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Welcome to the top 5 of my ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown. It has been a long time coming but here we finally are – the five best albums of 2016, according to the Man of Much Metal. as I’ve said many times before, this is just one man’s opinion of the  Continue Reading »

Artist: Borknagar Album Title: Winter Thrice Label: Century Media Records Year Of Release: 2016 It’s only mid-January and already I’m confronted with an album that has well and truly put the cat amongst the proverbial pigeons. The enigmatic and evergreen Borknagar have released what I consider to be their magnum opus. ‘Winter Thrice’ is nothing  Continue Reading »

Welcome to Day 11 of my ‘Album of the Year 2015’ top 30 countdown. We’ve reached the top 20 already – thanks to those of you who have followed this series since the beginning and welcome to those who are new to my blog. If you have missed any of my choices from 30-21, the  Continue Reading »

Artist: Arcturus Album Title: Arcturian Label: Prophecy Productions Year Of Release: 2015 ‘Idiosynchratically beautiful’. These are two words that have stuck with me for nearly 20 years and which I recall almost every time I hear or read the name Arcturus. These words were quoted on an advert for the Norwegian band’s 1997 release, ‘La  Continue Reading »

Day 2 of my Album Of The Year 2013 countdown. Welcome back and thanks for reading. If you happened to miss Day 1, you can read it here. As always, this is a personal list and there’s bound to be people who agree or disagree with my choices. Please feel free to tell me exactly  Continue Reading »

If you are late to the party and have missed days 1-3, never fear because day 1 can be found here, day 2 here and day 3 here. Borknagar ‘Urd’ Century Media Records The number 17 slot belongs to Norwegian metallers Borknagar. I was going to say ‘Norwegian black metallers’ but really and truly, this  Continue Reading »