Tag Archives: InsideOut Music
Haken – Interview 2020 Part 1 – Virus – ‘music prevails in the end’
My love affair with UK progressive metal band Haken is well documented both on manofmuchmetal.com but previously in the pages of Powerplay Magazine where I was writing when this young band burst onto the scene in 2010. Their debut, ‘Aquarius’ was a glorious discovery, one of those records that is equal parts raw talent, genius, Continue Reading »
Caligula’s Horse – Rise Radiant – Review
Artist: Caligula’s Horse Album Title: Rise Radiant Label: Inside Out Music Date of Release: 22 May 2020 Oh, ‘Rise Radiant’, you have not been an easy mistress. Long have been the journeys with you by my side, where I have questioned and dissected our relationship in the most forensic of detail. ‘Am I just with Continue Reading »
Pure Reason Revolution – Eupnea – Album Review
Artist: Pure Reason Revolution Album Title: Eupnea Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 3 April 2020 I must admit that I missed Pure Reason Revolution the first time around. When they released their first three albums between 2006 and 2010, I must admit that I wasn’t as open to their electronic-heavy and spacey brand of Continue Reading »
Port Noir – The New Routine – Album Review
Artist: Port Noir Album Title: The New Routine Label: Inside Out Music Date of Release: 10 May 2019 I come to this review as a complete newbie in terms of Port Noir. Prior to pressing play on ‘The New Routine’, I can’t recall ever listening to these guys before. And that’s odd for many reasons. Continue Reading »
Ray Alder – What The Water Wants – Album Review
Artist: Ray Alder Album Title: What The Water Wants Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 18 October 2019 The latest album in my quest to catch up with the best music to have been released during 2019 whilst I have been off-grid, is this, ‘What The Water Wants’ by Ray Alder. The name will need Continue Reading »
Leprous – Pitfalls – Album Review
Artist: Leprous Album Title: Pitfalls Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 25 October 2019 Where on Earth does one start with a review of an album like this? The album in question is ‘Pitfalls’ by Norway’s Leprous, arguably one of the most original bands to emerge from the metal scene in the last decade or Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2018 – Number 3
Welcome to the pre-penultimate chapter of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. Today, it is the turn of the bronze medal record, the third best of the year. I’d begin this post with a far wittier and more interesting introduction were it not for the fact that I’m drinking my third large Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2018 – Number 29
Hello everyone, here we are again, with episode 2 of my annual top 30 countdown of the best albums released this year. And what a year it has been. I know that I say it every year, but 2018 has produced some truly excellent music across a range of guitar-based subgenres. As the Man of Continue Reading »
Rikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly – Friendship – Album Review
Artist: Gungfly Album Title: Friendship Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 9 November 2018 It takes a special kind of artist to be able to lure in listeners who are usually more comfortable in other genres. It takes an even more special musician to retain their interest and engage with them once they have taken Continue Reading »
Riverside – Wasteland – Album Review
Artist: Riverside Album Title: Wasteland Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 28 September 2018 I realised something blatantly obvious regarding myself and my relationship with Riverside. I realised that I don’t care about how heavy the material is – it can be soft, deft and minimalist, or it can be heavy, dark and explosive. It Continue Reading »
