Tag Archives: 2016

Welcome to day six in my ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown. Thanks for staying with me. It already feels like I’ve been doing this for weeks, but at the same time, it is flying by. One of the best things about doing this series is that I get a real and genuine  Continue Reading »

Here we are already at day three of my annual countdown of the best albums released during 2016 as far as I am personally concerned. And, because the Blog Of Much Metal is a one-man blog, there is no voting system or complicated formula – the 30 albums that will feature in this list are  Continue Reading »

Artist: A Sense Of Gravity Album Title: Atrament Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 18 November 2016 An album like ‘Atrament’ from Seattle metallers A Sense Of Gravity is almost certain to raise a few eyebrows and catch significant attention. Prior to this review, I’d never heard of A Sense of Gravity but on the  Continue Reading »

It might have been a cold and wet autumn evening, but it isn’t every day that my favourite band tours within an hour’s drive of my house, not when I live in what feels like the middle of nowhere. It felt like a lifetime of watching clips and seeing photographs from the preceding five weeks  Continue Reading »

Artist: Devilment Album Title: Devilment II: The Mephisto Waltzes Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 18 November 2016 No band that features a singer like Dani Filth can ever be considered to be normal or run-of-the-mill. Firstly there’s the voice itself, able to flit between high-pitched shrieks and more gravelly, nefarious tones. His is one  Continue Reading »

Artist: Maschine Album Title: Naturalis Label: Inside Out Music Date Of Release: 18 November 2016 Regular readers of the Blog of Much Metal wil be familiar with my posts where I look into my crystal ball and comment on the albums that I most look forward to in the coming year. Regular readers will also  Continue Reading »

Artist: Brutai Album Title: Born Label: Transcend Music Date Of Release: 25 November 2016 After what seems like an interminable wait for me, I am finally listening to the debut album from London-based metallers Brutai. I have been following the fledgling career of this quintet for quite some time, was impressed by the self-titled EP  Continue Reading »

Artist: False Coda Album Title: Secrets And Sins Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 31 October 2016 I get a lot of emails. Most of them are from PR companies, labels and bands asking me to take a listen to the latest ‘hot new thing’ or something along those lines. I do my best to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Pretty Maids Album Title: Kingmaker Label: Frontiers Records Date Of Release: 4 November 2016 Melodic hard rockers Pretty Maids have been going for around 35 years or, to put it another way, nearly as long as I’ve been alive. Formed in Denmark in 1981 by vocalist Ronnie Atkins and guitarist Ken Hammer, the band  Continue Reading »

Artist: In Flames Album Title: Battles Label: Nuclear Blast Date Of Release: 11 November 2016 In Flames. Where do I begin with my review of ‘Battles’, the Swedish juggernaut’s thirteenth album of their career? How about at the beginning, with a little personal context? In Flames were the very first band that I was exposed  Continue Reading »