Tag Archives: metal

Day two of my half-year round-up of the best music released during the first six months of 2018. I still can’t believe that we have reached this stage of the year. But then again, when I look back at all 62 reviews that I have completed so far, I begin to realise just why the  Continue Reading »

2018 has easily lived up to the hype and it has delivered some amazing music during the first six months of the year. I thought it might be a good idea to take a look at the 62 reviews that I have completed to date and pick some of the highlights. Call it a mid-way  Continue Reading »

Artist: Atrocity Album Title: Okkult II Label: Massacre Records Date of Release: 6 July 2018 What is ‘success’ in a heavy metal context? Is it being as popular as Metallica, with the ability to sell out arenas on each and every tour? Or is it a career of hard work, consistency of quality and a  Continue Reading »

Artist: Kataklysm Album Title: Meditations Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 1 June 2018 I can’t explain it, but there is something so satisfying about Kataklysm. On the one hand, they’re not all that different from the hordes of death metal bands out there who are both brutal and who inject a touch of melody  Continue Reading »

Artist: Marduk Album Title: Viktoria Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 22 June 2018 At the outset of this review, I feel it is necessary to admit that I have never been that big a fan of Swedish black metal band Marduk. They are a band with which I am passingly familiar but that  Continue Reading »

Artist: Follow The Cipher Album Title: Follow The Cipher Label: Nuclear Blast Date Of Release: 11 May 2018 Sweden’s Follow The Cipher are a new band on the heavy metal block, with this self-titled record their debut offering. And yet, despite only being in existence for a few short years, here’s a band about which  Continue Reading »

Artist: Millennial Reign Album Title: The Great Divide Label: Ulterium Records Date of Release: 25 May 2018 Over recent years, Ulterium Records have had a knack of releasing some rather decent albums. Be it the latest Theocracy or Waken Eyes records, the label has managed to employ a high level of quality control of late,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Subsignal Album Title: La Muerta Label: Gentle Art of Music/Soulfood Date Of Release: 25 May 2018 When I heard the news that Sieges Even were to cease, I was hugely disappointed. Here was a band that not many years before, had released ‘The Art of Navigating By The Stars’, a record that, by all  Continue Reading »

Artist: Amorphis Album Title: Queen Of Time Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 18 May 2018 Just when you think that a band has reached their peak, they come along and prove you wrong. The moral of the story therefore, is never think that a band can’t improve upon a superb release, because they can.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Hekz Album Title: Invicta Label: BMH Audio Date Of Release: 20 April 2018 If you will allow me to be blunt, I must confess that I didn’t really like this record much at all when I first listened to it. I felt that it was a little bit ‘meh’ to be honest. It didn’t  Continue Reading »