Tag Archives: prog rock

Artist: Soen Album Title: Lotus Label: Silver Lining Music Date of Release: 1 February 2019 Despite my lengthy hiatus on manofmuchmetal.com, I was still listening to music here and there, trying not to fall too far behind and keep up-to-date with the happenings in the heavy music world. As such, having been so impressed with  Continue Reading »

Artist: Leprous Album Title: Pitfalls Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 25 October 2019 Where on Earth does one start with a review of an album like this? The album in question is ‘Pitfalls’ by Norway’s Leprous, arguably one of the most original bands to emerge from the metal scene in the last decade or  Continue Reading »

Artist: Prehistoric Animals Album Title: Consider It A Work Of Art Label: Altzarian Daydreams Date of Release: 30 November 2018 Here’s a band that I literally knew nothing about prior to ProgPower Europe 2019. A week or so before the festival, I did a little homework and listened to a couple of the available tracks  Continue Reading »

Artist: Avandra Album Title: Descender Label: Blood Music Date of Release: 26 April 2019 Ah, I’ve missed this – discovering new bands and feeling a strong urge to write about them. It’s why I set up my website in the first place and why, after several months in the doldrums I am back with a  Continue Reading »

Artist: Darkwater Album Title: Human Label: Ulterium Records Date of Release: 1 March 2019 The wait has, at times, felt interminable and I did begin to wonder if Darkwater would ever return to grace our ears with a new record to follow-up the majestic ‘Where Stories End’. However, the better part of nine years later,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Rendezvous Point Album Title: Universal Chaos Label: Long Branch Records Date of Release: 24 May 2019 Blimey, talk about a slow burner of a record. I downloaded the promo of ‘Univeral Chaos’, the sophomore release from Norwegian metal band Rendezvous Point way back, weeks or months before the release and almost immediately it popped  Continue Reading »

What can I say? I am overwhelmed by the comments, the love and the support shown to me following the publication of my first blog post in over eight months, a somewhat incoherent gathering of thoughts about the atmosphere, the fun, the friendship and the magic of ProgPower Europe 2019. But I must put all  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the final chapter in my 2018 ‘album of the year’ top 30 countdown. I have made it. Despite what has been a supremely hideous last two months at the Mansion of Much Metal, I have managed to keep to tradition and bring you my usual in-depth dissection of the best music to meet  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the latest instalment of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. It’s the last post before I hit the magic top 10. Again, a big thanks for showing your support throughout this series, keeping me going when I could have easily thrown in the towel. I never like choosing a band  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the latest instalment of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. No big introduction today you’ll be pleased to read. As the countdown moves inexorably towards the top 10, there’s just time to remind you that, as always, if you’ve missed any of my previous posts, head down to the bottom  Continue Reading »