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Angry Metal Guy<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/an-evening-with-knives-end-of-time-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">An Evening With Knives – End of Time Review</a>By GardensTaleAt the start of the year, I pledged to pick as many promos as I could from those sent to us directly through the contact form, as a way to lift up the smallest of underground acts. But as this week is rather barren, I got to have my choice from the remainder, the label-backed colossi who have all their tedious marketing hubbub taken care of. One band name jumped out at me: An Evening With Knives. A name I’ve seen on plenty a concert bill around here, usually in a supporting capacity. Lo and behold, the lads are local, or rather, they were formed in the next city over. It’s always nice to see geographical peers making waves. But it appears that dear Dear Hollow did not hold the last Evening’s record too dear. Has the trio improved since Sense of Gravity, or is End of Time the end of its 15 minutes of fame?The review for Sense of Gravity complained of unbalanced songwriting with too many sudden turns, but no such problem arises on End of Time. The songwriting is concise and approachable, shirking most of the languid post-metal trappings for a style more akin to Baroness with early parts leaning punk-hardcore and later leaning fuzzy doom with a progressive slant. It suits An Evening With Knives rather well. The lead guitars braid sinewy hooks atop the heavy twang of the rhythm section, and excel at the emotive solos that dot the running time (“End of Time” and closer “S21” are the best examples). The bass has a pulsing melodic flair, the drums are sharp and energetic. Within this scope, the band carves out a lot of wiggle room, shifting gradually from concise cannon blasts to more long-winded material. It makes for an even-handed album that weighs depth with digestibility.But my issue with An Evening With Knives is the vocals. Their technical application is not bad, per se; overall it’s middle of the road, somewhat versatile with passable core-style screams yet some pitch problems when skewing cleaner (most noticeable on “End of Time”). However, technique is only one side of vocals; emotional pull and projection are at least as important, and that aspect is largely shot by how strained the vocals sound. When belting, strain is expected; here, though, it’s a constant, even on smaller and quieter passages. Especially in the front half, this results in a likely unintended faux-aggression, even machismo, that completely falls flat. “All They Need” unironically and repeatedly uses ‘That’s how you do it’ with a cringe-inducing swagger, and “Death” doesn’t fare much better. It’s akin to overacting and it undermines the earnestness of the music, to the detriment of the whole package.But as End of Time goes on and the compositions shift from concise to expansive, the vocal problem becomes less and less pronounced. “Voices” combines panicked wailing guitars and intelligent tempo changes with a more genuine anxious performance on the mic. “The Mistake” packs a fuzzy main riff that sounds like it was borrowed from King Buffalo, and through the patient build-up of the proggy “S21” we even get a few more subdued stanzas that dodge the worst of strain city central. Furthermore, the production is solid. Though the mix is a tad vocal-centric, I love the placement of the bass, and the guitar sound has a lovely buzzing edge that supports both the riffs and the solos quite nicely.End of Time is not the easiest to score. An Evening With Knives is clearly getting better at identifying the strengths and weaknesses of their line-up, and the songwriting is tight without fully sacrificing a dynamic and exploratory aspect that keeps each song lively and interesting. But the exception seems to be the vocals, and it’s a damn shame how it prevents me from enjoying the front half of the album as much as I’d like. As a result, End of Time is an interesting but heavily backloaded album that holds itself back from becoming something greater. If you like this sort of style, though, give it a spin anyways, because that back half is teasing a diamond in the rough. Rating: 3.0/5.0 DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3 Label: <a href="https://www.argonautarecords.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Argonauta Records</a> Websites: <a href="http://aneveningwithknives.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">aneveningwithknives.bandcamp.com</a> | <a href="http://aneveningwithknives.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">aneveningwithknives.com</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/aneveningwithknives" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">facebook.com/aneveningwithknives</a> Releases Worldwide: March 14th, 2025<a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/30/" target="_blank">#30</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/an-evening-with-knives/" target="_blank">#AnEveningWithKnives</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/argonauta-records/" target="_blank">#ArgonautaRecords</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/baroness/" target="_blank">#Baroness</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/dutch-metal/" target="_blank">#DutchMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/end-of-time/" target="_blank">#EndOfTime</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/king-buffalo/" target="_blank">#KingBuffalo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/mar25/" target="_blank">#Mar25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/progressive-metal/" target="_blank">#ProgressiveMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/review/" target="_blank">#Review</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/reviews/" target="_blank">#Reviews</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/sludge/" target="_blank">#Sludge</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/stoner-metal/" target="_blank">#StonerMetal</a>

ArnaudBonus track: King Buffalo - Balrog, un morceau en prix libre, dans le style des derniers albums<a href="https://kingbuffalo.bandcamp.com/track/balrog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kingbuffalo.bandcamp.com/track/balrog</a><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/kingbuffalo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kingbuffalo</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/stonerrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stonerrock</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/BandcampFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BandcampFriday</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/splidmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#splidmusic</a>

