Tag Archives: music

Artist: Vanishing Point Album Title: Dead Elysium Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 28 August 2020 I think there will be many of you who are fed up to the back teeth of me going on about certain bands within the confines of manofmuchmetal.com and on my various social media platforms. One of those bands  Continue Reading »

  Artist: Unleash The Archers Album Title: Abyss Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 21 August 2020 Even with a moniker like Man Of Much Metal, I cannot possibly be across all bands, all genres and all styles of metal all of the time. Sadly, I’m not omnipotent, as hard as I might try. It  Continue Reading »

Artist: Veonity Album Title: Sorrows Label: Scarlet Records Date of Release: 21 August 2020 When I reviewed ‘Legend Of The Starborn’ in late 2018, I literally gushed praise in its direction. I was new to the band and really enjoyed what I heard. I can be quoted as even saying: “After spending what seems like  Continue Reading »

Artist: Ages Album Title: Uncrown Label: Black Lodge Records Date of Release: 21 August 2020 If you think I’d be as obvious as to be swayed by words like ‘melodic black metal’ and ‘Sweden’, you’d be absolutely right. And why wouldn’t I be swayed by such words? Sweden is the home to many of my  Continue Reading »

Artist: Black Crown Initiate Album Title: Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 7 August 2020 Another new ‘discovery’ for me today, in the shape of Black Crown Initiate, a progressive death metal outfit from the United States. I put the word discovery in quotation marks because this isn’t so  Continue Reading »

Artist: Gaerea Album Title: Limbo Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release: 24 July 2020 There has to be something in the water in Portugal. For a country that is probably most known as a holiday destination thanks to its warm Mediterranean climate, it seems to also be an expert in creating some pretty dark  Continue Reading »

Artist: Buried Realm Album Title: Embodiment Of The Divine Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 24 July 2020 When I was confronted with ‘The Ichor Carcinoma’, the debut release from Buried Realm, I was incredibly impressed. I was impressed by the music that confronted me, by the plethora of guest musicians that appeared, but mostly  Continue Reading »

Artist: Navian Album Title: Reset (EP) Label: Indie Recordings Date of Release: 14 August 2020 As you’ll know by now, instrumental music isn’t normally my ‘thing’. I have waxed lyrical about a few releases over the years, most recently, the new effort from Long Distance Calling. But they are a special band. So too are  Continue Reading »

Artist: Selenseas Album Title: The Outer Limits Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 7 August 2020 I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of Russian bands that I like. In fact, I’m pretty sure that Mechanical Poet are the only Russians I have in my collection at all. So, as it  Continue Reading »

Welcome to a whistle-stop tour of some of my most eagerly-awaited albums still to come in 2020, easily one of the worst years I have ever experienced as a human being during the forty that I have lived through to date. But as always, music is the saviour and I have high hopes that the  Continue Reading »