Tag Archives: Metal Blade Records

Artist: Cult Of Lilith   Album Title: Mara Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 4 September 2020 I’m mega late to the party with this record and for that, I apologise. Partly, it was due to my unexpected September hiatus. But partly, it is down to the fact that until about a week or  Continue Reading »

Artist: Ensiferum Album Title: Thalassic Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 10 July 2020 If there was a time to go back to a band and try again, it’s now, when time is in great supply and I have a mind more open than at any time previously. Despite being around for two decades,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sorcerer Album Title: Lamenting Of The Innocent Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 29 May 2020 When I listened to ‘The Crowning Of The Fire King’, the sophomore album from Swedish metal band Sorcerer, I came to it with no expectations whatsoever. I’d never heard their music before and because of the partial  Continue Reading »

Artist: Cirith Ungol Album Title: Forever Black Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 24 April 2020 I have always wondered what Cirith Ungol sounded like but had never found the time or a strong enough compulsion to investigate and actually find out. And that’s in spite of the fact that their name is taken  Continue Reading »

Artist: Igorrr Album Title: Spirituality and Distortion Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 27 March 2020 In the pursuit of reviewing this album, I have had to ask myself the same question several times: Is it possible to enjoy an album that you don’t really like but which you admire and respect? It may  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: Blaze Of Perdition Album Title: The Harrowing Of Hearts Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 14 February 2020 Another release to which I have arrived late. Must try harder; must do better. The self-flagellation will begin the moment I complete this review, I promise. Despite my tardiness, I hope the wait will prove  Continue Reading »

Artist: God Dethroned Album Title: Illuminati Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 7 February 2020 Dutch blackened death metal stalwarts God Dethroned return in 2020 with their eleventh album in a career that has spanned nearly thirty years since their formation in 1991. They are one of those bands that feels like they have  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the penultimate chapter of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. I had hoped to complete the countdown ahead of Christmas day but the fates conspired to ensure that it wasn’t to be. But never mind, it just means that now the turkey has been consumed, the presents opened and the  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the 13th instalment of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. The number 13 may be unlucky for some, but not for the band that’s featured today, especially because I knew next to nothing about them at the start of 2018 and therefore hadn’t even considered that they might feature in  Continue Reading »