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Artist: Long Distance Calling Album Title: How Do We Want To Live? Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 26 June 2020 Long Distance Calling are one of those bands that defy all of my self-imposed logic and reasoning. The saying goes that there’s always an exception that proves a rule but, in the case of  Continue Reading »

Artist: Re-Armed Album Title: Ignis Aeternum Label: Black Lion Records Date of Release: 5 June 2020 Re-Armed have been around for many years but have always seemed to be just off the radar of most discerning heavy metal fans to date. Formed way back in 2001 in Kerava, these Finns started out with a more-than-healthy  Continue Reading »

Artist: Atavist Album Title: III: Absolution Label: Candlelight Records Date of Release: 19 June 2020 Not to be confused with my recent critique of Canadian epic melodic death metal band Atavistia, this review is an entirely different proposition altogether. In fact, a similar name is pretty much all this UK band has in common with  Continue Reading »

Artist: Frost* Album Title: Others EP Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 5 June 2020 When a new release from Frost* emerges, many of us within the prog community get excited. After all, this is a band that can be genuinely referred to as unique. Other adjectives include ‘challenging’, ‘fresh’ and ‘exciting’. Whilst many consider  Continue Reading »

Artist: Atavistia Album Title: The Winter Way Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 29 May 2020 I have ‘Time I’ in my collection as any self-respecting fan of heavy metal should, but to be perfectly honest, theirs is not the brand of heavy metal that I tend to get carried away with. I love melodic  Continue Reading »

Artist: Astralborne Album Title: Eternity’s End Label: Prosthetic Records Date of Release: 29 May 2020 I’m late to the party twice with this record, because not only was ‘Eternity’s End’ previously self-released by Astralborne but now that they are signed with Prosthetic Records and can re-release their debut offering, I am bringing this review to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Centinex Album Title: Death In Pieces Label: Agonia Records Date of Release: 29 May 2020 Sometimes, I am in the mood for some brutality to bludgeon me into submission. It might be because I’ve had a tough day at work, the kids have wound me up, or maybe because my sports team(s) have lost.  Continue Reading »

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 »

Artist: Pile Of Priests Album Title: Pile Of Priests Label: Extreme Metal Music/Rockshots Records Date of Release: 22 May 2020 Denver, Colorado is the destination of my next review at manofmuchmetal.com, as it is home to a four-piece that go by the no-nonsense name of Pile Of Priests. I’m not really sure what attracted me  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sorcerer Album Title: Lamenting Of The Innocent Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 29 May 2020 When I listened to ‘The Crowning Of The Fire King’, the sophomore album from Swedish metal band Sorcerer, I came to it with no expectations whatsoever. I’d never heard their music before and because of the partial  Continue Reading »