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Artist: H.E.A.T Album Title: H.E.A.T II Label: earMUSIC Date of Release: 21 February 2020 Longer term readers of manofmuchmetal.com will know that I have a soft spot for a little melodic hard rock from time to time. One of my favourite bands within this genre is Swedish xtet H.E.A.T, having been a fan since I  Continue Reading »

Artist: Psychotic Waltz Album Title: The God-Shaped Void Label: Inside Out Music Date of Release: 14 February 2020 Psychotic Waltz are a cult favourite, an institution to many, and a name known to just about every fan of progressive metal on the planet. However, apart from hearing the odd song here and there, I was  Continue Reading »

Artist: Into The Open Album Title: Destination Eternity Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 20 March 2020 I love to unearth a gem and so I am delighted to be able to bring you this review. The focus of this article is Into The Open, a Dutch band that is the creation of a very  Continue Reading »

Artist: Lunarsea Album Title: Earthling/Terrestre Label: Punishment18records Date of Release: 31 January 2020 Do you ever listen to an album and think ‘I really like this’, despite perhaps thinking that you shouldn’t? A guilty pleasure perhaps? Well, welcome to a newly discovered guilty pleasure of mine, by the name of Lunarsea. To refer to Lunarsea  Continue Reading »

Artist: Pure Wrath Album Title: The Forlorn Soldier Label: Debemur Morti Productions Date of Release: 6 March 2020 Consider this to be yet another excellent new discovery at the beginning of 2020, a year of some already great new discoveries. Before I received this EP, entitled ‘The Forlorn Soldier’, I had no clue as to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sylosis Album Title: Cycle Of Suffering Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 7 February 2020 This is the second album due to be released by Nuclear Blast on the 7th February this year. It is also the second album to shock me. But, whilst the latest Sepultura release, ‘Quadra’ has surprised me due to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sepultura Album Title: Quadra Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 7 February 2020 Hands up those of you who, like me, had pretty much given up on Sepultura? I can see a few hands in the air, so I’m glad I’m not alone. I still hold their earlier material including ‘Arise’, ‘Chaos AD’ and  Continue Reading »

Artist: Dyscordia Album Title: Delete / Rewrite Label: Road Mark Productions Date of Release: 7 January 2020 The glut of new releases in January is relentless and so, occasionally a few will slip through the net. Fortunately, a direct email from a PR agent specialising in Benelux bands has led me to catch one album  Continue Reading »

Artist: Godthrymm Album Title: Reflections Label: Profound Lore Date of Release: 14 February 2020 I’ve said on these very pages many times that I’m not the most enormous fan of doom metal. And yet, I have all of the Paradise Lost back catalogue including their early doom/death days. I utterly adore the likes of Daylight  Continue Reading »

Artist: On Thorns I Lay Album Title: Threnos Label: Lifeforce Records Date of Release: 21 February 2020 Thunderous, churning riffs, haunting lead guitars, guttural growled vocals? Oh yes, now this is good stuff. Then the bass kicks in and the riffs continue to writhe with a slow-paced authority, the like of which you’d hear on  Continue Reading »