Tag Archives: prog

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 »

Artist: Lux Terminus Album Title: The Courage To Be Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 24 August 2018 If you were to ask me what my favourite instrument is, I’d wait a fraction of a nanosecond before firmly replying ‘the guitar’. That’s hardly surprising really, given the fact that I have two, that I have  Continue Reading »

Artist: The Sea Within Album Title: The Sea Within Label: InsideOut Music Date Of Release: 22nd June 2018 Is there a more prolific genre of music in terms of cross-pollination and the creation of musical collaborations away from musicians’ main creative outlets than that of progressive rock? It is almost as inexorable as the tide,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Hekz Album Title: Invicta Label: BMH Audio Date Of Release: 20 April 2018 If you will allow me to be blunt, I must confess that I didn’t really like this record much at all when I first listened to it. I felt that it was a little bit ‘meh’ to be honest. It didn’t  Continue Reading »

This is a new one for me, but is arguably one of the most important posts I’ve published. Manofmuchmetal.com is not a site that descends into politics or social commentary. In fact, apart from the occasional poor joke or two, I rarely veer too far away from a solid diet of hard rock and heavy  Continue Reading »

Artist: Gleb Kolyadin Album Title: Gleb Kolyadin Label: Kscope Date Of Release: 23 February 2018 Ah, ok, erm….this is embarrassing. I think this has to be the moment when I am forced to admit that I have not really listened much to the Russian duo of Gleb Kolyadin and Marjana Semkina, who go by the  Continue Reading »

Artist: Jakub Zytecki Album Title: Feather Bed/Ladder Head Label: Independent Release Release date: 23 February 2018 I may be a little out of my depth with this release, but as they say: ‘nothing ventured, nothing gained’. Plus, I like this music, so I feel it is my duty to write something about it. So, here  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 19 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. As the UK undergoes a ‘big freeze’, my traditional end-of-year series is beginning to hot up. It doesn’t seem like nineteen minutes since I started it, let alone nineteen days. But time, as they say, flies when you’re having fun. And  Continue Reading »

Artist: Big Big Train Venue: Cadogan Hall Date: 30 September 2017 At the end of July, I received a message out of the blue from a certain Greg Spawton. “Hi Matt, Just finalising guest lists for the Big Big Train shows. We have you down for a seat on Saturday 30th September. Are you still  Continue Reading »

Artist: Anubis Gate Album Title: Covered In Black Label: Nightmare Records Date of Release: 1 September 2017 Whenever I review an album, I always do my very best to avoid the thoughts and opinions of others so that my write-ups are as unbiased as possible and unaffected by third party influence. Unfortunately, it proved exceedingly  Continue Reading »