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Welcome to day four of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. I’m really not feeling a big intro today and I suspect that most of you skip past it anyway, eager to see my choice for the day. So, here goes… Number 27 Kvaen The Funeral Pyre Black Lion Records Score Of  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day three of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. No big intro from me today, except to remind you that my picks between 30 and 16 are in no particular order, and that this series seeks to shine the spotlight on my favourite albums that this otherwise awful year has  Continue Reading »

Day two of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year 2020 – top 30 countdown’ is here. Quit your moaning at the back, please! 2020 may have been one of the worst years of our lives for many of us, but in terms of music, we have been blessed with some amazing releases. It proves that  Continue Reading »

After an absence in 2019, I’d like to welcome you to the return of the annual tradition at manofmuchmetal.com, the countdown of my favourite records of 2020. Please note the wording above – this is a series where I shine the spotlight for one final time this year on the albums that I have enjoyed  Continue Reading »

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 »

Artist: Dark Tranquillity Album Title: Moment Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 20 November 2020 Any day that I get to listen to new Dark Tranquillity music is a good day in my book. It is an especially good day when the wait has been four long years. I hadn’t actually twigged that it  Continue Reading »

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 »

Artist: Sólstafir Album Title: Endless Twilight Of Co-Dependent Love Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release: 6 November 2020 Back in 2014, when undertaking my now-annual tradition top albums of the year countdown, I awarded ‘Ótta’, the fifth release from Icelandic post rock/metal band Sólstafir the number three spot. It was my first real dalliance  Continue Reading »

Artist: Communic Album Title: Hiding From The World Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 20 November 2020 I’m sure there any many of you out there that, like me, will have a selection of bands that you think are ok, that you like, but you don’t love. One of these bands, for me, is Communic.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Wolverine Album Title: A Darkened Sun Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 31 October 2020 If nothing else, Covid-19 has brought out some of the most creative and ambitious sides of our cherished and beloved musicians, who have fought hard and tried to find ways to stay alive whilst their world has threatened to  Continue Reading »