Tag Archives: Progressive Rock
Album Of The Year 2014 – Number 12

I’m closing in on the halfway mark of this year’s Album of the Year 2014 countdown. Thanks to everyone for the support, comments, shares and general banter so far. If you’re late to the party and have missed any of the eight posts thus far or you missed the countdowns entirely from 2012 and 2013, Continue Reading »
Album Of The Year 2014 – Number 20

Well, here we are again at year’s end. I can’t quite believe that another year has passed and that I’m embarking upon another end of year countdown. Much has happened over the past 12 months and in many ways I’m surprised that the blog is still going. External pressures and a growing family has meant Continue Reading »
Kingcrow – Interview – ‘The new album will be a sonic adventure’

Those familiar with the Blog Of Much Metal will know that I enjoy championing those bands that don’t tend to get the exposure that they deserve for one reason or another. That’s why today I bring you a full, in-depth interview with another band worthy of more attention: Kingcrow. Originally hailing from Rome, Italy, Kingcrow Continue Reading »
Knight Area – Hyperdrive – Album Review

Artist: Knight Area Album Title: Hyperdrive Label: The Laser’s Edge Year Of Release: 2014 Around 2008/09, I developed a real love for ‘neo-prog’ music. At the time, I had that rarest of commodities known as a disposable income, so I eagerly bought up as much music from this genre as I could. In amongst my Continue Reading »
Essential Metal Releases Still To Come In 2014 – Part 3

As with many of my blog posts, I hadn’t intended on adding a third part to my series of posts looking at those albums still to come in the latter half of 2014 that I’m really looking forward to. However, with a few announcements and confirmations in the past couple of weeks, I again felt 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 »
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 »
A.C.T. – Circus Pandemonium – Album Review

Artist: A.C.T. Album Title: Circus Pandemonium Label: ACTWORLD Year of Release: 2014 Cult progressive rock band A.C.T. finally return with their long-awaited fifth album, ‘Circus Pandemonium’. It has been eight years since the Swedish quintet released ‘Silence’ back in 2006 and so their fans have well and truly been kept waiting. In fact, there was 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 »