Tag Archives: thrash metal

Welcome to part 2 of my round-up of the best album releases during the first half of 2017. The choices are in no particular order because I don’t want to spoil the surprise for my end of year countdown in December. If you missed ‘Part 1’, it can be viewed here: Half-way through 2017 –  Continue Reading »

Artist: Iced Earth Album Title: Incorruptible Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 16 June 2017 The phrase ‘only time will tell’ features a lot in music reviews, certainly in mine. Over the years, I’ve had to listen to hundreds of albums and put pen to paper in double-quick time to submit my thoughts in  Continue Reading »

Artist: Ancient Ascendant Album Title: Raise The Torch Label: Spinefarm Records / Candlelight Records Date Of Release: 21 April 2017 When the legendary Dan Swanö is quoted as saying that Ancient Ascendant are ‘one of the best brutal bands to come out of Britain, well, ever’, I don’t really have any choice but to investigate  Continue Reading »

  Artist: Ghost Ship Octavius Album Title: Ghost Ship Octavius Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 2015 What I’m about to say might shock you. There are some of you who might even vehemently disagree. But it is true, I can assure you. I am human and I am fallible. I know this for sure  Continue Reading »

Artist: Obituary Album Title: Obituary Label: Relapse Records Release date: 17 March 2017 My love affair with Obituary dates back to the mid-nineties and their ‘World Demise’ album. It was a discovery, on cassette, at a time when I was getting more and more into extreme forms of music. I’d started out with the likes  Continue Reading »

Artist: Havok Album Title: Conformicide Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 10 March 2017 For someone who is continually going on record to say that he doesn’t, as a rule, prefer thrash metal, I seem to have been enjoying quite a lot of albums in this genre recently. First there was the new Testament  Continue Reading »

Artist: Helion Prime Album Title: Helion Prime Label: AFM Records Release Date: 24 February 2017 Science-based power metal. These four words will go a long way to determine whether or not you carry on reading the remainder of this review. It is a description that it likely to either draw you in like a tractor  Continue Reading »

Artist: Odd Logic Album Title: Effigy Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 17 January 2017 (digital) Regular readers of the Blog of Much Metal will be aware that the US progressive metal band Odd Logic were a very pleasant new discovery for me last year, via their sixth full-length release ‘Penny For Your Thoughts’. That  Continue Reading »

Since I wrote my series looking at some of my most anticipated album releases of 2016, there have been some updates. I’ve never really done this kind of thing before, so let me know if you like it or find it useful. My plan is that if it is welcome, I could continue these bulk  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sepultura Album Title: Machine Messiah Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 13 January 2017 I remember the days of being a fan of Sepultura just like it was 20 years ago. That’s because it was 20 years ago when last I would have referred to myself as anything approaching a fan of the Brazilian  Continue Reading »