Tag Archives: Melodic Metal
Most Anticipated Album Releases of 2015 – Part 2

Naturally, as is always the way, there are just far too many anticipated releases during the coming year to fit into one post. Therefore, you’ll be delighted to know that I’ve put this second post together to raise awareness of yet more very important albums that are scheduled to be released during 2015. Based on Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2014 – Number 1

We’ve finally made it! Here we are with my Number 1 album of 2014. It has taken over a month to bring you my full top 20 but I hope that it has been worth it. It has taken a lot of effort on my part over the past few weeks to bring this series Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2014 – Number 5

We’ve finally made it into the top 5! Thanks for sticking with me – every year it seems like a mammoth undertaking but I seem to get there in the end. It may be 2015 but my favourite albums of 2014 are still making an impact and deserve their moment in the spotlight. Better late Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2014 – Number 6

Welcome to Day 15 of the Blog Of Much Metal Album of the Year 2014 countdown. Once again, thanks for sticking with me on this annual labour of love – the continued support really inspires me to keep putting the effort into this series. A quick reminder before I launch into today’s post that each Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2014 – Number 9

We’re into single figures now in the Blog Of Much Metal Album of the Year 2014 countdown. It has been a real challenge this year due to increasing pressures on my time but I feel compelled to continue so that I can offer my thoughts on the best music that the rock and metal worlds Continue Reading »
Heavy Metal is Not Just ‘Noise’

A while back, I wrote a blog post entitled ‘heavy metal is not just shouty music’ wherein I discussed the fact that metal vocalists don’t just growl, shout and swear. This was underlined by focusing on a handful of vocalists within the genre who can really sing. And when I say that they can sing, Continue Reading »
Evergrey – Hymns For The Broken – Interview: “It Has Surpassed All Our Expectations”

The Electronic Press Kit for ‘Hymns For The Broken’: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc3e49uCqBU&w=560&h=315] It is not often that I get personally invited by an artist to interview them for this little blog of mine. However, that was exactly the reality with which I was faced recently when I was contacted directly by none other than Mr Tom Continue Reading »
My Most Anticipated Release of 2014

Having briefly rounded-up those albums that I consider to be the best so far in 2014 (check these posts out here), I fully intended to take a general look at the albums still to be released this year that I was particularly looking forward to. I still intend to do that in the coming days/weeks Continue Reading »
Half-Way Through 2014 – The Best So Far – Part 2

Welcome to the second part of my series rounding up what I consider to be the best releases during the first-half of 2014. If you missed Part 1, which features a diverse few bands ranging from melodic hard rock to post-black metal shoegaze, you can access that via this link: Half-Way Through 2014 – The Continue Reading »
Half-Way Through 2014 – The Best So Far – Part 1

It is hardly believable, but here we are, half-way through 2014. Where does the time go? The older I get, the faster it seems to fly by. But enough of all that. The reason you’re here is because you want to discover some of the best rock and metal that the first half of 2014 Continue Reading »