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Bloodbound – Creatures Of The Dark Realm – Album Review

Artist: Bloodbound Album Title: Creatures Of The Dark Realm Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 28 May 2021 Sweden’s Bloodbound are another of those bands that has always been at the periphery of my knowledge. I have dipped into their back catalogue from time to time since their formation just after the Millennium, and it’s  Continue Reading »

Arion – Vultures Die Alone – Album Review

Artist: Arion Album Title: Vultures Die Alone Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 9 April 2021 Over the past couple of years, it feels as if there have been an abundance of bands that I should dislike, releasing albums that get under my skin. Arion are one of these bands, and their third outing, ‘Vultures  Continue Reading »

Metalite – A Virtual World – Album Review

Artist: Metalite Album Title: A Virtual World Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 26 March 2021 Oh, I don’t know, I just don’t know about this album. Regular readers will know that I have a pretty high cheese tolerance when it comes to heavy music. I may like some of the farthest and darkest reaches  Continue Reading »

Orden Ogan – Final Days – Album Review

Artist: Orden Ogan Album Title: Final Days Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 12 March 2021 When I reviewed ‘Gunman’ back in 2017, it was my first exposure to the German metal band by the name of Orden Ogan, despite the fact that their name was something of an institution in certain quarters. However, I  Continue Reading »

Evergrey – Escape Of The Phoenix – Album Review

Artist: Evergrey Album Title: Escape Of The Phoenix Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 26 February 2021 There was a reason why I was so excited a few years ago when Evergrey announced the return of two ex-members to the fold. It was because I knew that the line-up was the best that it could  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 3

Welcome to instalment number twenty-eight of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. That means we’ve reached the final three places for 2020. I hope you’re as excited as I am about this? Thank you again to you all for sticking with me and joining me on this rather epic annual tradition. It  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2020 – Number 7

Welcome to instalment number twenty-four of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. Thanks again to you all for sticking with me this year – a cheeky peek at my stats proves that this series in on track to be my most successful yet, as there’s at least three of you who are  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2020- Number 24

Welcome to day seven of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. I hope you’re enjoying the series so far – plenty more to come over the next couple of weeks in the lead-up to Christmas, so stay tuned! A quick reminder that you can check out the other picks so far in  Continue Reading »

Silent Skies – Satellites – Album Review

Artist: Silent Skies Album Title: Satellites Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 11 December 2020 A review of this album was about as inevitable as death and taxes quite frankly, so I suspect none of you are surprised to be reading this. Silent Skies is the new project between Evergrey’s Tom S. Englund and pianist  Continue Reading »

Communic – Hiding From The World – Album Review

Artist: Communic Album Title: Hiding From The World Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 20 November 2020 I’m sure there any many of you out there that, like me, will have a selection of bands that you think are ok, that you like, but you don’t love. One of these bands, for me, is Communic.  Continue Reading »


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