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Haken – Restoration – Album Review
Artist: Haken Album Title: Restoration Label: Inside Out Music Year Of Release: 2014 It has been an eventful year or so in the world of Haken. In September 2013, the sextet released what can only be described as a masterpiece of progressive music in the form of their third album, the magnificent ‘The Mountain’. This Continue Reading »
Distorted Harmony – Interview – “I hope that people will care more about the music than where we’re from”
I was so blown away by ‘Chain Reaction’, the sophomore release by Israel’s Distorted Harmony that I felt compelled to undertake an interview with the band to supplement the album review that was recently featured in Powerplay Magazine. The conversation that I undertook with keyboardist and founding member, Yoav Efron was a real pleasure and, Continue Reading »
Two Years of the Blog Of Much Metal
It has now been two years since I began this heavy metal blog following intense pressure from some circles. What started as an exercise in quieting the mob has blossomed into a labour of love and something I am very passionate about. Over the two years, I have been able to write material based on Continue Reading »
Australia – A New Powerhouse For Heavy Music?
I hadn’t planned on writing this post but all of a sudden, I felt compelled to do so. In recent months, I have been completely blown away by the quality of music being produced by some Australian artists and I wanted to bring this to people’s attention more. As a brief aside from an English Continue Reading »
Essential Metal Releases Still To Come In 2014 – Part 1
Welcome to my quick run-down of those albums I’m looking forward to being released in the latter half of 2014. I’ve already gone into some detail about the album that I’m most looking forward to, Evergrey’s ‘Hymns For The Broken’, but there are plenty more albums that are high on my radar. Want to know Continue Reading »
My Most Anticipated Release of 2014
Having briefly rounded-up those albums that I consider to be the best so far in 2014 (check these posts out here), I fully intended to take a general look at the albums still to be released this year that I was particularly looking forward to. I still intend to do that in the coming days/weeks Continue Reading »
Half-Way Through 2014 – The Best So Far – Part 3
Today I bring you the third instalment of my half-way round-up of some of the best albums released so far in 2014. So far, this year has been a strong one with a number of albums catching my attention and garnering positive reviews where applicable. If you missed parts 1 and 2, they can be Continue Reading »
Half-Way Through 2014 – The Best So Far – Part 2
Welcome to the second part of my series rounding up what I consider to be the best releases during the first-half of 2014. If you missed Part 1, which features a diverse few bands ranging from melodic hard rock to post-black metal shoegaze, you can access that via this link: Half-Way Through 2014 – The Continue Reading »
Unknown & Underrated – Shadow Gallery
Today sees another band take the spotlight in my ‘Unknown & Underrated’ series, in the hope that it brings with it a few more fans and a little more well-deserved success. If you are interested in reading previous entries in this series, they can be found via the following links: Redemption Wolverine Subsignal Omnium Gatherum Continue Reading »
Unknown & Underrated – Subsignal
Today sees a return of my ‘Unknown & Underrated’ series, where I try to throw the spotlight on a band that’s important to me but that maybe has not had the exposure or the success that I believe their music warrants. This is not to say that the featured bands are not successful, just that Continue Reading »
