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Artist: Burned In Effigy Album Title: Rex Mortem Label: Independent Release Date of Release:  28 January 2022 When it comes to melodic death metal, everyone knows that I’m a big fan. I like a wide range of bands and styles that come under the increasingly vast umbrella of ‘melodeath’. However, I’ve always been a bigger  Continue Reading »

Artist: Silent Skies Album Title: Nectar Label: Napalm Records Date of Release:  2022 I desperately wanted to dislike this album. This might sound like an odd revelation with which to commence an album review, but it’s true. Ever since I started manofmuchmetal.com, I have made no secret of my love for Evergrey, happily stating that  Continue Reading »

Artist: Celeste Album Title: Assassine(s) Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date of Release:  28 January 2022 Today’s review has been written courtesy of my desire to broaden my horizons a little more, and to check out something new. Despite being in existence since 2005 and releasing five albums during that time, France’s Celeste has never before  Continue Reading »

Artist: Abyssus Album Title: Death Revival Label: Transcending Obscurity Date of Release:  21 January 2022 Growing up, I wasn’t a big fan of straight-up death metal as a genre. As I discovered more extreme forms of music, I quickly developed a love of the Gothenburg melodic death metal sound, but at the time, much of  Continue Reading »

Artist: SOM Album Title: The Shape Of Everything Label: Pelagic Records Date of Release: 21 January 2022 Just like all music reviewers, I have my favourite labels and PR people; not to say that there are particularly any bad ones, it’s just that some will cater more to my tastes than others. As such, whenever  Continue Reading »

Artist: Ashes Of Ares Album Title: Emperors And Fools Label: Rock Of Angels Records Date of Release:  21 January 2022 Sometimes, just sometimes, you forget just how good an artist is. In a world where I am bombarded with new music on what seems like an hourly basis, it can take a little well-timed nudge  Continue Reading »

Artist: Beriedir Album Title: AQVA Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 21 January 2022 It was the rather striking cover artwork that drew me in to this album, but it was the music that made me stay and ultimately pen this review. I’ll always be someone who takes notice of the imagery and if it  Continue Reading »

Artist: Lalu Album Title: Paint The Sky Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 21 January 2022 This record has to be one of my most anticipated releases of 2022 and it’s a delight to be able to finally bring you my considered thoughts about it. I’ve been a fan of Vivien Lalu for quite some  Continue Reading »

Artist: Nocturna Album Title: Daughters Of The Night Label: Scarlet Records Date of Release:  21 January 2022 Today’s review is one of those ‘discoveries’ that I made when undertaking one of my famed late-night trawls through my promo accounts. Of all the genres of heavy music that I like, I’d place Gothic, symphonic metal lower  Continue Reading »

Artist: Battle Beast Album Title: Circus Of Doom Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 21 January 2021 Back in 2017, I reviewed ‘Bringer Of Pain’, the fourth studio album of Battle Beast’s career. I didn’t however, review the 2019 follow-up ‘No More Hollywood Endings’. Put simply, I wasn’t a big fan of ‘Bringer Of Pain’  Continue Reading »