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Ivar Bjørnson and Einar Selvik – Hugsjá – Album Review

Artist: Ivar Bjørnson and Einar Selvik Album Title: Hugsjá Label: Norse Music Date Of Release: 20 April 2018 A significant change of career and continued parental responsibilities means that I am still playing catch up with my reviews at this congested period of the year. As such, the album central to this review has already  Continue Reading »

Kino – Radio Voltaire – Album Review

Artist: Kino Album Title: Radio Voltaire Label: InsideOut Date Of Release: 23 March 2018 Regular readers of manofmuchmetal.com will know just how much admiration I have for John Mitchell. The guitarist, vocalist and songwriter has littered the world of progressive rock with some amazing performances within bands like It Bites, Frost* and Arena, and has  Continue Reading »

Structural Disorder – ‘…And the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene’ – Album Review

Artist: Structural Disorder Album Title: …And the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene Label: Lion Music Date Of Release: 15 March 2018 “If I had to be brutally honest, the accordion is one of my most disliked instruments. It’s right up there with the child’s recorder, the trumpet and the mouth organ as far as  Continue Reading »

Gleb Kolyadin – Gleb Kolyadin – Album Review

Artist: Gleb Kolyadin Album Title: Gleb Kolyadin Label: Kscope Date Of Release: 23 February 2018 Ah, ok, erm….this is embarrassing. I think this has to be the moment when I am forced to admit that I have not really listened much to the Russian duo of Gleb Kolyadin and Marjana Semkina, who go by the  Continue Reading »

Usurpress – Interregnum – Album Review

Artist: Usurpress Album Title: Interregnum Label: Agonia Records Date Of Release: 23 February 2018 This may be the fourth album from Usurpress, but it happens to somehow be my first personal dalliance with the Uppsala-based extreme metal trio. Formed in 2010, I suspect it will be because they never crossed my desk whilst on the  Continue Reading »

Kingcrow – The Persistence – an update

A few months ago, I was approached by Diego Cafolla, guitarist and principal songwriter for Kingcrow. We’ve been speaking for a number of years and so this contact didn’t initially seem to be out of the ordinary. However, after the usual pleasantries had been exchanged, Diego asked if I could help them out. This was  Continue Reading »

Bjørn Riis – Coming Home – EP review

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 »

My favourite songs of 2017

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 »

Album of the Year 2017 – Number 5

Welcome to day 26 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. And, just like that, I find myself tackling my top 5 of 2017. Thank you to everyone who has followed the previous 25 instalments so loyally and diligently. I applaud your stamina and your resilience because, if nothing else, you’ve had  Continue Reading »

Album of the Year 2017 – Number 6

Welcome to day 25 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. It is at this point, quite late in the day, that I realise that there is a key component to the albums and the music that fills the highest spots in this year’s list. And that, dear readers, is emotional depth.  Continue Reading »


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