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Tundra – A Darkening Sky – Album Review

Artist: Tundra Album Title: The Darkening Sky Label: Corrupted Flesh Records Date of Release: 4 March 2022 Over the past couple of years, I have confronted many of my musical prejudices head-on, with both positive and negative results. I’m now a fully paid-up member of fan clubs for doom metal, post-rock, post-metal, and I’m beginning  Continue Reading »

Sylvaine – Nova – Album Review

Artist: Sylvaine Album Title: Nova Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release:  4 March 2022 Whenever Season Of Mist drop a promo into my lap, I find it rude not to dive straight in for a listen, even if it is for an artist about which I previously knew very little. They are a label  Continue Reading »

Hath – All That Was Promised – Album Review

Artist: Hath Album Title: All That Was Promised Label: Willowtip Records Date of Release: 4 March 2022 I’d been reading quite a bit of hype around a band called Hath of late, so I felt that I ought to check them out. Unfortunately, my extended hiatus in 2019 coincided with the release of Hath’s debut  Continue Reading »

Sabaton – The War To End All Wars – Album Review

Artist: Sabaton Album Title: The War To End All Wars                   Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release:  4 March 2022 You may recall the incredible coincidence that saw Haken release an album entitled ‘Virus’ in 20xx right in the midst of the biggest global pandemic in generations. Well, it has happened again. Swedish power metal juggernaut  Continue Reading »

Kuolemanlaakso – Kuusumu – Album Review

Artist: Kuolemanlaakso Album Title: Kuusumu Label: Svart Records Date of Release: 4 March 2022 You’d be forgiven for assuming that Kuolemanlaakso might have bitten the dust, because in anyone’s language, eight years is a hefty length of time without releasing new material. But no, the Finns are alive and well, and finally bring us their  Continue Reading »

Oh Hiroshima – Myriad – Album Review

Artist: Oh Hiroshima Album Title: Myriad Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 4 March 2022 During the near decade that I have run manofmuchmetal.com, I have had to face many of my long-held prejudices and reassess plenty of my likes and dislikes from a musical perspective. In the intervening years, I have now accepted and  Continue Reading »

Godless Truth – Godless Truth – Album Review

Artist: Godless Truth Album Title: Godless Truth Label: Transcending Obscurity Records Date of Release: 4 March 2022 I’ll be the first to admit that I am becoming a little addicted to the music that Transcending Obscurity Records have been serving up of late. Admittedly, not all of it is perfect, but the quality is generally  Continue Reading »

Shape Of Despair – Return To The Void – Album Review

Artist: Shape Of Despair Album Title: Return To The Void Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release:  25 February 2022 With the release of three full-length albums in four years around the turn of the Millennium, Shape Of Despair began like a train. However, more in keeping with their funeral doom metal output, things have  Continue Reading »

Eight Bells – Legacy Of Ruin – Album Review

Artist: Eight Bells Album Title: Legacy Of Ruin Label: Prophecy Productions Date of Release:  25 February 2022 Had I not been recommended this album on social media I may still be blissfully unaware of its existence. Eight Bells is not a name with which I am familiar but I’m all for exploring new musical avenues  Continue Reading »

Embryonic Devourment – Heresy Of The Highest Order – Album Review

Artist: Embryonic Devourment Album Title: Heresy Of The Highest Order Label: Unique Leader Records Date of Release:  25 February 2022 ‘Heresy Of The Highest Order’ is the very first exposure I’ve had to Embryonic Devourment, despite it being the fourth full-length of the Californian’s career to date. It’s also the first album to be released  Continue Reading »


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