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Artist: Cynic Album Title: Ascension Codes Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release: 26 November 2021 There are some albums that get released that leave you scratching your head, wondering ‘how?’ ‘Ascension Codes’, just the fourth full-length release from US progressive outfit Cynic is one such record. Beginning life back in 1987 but suffering more  Continue Reading »

Artist: TDW Album Title: Fountains Label: Layered Reality Productions Date of Release:  26 November 2021 Tom De Wit is a machine, a progressive music machine. It was only January of this year when I was presented with ‘The Days The Clock Stopped’, the first album recorded by Tom under the simplified ‘TDW’ moniker. A more  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day four of my “Album Of The Year 2021” Top 30 Countdown. I reckon it’s going well so far…I mean, I’ve not had any obscene messages from readers telling me how wrong I am with my picks up until now. In fact, I’ve had no dissenting voices at all – a few eyebrows  Continue Reading »

Artist: Hypocrisy Album Title: Worship Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 26 November 2021 I have known about Hypocrisy ever since I clapped my ears on their ’10 Years Of Chaos And Confusion’ ‘best of’ release back in 2001. At the time, I was entranced by the slower, more melodic and atmospheric tracks that appeared,  Continue Reading »

Welcome to Day three of my countdown series, ‘Album Of The Year 2021 Top 30’. All I really wanted to reiterate before diving in to my third choice, is that I am so happy to be able to even do this series this year. In the summer, it was looking bleak as I wasn’t interested  Continue Reading »

Artist: W.E.B. Album Title: Colosseum Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 19 November 2021 You’d think that now I’ve begun my mammoth annual Top 30 album countdown series, I’d have no more time for album reviews, wouldn’t you? Well, in the past, you might be right. But this is a new, ultra-enthused Man Of  Continue Reading »

I can’t believe it is already that time of year again. Where has 2021 gone? It has been a pretty awful year on a personal level, one that tested my love of music to the limit. Normally my place of solace and comfort, I was disinterested in hearing any music for nearly three months over  Continue Reading »

Artist: Navian Album Title: Cosmos Label: Indie Recordings Date of Release: 19 November 2021 I have never been the biggest fan of instrumental music, as I tend to find that it can be a little underwhelming, a touch boring, and often an exercise in technical prowess over memorable song writing. Of course, this is an  Continue Reading »

Artist: NorthTale Album Title: Eternal Flame Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release:  12 November 2021 I came into this review with very low expectations. I have to be really in the mood for a blast of Euro power metal exuberance, but in an effort to listen to as much music as possible before putting together  Continue Reading »

Artist: Obscura Album Title: A Valediction Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 19 November 2021 It really is true what they say: the more you learn, the less you know. Or, the more you learn, the more you realise that you need to learn. This is particularly accurate when it comes to music. There is  Continue Reading »