Angry Metal Guy<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/king-zog-second-dawn/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">King Zog – Second Dawn Review</a>By GardensTaleKing Something bands operating in the fuzz-heavy side of metal have historically done quite well at AMG. King Buffalo is <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/king-buffalo-regenerator-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">at the top</a> of the psych-stoner food chain. King Woman got a good score and made some waves <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/king-woman-celestial-blues-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a few years back</a>. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/king-gizzard-or-dawn-of-eternal-night-an-annihilation-of-planet-earth-and-the-beginning-of-merciless-damnation-things-you-might-have-missed-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">remains ever popular</a>, and even less prominent bands like King Bastard managed to garner <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/king-bastard-it-came-from-the-void-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">positive response</a>. So I was quite hopeful picking up the sophomore record from Aussie quartet King Zog. Named for an Albanian king from last century, likely for no other reason than ‘it sounds cool,’ King Zog promises heavy Sabbathian grooves and thundering riffs. Does the King deliver what is owed?That it does, and not an ounce more. Second Dawn is hazy desert doom stripped down to the skeleton. It heaves itself from plodding verse riff to pounding chorus riff at a blistering 75-85 bpm, chucks in a solo or two, maybe a bridge if it’s feeling fancy. The vocals are every inch the classic ‘if Ozzy can do it, so can we’ nasal drawl that doesn’t quite hold key, an afterthought in the face of the Big Damn Riff upon which bands like King Zog always come to rely. It is a paradox of high and low risk at the same time. It’s a tried and true format that countless bands have produced perfectly fine records with, but that makes it very difficult to stand out. Any attempt to color outside the lines can as easily spell disaster as it does salvation, but playing it safe is the best way to be forgotten as soon as the listener hits ‘skip.’King Zog tries to walk the line and not tip the scales. Its main deviation from the norm is the guitar tone, a smart area to focus on. Stoner doom bands have a tendency to drown everything in fuzz and reverb, dissolving entire albums into blurry mush. Here, the tone is compact, muscular, and colossal, like a striding beast with eyes full of rage. It grants clarity and contrast, increasing the heft and impact of every Big Damn Riff that thunders along. “Hollow Man Blues” trudges and grinds through several variations of its main riff, interspersed with some very sweet solos, and the energy increases enough with the back-to-back combo of “Madagascar Tree” and “Brute Beast” for the crunching hooks to do some serious damage.But the riffs-per-minute ratio is really not up to snuff for an album so reliant on them. “Rat King” has about 2.5 acceptable specimens, repeated and smeared out over 7 minutes and 13 seconds. “Creep On” may be shorter, but the quality of its melody is decreased to match, often getting stuck on empty-eyed single-chord repetition. The title track has some sweet solos and a groovy bopping riff, but it’s beaten to death for half the track before anything more interesting happens. Whenever the guitars aren’t enough to hold attention, the vocals try to support, but the wavering double-tracked drawl is not strong enough to fill the void.I don’t want to be too harsh on King Zog, though. The flaws of Second Dawn are evident, but they are diffuse enough for the album to stave off boredom or irritation. There are enough fun riffs to wile away a spin or two, and the above-average production lets them shine in all their heaving beauty. Second Dawn isn’t gonna win any prizes, but if you like stoner doom that’s not afraid to get in your face, you can do a whole lot worse. Rating: 2.5/5.0 DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3 Label: <a href="https://www.ruemorguerecords.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rue Morgue Records</a> Websites: <a href="http://marchofkingzog.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">marchofkingzog.bandcamp.com</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/marchkingzog" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">facebook.com/marchkingzog</a> Releases Worldwide: July 31st, 2024<a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2-5/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2024/" target="_blank">#2024</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/australian-metal/" target="_blank">#AustralianMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/black-sabbath/" target="_blank">#BlackSabbath</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/doom-metal/" target="_blank">#DoomMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/jul24/" target="_blank">#Jul24</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/king-bastard/" target="_blank">#KingBastard</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/king-buffalo/" target="_blank">#KingBuffalo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard/" target="_blank">#KingGizzardTheLizardWizard</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/king-woman/" target="_blank">#KingWoman</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/king-zog/" target="_blank">#KingZog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/review/" target="_blank">#Review</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/reviews/" target="_blank">#Reviews</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/rue-morgue-records/" target="_blank">#RueMorgueRecords</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/second-dawn/" target="_blank">#SecondDawn</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/stoner-metal/" target="_blank">#StonerMetal</a>

Wintermute :badgodesberg:<a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Freedom</a>, <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/TheNightEternal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheNightEternal</a>, <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/KingBuffalo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KingBuffalo</a>, <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Tragedian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tragedian</a>, <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/VillagersofIoanninaCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VillagersofIoanninaCity</a> und <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/SienaRoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SienaRoot</a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/theartofmetalcovers2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theartofmetalcovers2</a>

Wintermute :badgodesberg:<a href="https://bonn.social/tags/KingBuffalo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KingBuffalo</a> mit Dead Star. Schwere Kost am Montag. 🎸🤘🏻

AyreonautDie großartigen <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/KingBuffalo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KingBuffalo</a> haben zur Promo ihrer anstehenden 2023er Tour ihre gesamte (!) Diskographie bei <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bandcamp</a> zu „pay what you want“ eingestellt (bis Ende des Jahres). Ich hab das meiste schon auf CD, aber das ist eine gute Gelegenheit, die Alben auch in die Bandcampsammlung zu bekommen. <a href="https://kingbuffalo.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://kingbuffalo.bandcamp.com</a>

metalbass 🤘🏴‍☠️Jetzt habe ich mir vor drei Tagen die neue <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/KingBuffalo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KingBuffalo</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Acheron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Acheron</a> geholt; auch schon ein paar mal gehört; aber ich weiß noch nicht, was ich davon halten soll; musikalisch, Mischung, Aufbau wirklich gut, der typische Buffalosound; aber irgendwie zu "rein", das "Dreckige" fehlt, es wirkt irgendwie so vorausberechenbar und manchmal als wären Soli´s und Zwischenriffs reingesteckt worden, weil nix mehr eingefallen ist.... und dann ist es wieder voll cool....<a href="https://kingbuffalo.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://kingbuffalo.bandcamp.com/</a>

AyreonautPassend zum heutigen Homeofficetag kommt eine neue EP von <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/KingBuffalo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KingBuffalo</a>. Nice! King Buffalo sind immer klasse zum Abtauchen in den Flow…<a href="https://kingbuffalo.bandcamp.com/album/acheron" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://kingbuffalo.bandcamp.com/album/acheron</a>

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