 comments

With a bumper crop of excellent records released in September, this has been one of the most difficult R(s)otM posts for me to write. And yet, such is my fate. Alas, that these evil days should be mine!

Kenstrosity Needs Our Help after Losing Home in Hurricane Helene-related Flooding

By Angry Metal Guy on October 1, 2024 in Blog Posts, 181 comments

Bad news hit the AMG community over the weekend as our much-beloved writer Kenstrosity was one of those directly impacted by the heavy flooding that followed Hurricane Helene. Kenstrosity’s apartment complex was completely demolished with all his belongings lost in the flooding.

AMG Casting Call 2024: We Need a Few Good Fiends to Do the Devil’s Work

By Steel Druhm on August 6, 2024 in Blog Posts, 158 comments

“Every few years, the remorseless wargrinder that is AMG Blogworks, Ltd. hungers for new blood and intellectual treasure. Sadly, we’ve reached the stage where sloth, poor taste, and general life malaise have conspired to take their toll on the current AMG staff and now we need an infusion of new flesh for the Flesh God. That means it’s high time for another casting call!” Brutal decisions and broken dreams line the road to AMG HQ.