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Artist: Bjørn Riis Album Title: Coming Home EP Label: Karisma Records Date Of Release: 23 February 2018 New material, even an EP, was an unexpected surprise so soon after the latest full-length release from Airbag guitarist Bjørn Riis. Of 2017’s album, ‘Forever Comes To An End’, I can be quoted as saying: “…this is a  Continue Reading »

Welcome to Part 3 of my annual mini-series where I try to round-up all of the albums that I either know are being released in 2018 or I sincerely hope will be released this year. By now, you know the drill – the previous posts in this series can be accessed by links below –  Continue Reading »

Now that the dust has settled a little on my Top 30 albums of 2017 series, I thought it only right and proper to shine the spotlight on the individual songs that made the biggest impact upon me in 2017. I was intending to keep it to a succinct top 10 but when has manofmuchmetal.com  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 28 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I’ve mentioned this before a few times but the difference between a very good album and a great one is the way that the music makes you feel. All of the money, technical prowess and musical know-how are rendered obsolete if  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 21 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I feel that some kind of fanfare is required as I have finally made it to my top 10, the ten albums that have made the biggest impression on me throughout 2017. I could indulge myself in a long waffle-filled intro  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 19 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. As the UK undergoes a ‘big freeze’, my traditional end-of-year series is beginning to hot up. It doesn’t seem like nineteen minutes since I started it, let alone nineteen days. But time, as they say, flies when you’re having fun. And  Continue Reading »

Artist: Communic Album Title: Where Echoes Gather Label: AFM Records Date Of Release: 27 October 2017 If ever there was a band that deserved more success than they have achieved, it is Communic. I mean, how can a band with this amount of talent not break into the heavy metal mainstream? Four records have been  Continue Reading »

Artist: Beast In Black Album Title: Berserker Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 3 November 2017 I try to always see the best in things – it is my personality. I also try to steer clear of writing reviews of albums that I don’t like all that much. I figure that there are far too  Continue Reading »

Artist: Daydream XI Album Title: The Circus Of The Tattered And Torn Label: Sensory Records Date Of Release: 22 September 2017 There’s an age-old saying that ‘first impressions last’ and furthermore, that once made, that first impression can last a lifetime. Fortunately for the young Brazilian prog metal band Daydream XI, there’s another saying which  Continue Reading »

Artist: CyHra Album Title: Letters To Myself Label: Spinefarm Records Date of Release: 20 October 2017 I have been desperate to review this album ever since I knew of its existence, several months ago, maybe even longer. Unfortunately, until recently, I only had access via an Internet stream, so my opportunity to listen to it  Continue Reading »