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Enslaved – Utgard – Album Review
Artist: Enslaved Album Title: Utgard Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: September 2020 My unexpected review hiatus may have meant that I missed the release date but nevertheless I am compelled to focus today, on the new, eagerly-anticipated record from Enslaved, entitled ‘Utgard’. At it’s most simplistic, how could I possibly ignore an album with Continue Reading »
Structural Disorder – Kingdom Crossing – EP Review
Artist: Structural Disorder Album Title: Kingdom Crossing Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 4 September 2020 You’d think by now, that I’d get used to news of bands splitting up, retiring, or disappearing. But no. Every time I hear another band has ceased to be, it fills me with a sense of sadness and disappointment, Continue Reading »
Ihsahn – Pharos – EP Review
Artist: Ihsahn Album Title: Pharos EP Label: Candlelight Records Date of Release: 11 September 2020 ‘Pharos’ is the second of two EPs released during 2020 by the incredible talent that is Ihsahn. The EPs are apparently intertwined but, as the press release so rightly states, there are some sharp contrasts between the two offerings. Mind Continue Reading »
Okyr – Premorbid Intelligence – Album Review
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 »
Pain Of Salvation – Panther – Album Review
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 »
Vanishing Point – Dead Elysium – Album Review
Artist: Vanishing Point Album Title: Dead Elysium Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 28 August 2020 I think there will be many of you who are fed up to the back teeth of me going on about certain bands within the confines of manofmuchmetal.com and on my various social media platforms. One of those bands Continue Reading »
Black Crown Initiate – Violent Portraits Of Doomed Escape – Album Review
Artist: Black Crown Initiate Album Title: Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 7 August 2020 Another new ‘discovery’ for me today, in the shape of Black Crown Initiate, a progressive death metal outfit from the United States. I put the word discovery in quotation marks because this isn’t so Continue Reading »
Albums still to come in 2020
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 »
The best albums of 2020 so far…the second quarter…AKA ‘the pandemic months’
What a year 2020 has been. In fact, one could say that, for a variety of reasons, 2020 has been one of the worst years in living memory. Families separated, the world grinding to a halt, human contact removed, people dying to the current tune of half a million thanks to this global pandemic. Will Continue Reading »
Haken – Virus – Album Review
Artist: Haken Album Title: Virus Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 6 June 2020 I began my review of ‘Vector’, Haken’s fifth album, with a bit of a moan. I felt it was just a little too short, and being the selfish person that I am, I wanted another song, maybe two. Mind you, it’s Continue Reading »
