Tag Archives: prog metal

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 16 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. Another day, another post! I hope that you are enjoying my series this year – judging by the comments, I still seem to be getting my choices just about right. Hopefully, by now, you will have noticed that I have not  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 11 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. Today is the day when the seriousness of this series gets cranked up a notch because I am entering the top 20. What follows are the very best 20 records that have been released in 2017 in my humble opinion. In  Continue Reading »

Welcome back! Not put off by the first pick in this year’s top 30? Well, it’s early days, so I’m sure I’ll annoy someone before long. As I stated in the opening post, I am hoping to keep this countdown in line with previous years, namely streamlined and to-the-point. Having reviewed every album in this  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: Ne Obliviscaris Album Title: Urn Label: Season Of Mist Date Of Release: 27 October 2017 Many column inches have been filled with commentary about Ne Obliviscaris over the past year or so after the Australians announced a ‘patron crowd funding campaign’ to essentially fund them to be full-time musicians. The initiative was designed to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Enslaved Album Title: E Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 13 October 2017 Someone very close to me was once fascinated by ancient Norse runes, so much so that he studied the alphabet and delved into the history and the myths with real passion. I often think that he was born in the wrong  Continue Reading »

Artist: Iris Divine Album Title: The Static And The Noise Label: Independent Release Release date: 6 October 2017 A three-piece progressive rock/metal band from North America? Nah, that’ll never work. If I remember rightly, some band called Rush tried it many years ago and as far as I can recall, it didn’t go too well  Continue Reading »

Artist: Vulture Industries Album Title: Stranger Times Label: Season of Mist Date Of Release: 22 September 2017 ‘Stranger Times’, the fourth album from Norwegian avant-garde metal band Vulture Industries was one album I had little intention in reviewing. When I was given the task of feeding back my thoughts on their sophomore album, ‘The Malefactor’s  Continue Reading »

Artist: Protean Collective Album Title: Collapse Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 28 July 2017 After a very lean period trawling the heavy metal underground for a new gem to bring you, I have hit the jackpot once again. The band in question today is Boston-based progressive rock/metal band Protean Collective with their latest recorded  Continue Reading »