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Malice Divine – Malice Divine – Album Review
Artist: Malice Divine Album Title: Malice Divine Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 19 February 2021 I will admit to coming across this album which searching a particular promo database for something rather different. However, seeing as I’m always on the lookout for a new discovery or two, I investigated further, intrigued by the cover Continue Reading »
Anticipated Album Releases in 2021 – Part 1
Now that I have completed my round-up of 2020 from a musical perspective, I want to focus 100% on 2021. We all hope that this new year will bring new hope; a return to gigs? A return to seeing people in 3D? A return to hugs and much-needed human contact? Let’s hope so. But can Continue Reading »
2020 – Honourable Mentions & The Ones That Got Away
2020 was a rubbish year, but a killer one in terms of new music. Unperturbed by events around the world, many artists brought their ‘A’ game to the studio to record excellent new music, music we all hope we’ll hear from a stage at some point in 2021. Fingers crossed. To underline my point about Continue Reading »
Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 6
Welcome to instalment number twenty-five of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. The last pick before I enter the final five for the year. Getting excited? I know that I am. I’m also a little worried that I won’t get this countdown complete before Christmas Day as promised. My family don’t need Continue Reading »
Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 18
Welcome to instalment number thirteen of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. In my world, the number 13 is lucky, and so it has proved again, because I’m able to bring you a really great record today that’s fully deserving of their spot in the limelight. Intrigued? Scroll down. But, before you Continue Reading »
Countless Skies – Glow – Album Review
Artist: Countless Skies Album Title: Glow Label: Willowtip Records Date of Release: 6 November 2020 Hertfordshire, England. A generally affluent part of the UK, the home of footballers’ mansions and many who commute to work in the capital, as well as being the headquarters of some of the countries largest businesses. It is not the Continue Reading »
My Dying Bride – Macabre Cabaret – EP Review
Artist: My Dying Bride Album Title: Macabre Cabaret Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 20 November 2020 Not content with releasing an incredibly strong and emotionally-wrought full length album earlier in the year, Yorkshire’s gloom and doom merchants have returned this autumn with a three-track EP entitled ‘Macabre Cabaret’ that provides fans with another twenty-plus Continue Reading »
Necrophobic – Dawn Of The Damned – Album Review
Artist: Necrophobic Album Title: Dawn Of The Damned Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 9 October 2020 Oh for the love of all that is evil, not again. How the devil did I let Necrophobic pass me by until now? I mean, HOW? I love blackened death metal, especially the kind that injects Continue Reading »
Cult Of Lilith – Mara – Album Review
Artist: Cult Of Lilith Album Title: Mara Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 4 September 2020 I’m mega late to the party with this record and for that, I apologise. Partly, it was due to my unexpected September hiatus. But partly, it is down to the fact that until about a week or Continue Reading »
Kataklysm – Unconquered – Album Review
Artist: Kataklysm Album Title: Unconquered Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 25 September 2020 When I reviewed 2018’s ‘Meditations’, I pointed to three things that made me such a big fan of the Canadian death metal juggernaut: great song writing, great production, and most importantly, the guitar tones. In the case of the latter, I Continue Reading »
