Angel of Anger are a new project on the extreme gothic metal front.
 When you say a genre phrase like that, the first band imagery that must come to mind are Cradle of Filth, Crematory, and of course, old  Theatres des Vampires, and while both TdV now share a female vocalist and are from Italy, there are many reasons that Angel of Anger come out as the better project, but we'll save the Theatres des Vampires trash talk for another time.  This is Angel of Anger's first offering and it has come about as a need for female vocalist Andred to more or less express her writings in an extreme atmosphere.  Born an Italian project in Bologna in 2003, this EP has been more or less 5 years in the making, after two small line up changes. Angel of Anger is also closely related to another Italian project, Winged, that was most prevalent in the mid-90's.

Obviously with the term 'gothic' and 'female vocals', you've most assuredly gotten a very definitive picture in your head of what to expect from Angel of Anger.  The truth is, you might as well forget whatever it is you're thinking right now.  You won't be hearing any operatic vocals from Andred, and you surely will not be hearing any cheesey gothic bullshit or overly keyboard-laden sappiness.  What you can expect is a ton of brutally savage and distorted vocals from Andred as well as some non-epic clean styles during some acoustic moments.  The music itself features more thrash-anthem styled riffs and drums, and combined with Andred's unique vocals, make for an atmosphere and sound that is reminescent of Germany's Destruction.  There aren't many blackened riffs to be found, the music isn't brutal enough to be death metal, and its not pompously sophisticated enough to be deemed gothic metal.  Angel of Anger are female-fronted extreme thrash, which I'm proud to say is probably a first of its kind.  I know in all my years I've never quite heard anything like it, and its GOOD, though the production is still lacking in the area of professionalism.  Great quality nonetheless.

The other unique aspect of the band is their nearly folk acoustic transgressions.  The beginning of Angelic Pain is a melancholic, writhing introduction that focuses on some sad acoustic with very beautiful sung lyrics in an Italian folk tone.  Anyone familiar with that delicate and depressive sound that their music holds will recognize it instantly in this introduction. My Grave also features a killer blackened breakdown in the middle, though with the lack of vocals in this section it really can't make the whole thing be considered partially black metal.   It should be said that the band did the best they could for what a non-label financed album can produce, and this certainly has a lot to offer on the professional front.  The CD also features a rather extensive multimedia section including a biography, pictures, and a halfway DIY, halfway very professional and haunting video for Wake up Spirits.  For a first effort, this one offers more than any passionate metal lover could ask for, and is well worth your atten
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