Tag Archives: death metal
Essential Metal Releases Still To Come in 2015 – Part 3
Isn’t it always the way? You think you’ve finished a series or a project, only to be proved wrong almost immediately! In my case, I’d gone through all of the albums that I was still looking forward to during 2015 and thought I’d exhausted every avenue. It turns out that I missed a few. Therefore, Continue Reading »
Between The Buried And Me – Coma Ecliptic – Album Review
Artist: Between The Buried And Me Album Title: Coma Ecliptic Label: Metal Blade Year Of Release: 2015 I may just be the only progressive music fan that has come to this band so late and via a complete fluke. Had it not been for Haken scoring the support slot for an upcoming Between The Buried Continue Reading »
Essential Metal Releases Still To Come in 2015 – Part 1
Given the abundance of quality music already released during 2015, it is hard to believe that we are only halfway through the year. It has been that good, I already have a quality top 20 albums that could easily populate my end of year list. But for those who broadly share my tastes in music, Continue Reading »
Cradle Of Filth – Hammer Of The Witches – Album Review
Artist: Cradle Of Filth Album Title: Hammer Of The Witches Label: Nuclear Blast Year Of Release: 2015 Let’s get it out in the open immediately – Cradle Of Filth hold an important and cherished place in my heart. They have had their share of both positive and negative press over the course of their twenty Continue Reading »
Half-Way Through 2015 – The Best So Far – Part 3
Welcome to the third and final part (unless I realise I’ve missed someone off my list) of my round-up of the best albums released in 2015 at the half-way mark of the year. As I have said before, 2015 has been exceptionally strong so far and, as such, my list is quite extensive; more so Continue Reading »
Sigh – Graveward – Album Review
Artist: Sigh Album Title: Graveward Label: Candlelight Records Year of Release: 2015 Sigh are one of those bands that I never managed to get into. Mind you, I was probably guilty of just the one attempt before discarding them. In my defence, it was in my more formative years of black metal discovery and the Continue Reading »
Album Of The Year 2014 – Number 14
Welcome to Day 7 of my Album of the Year 2014 countdown, where I bring you a new album every day (or as close to that as I can) that has impressed me over the past 12 months. And, given the strength of 2014, there’s no let-up in the quality of the albums that I Continue Reading »
Album Of The Year 2014 – Number 18
Welcome to Day 3 of my Album of the Year 2014 countdown. I hope you’re enjoying my choices so far. As always, I’m sure there will be some surprise and disagreement with the albums that I pick but then that’s half the fun, hearing other people’s views and responding to them. So please keep the Continue Reading »
Mors Principium Est – Dawn Of The 5th Era – Album Review
Artist: More Principium Est Album Title: Dawn Of The 5th Era Label: AFM Records Year of Release: 2014 Based on the number of strong releases throughout 2014, AFM Records are rapidly becoming one of my favourite record labels. Not only have they brought us the insanely brilliant ‘Hymns For The Broken’ from Evergrey, ‘The Heart Continue Reading »
Heavy Metal is Not Just ‘Noise’
A while back, I wrote a blog post entitled ‘heavy metal is not just shouty music’ wherein I discussed the fact that metal vocalists don’t just growl, shout and swear. This was underlined by focusing on a handful of vocalists within the genre who can really sing. And when I say that they can sing, Continue Reading »
