Tag Archives: prog rock

Welcome to instalment number twenty-two of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. No big intro, just headlong into the action… Apart from my normal reminder to anyone new to this series, to check out the links at the bottom of the post to find out who made the cut, from 30 down  Continue Reading »

Artist: Wolverine Album Title: A Darkened Sun Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 31 October 2020 If nothing else, Covid-19 has brought out some of the most creative and ambitious sides of our cherished and beloved musicians, who have fought hard and tried to find ways to stay alive whilst their world has threatened to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Soul Secret Album Title: Blue Light Cage Label: Layered Reality Productions Date of Release: 23 October 2020 Bearing in mind my love for progressive metal, it seems impossible that there’s a band out there within this genre, with no less than four albums under their belts, about which I know almost nothing. And yet  Continue Reading »

Artist: Okyr Album Title: Premorbid Intelligence Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 21 August 2020 The perils of running a music website are few, but one is the sheer amount of emails I receive asking me to review music. It’s certainly a good thing, but the peril is that much of the music is pretty  Continue Reading »

Artist: Pain Of Salvation Album Title: Panther Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 28 August 2020 I have been in the company of ‘Panther’, the eleventh release from the Swedish progressive metal juggernaut, Pain Of Salvation, for some time now, but even now, after it has been released, I am still no closer to deciding  Continue Reading »

Welcome to a whistle-stop tour of some of my most eagerly-awaited albums still to come in 2020, easily one of the worst years I have ever experienced as a human being during the forty that I have lived through to date. But as always, music is the saviour and I have high hopes that the  Continue Reading »

Artist: Airbag Album Title: A Day At The Beach Label: Karisma Records Date of Release: 19 June 2020 It is no secret that I have a soft spot for the music of Airbag. The Norwegian progressive rock band first came to my attention, via their second album, ‘All Rights Removed’, a record that I checked  Continue Reading »

Artist: Lesoir Album Title: Mosaic Label: GlassVille Records Date of Release: 1 May 2020 Another new name to cross my desk at manofmuchmetal.com is Lesoir, a Dutch five-piece that came to my attention because of my ongoing professional relationship with the good people at Incendia Music. That and the reference to Anathema in the ‘FFO’  Continue Reading »

Artist: Cryptex Album Title: Once Upon A Time Label: SPV/Steamhammer Date of Release: 8 May 2020 “unrestrained, autobiographic psychograms full of ambivalent feelings and approaches in self-reflection” If you didn’t know that you had clicked on a review of a progressive music album, you do now. The quote above is how Cryptex describe the music  Continue Reading »

Artist: Katatonia Album Title: City Burials Label: Peaceville Records Date of Release: 24 April 2020 When news reached me that Katatonia were to go on a hiatus, it was like being stabbed in the heart with a rusty blade. It hurt. Here is a band that means more to me than just music. I have  Continue Reading »