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Madder Mortem – Old Eyes New Heart – Album Review

Artist: Madder Mortem Album Title: Old Eyes, New Heart Label: Dark Essence Records Date of Release: 26 January 2024 I really do love it when I get to listen to a band that is worthy of the ‘original’ or ‘unique’ tag. I’ve said it before in reviews, most notably in my piece about 2018’s ‘Marrow’,  Continue Reading »

Album of the Year 2018 – Number 28

Welcome to day three of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. Thanks to those of you who have joined me on my epic annual quest to bore the pants off you all as I offer my long-winded round-up of the best new music that 2018 has provided. If you have stamina, you’ll  Continue Reading »

Madder Mortem – Marrow – Album Review

Artist: Madder Mortem Album Title: Marrow Label: Dark Essence Records Date of Release: 21 September 2018 If all music was simple, straightforward and easily digestible, it’d get very boring very quickly. There is a time and a place for music that requires no real investment of thought or effort from the listener and I’m a  Continue Reading »

Still To Come in 2018 – Part 5

Welcome to part 5 of my mini-series where I bring you news of those albums are still to be released during the remainder of 2018. I have a feeling that this will be the last post of the series as I turn my attention back to reviews, and because right now, confirmed news is drying  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2015 – Number 29

Welcome to day two of my ‘Album Of The Year 2015’ countdown. If you missed the opening instalment of what is a series that will either make or break me, you can check it out right here: Album of the Year 2015 – Number 30. Additionally, if you missed my similar countdowns from the past  Continue Reading »

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 »

Heavy Metal Is Not Just ‘Shouty’ Music – Part 2 – The Female Voices

I received some great feedback to my original post entitled ‘Heavy metal is not just ‘shouty’ music’ but a few people criticised it for one important reason: my post only featured male vocalists. This was in no way deliberate and, to underline this point, I have decided to write a second post that puts some  Continue Reading »


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