Tag Archives: manofmuchmetal

Artist: Asenblut Album Title: Die Wilde Jagd Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 17 April 2020 Lift your hunting horns, your axes, and your tankards to the sky, and praise the Gods of ancient mythology, for Asenblut are back with their latest Viking/melodic death metal album, entitled ‘Die Wilde Jagd’ (The Wild Hunt). I ended  Continue Reading »

Artist: Nicumo Album Title: Inertia Label: Inverse Records Date of Release: 27 March 2020 Hands up who misses Sentenced? You can’t see me, but I have both hands held aloft, which makes typing this review somewhat tricky. Ever since I discovered the Finnish band in the late 90s, I have loved them and it was  Continue Reading »

Artist: Black Dahlia Murder Album Title: Verminous Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 17 April 2020 Regardless of whether or not you love a specific sub-genre of music, there will always be a band or three that are exceptions to the rule; bands that, for some reason, just don’t float your boat or get  Continue Reading »

Artist: Symbolik Album Title: Emergence Label: The Artisan Era Date of Release: 10 April 2020 I am convinced that The Artisan Era must dabble in the arcane arts. Either that, or they have a hidden battery farm where they produce band after band deep in the shadows that deliver heavy and complex progressive death metal.  Continue Reading »

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 »

Artist: Testament Album Title: Titans Of Creation Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 3 April 2020 2020 will already go down as the year in which I finally ditched the crazy notion that maybe I don’t like doom metal that much. With a plethora of cracking doom releases tickling my sweet spot, I could no  Continue Reading »

Some people have suggested that 2020 has been a poor year for music. Whilst I’d never dare to disagree with you, I do believe that this opinion will depend greatly on the genre or subgenre of music you happen to like. If you like a broad range of rock/metal styles, I happen to think that  Continue Reading »

Artist: Ilium Album Title: Carcinogeist Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 28 February 2020 “…more hooks than a pirate convention in a bait shop!” Well, you have to love a band with a sense of humour and, in the case of Australian melodic metal band Ilium, it is probably gallows humour, borne out of the  Continue Reading »

Artist: Novena Album Title: Eleventh Hour Label: Frontiers Records Date of Release: 6 March 2020 I must apologise for being late bringing this review to you. Firstly, I wasn’t able to listen enough whilst the promo was only available in streaming format. There’s simply no way you can digest music of this nature by snatching  Continue Reading »

Artist: Ashes Of Life Album Title: Seasons Within Label: Abismo Humano Date of Release: 7 February 2020 It is that magical time again folks, where a band will come out of nowhere to make a massive and lasting impression on me. And, after reading this review, I hope you feel sufficiently moved to check this  Continue Reading »