Tag Archives: power metal

Welcome to day 23 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I’m really excited to bring today’s pick to you because it is another example of just how surprising 2017 has been for me. It is definitely one of those albums that I could never have envisaged being in my end-of-year list  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 20 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. As I near the top 10 of this year’s mammoth undertaking, I have found it harder than ever to settle on the albums that are deserving of a place in my final ten. I know that I sound like a broken  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 7 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. It is now a week since I began this little adventure, as I do every year. Somehow, it gets me in the festive spirit because I know that it can’t be long until my Christmas holidays, when I allow myself a  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 4 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. Heartened by the response that I have had so far to my posts in this series, I feel so enthused to continue. So, thanks to everyone who has read, shared or commented so far, even at this early stage in proceedings.  Continue Reading »

Welcome to my annual run-down of the very best music to have been released during the calendar year of 2017. This is now the sixth year that I have compiled such a list, but the first for the new-look manofmuchmetal.com. This year has seen another cracking set of releases right across the spectrum of rock  Continue Reading »

Artist: Almanac Album Title: Kingslayer Label: Nuclear Blast Date Of Release: 24 November 2017 On paper, a band that features guitarist Victor Smolski (ex-Rage) alongside a trio of vocalists of the calibre of Andy B. Franke (Brainstorm), David Readman (Pink Cream 69) and Jeannette Marchewka (Lingua Mortis Orchestra) is a proposition worth checking out. At  Continue Reading »

Artist: Elvenking Album Title: Secrets of the Magick Grimoire Label: AFM Records Date Of Release: 10 November 2017 I don’t like folk metal. That’s what I’ve told myself for many years, anyway. Some years ago, I delved into the genre and found the whole thing pretty underwhelming to be honest. Included in this journey of  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: Serenity Album Title: Lionheart Label: Napalm Records Date Of Release: 27 October 2017 A short 21 months since the release of ‘Codex Atlanticus’, Austria’s Serenity return with their sixth album of symphonic melodic power metal, ‘Lionheart’. In my review of ‘Codex…’, I referred to Serenity as ‘one of my very favourites within the melodic  Continue Reading »