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Oddland – Origin – Album Review

Artist: Oddland Album Title: Origin Label: Sensory Records Date Of Release: 9 September 2016 Don’t you just love it when you ‘discover’ a new band? I know I do. It is one of the most exciting things that I can think of, even after over two decades of listening to music. Today’s interesting discovery is  Continue Reading »

Borknagar – Winter Thrice – Album Review

Artist: Borknagar Album Title: Winter Thrice Label: Century Media Records Year Of Release: 2016 It’s only mid-January and already I’m confronted with an album that has well and truly put the cat amongst the proverbial pigeons. The enigmatic and evergreen Borknagar have released what I consider to be their magnum opus. ‘Winter Thrice’ is nothing  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2015 – Number 8

On New Years Eve, I present you with my choice at Number 8 in my annual ‘Album of the Year’ countdown. Unbelievably, this is post number 23 in this series, a series that has departed from previous years in that it has been extended to a top 30 rather than a top 20. One reason  Continue Reading »

Rendezvous Point – Solar Storm – Album Review

Artist: Rendezvous Point Album Title: Solar Storm Label: Karisma Records Year Of Release: 2015 The album that I’ve reviewing today has been released for a little while, so I’m late to the party. However, I’m late to the party for good reason. I had heard great things from those I’m friendly with in progressive music  Continue Reading »

Half-Way Through 2015 – The Best So Far – Part 1

So far, 2015 has been absolutely huge in terms of the sheer amount of great music that has been released. In fact, the first six months have been ridiculously strong. As such, it is very difficult to bring you my half-way round-up in the normal way – there’s just too much to fit in. And  Continue Reading »

Most Anticipated Album Releases of 2015

Welcome to 2015! Or, to be more exact, welcome to week three of 2015, as I’m a little behind the times at the moment. Nevertheless, it is still early enough in the year to take a look at the coming twelve months to identify those releases that we’re most excited about. As is always the  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2013 – Number 14

Welcome back to the Blog Of Much Metal ‘Album Of The Year 2013’ countdown. I’m thoroughly enjoying myself this year, partly because I love writing about music and partly because there have been some truly brilliant releases this year. That always makes this task a lot more enjoyable…if only just a bit difficult, trying to  Continue Reading »

Half-Way Through 2013 – The Best So Far – Part 3

Today I bring you Part 3 of my “Half-Way Through 2013 – The Best So Far” series. Hopefully you’ll find something within this blog to pique your interest – it is certainly a more mixed bag today with one surprise choice nestled in here. Keep reading to find out what that is… You can also  Continue Reading »

The Internet, Heavy Metal & Me

Over the past few years, the music industry has changed almost beyond recognition thanks almost entirely to the rise of the Internet. You can bemoan this revolution, resent it as much as you want and even blame it for certain things. The demise of the independent record store (see previous blog) is one of the  Continue Reading »


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