Tag Archives: 2018

Artist: W.E.T. Album Title: Earthrage Label: Frontiers Records Date Of Release: 23 March 2018 Now this was one of those albums that I have really been looking forward to hearing. I might be the ‘Man of Much Metal’, but as you know, I have a huge soft spot for melodic hard rock. I love a  Continue Reading »

Artist: Auri Album Title: Auri Label: Nuclear Blast Date Of Release: 23 March 2018 In all honesty, my love of Nightwish has plummeted over the years to the point where I’ll take a casual listen now and again, but I no longer consider myself much of fan. And that’s coming from a position where I  Continue Reading »

Artist: Purest of Pain Album Title: Solipsis Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 1 March 2018 This album caught my attention for two reasons. Firstly, as you all know, I have a huge soft spot for melodic death metal. And whilst I’ll often take the PR material with a pinch of salt, I have to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Susperia Album Title: The Lyricist Label: Agonia Records Date Of Release: 16 March 2018 Around the turn of the millennium, Dimmu Borgir were a huge part of my life. And so, when Tjodalv, or Ian Kenneth ‘Tjodalv’ Åkesson departed in 1999, I was all over the band that he had created a year earlier.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Structural Disorder Album Title: …And the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene Label: Lion Music Date Of Release: 15 March 2018 “If I had to be brutally honest, the accordion is one of my most disliked instruments. It’s right up there with the child’s recorder, the trumpet and the mouth organ as far as  Continue Reading »

Artist: Necrophobic Album Title: Mark of the Necrogram Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 23 February 2018 Not only am I late to this review, but I am late to Necrophobic overall too. I finally arrive at this review of ‘Mark of the Necrogram’ a week or so after its release but I arrive  Continue Reading »

Artist: Divine Realm Album Title: Nordicity Label: Independent Date Of Release: 2 March 2018 “As far as the concept behind the title, ‘Nordicity’ represents a place in our lives annually where our Canadian weather forces us into musical hibernation. The days are short, dark, and we are indoors creating the majority of our work and  Continue Reading »

Artist: Oceans Of Slumber Album Title: The Banished Heart Label: Century Media Date Of Release: 2 March 2018 “The last few years have been turbulent. When you have this mixture of a few very emotional and creative people, it gets shaky sometimes. Internal and family struggles were trying to rot us from the inside out.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Poem Album Title: Unique Label: ViciSolum Records Date Of Release: 23 February 2018 I’ll be honest at the outset and declare that I know very little about Poem, having not checked them out before. Thankfully, the accompanying press release helps to fill in some blanks. As a result, I’m able to tell you that  Continue Reading »

Artist: Gleb Kolyadin Album Title: Gleb Kolyadin Label: Kscope Date Of Release: 23 February 2018 Ah, ok, erm….this is embarrassing. I think this has to be the moment when I am forced to admit that I have not really listened much to the Russian duo of Gleb Kolyadin and Marjana Semkina, who go by the  Continue Reading »