Tag Archives: cinematic

Artist: Ihsahn Album Title: Ihsahn Label: Candlelight Records Date of Release: 16 February 2024 I have spent several hours of my life listening to this new self-titled album, or should I say ‘double album’, from Ihsahn. However, it’s possible that I’ve spent even more time thinking about it, the music that appears on it, and  Continue Reading »

Artist: Silent Skies Album Title: Dormant Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 1 September 2023 “Are you prepared…” These are, fittingly, the first three words that are sung by Tom Englund at the beginning of ‘Construct’. It is the opening composition of ‘Dormant’, the third album from Silent Skies, the collaboration between Englund and Vikram  Continue Reading »

Artist: The Enigma Division Album Title: The Enigma Division Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 27 January 2023 I needed this. As I return from my extended hiatus at the back end of 2022, it is wonderful to be presented with an album by a new band that gets the magic flowing again. I started  Continue Reading »

Artist: Nordic Giants Album Title: Symbiosis Label: Independent Release Date of Release:  4 February 2022 You’ve got to love a musical entity that’s shrouded in mystery, haven’t you? I mean, it adds to the aura that surrounds the music, and to an extent, stops the focus being on the people. You can therefore concentrate on  Continue Reading »

Artist: Silent Skies Album Title: Nectar Label: Napalm Records Date of Release:  2022 I desperately wanted to dislike this album. This might sound like an odd revelation with which to commence an album review, but it’s true. Ever since I started manofmuchmetal.com, I have made no secret of my love for Evergrey, happily stating that  Continue Reading »

Artist: Dordeduh Album Title: Har Label: Prophecy Productions Date of Release: 14 May 2021 Sometimes, internal conflicts within bands can be a positive thing. We normally view these events as negative, but it isn’t always the case. This is one such.  Dordeduh, taken from three Romanian words meaning ‘longing for spirit’ was formed in 2009  Continue Reading »

Artist: Silent Skies Album Title: Satellites Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 11 December 2020 A review of this album was about as inevitable as death and taxes quite frankly, so I suspect none of you are surprised to be reading this. Silent Skies is the new project between Evergrey’s Tom S. Englund and pianist  Continue Reading »

Artist: Thoughts Factory Album Title: Elements Label: Melodic Revolution Records Date of Release: 24 January 2020 During my time at ProgPower Europe 2019, I heard a lot of chat about a band called Thoughts Factory. I’d never heard of them before but when there’s a buzz about a band at this great festival, I tend  Continue Reading »

Artist: Universe Effects Album Title: Desolation Label: Independent Date of Release: 29 October 2018 And finally, here we have it. I was talking a few weeks ago about the fact that I am forever searching for the next great prog discovery, a task that has become ever-harder as the years go by because I feel  Continue Reading »

Artist: White Moth Black Butterfly Album Title: Atone Label: Kscope Date Of Release: 1 September 2017 Before reading this review, you might like to take a look outside. In so doing, you might notice a few flying pigs, a blue moon or even the beginning of the end of the Universe as we know it.  Continue Reading »