Tag Archives: Nuclear Blast Records

Artist: Memoriam Album Title: For The Fallen Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date Of Release: 24 March 2017 Bereavement. We’ve all experienced it in our lives to a greater or lesser extent. Personally, I’ve suffered greatly due to the death of loved ones and, nearly a decade on from the most significant and heart breaking of  Continue Reading »

Artist: Pallbearer Album Title: Heartless Label: Profound Lore Records (North America) / Nuclear Blast Records (Rest of the World) Date Of Release: 24 March 2017 My introduction to Pallbearer came via their sophomore release, ‘Foundations of Burden’, released in 2014 whilst I was still writing for Powerplay magazine. And it was an enlightening introduction for  Continue Reading »

Artist: Immolation Album Title: Atonement Label: Nuclear Blast Date Of Release: 24 February 2017 I feel a little bit of a fraud writing a review of this record because, despite the New York death metal juggernaut being widely regarded as one of the very pioneers of the death metal genre, I’ve never been the biggest  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sepultura Album Title: Machine Messiah Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 13 January 2017 I remember the days of being a fan of Sepultura just like it was 20 years ago. That’s because it was 20 years ago when last I would have referred to myself as anything approaching a fan of the Brazilian  Continue Reading »

Here we are already at day three of my annual countdown of the best albums released during 2016 as far as I am personally concerned. And, because the Blog Of Much Metal is a one-man blog, there is no voting system or complicated formula – the 30 albums that will feature in this list are  Continue Reading »

Artist: Devilment Album Title: Devilment II: The Mephisto Waltzes Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 18 November 2016 No band that features a singer like Dani Filth can ever be considered to be normal or run-of-the-mill. Firstly there’s the voice itself, able to flit between high-pitched shrieks and more gravelly, nefarious tones. His is one  Continue Reading »

Artist: In Flames Album Title: Battles Label: Nuclear Blast Date Of Release: 11 November 2016 In Flames. Where do I begin with my review of ‘Battles’, the Swedish juggernaut’s thirteenth album of their career? How about at the beginning, with a little personal context? In Flames were the very first band that I was exposed  Continue Reading »

Artist: Testament Album Title: Brotherhood Of The Snake Label: Nuclear Blast Date Of Release: 28 October 2016 Despite my love of all things heavy, fast and aggressive, I’ve never been the biggest fan of thrash metal. Of course I like certain albums by the ‘Big Four’ and selected material from other notable protagonists. But that’s  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sonata Arctica Album Title: The Ninth Hour Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date Of Release: 7 October 2016 It has, I must admit, been a long time since I last listened to Sonata Arctica. When I went through a huge power metal binge around the turn of the millennium, I discovered the Finnish metallers via  Continue Reading »

Artist: Meshuggah Album Title: The Violent Sleep of Reason Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date Of Release: 7 October 2016 Despite the fact that the genre of heavy metal as we know and love it today has been in existence for the best part of half a century or so, there precious few metallic creations spawned  Continue Reading »