Tag Archives: review

Artist: Lesoir Album Title: Mosaic Label: GlassVille Records Date of Release: 1 May 2020 Another new name to cross my desk at manofmuchmetal.com is Lesoir, a Dutch five-piece that came to my attention because of my ongoing professional relationship with the good people at Incendia Music. That and the reference to Anathema in the ‘FFO’  Continue Reading »

Artist: Temnein Album Title: Tales: Of Humanity And Greed Label: Independent / Blood Blast Date of Release: 22 May 2020 Occasionally, I need a good reminder that there are some excellent bands plundering the underground metal scene without perhaps the credit or attention that they or their music deserve. I started this website with the  Continue Reading »

Artist: Caligula’s Horse Album Title: Rise Radiant Label: Inside Out Music Date of Release: 22 May 2020 Oh, ‘Rise Radiant’, you have not been an easy mistress. Long have been the journeys with you by my side, where I have questioned and dissected our relationship in the most forensic of detail. ‘Am I just with  Continue Reading »

Artist: …And Oceans Album Title: Cosmic World Mother Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release: 8 May 2020 In my recent review of the new Naglfar album, ‘Cerecloth’, I mentioned that I discovered them via a black metal compilation on the Blackend record label in the mid-nineties. That was volume two. Fast forward to 1999  Continue Reading »

Artist: Vader Album Title: Solitude In Madness Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 1 May 2020 I thought long and hard about reviewing this album. After all, I’ll admit to only having a slim, passing knowledge of Vader, despite their legendary status within the extreme metal underground. The Polish band have been at the forefront  Continue Reading »

Artist: Shrapnel Album Title: Palace For The Insane Label: Candlelight Records Date of Release: 15 May 2020 Whilst looking for my next batch of review victims, I admit that I was seduced by the devastating combination of a striking album cover and a respected label. And, with a new-found love and admiration for thrash, having  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sinisthra Album Title: The Broad And Beaten Way Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 15 May 2020 Cards on the table, if this album didn’t feature Tomi Joutsen of Amorphis on vocals, I’d probably never have looked at it twice. The name is not one with which I am familiar and the cover is  Continue Reading »

Artist: Paradise Lost Album Title: Obsidian Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 15 May 2020 Upon hearing the opening strains of ‘Darker Thoughts’, the first song on ‘Obsidian’, I will admit to checking out the information on my laptop as I wasn’t convinced that this was Paradise Lost initially. The gentle, serene acoustic guitar notes  Continue Reading »

Artist: Naglfar Album Title: Cerecloth Label: Century Media Date of Release: 8 May 2020 Naglfar are one of the very first wave of black metal bands that I discovered back when I first found out about the genre in the mid-90s. It was thanks to their song, ‘Enslave The Astral Fortress’, which was the opening  Continue Reading »

Artist: Forgotten Tomb Album Title: Nihilistic Estrangement Label: Agonia Records Date of Release: 8 May 2020 I may need to rethink my moniker, because how can I call myself the ‘Man Of Much Metal’ when I am unaware of a band in the metal underground that has released nine albums and is (according to the  Continue Reading »