Tag Archives: 2018

Artist: Iron Maiden Venue: The O2 Date: 11 August 2018 “Matt – What are the odds you’d like to go see Iron Maiden together at the O2 on the 11th of August?” There are worse ways to wake up, I can tell you – especially when the message comes from none other than Nick Van  Continue Reading »

Artist: Árstíðir Album Title: Nivalis Label: Season of Mist Date of Release: 22 June 2018 Starting off a review on manofmuchmetal.com by referencing artists like Simon and Garfunkel, The Bee Gees and Radiohead might seem a little strange. Indeed, it seems a little strange to me also. But when tackling a review of the fourth  Continue Reading »

Artist: Mob Rules Album Title: Beast Reborn Label: Steamhammer/SPV Date of Release: 24 August 2018 In terms of European power metal, you could do an awful lot worse than listen to Mob Rules. And yet, strangely, they have never attained the levels of attention that others within the genre have enjoyed. Whereas the likes of  Continue Reading »

Artist: The Spirit Album Title: Sounds From The Vortex Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 10 August 2018 In recent weeks, I have had an unprecedented level of inspiration and enthusiasm to write reviews in every spare minute that I have had. One of the reasons for that is the sheer quality of music that  Continue Reading »

Artist: Aethereus Album Title: Absentia Label: Independent Date of Release: 10 August 2018 Aesthesys, Aeon, Aeon Of Horus, Aetherian. The list of bands that insist on having a name that starts with ‘Ae’ is almost never ending. And now you can add another to that significant list – Aethereus. Not only that, but in keeping  Continue Reading »

Artist: Unanimated Album Title: Annihilation EP Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: August 2018 A rare quicker, shorter review here, as I am faced with a new EP, the first new material from Unanimated since 2009. Long heralded as one of the originators of the classic Swedish melodic death/black metal sound, I am pleased  Continue Reading »

Artist: Rivers Of Nihil Album Title: Where Owls Know My Name Label: Metal Blade Records Date Of Release: 16 March 2018 I have been meaning to get around to reviewing this record for some time. I missed it completely when the promo was sent in advance of its release due to pressures with work and  Continue Reading »

Artist: Halcyon Way Album Title: Bloody But Unbowed Label: Agonia Records Date Of Release: 3 August 2018 Back in Medieval times when Myspace was pretty much the only social media-type outlet online and the Blackberry was the iPhone of its day, I got chatting to Steve Braun, the vocalist with a band called Halcyon Way and  Continue Reading »

Artist: Michael Romeo Album Title: War of the Worlds – Part 1 Label: Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group Date Of Release: 27 July 2018 In this ultra-competitive world of music in which we find ourselves in 2018, where it is ever-more difficult to carve out a living and keep going, there’s an argument  Continue Reading »

Artist: Redemption Album Title: Long Night’s Journey Into Day Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 26 July 2018 It is always a risk when a band makes a change to their line-up. The risk is only more greatly increased when the change involves one of the key members of the band. In the case  Continue Reading »