Tag Archives: The Man Of Much Metal
Insomnium – Winter’s Gate – Album Review
Artist: Insomnium Album Title: Winter’s Gate Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 23 September 2016 I am a big fan of melodic death metal, a genre normally considered to be the preserve of the Swedes who helped to create the very movement. However, over the past few years, Finland have muscled onto the scene Continue Reading »
Seven Impale – Contrapasso – Album Review
Artist: Seven Impale Album Title: Contrapasso Label: Karisma Records Date Of Release: 16 September 2016 I’ve been writing reviews about rock and metal of all types for over ten years now and over that time, I’ve learned a lot. One of the more powerful lessons I’ve learned is that often, you can admire an album Continue Reading »
DGM – The Passage – Album Review
Artist: DGM Album Title: The Passage Label: Frontiers Records Date Of Release: 26 August 2016 This review comes a little after the release date but under the circumstances, I make no apologies for this. The reason for my tardiness is that I was not initially very struck by this, the ninth album from Italian melodic Continue Reading »
Pressure Points – False Lights – Album Review
Artist: Pressure Points Album Title: False Lights Label: 7hard Records Date Of Release: 14 August 2015 So far this year, I’ve tried to keep my reviews current and up-to-date wherever possible. However, for one reason or another, this review is way overdue. For this, I can only apologise; both to the band and to the Continue Reading »
In The Woods – Pure – Album Review
Artist: In The Woods Album Title: Pure Label: Debemur Morti Productions Date Of Release: 16th September 2016 A mere 17 years since their last studio effort, ‘Strange In Stereo’, enigmatic Norwegian band In The Woods have emerged from their slumber and, to the great delight of aficionados and fans of extreme metal in general, have Continue Reading »
Evergrey – Interview 2016 Part 2 – ‘We’d make fools of ourselves if we tried to write ‘Hymns For The Broken 2’
Evergrey interview 2016 – Part 1 Evergrey – The Storm Within – Album Review It is a relatively uneventful journey to Camden and the restaurant of choice of Tom and Jonas, albeit frequently punctuated by the loud and amusing strains of ‘oooh, it’s gorgeous’, the latest quote from UK comedy show ‘Little Britain’ to tickle Continue Reading »
Evergrey – Interview 2016 – “We’re getting stronger and stronger, every day”
Read my review here: Evergrey – The Storm Within When you have a job and a young family, it can be tough to get out of the house sometimes, even if it is to just nip to the shops briefly. So you can imagine that it is almost impossible to get an entire evening off. Continue Reading »
Evergrey – The Storm Within – Album Review
Artist: Evergrey Album Title: The Storm Within Label: AFM Records Date Of Release: 9 September 2016 Frequent readers will already know all-too-well about my love for Evergrey. I have no hesitation to say that this band is my favourite band of all-time. Their music has been with me for over 16 years and has been Continue Reading »
Dream The Electric Sleep – Beneath The Dark Wide Sky – Album Review
Artist: Dream The Electric Sleep Album Title: Beneath The Dark Wide Sky Label: Mutiny Records Date Of Release: 22 July 2016 Dream The Electric Sleep are a difficult band to review for numerous reasons. Firstly there’s the headache of trying to adequately pinpoint and understand the music. Secondly, once sufficient enlightenment has been reached, the Continue Reading »
Periphery – Periphery III: Select Difficulty – Album Review
Artist: Periphery Album Title: Periphery III: Select Difficulty Label: century Media Records Date Of Release: 22 July 2016 The wonderful curse of ‘too much music, too little time’ is the main reason for the delay in offering a review of this record. If I’m honest, there was also an element of ‘hmm, not sure Continue Reading »
