Tag Archives: Threshold
AudioPlastik – In The Head Of A Maniac – Album Review
Artist: AudioPlastic Album Title: In The Mind Of A Maniac Label: Bad Elephant Music Year Of Release: 2015 To avoid any lingering confusion right from the outset, you may already be aware of this band because AudioPlastik began life under a different name or names to be more precise. Both Alpha Flood and Brave New Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2014 – Number 6
Welcome to Day 15 of the Blog Of Much Metal Album of the Year 2014 countdown. Once again, thanks for sticking with me on this annual labour of love – the continued support really inspires me to keep putting the effort into this series. A quick reminder before I launch into today’s post that each Continue Reading »
Heavy Metal is not just shouty music
I have just about had enough of people indiscriminately pre-judging and discarding heavy metal as ‘shouty’ or ‘just noise’. I admit that some of it is exactly both of these things and I love it. I mean, you’d have to be a brave person to argue that the noise subgenre is not noise. And you’d Continue Reading »
Essential Metal Releases Still To Come In 2014 – Part 1
Welcome to my quick run-down of those albums I’m looking forward to being released in the latter half of 2014. I’ve already gone into some detail about the album that I’m most looking forward to, Evergrey’s ‘Hymns For The Broken’, but there are plenty more albums that are high on my radar. Want to know Continue Reading »
Upcoming New Releases in 2014 (Part 1)
Having bled 2013 dry, with an ‘Album of the Year’ top 20 countdown, a round-up of some of the ‘best of the rest’ and a separate list highlighting my top 3 live releases of 2013, I though it was about time to turn my attention to the future a delve into what 2014 has to Continue Reading »
Album Of The Year 2013 – Number 18
It is Day 3 already in my ‘Album of the Year 2013′ countdown. I’ve probably already pleased some people and annoyed others. But that’s the fun of it – encouraging debate and discovering others’ opinions. If you missed the last two posts, Day 1 can be read here, and Day 2 can be read here. Continue Reading »
My Top 20 of 2012 – Number 5
Now it gets serious, as we’re into the final five albums of my Top 20 rock/metal albums of 2012 countdown. Links to my picks from 20 down to 6 can be found at the very bottom of this post. So, who is at number 5?…. Threshold ‘March Of Progress’ Nuclear Blast Records I have been Continue Reading »
The Curse of the Album ‘Reissue’
I can’t always be a happy chappie I’m afraid; just like everyone else, I get annoyed or frustrated by certain aspects of the music industry, both as a fan and a writer. I started this blog with the intention of sharing a few grumbles with you, but as I began writing, I realised that there Continue Reading »
