Tag Archives: extreme metal

Today is the penultimate day in my epic labour of love otherwise known as my ‘Album of the Year 2013’ countdown. If you’ve joined the bandwagon late, you can find links to the rest of my Top 20 at the bottom of this post – please feel free to check them out. But now to  Continue Reading »

Yes, it’s that time of year again, when I offer my thoughts on the best releases that have assaulted my ears this calendar year. So, having built it up over the past few weeks, I have finally decided on my Album of The Year for 2013 and my top 20 for the year overall. It  Continue Reading »

Today’s blog post features a band that have really captured my attention over the last couple of years but even more so in recent months following the release of their latest album. That band, my friends, is Omnium Gatherum. Omnium Gatherum were formed in the mid nineties and hail from one of the most metal-loving  Continue Reading »

Ever since I began to listen to rock and metal some twenty years ago now, I have been delighted by and frustrated by a particular phenomenon…the instrumental interlude. Most of the time, these pieces of music are used as an introduction to an album or as a closer. Often, instrumentals act as book-ends, both opening  Continue Reading »

After the marathon event that was my Top 20 of 2012 countdown (which you can check out here if you missed it! ), I felt it was only fair to round things off with a post or two about those albums that I liked but that, for one reason or another, were not in that  Continue Reading »

Day 9 of my Top 20 rock/metal albums of 2012 Day 8, featurfing some tasty UK thrash metal can be found here. Gojira ‘L’Enfant Sauvage’ Roadrunner Records I never expected this to be an album that I liked, let alone find itself in my Top 20. Previously, the output of French metallers Gojira had left  Continue Reading »