Tag Archives: 2018

Artist: Décembre Noir Album Title: Autumn Kings Label: Lifeforce Records Date of Release: 9 November 2018 It may only be the middle of September, but all of a sudden, there’s a perceptible nip in the air at dawn and dusk, whilst a few leaves have already given up, turning brown and dropping lackadaisically from the  Continue Reading »

Artist: The Odious Construct Album Title: Shrine of the Obscene EP Label: The Artisan Era Date of Release: 12 October 2018 Of late, I have really been getting into the technical progressive death metal genre. It just seems to me that there are a ton of really great bands doing their thing within these confines  Continue Reading »

Artist: Fauna Timbre Album Title: Altering Echoes EP Label: Red Orchard Records Date of Release: 31 October 2018 One of the many joys of music is in the discovery of something or someone new when you least expect it. That’s exactly what happened with Fauna Timbre, a Norwegian trio, who are about to release their  Continue Reading »

Artist: The Moor Album Title: Jupiter’s Immigrants Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 30 July 2018 Sometimes, a description of an unknown band will catch your eye and before you know it, you’re checking them out. That’s certainly the case with Italian band, The Moor. The description in the email header stated ‘melodic death/progressive metal’,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Revocation Album Title: The Outer Ones Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 28 September 2018 I’m someone who can barely hold an instrument, let alone play one well. Equally, I haven’t the first idea how to write a kick ass song. So for me, the thought that a band can release xx albums  Continue Reading »

Hello and welcome to yet another of my heavy metal round-ups, bringing you news that I hope you’ll find interesting. I may not be the first news source, but I hope that I am at least unique in that I try not to just cut and paste what’s already out there. I’ll let you decide.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Pain Of Salvation & Kingcrow Venue: The Islington Assembly Rooms Date: 13 September 2018 I have banged on enough about Kingcrow during 2018 on my website, but rightly so in my opinion. I had sat on the new album for literally months, so I knew how good it was. Unfortunately, it took an age  Continue Reading »

Artist: Riverside Album Title: Wasteland Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 28 September 2018 I realised something blatantly obvious regarding myself and my relationship with Riverside. I realised that I don’t care about how heavy the material is – it can be soft, deft and minimalist, or it can be heavy, dark and explosive. It  Continue Reading »

Artist: Dynazty Album Title: Firesign Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 28 September 2018 The latest band to find themselves under the Man of Much Metal microscope is Dynazty, a Swedish melodic hard rock/metal band that up until now, I’d heard of, but had never given much of a listen. If I’m honest, the reason  Continue Reading »

Artist: Deicide Album Title: Overtures of Blasphemy Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 14 September 2018 Deicide and I have a strange relationship. On the one hand, I find Glen Benton and the inverted crucifix branded on his forehead to be somewhat ludicrous; a caricature, a parody even. The guy is obsessed with Satan  Continue Reading »