Tag Archives: post rock
Arcade Messiah – II – Album Review
Artist: Arcade Messiah Album Title: II Label: Stereohead Records Year Of Release: 2015 A mere 363 days after releasing the self-titled debut album, Arcade Messiah return with sophomore release ‘II’. When I say ‘Arcade Messiah return’, I more accurately mean John Bassett has returned because Arcade Messiah is simply the title given to the latest Continue Reading »
Bauda – Sporelights – Album Review
Artist: Bauda Album Title: Sporelights Label: Temple Of Torturous Year Of Release: 2015 Despite releasing two albums previously, I was unaware of the name of Bauda before this review. The quartet from Santiago, Chile create some really lovely music and I’m really pleased to be given the chance to write a few words about them Continue Reading »
Klone – Here Comes The Sun – Album Review
Artist: Klone Album Title: Here Comes The Sun Label: Pelagic Records Year Of Release: 2015 One spin of this disc and the irony of the album title will loom large; ‘Here Comes The Sun’ is not a record full of funeral doom, black metal or brutal death but the content is certainly dark, bleak and Continue Reading »
My Top 10 Tracks of 2014
What started as a throw-away remark on Twitter has suddenly turned into the content of another blog post on the Blog Of Much Metal. Having explored in great detail my favourite 20 albums of 2014, I happened to wonder aloud about my favourite ten individual songs from last year. The response to my musings was Continue Reading »
Enslaved – In Times – Album Review
Artist: Enslaved Album Title: In Times Label: Nuclear Blast Year of Release: 2015 In extreme metal circles, Norway’s Enslaved are held in very high regard, something approaching royalty some may say. For nearly a quarter of a century, the band have strived to release music of the very highest quality. But more than that, they Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2014 – Number 2
Today is the penultimate day in my epic labour of love otherwise known as my ‘Album of the Year 2014′ countdown. If you’ve joined this lengthy and in-depth series late, you can find links to the rest of my Top 20 at the bottom of this post – please feel free to check them out Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2014 – Number 3
It’s getting serious now as I enter the final three albums in my 2014 top 20 countdown, the bronze, silver and gold positions. Needless to say that all three bands coming up have released fabulous albums, worthy of any accolade coming their way. Remember, every post in this series can be accessed at the bottom Continue Reading »
Arcade Messiah – Arcade Messiah – Album Review
Artist: Arcade Messiah Album Title: Arcade Messiah Label: Stereohead Records Year of Release: 2014 Instrumental metal is not generally a subgenre of music that I particularly enjoy. I find that, more often than not, the music tends to be lacking a vital ingredient, one which renders the output rather one-dimensional and, well, boring. Of course Continue Reading »
Essential Metal Releases Still To Come in 2014 – Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of my quick-fire look at some of the best rock & metal that’s still to be released in the latter-half of 2014. Based on this next batch, 2014 could end up being a very strong year indeed. But then, where metal is concerned, there tend to be very few weak years! Continue Reading »
Half-Way Through 2014 – The Best So Far – Part 1
It is hardly believable, but here we are, half-way through 2014. Where does the time go? The older I get, the faster it seems to fly by. But enough of all that. The reason you’re here is because you want to discover some of the best rock and metal that the first half of 2014 Continue Reading »
