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Another day, another truckload of new releases are confirmed for 2017. The way things are going, this year is shaping up very nicely indeed. Today’s round-up features some real favourites as well as a couple of genuine surprises that I simply wasn’t expecting. If you’re interested in my other updates in this series, links can  Continue Reading »

Artist: Battle Beast Album Title: Bringer of Pain Label: Nuclear Blast Date Of Release: 17 February 2017 I come to this review as a relative Battle Beast novice. I was never offered the opportunity to review any of their previous albums whilst working with Powerplay and so, with my time limited, my only exposure to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Soen Album Title: Lykaia Label: UDR Music Release Date: 3 February 2017 I’m a relatively late convert to the Soen cause having only discovered the Swedish band via their previous, sophomore release, ‘Tellurian’, although it is an album for which I have a lot of time. However, I can safely say that ‘Lykaia’ is another  Continue Reading »

Artist: Exquirla Album Title: Para Quienes Aún Viven Label: Superball Music Date of Release: 17 February 2017 One of the main reasons I continue with the Blog of Much Metal is so that I can spread the word as much as I can about music that I believe people must hear. I love making new  Continue Reading »

Artist: Firewind Album Title: Immortals Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 20 January 2017 I really struggled in the beginning with ‘Immortals’, the eighth album from Greek melodic power metal band Firewind. They are a band with whom I am familiar and have had something of an on-off relationship over the years. Helmed by  Continue Reading »

Persefone – Aathma Release date: 24 February 2017 For anyone looking for a quality dose of progressive death metal, then look no further than Persefone. Hailing from the absolute hotbed of metal that is Andorra, Persefone have made more than a few waves in what is an ever more competitive and crowded genre of metal  Continue Reading »

Another day, another batch of great material that should be destined to arrive in 2017 to bathe our ear in. On the strength of all this, I don’t think there’s any danger of the recent momentum in the metal world slowing down. And isn’t that great? It gives us all something to look forward to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Pain Of Salvation Album Title: In The Passing Light Of Day Label: InsideOut Music Release date: 13 January 2017 I suspect I’m not in a minority who include Pain of Salvation as one of their most important musical discoveries. Here is a band that have released easily some of the best progressive metal music  Continue Reading »

Welcome to part 2 of my mini series taking a look into my crystal ball at some of the albums I know, think or hope will see the light of day during the year ahead. If you missed part 1, you can read it here: My most anticipated releases of 2017 – Part 1 Forgive  Continue Reading »

Welcome to another annual tradition on the Blog of Much Metal, a small series where I take a look at the albums that I am most looking forward to during the coming year. Some of these releases are already confirmed, some I have even heard (with reviews coming soon) and some are just my own  Continue Reading »