Tag Archives: independent release

Artist: Protean Collective Album Title: Collapse Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 28 July 2017 After a very lean period trawling the heavy metal underground for a new gem to bring you, I have hit the jackpot once again. The band in question today is Boston-based progressive rock/metal band Protean Collective with their latest recorded  Continue Reading »

Artist: Witherfall Album Title: Nocturnes and Requiems Label: Independent Release Date of release: 10 February 2017 I’m going to start this review in a blunt manner: I am enjoying the hell out of this album. With that in mind, allow me to elaborate in a style more familiar to those who follow this site. ‘Nocturnes  Continue Reading »

Artist: Hologram Earth Album Title: Black Cell Program Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 7 April 2017 It never ceases to amaze me how many excellent bands and artists there are swirling around the metal underground. The more I explore, the more I discover and the subject of this review is yet another example to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Vangough Album Title: Warpaint Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 17 March 2017 The heavy metal underground. Is there a better place? I’m being serious here, because as I see it, some of the very best music being created can be found lurking in the underbelly of this fine genre. Sure there are the  Continue Reading »

Artist: Odd Logic Album Title: Effigy Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 17 January 2017 (digital) Regular readers of the Blog of Much Metal will be aware that the US progressive metal band Odd Logic were a very pleasant new discovery for me last year, via their sixth full-length release ‘Penny For Your Thoughts’. That  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day eight of my epic ‘Album of the Year 2016’ top 30 countdown. And today is one of those posts that get to the heart of what my blog is all about – it’s not about singing the praises of the biggest bands out there, although I will do that too. It’s more  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 »

Artist: Memoreve Album Title: Insignia EP Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 21 October 2016 These are the moments that make running this blog so worthwhile. I got into this writing lark over a decade ago to bring great music to the attention of as many people as possible. Ten years later, the goal has  Continue Reading »

Artist: Eye Of Solitude Album Title: Cenotaph Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 31 August 2016 I’m not the biggest fan of pure doom metal, but once in a while, I will succumb to it if it is good enough. And today, I have well and truly succumbed. Referring to themselves as ‘lugubrious doom metal’,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Habu Album Title: Infinite Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 29 April 2016 It’s a rare thing for a decent band to come from my own personal neck of the woods. Aside from Cradle Of Filth, the pickings from Suffolk are pretty slim. But then, given our rural surroundings and relaxed pace of life,  Continue Reading »