Tag Archives: music

Artist: Arch Enemy Album Title: Will To Power Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 8 September 2017 Have I ever mentioned that I love early Arch Enemy? I’m talking ‘Burning Bridges’ and before. This, as far as I am concerned, was the pinnacle of their career, with ‘Stigmata’ remaining my personal favourite. I loved  Continue Reading »

Artist: H.E.A.T Album Title: Into The Great Unknown Label: earMUSIC Date of Release: 22 September 2017 When I reviewed ‘Tearing Down The Walls’, the fourth album from Swedish hard rock band H.E.A.T, I suggested that it was even better than their previous effort, ‘Address The Nation’. And that was a superb album, one of my  Continue Reading »

Artist: Dyscarnate Album Title: With All Their Might Label: Unique Leader Records Date of Release: 15 September 2017 Generally speaking, I’d class myself as a metalhead with a penchant for more intricate and complex compositions as well as having a love of melody and a weakness for guitar solos and over-the-top flamboyance. I’m also someone  Continue Reading »

Artist: Paradise Lost Album Title: Medusa Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date Of Release: 1 September 2017 I have been a fan of Paradise Lost for over 20 years since, as a teenager, I took a chance on ‘Draconian Times’. It was love at first listen and it served as the soundtrack to some very important  Continue Reading »

Artist: Witherfall Album Title: Nocturnes and Requiems Label: Independent Release Date of release: 10 February 2017 I’m going to start this review in a blunt manner: I am enjoying the hell out of this album. With that in mind, allow me to elaborate in a style more familiar to those who follow this site. ‘Nocturnes  Continue Reading »

Welcome to my third instalment of this series, where I dust off my crystal ball – or just trawl the internet obsessively – to bring you the pick of the releases that are still to come in the rock and metal world during the second half of 2017. If you missed the previous two posts  Continue Reading »

Artist: Tuesday The Sky Album Title: Drift Label: InsideOut Music Release date: 30 June 2017 You’ll already be aware of my general feelings towards instrumental albums as I’ve made no secret of it on this blog. I’m not the biggest fan as a rule, because I tend to find them a little one-dimensional and just  Continue Reading »

Artist: Dream Evil Album Title: Six Label: Century Media Date Of Release: 26 May 2017 Dream Evil have been knocking around the metal scene for many years, having been created before the millennium by the renowned Studio Fredman producer Fredrik Nordström. It was his burning desire to create his own power metal band and Dream  Continue Reading »

Artist: Until Rain Album Title: Inure Label: Sensory Records Date of Release: 28 April 2017 I tried to get this review published before the European release date of 28th April but I have failed rather spectacularly. The primary reason for my failure is the fact that the music on ‘Inure’ is so very good and  Continue Reading »

Artist: MindMaze Album Title: Resolve Label: Inner Wound Recordings Date of Release: 28 April 2017 The progressive power metal subgenre is large and highly saturated these days, which may go some way to explain why MindMaze have flown under my radar to date. Weeding out the wheat from the chaff in such a burgeoning scene  Continue Reading »