Tag Archives: ambient
Pressure Points – False Lights – Album Review
Artist: Pressure Points Album Title: False Lights Label: 7hard Records Date Of Release: 14 August 2015 So far this year, I’ve tried to keep my reviews current and up-to-date wherever possible. However, for one reason or another, this review is way overdue. For this, I can only apologise; both to the band and to the Continue Reading »
Essential rock & metal releases still to come in 2016 – Part 2
Welcome to the second instalment of my series looking ahead to some of the music that is still scheduled to come our way in the remainder of 2016. If you missed Part 1, it can be accessed via the following link: Essential rock & metal releases still to come in 2016 – Part 1 However, Continue Reading »
Fallujah – Dreamless – Album Review
Artist: Fallujah Album Title: Dreamless Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date Of Release: 29 April 2016 ‘Dreamless’ represents my first foray into the world of Fallujah but it most definitely won’t now be my last. Hailing from San Francisco, this heavy metal behemoth has produced a startling third album which has to be heard to be Continue Reading »
Most Anticipated Metal Releases of 2016 – Part 4
Welcome to what I fully expect is the final part in my series looking at my most anticipated albums due out during 2016. You’d think that the quality would be drying up now having already picked 30 potentially great albums. But not a chance – as Part 4 demonstrates, there are still some top quality Continue Reading »
Album Of The Year 2015 – Number 22
Welcome to day 9 of my ‘Album of the Year 2015’ countdown. I sincerely hope that you’ve enjoyed reading my choices so far – if you’re new to this series, be sure to check out numbers 30-23 via the links at the bottom of this post. I’ve yet to hear many dissenting voices to my Continue Reading »
Album Of The Year 2015 – Number 23
The countdown is beginning to gather pace now as we get to the lower echelons of the 20s. I hope that my choices thus far have managed to convince you that a Top 30 rather than a Top 20 was necessary. It is ambitious to say the least, but there has simply been too much Continue Reading »
Arcade Messiah – II – Album Review
Artist: Arcade Messiah Album Title: II Label: Stereohead Records Year Of Release: 2015 A mere 363 days after releasing the self-titled debut album, Arcade Messiah return with sophomore release ‘II’. When I say ‘Arcade Messiah return’, I more accurately mean John Bassett has returned because Arcade Messiah is simply the title given to the latest Continue Reading »
Agent Fresco – Destrier – Album Review
Artist: Agent Fresco Album Title: Destrier Label: Long Branch Records / SPV Year Of Release: 2015 My thoughts and feelings towards the musical talent emanating from Iceland are well documented on the Blog Of Much Metal. Indeed, I even wrote an entire commentary on the music from one of my most favourite places on Earth. Continue Reading »
Klone – Here Comes The Sun – Album Review
Artist: Klone Album Title: Here Comes The Sun Label: Pelagic Records Year Of Release: 2015 One spin of this disc and the irony of the album title will loom large; ‘Here Comes The Sun’ is not a record full of funeral doom, black metal or brutal death but the content is certainly dark, bleak and Continue Reading »
My Top 10 Tracks of 2014
What started as a throw-away remark on Twitter has suddenly turned into the content of another blog post on the Blog Of Much Metal. Having explored in great detail my favourite 20 albums of 2014, I happened to wonder aloud about my favourite ten individual songs from last year. The response to my musings was Continue Reading »