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ProgPower Europe 2019 – The Music

What can I say? I am overwhelmed by the comments, the love and the support shown to me following the publication of my first blog post in over eight months, a somewhat incoherent gathering of thoughts about the atmosphere, the fun, the friendship and the magic of ProgPower Europe 2019. But I must put all  Continue Reading »

Album of the Year 2018 – Number 1

Welcome to the final chapter in my 2018 ‘album of the year’ top 30 countdown. I have made it. Despite what has been a supremely hideous last two months at the Mansion of Much Metal, I have managed to keep to tradition and bring you my usual in-depth dissection of the best music to meet  Continue Reading »

Live gig review: Pain of Salvation & Kingcrow – 13 September 2018

Artist: Pain Of Salvation & Kingcrow Venue: The Islington Assembly Rooms Date: 13 September 2018 I have banged on enough about Kingcrow during 2018 on my website, but rightly so in my opinion. I had sat on the new album for literally months, so I knew how good it was. Unfortunately, it took an age  Continue Reading »

Kingcrow – The Persistence – Album Review

Artist: Kingcrow Album Title: The Persistence Label: Sensory Records Date Of Release: 7 September 2018 Once in a while, a band will come along and simply blow your mind. It doesn’t matter what kind of music you’re into, that feeling is indescribable. We all have our favourite bands or artists and we generally have higher hopes  Continue Reading »

Still to come in 2018 – Part 1

Now that I have completed my round-up of the best releases from January to June 2018, it is time to turn my attention to the future and to what’s ahead in the final six months of the year. Judging by the list that I have steadily compiled, there’s some mouth-watering music on its way. So  Continue Reading »

Metal Update – 2 March 2018

Another day, another update for you on all the latest happenings in the world of metal, with a strong focus on information relating to new album and EP releases. No big, long intro today, let’s just get down to it shall we? Kingcrow – The Persistence Release date: TBC Did you really think I’d have  Continue Reading »

Metal Update – 28 February 2018

The endless torrent of news regarding new albums continues. I’m actually really enjoying this series, as it feels like I’m keeping on top of things more. Mind you, almost every week I’m blindsided by news about an album that I didn’t even know was on the cards. Last time, it was a new record from  Continue Reading »

Metal Update – 25 February 2018

Here we go again – no sooner have I posted a news round-up, I have enough material to bring you another. I just love it when the music world gets going at full speed again – around every corner there is a new album announced, new artwork, new snippets of studio happenings or something else  Continue Reading »

Metal Update – 23 February 2018

The updates are coming thick and fast now, as more and more albums are being announced, confirmed, or further explained. Sometimes I have to go hunting for the latest news to bring you, scouring the bits of social media that the new algorithms apparently don’t want us to see. Today’s update pretty much wrote itself  Continue Reading »

Metal Update – 17 February 2018

Welcome to today’s newsletter style round-up of the most exciting happenings in the world of metal in the last few days, specifically regarding new albums and new material. If you are interested in checking out any of the previous posts in this series, click the link here. Otherwise, dive in and I hope there’s something  Continue Reading »


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