American Metal Archives

Album Review: Ironflame – Blood Red Victory 8 (Heavy Metal)

December 31, 2019 Melinda (Carcassbomb)

Ironflame is one of those projects where it’s very difficult to tell that this is a solo studio project with a live band due to how insanely well rounded it is. I’ve always had a sort of glee in covering solo projects and have a tendency to romanticise the idea of the lone creator but it is not undeserved when talking about the legendary Andrew D’Cagna of Icarus Witch. As with many lone creatives one project just isn’t enough, he’s in loads of projects not just as a musician but also as a sound engineer. […]

Album Review: Shadow Of Intent – Melancholy 8.5 (Deathcore)

August 23, 2019 zaxrecordreviews

After reviewing a few black metal records on this site I figured i’d change it up a bit, after all I enjoy all types of extreme metal, including deathcore. Deathcore is easily one of the most controversial extreme metal genres, because everyone has very strong opinions about it. I enjoy a great deal of deathcore myself, despite some of the more boring and generic bands and records in the genre. One of the biggest bands in the genre right now is Shadow Of Intent. Much like the genre they play, opinions on them are very divided. […]

Album Review: Vredensdal – Fealty of Diabolism 8 (Black Metal)

August 16, 2019 zaxrecordreviews

Vredensdal is a black metal band out of Wisconsin in the United States. USBM tends to get overlooked because of the sheer amount of quality black metal that comes out of other countries like Norway. This album is a prime example of why we should be paying closer attention to it, because some real gems come out of the states. […]

Album Review: Nyctophile – We Are The Darkness 8 (Melo Death)

October 3, 2018 Melinda (Carcassbomb)

We Are The Darkness begins its story with some very typical though well recorded melodic death metal. It sounds really good on a half decent pair of headphones, so much so that it’s easy to ignore some of the aspects to the sound that would normally be tedious or weak. Thankfully, Nyctophile pull a strong amount of influence from proper death metal. […]

Album Review: Nekrogoblikon – Welcome To Bonkers 8.5 (Heavy Metal)

October 3, 2018 Melinda (Carcassbomb)

Nekrogoblikon are obviously about having fun with music and they still have done alright with reviews in the past, mostly getting through with high scores. I dig their approach, it’s a classic heavy metal sound with a lot of modern techniques and ideas thrown in. It borders on avant-garde in the vein of UneXpect but is just tight enough to be a serious composition. They have some good song writing that takes them above the meme they embody in their public personas and music videos. There’s some real poppy hooks like you’d expect from British rockers The Darkness. […]