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Album of the Year 2017 – Number 13
Welcome to day 18 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I have finally done it. 17 days into my epic countdown and I have had my first murmurs of disagreement. I told you it would happen; it was just a question of when. Perhaps with hindsight I should have awarded Persefone’s Continue Reading »
Morgan Wick – The Ascent – Album Review
Artist: Morgan Wick Album Title: The Ascent Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 1 December 2017 A little over 12 months ago, I was presented with ‘Atrament’, the sophomore release from Seattle’s A Sense of Gravity. I was thoroughly impressed with the record too. In fact, as I wrote within that review, it forced me Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2017 – Number 28
Somehow it’s already day three of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I swear that time speeds up the very moment I start to publish this series of posts; I know for sure that I am busier than at any other time of the year, as I bust a gut or two Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2017 – Number 30
Welcome to the top 30! It doesn’t feel like a year since I embarked upon my last end-of-year round-up, but here I am again, bringing you my annual labour of love that is my ‘Album of the Year countdown’. I first started this back in 2012. At that time, I still wrote for Powerplay Magazine Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2017 – honourable mentions – Part 2
Welcome to a thoroughly necessary second instalment of my ‘2017 – honourable mentions’ post. As I mentioned in the first part (read it here), 2017 has been an exceptionally strong year for heavy music. I have listened to a ton of new music over the past eleven months and it is the first time that Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2017 – honourable mentions – Part 1
Welcome to my annual run-down of the very best music to have been released during the calendar year of 2017. This is now the sixth year that I have compiled such a list, but the first for the new-look manofmuchmetal.com. This year has seen another cracking set of releases right across the spectrum of rock Continue Reading »
Witchery – I Am Legion – Album Review
Artist: Witchery Album Title: I Am Legion Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 10 November 2017 Witchery are a band that I have always kept an eye on, even if I have always fallen short to declaring myself a fully-fledged fan. After numerous line-up changes, the band all but disappeared from view after the Continue Reading »
Elvenking – Secrets of the Magick Grimoire – Album Review
Artist: Elvenking Album Title: Secrets of the Magick Grimoire Label: AFM Records Date Of Release: 10 November 2017 I don’t like folk metal. That’s what I’ve told myself for many years, anyway. Some years ago, I delved into the genre and found the whole thing pretty underwhelming to be honest. Included in this journey of Continue Reading »
Moonspell – 1755 – Album Review
Artist: Moonspell Album Title: 1755 Label: Napalm Records Date Of Release: 3 November 2017 I’ve had a soft spot for Moonspell ever since I heard the awesome ‘Irreligious’ back when I was a teenager. Songs like ‘Opium’, ‘Awake’ and the full-on epic majesty of closer ‘Full Moon Madness’ really captured my imagination. The rich, moody Continue Reading »
Impureza – La Caída De Tonatiuh – Album Review
Artist: Impureza Album Title: La Caída De Tonatiuh Label: Season of Mist Date Of Release: 10 November 2017 I’m willing to bet that a genre collaboration between extreme death metal and classic Hispanic music would not be top of many people’s ‘most likely to hear’ list. Indeed, even if it was, I suspect that few Continue Reading »
