Master Boot Record – Hardwarez Review
Angry Metal Guy » Synthwave
by Mystikus Hugebeard
4M ago
"Anno Domini 2024. In the early months, the code-whisperer Victor Love donned his Omnissiah robes and preached the score-counter-ruining sermon Nel Nome Del Codice within the Keygen Church. Now, the world's premier practitioner of digital blasphemy has returned in his true, glorious form: Master Boot Record. There is no digi-christ here, only The Code. MBR is poised to release update 11.0 to your pathetic operating systems. Update name: Hardwarez." Dos Boot! The post Master Boot Record – Hardwarez Review appeared first on Angry Metal Guy ..read more
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Soulbound – obsYdian Review
Angry Metal Guy » Synthwave
by Kenstrosity
6M ago
"Long time readers understand that I like damn near any kind of metal. If it's got heavily distorted guitars and big, bloodied hooks, I'm on board. My eclecticism inside the metalverse affords me a rare kind of versatility when it comes to review duties, too. Anything that falls into my lap has a chance to get a proper sponge bath. However, sometimes a band does a bunch of stuff that I normally enjoy and yet, my enthusiasm falters. Most of the time, that's a simple conflict. I just don't like the songs, even if I like the format. That, dear readers, is precisely the case for German "wedon'tgiv ..read more
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Cruce Signatus – Cruce Signatus Review
Angry Metal Guy » Synthwave
by Eldritch Elitist
7M ago
David Frazer is my kind of solo artist, and I mean that literally. From his social media and my occasional conversations with the Pillaging Villagers mastermind, it’s clear that his musical tastes overlap significantly with mine. Beyond that, though, he’s also all about metal. Many metal musicians cite their affinity for the genre as a mere slice of their musical diet, but Frazer seems to subsist almost entirely on metal, a regimen I relate to entirely. I raised an eyebrow, then, back when he outlined his next project for me: A multi-part conceptual work, one that he hesitated to categorize, b ..read more
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Keygen Church – Nel Nome Del Codice Review
Angry Metal Guy » Synthwave
by Mystikus Hugebeard
11M ago
“In the name of the Code, and of the Sacred Disk, and the Holy System. Our Core, which art in Data, Hallowed be Thy Code.” These words adorn the lavish brochure you were handed as you stepped into the Keygen Church. There, behind the altar, stands the robopastor/technosorcerer Victor Love. You recognize him; our IT prophet Sentynel has lauded Love’s work in Master Boot Record (MBR) twice, but now the doors to Love’s liturgical side project Keygen Church have swung open. Today’s sermon: Nel Nome Del Codice. You find your seat at the pew, and the service begins; harmonizing choirs set the stage ..read more
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Cloud People – Simulacra Review
Angry Metal Guy » Synthwave
by Iceberg
1y ago
One thing I really admire about The Administration here at AMG is their willingness to allow us writers to explore what exists on the fringes of metal. Some of my most memorable finds over the years—before the onset of my indentured servitude—have carried tags like not-metal, folk, or synth wave. Norwegian musical collective Cloud People claim to draw inspiration from jazz, electronica, and metal, and have decided to submit their album Simulacra to these hallowed halls for mild praise or summary execution. I generally approve of genre-bending in my music, but the danger lies in making sure tha ..read more
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Midnight Odyssey – Biolume Part 3: A Fullmoon Madness Review
Angry Metal Guy » Synthwave
by Carcharodon
1y ago
“Shards of Silver Fade is a journey … and it must be taken as a whole to absorb its mood and atmosphere. With that, it’s difficult at times to remember the beginning once you’ve reached the end … Shards has moments of beauty, moments of captivation, and moments of splendor; however, it’s so long it becomes a chore to come back to.” Shards of Silver Fade, 142 minutes, 2.5/5.0, Grier. “For all its grandeur and the skill with which its components are stitched together, Biolume I has a couple issues, the main one still being length … This is an inherent risk with one-man projects. On the one hand ..read more
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Nuclear Dudes – Boss Blades Review
Angry Metal Guy » Synthwave
by Thus Spoke
1y ago
Where to start with Nuclear Dudes? The brainchild of Jon Weisnewski—of Sandrider—the project spans a collection of kooky and noisy genres from powerviolence to synthwave. Even the artist Bandcamp page refers to it tongue-in-cheekily as ‘”music”‘ (scare quotes included). Each release—of which Boss Blades is the third in about a year—features a charming fluorescent figure scrawled upon a white background, courtesy of a Cooper Weisnewski I presume is Jon’s brother. This kind of consistency in self-branding certainly makes them stand out, and it’s fun. Fun too are the nonsensical album a ..read more
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Elyose – Déviante Review
Angry Metal Guy » Synthwave
by Dolphin Whisperer
2y ago
Nu metal was never cool. As the unholy offshoot of metalhead undesirables of the time—hardcore, groove, hip hop/rock mashups, funky alt-rock, post-grunge—it represented an aggressive future for a wanting youth that aimed to undo the olde. And, as many industry trends go, nu metal went the way of the buffalo as the target audience aged out and hopped on other trends. Some, like this Dolph, latched on to the inspirations and metal history of olde to become music nerds of a different kind.1 So why do we find ourselves in the midst of a nu renaissance where bands like The Offering throw down like ..read more
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Abstract Void – Wishdream [Things You Might Have Missed 2021]
Angry Metal Guy » Synthwave
by Dr. Wvrm
2y ago
In hindsight, 2018 stood me at an imperceptible crossroads: the intersection of my growing disenchantment with metal and a void-filling infatuation with the electronic. The latter was encouraged, if not inspired, by a Frankensteinian atmoblack/synthwave monster released at the improbably right space-time to capitalize on the trends I loved and tired of. Abstract Void’s Back to Reality would ride that wave of serendipity to become my most listened-to album of the next few years. At least until Wishdream came along. Yes, there is novelty in the uncanny valley of synthetic instrumentation and syn ..read more
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Final Light – Final Light Review
Angry Metal Guy » Synthwave
by Twelve
2y ago
Something different. In two words, that’s how I can best describe Final Light, the eponymous debut full-length from Cult of Luna’s Johannes Persson and James Kent, better known as Perturbator. From the duo’s names alone, there’s expectation—both have been a part of some powerful releases lately, in the form of The Long Road North and Lustful Sacraments respectively, but their respective styles—post-metal and synthwave—don’t exactly lend themselves to being blended together, and, for my part, I’m not a huge fan of either one. But there’s the odd exception to every rule where opin ..read more
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