Tag Archives: 2020
Marko Hietala – Pyre Of The Black Heart – Album Review
Artist: Marko Hietala Album Title: Pyre Of The Black Heart Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 24 January 2020 Like most fans of heavy music, I have followed the career of Finland’s Nightwish with interest. Whilst I will readily admit that I remain a fan of the Tarja Turunen era, ‘Once’ in particular, I have Continue Reading »
SWMM – Trail Of The Fallen – Album Review
Artist: SWMM – Sometimes We Make Music Album Title: Trail Of The Fallen Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 22 January 2020 The winner of the award for ‘most rubbish band name of 2020’ so far has to go to SWMM, or Sometimes We Make Music to give them their full title. I mean, come Continue Reading »
Into Pandemonium – Darkest Rise – EP Review
Artist: Into Pandemonium Album Title: Darkest Rise EP Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 31 January 2020 When you’re drowning in new music, and much of it is from established acts that you enjoy, it can be difficult to keep up-to-date with the happenings within more underground circles. However, manofmuchmetal.com was founded as an outlet Continue Reading »
Bonded – Rest In Violence Album Review
Artist: Bonded Album Title: Rest In Violence Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 17 January 2020 Even if, like me, you’re not the biggest fan of thrash metal, you will have heard the names Sodom and Kreator. Chances are, you may even have a disc or two of these bands nestled within your music Continue Reading »
Serious Black – Suite 226 – Album Review
Artist: Serious Black Album Title: Suite 226 Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 31 January 2020 Revered and prolific melodic power metal band Serious Black have returned after an 18 month hiatus with ‘Suite 226’, their fifth full-length release in as many years. The German/American quartet comprised of Urban breed (Vocals), Dominik Sebastian (Guitar), Mario Continue Reading »
Darktribe – Voici L’Homme – Album Review
Artist: Darktribe Album Title: Voici L’Homme Label: Scarlet Records Date of Release: 17 January 2020 The start of 2020 sees a change in the Man of Much Metal. No, I haven’t stopped pretentiously referring to myself in the third person as you can see. Instead, I have decided to review an album that I would Continue Reading »
Anticipated Album Releases in 2020 – Part 3
The first album in this list was confirmed the same morning that I published Part 2 of this series. It meant that I had to create a third part to this series, not that it was much of a chore given that I was able to easily put together another impressive list of likely records Continue Reading »
Anticipated Album Releases in 2020
Welcome to 2020. I thought I’d start it off in familiar fashion by giving you a hint at what’s to come during the year, although I have tried to be a little more streamlined and not waffle on for ages about each release. There are likely to be further posts in this series, so watch Continue Reading »