Tag Archives: The Man Of Much Metal

Artist: Karmakanic Album Title: Dot Label: InsideOut Music Date Of Release: 22 July 2016 Karmakanic have been around for a good few years now, formed in 2002 by Jonas Reingold, the bassist for the arguably more familiar band The Flower Kings. Also involved with Kaipa and The Tangent, Karmakanic was conceived to be the vehicle  Continue Reading »

Artist: Novena Album Title: Secondary Genesis Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 22 July 2016 Novena is the name of another band that you will want to have firmly on your radar if your musical weapon of choice is prog and progressive metal to be more accurate. Novena, are a five piece that formed back  Continue Reading »

Artist: Witherscape Album Title: The Northern Sanctuary Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 22 July 2016 Despite loving melodic death metal, I have to admit that there are very few bands within the genre that write music that stays lodged in my head for hours and hours after the music has stopped spinning. Early  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the third and final part of my series looking at those bands & albums that I either know or hope will be released during the second half of 2016. If you missed the first two instalments, here they are for your delectation: Essential rock & metal releases still to come in 2016 –  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the second instalment of my series looking ahead to some of the music that is still scheduled to come our way in the remainder of 2016. If you missed Part 1, it can be accessed via the following link: Essential rock & metal releases still to come in 2016 – Part 1 However,  Continue Reading »

This time last year, I was waxing lyrical about how strong 2015 had been by the half-way mark, stating that I had already compiled a strong Top 20, perfectly strong enough to stand up to scrutiny at the full year end. Well, if it’s possible, 2016 has been even better. It’s like all of my  Continue Reading »

Artist: Tilt Album Title: Hinterland Label: Tilt Music Date of Release: 30 June 2016 Out of the shadows of a progressive rock great, comes a brand new band that will, without any doubt at all, capture the attention of the prog rock genre. Their collective name is Tilt but individually, they number five talented musicians.  Continue Reading »

Welcome to my third and final post summarising the best releases during the first half of 2016. If you’ve missed parts 1 and 2, here are the links: Half-Way Through 2016 – The Best So Far – Part 1 Half-Way Through 2016 – The Best So Far – Part 2 But onto the main event  Continue Reading »

Artist: Cosmograf Album Title: The Unreasonable Silence Label: Cosmograf Music Date Of Release: 13 June 2016 Cosmograf is another musical name that I have discovered this year thanks to the power and persuasion of social media, not to mention the increased time that I have now that I am only writing for my own blog.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Fates Warning Album Title: Theories Of Flight Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 1 July 2016 Fates Warning. These are two simple words that, over the years, have been synonymous with the subgenre of progressive metal. Indeed, the American behemoth is rightly credited with helping to create and shape the subgenre as we know  Continue Reading »