Tag Archives: Arjen Lucassen
My most anticipated releases of 2017 – Part 4
Another day, another batch of great material that should be destined to arrive in 2017 to bathe our ear in. On the strength of all this, I don’t think there’s any danger of the recent momentum in the metal world slowing down. And isn’t that great? It gives us all something to look forward to Continue Reading »
Album Of The Year 2015 – Number 25
Welcome to day 6 of what is my most comprehensive and mammoth end of year countdown ever. 2015 has been such a ludicrously strong year that I felt I had to extend the content from 20 to 30. With two small children, Christmas around the corner and a house-move still a very vivid nightmare, some Continue Reading »
Heavy Metal Is Not Just ‘Shouty’ Music – Part 2 – The Female Voices
I received some great feedback to my original post entitled ‘Heavy metal is not just ‘shouty’ music’ but a few people criticised it for one important reason: my post only featured male vocalists. This was in no way deliberate and, to underline this point, I have decided to write a second post that puts some Continue Reading »
The Gentle Storm – The Diary – Album Review
Artist: The Gentle Storm Album Title: The Diary Label: Inside Out Music Year of Release: 2015 ‘The Gentle Storm’…if you stop and think about it and let the words mull over in your mind for a time, it suddenly hits you what a really nice, clever and simple name it is. A contradiction in terms Continue Reading »
My Top 20 of 2012 – Number 11
Despite it now being 2013, we have reached the halfway stage in my top 20 rock & metal albums of 2012. How exciting! If you’ve missed any of my previous posts in this countdown, links can be found at the bottom of this post. Docker’s Guild ‘The Mystic Technocracy (Season 1: The Age Of Ignorance)’ Continue Reading »
