Review by Tara on January 18, 2016.

Ibex Angel Order hail from the Netherlands and formerly operated under the name Funeral Goat from 2008 to 2014. Funeral Goat and Ibex Angel Order feature exmembers of Sauron and members of Verbum Verus, Planet AIDS and Abysmal Darkening. This is the duo's debut album on Daemon Worship Productions.

I contains ten tracks of raw and ominous occult black metal, chock full of hypnotic riffs and bombastic percussion. The vocals range from standard shrieks to chanting and spoken word passages and there is a varying degree of slow, mid-paced and fast parts. The hypnotic element mentioned previously is the only real gripe here, as the repetitive nature in some of the guitar parts tends to make the songs blur together. This was more than likely intentional but little to no clarity between track changes may be bothersome to some listeners.

Although not wholly original in presentation, I is a solid installation. Fans of acts such as Ondskapt, Acherontas, Nåstrond and Inquisition to name a few are sure to enjoy this cult offering.

Rating: 7 out of 10

Review by JD on April 20, 2010.

Old school metal... Ahh... feels like a cold beer on a exceedingly hot day. Can’t say anything more here to lead into my written ramblings I'am here to deliver, so we will go on to my little musings.

Garagedays is a band that brings back the good old days of my youth....heavy thrashing metal and kicking back to enjoy it... it feels almost like it is a vacation packed on a little silver disk. I already sort of was expecting some great music from the second that I saw that I was reviewing another album from the Australian equivalent of Metallica. I have to say that I was not disappointed in any way from the first note of the album... actually I was more than just pleased.

The boys have made another classic album of pure metal here. There is no rap metal anywhere on this album... nor is there any black arts summoning up some hell spawned demons or some young shredding guitar god on here going through how many ways to do a scale thing either, none of any of that. Garagedays have given us some great Thrash based metal that sounds great and makes you bang your head while trying not to spill your beer in the process.

Each song has that fun sort of attitude, yet still shows that the band can play and play hard and make a memorable tune. Garagedays is not rocket science here, the band delivers some great metal that has a whole lot of fun with it. Does not change metal in any way, but it just shows that fun is the main game here.

Categorical Rating Breakdown　
　
Musicianship:8
Atmosphere: 8
Production: 8.5
Originality: 8.5
Overall: 9

Rating: 8.4 out of 10