Tag Archives: Symphonic Metal

Each year, I bring you a round-up of the best album releases of the year at around the half-way stage. Up until this year, I was still writing for Powerplay Magazine and so, not all of my choices in this list would have been previously mentioned here. However, now that this is my full-time endeavour,  Continue Reading »

As promised, my next post in my ‘Albums that changed my life’ series continues on the Cradle of Filth theme, so important was this band in my mid-teens. It wasn’t too long after getting to grips with ‘Vempire’, also known as ‘Dark Faerytales In Phallustein’ that news came to me of a new Cradle of  Continue Reading »

For the next instalment of my ‘Albums that Changed My Life’ series, I’m moving to around the mid 90’s. In the timeline of my life, this puts me at my mid-teens and it ushers in a whole new world music-wise. By now, my music addiction had taken full hold and I was spending all the  Continue Reading »

Artist: Universal Mind Project Album Title: The Jaguar Priest Label: Inner Wound Recordings Date Of Release: 29 April 2016 It is one thing to be impressed by an album from a band that you’re familiar with but one of the best feelings when reviewing music is being absolutely bowled over by a band that you  Continue Reading »

Artist: InnerWish Album Title: InnerWish Label: Ulterium Records Date Of Release: 18 March 2016 I’m going to begin this review by stating that I know nothing of InnerWish. Or at least, I didn’t until I decided to give this album a try having been sent the promo. I mean, it would be rude not to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Fleshgod Apocalypse Album Title: King Label: Nuclear Blast Year Of Release: 2016 You can’t beat a bit of unadulterated brutality. My life would be much the duller without some brutality in it. I’m not, of course, talking about physical violence here. After all, I’m the kind of coward that runs away at the first  Continue Reading »

Artist: Serenity Album Title: Codex Atlanticus Label: Napalm Records Year Of Release: 2016 Over the course of their career, Austria’s Serenity have made themselves ever-more indispensable in my world, slowly gathering momentum with each release. And then, with the release of ‘War Of Ages’ in 2013, I became entirely comfortable and had no qualms in  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the penultimate post in my ‘Album Of The Year 2015’ Top 30 countdown. If you’re new to this series and have missed my previous choices, be sure to check out the links at the bottom of this post. And to the regulars who have stuck with me from the start of this epic  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 6 of what is my most comprehensive and mammoth end of year countdown ever. 2015 has been such a ludicrously strong year that I felt I had to extend the content from 20 to 30. With two small children, Christmas around the corner and a house-move still a very vivid nightmare, some  Continue Reading »

Welcome to Day 5 of my ‘Album Of The Year 2015’ top 30 countdown. I hope you’ve enjoyed my picks so far. If you’re new to this list, numbers 27-30 can be accessed via links at the bottom of this post. Otherwise, with no other wordy fanfare, I give you my pick at number 26:  Continue Reading »