Tag Archives: extreme metal

Artist: Embryonic Autopsy Album Title: Prophecies Of The Conjoined Label: Massacre Records Date of Release: 18 February 2022 What better way to ward off the sickly-sweet sentiment of Valentine’s Day than with some gnarly, brutal death metal? You know, the kind that just wants to pulverise and destroy everything in its path. Forget flowers, chocolate,  Continue Reading »

Artist: The Devils Of Loudun Album Title: Escaping Eternity Label: The Artisan Era Date of Release:  11 February 2022 Another day, another nice find to bring to the pages of manofmuchmetal.com. Today, it’s the turn of US based metal band The Devils Of Loudun to show us what they’ve got, and I can tell you,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Cult Of Luna Album Title: The Long Road North Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release:  11 February 2022 I have always struggled with Cult Of Luna. I want to like them and have always wanted to like them. However, as good as their music has always been, I have never fully warmed to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Abysmal Dawn Album Title: Nightmare Frontier EP Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release:  4 February 2022 It seems that I’ve been slow on the uptake again. Forming nearly twenty years ago, Californian death metal band Abysmal Dawn have released five full-length albums and I’m unable to say that I’ve heard any of them.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Persefone Album Title: Metanoia Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 4 February 2022 I desperately wanted to bring this review to fruition much earlier than this but the more I listened to ‘Metanoia’, one of the most highly anticipated metal releases of 2022, the more time I felt I needed in order to formulate  Continue Reading »

Artist: Vorga Album Title: Striving Toward Oblivion Label: Transcending Obscurity Records Date of Release:  4 February 2022 What on Earth is going on with Transcending Obscurity Records at the moment? They are fast becoming a firm favourite with me of late thanks to some great releases at the heavier, more extreme end of the music  Continue Reading »

Artist: Mystic Circle Album Title: Mystic Circle Label: Atomic Fire Records Date of Release:  4 February 2022 Oh wow, the name Mystic Circle takes me back. To be more specific, it takes me back to the late 90s when I was at university and was continuing with my extreme metal journey of discovery. By this  Continue Reading »

Artist: Celeste Album Title: Assassine(s) Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date of Release:  28 January 2022 Today’s review has been written courtesy of my desire to broaden my horizons a little more, and to check out something new. Despite being in existence since 2005 and releasing five albums during that time, France’s Celeste has never before  Continue Reading »

Artist: Abyssus Album Title: Death Revival Label: Transcending Obscurity Date of Release:  21 January 2022 Growing up, I wasn’t a big fan of straight-up death metal as a genre. As I discovered more extreme forms of music, I quickly developed a love of the Gothenburg melodic death metal sound, but at the time, much of  Continue Reading »

Artist: Descent Album Title: Order Of Chaos Label: Brilliant Emperor Records (Redefining Darkness – CD; Caligari Records – Cassette) Date of Release: 14 January 2022 Sometimes, just sometimes, I want brutality. Pure, unadulterated brutality. Actually, over the past couple of years, I have felt the need more and more often. Happily, there are bands on  Continue Reading »