Tag Archives: manofmuchmetal

Artist: Dragony Album Title: Viribus Unitis Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 15 January 2021 Keen to redress the balance of last year, when power metal seemed to fall of the face of the planet…or at least quality power metal releases at any rate, I have actively kept a weather eye on any potential albums  Continue Reading »

Artist: Soen Album Title: Imperial Label: Silver Lining Music Date of Release: 29 January 2021 Without doubt, ‘Imperial’ is one of my most anticipated releases for 2021. A couple of years ago, I awarded ‘Lotus’ a score of 97%, beguiled as I was by its myriad of charms. I therefore come to album number five,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Angelus Apatrida Album Title: Angelus Apatrida Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 5 February 2021 It makes me feel really old when a band, born in the early noughties is celebrating its 20th anniversary. I mean, damnit, I was in my 20s when Spanish thrash metal band Angelus Apatrida were formed in 2001.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Oceana Album Title: The Pattern Label: Time To Kill Records Date of Release: 29 January 2021 Twenty-seven years ago, I had just entered my teens and I was in the early stages of one of the most important, engrossing, and rewarding journeys of my life – the journey of discovery into the realms of  Continue Reading »

Artist: Therion Album Title: Leviathan Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 22 January 2021 The reason this review sees the light of day after the release date is because, frankly, I wasn’t even considering a review of it. Over the long career of the Swedish band, I have dipped in and out of their material,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Tribulation Album Title: Where The Gloom Becomes Sound Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 29 January 2021 I may not be as well versed as many of you out there in the ways of Tribulation, having only ‘discovered’ them in 2018 via ‘Down Below’, but news of a new a new album still  Continue Reading »

Welcome to Part 2 of my mini-series looking into my crystal ball at what music we have to look forward to in 2021. If ever there was a need to look into the future at positive things, it’s now, as we all stare down the barrel of several more months under the cloud of Covid-19.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Asphyx Album Title: Necroceros Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 22 January 2021 After the hell that was 2020, it seems perfectly fitting to review some heavy as all hell death metal right at the start of this new year. And it is delivered to us in the form of ‘Necroceros’, the tenth  Continue Reading »

Artist: W.E.T. Album Title: Retransmission Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 22 January 2021 A little under three years since the release of their critically-acclaimed third release, ‘Earthrage’, the melodic hard rock ‘supergroup’ W.E.T. return with album number four, ‘Retransmission’. And, as you all know, given my soft spot for a dose of melodic hard  Continue Reading »

Artist: Labyrinth Album Title: Welcome To The Absurd Circus Label: Frontiers Records Date of Release: 22 January 2021 Despite a lengthy hiatus a few years ago, Italy’s Labyrinth are one of those bands that has seemingly been around forever, has a very loyal fanbase, but has never really broken into the full-beam limelight. And it  Continue Reading »