Tag Archives: thrash metal

Artist: Seven Kingdoms Album Title: Zenith Label: Distortion Music Group Date of Release: 17 June 2022 For a few years now, I’ve been meaning to check out the band Seven Kingdoms but something has always got in the way. I’ve heard a smattering of songs here and there, but that’s about it. However, finally, in  Continue Reading »

Artist: Denouncement Pyre Album Title: Forever Burning Label: Agonia Records Date of Release: 17 June 2022 It wasn’t until I was doing my research ahead of this release, that I realised just how many bands that fall into the black/death/thrash arena hail from Australia. The most famous of these is arguably Deströyer 666, about which  Continue Reading »

Artist: Kreator Album Title: Hate Über Alles Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 10 June 2022 After a wait of five years, I can finally review a new album by the band I consider to be my favourite of all of the German thrash scene. One of the ‘big four’, they stand alongside Destruction, Sodom,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Abyssus Album Title: Death Revival Label: Transcending Obscurity Date of Release:  21 January 2022 Growing up, I wasn’t a big fan of straight-up death metal as a genre. As I discovered more extreme forms of music, I quickly developed a love of the Gothenburg melodic death metal sound, but at the time, much of  Continue Reading »

Artist: Ashes Of Ares Album Title: Emperors And Fools Label: Rock Of Angels Records Date of Release:  21 January 2022 Sometimes, just sometimes, you forget just how good an artist is. In a world where I am bombarded with new music on what seems like an hourly basis, it can take a little well-timed nudge  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day four of my “Album Of The Year 2021” Top 30 Countdown. I reckon it’s going well so far…I mean, I’ve not had any obscene messages from readers telling me how wrong I am with my picks up until now. In fact, I’ve had no dissenting voices at all – a few eyebrows  Continue Reading »

As the pandemic still does its best to mess with the music industry, there is at least a little hope that things might be starting to head towards a bit more normality. But is it too late? Whilst the infection rates rise again, sporting events have seen a re-opening of sorts, with fans allowed back  Continue Reading »

Artist: Vreid  Album Title: Wild North West  Label: Season Of Mist  Date of Release: 30 April 2021  I have been following Vreid for many years, even covering their output first in the pages of Powerplay magazine way back when. But this is the first time that I have decided to review one of their albums for manofmuchmetal.com, for reasons that I am unable to fathom.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Temtris  Album Title: Ritual Warfare  Label: Wormholedeath  Date of Release: 30 April 2021  It will always remain a mystery as to why some bands make it big, whilst others struggle to get the attention they deserve. Right place, right time? Bias? Nepotism? Faces just don’t fit? It’s probably a mixture of all these factors to be honest, but it  Continue Reading »

Artist: Evile Album Title: Hell Unleashed Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 30 April 2021 Evile are a name synonymous with the UK thrash metal scene. Actually, scrub that. Since their inception in 2004, rising from the ashes of Metal Militia, they have delivered music that has made them well-known the world over, and rightly  Continue Reading »