Tag Archives: AOTY 2017

Welcome to day 9 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I can hardly believe I’m nearing a third of the way through this series already. This year, I have to be honest and say that I’m having the most fun I’ve ever had putting this series together. Initially, it was very  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 8 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. As I sit here typing this post, the heavens have opened and that rarest of events on the east coast of the UK is in full swing – we have snow in Suffolk! It means that we are well and truly  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 7 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. It is now a week since I began this little adventure, as I do every year. Somehow, it gets me in the festive spirit because I know that it can’t be long until my Christmas holidays, when I allow myself a  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 5 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. The response I am getting so far to this year’s countdown is insane, eclipsing previous years by far – thanks to everyone once again for getting involved and supporting this foolish endeavour of mine. As with all of the posts so  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 4 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. Heartened by the response that I have had so far to my posts in this series, I feel so enthused to continue. So, thanks to everyone who has read, shared or commented so far, even at this early stage in proceedings.  Continue Reading »

Somehow it’s already day three of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I swear that time speeds up the very moment I start to publish this series of posts; I know for sure that I am busier than at any other time of the year, as I bust a gut or two  Continue Reading »

Welcome back! Not put off by the first pick in this year’s top 30? Well, it’s early days, so I’m sure I’ll annoy someone before long. As I stated in the opening post, I am hoping to keep this countdown in line with previous years, namely streamlined and to-the-point. Having reviewed every album in this  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the top 30! It doesn’t feel like a year since I embarked upon my last end-of-year round-up, but here I am again, bringing you my annual labour of love that is my ‘Album of the Year countdown’. I first started this back in 2012. At that time, I still wrote for Powerplay Magazine  Continue Reading »

Welcome to a thoroughly necessary second instalment of my ‘2017 – honourable mentions’ post. As I mentioned in the first part (read it here), 2017 has been an exceptionally strong year for heavy music. I have listened to a ton of new music over the past eleven months and it is the first time that  Continue Reading »

Welcome to my annual run-down of the very best music to have been released during the calendar year of 2017. This is now the sixth year that I have compiled such a list, but the first for the new-look manofmuchmetal.com. This year has seen another cracking set of releases right across the spectrum of rock  Continue Reading »