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Artist: Serious Black Album Title: Suite 226 Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 31 January 2020 Revered and prolific melodic power metal band Serious Black have returned after an 18 month hiatus with ‘Suite 226’, their fifth full-length release in as many years. The German/American quartet comprised of Urban breed (Vocals), Dominik Sebastian (Guitar), Mario  Continue Reading »

Artist: Darktribe Album Title: Voici L’Homme Label: Scarlet Records Date of Release: 17 January 2020 The start of 2020 sees a change in the Man of Much Metal. No, I haven’t stopped pretentiously referring to myself in the third person as you can see. Instead, I have decided to review an album that I would  Continue Reading »

Artist: Brothers Of Metal Album Title: Emblas Saga Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 10 January 2020 It’s becoming a theme but a positive one as once again I bring you a review of an album that I had literally no knowledge of and, from what I discovered after a quick bit of research, wasn’t  Continue Reading »

Artist: A Life Divided Album Title: Echoes Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 31 January 2020 This is one of those albums that I discovered during the Christmas holidays as I went through my email inbox to do some much-needed sorting and deleting, whilst being on the lookout for good music that needed reviewing. I  Continue Reading »

Artist: Thoughts Factory Album Title: Elements Label: Melodic Revolution Records Date of Release: 24 January 2020 During my time at ProgPower Europe 2019, I heard a lot of chat about a band called Thoughts Factory. I’d never heard of them before but when there’s a buzz about a band at this great festival, I tend  Continue Reading »

The first album in this list was confirmed the same morning that I published Part 2 of this series. It meant that I had to create a third part to this series, not that it was much of a chore given that I was able to easily put together another impressive list of likely records  Continue Reading »

I thought as a final last hurrah to 2019, I’d bring you my thoughts on my favourite ten songs of the year. In no particular order, except for the number one spot, here goes… In first place: Evergrey ‘All I Have’ This was the song that was the soundtrack to a very difficult time in  Continue Reading »

Inevitably, the minute I press the ‘publish’ button on my first ‘Anticipated Album Releases in 2020’ post, I stumble upon another quality batch of albums that are due to see the light of day this year. So the only right and proper thing to do is to put another post together and shine the light  Continue Reading »

Artist: Andy Gillion Album Title: Neverafter Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 15 November 2019 My awareness of Andy Gillion began when the guitarist and songwriter joined the ranks of Mors Principium Est in 2011. The Englishman, now based in Australia, became an integral member of the Finnish melodic death metal outfit, with the most  Continue Reading »

Welcome to 2020. I thought I’d start it off in familiar fashion by giving you a hint at what’s to come during the year, although I have tried to be a little more streamlined and not waffle on for ages about each release. There are likely to be further posts in this series, so watch  Continue Reading »