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Threshold – Legends Of The Shires – Album Review

Artist: Threshold Album Title: Legends of the Shires Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 8 September 2017 I still remember, vividly, the first time that I heard UK progressive metal band Threshold. It was the song ‘Falling Away’ from the album ‘Critical Mass’, released in 2002 and I was blown away. The energy, the emotion  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2015 – Number 18

My Album Of The Year 2015 countdown marches inexorably on and today, I bring you my choice for Number 18. I hope you agree with this choice, it’s a great album. Number 18 AudioPlastik ‘In The Head Of A Maniac’ Bad Elephant Music AudioPlastik is the moniker given to a musical collaboration which will have  Continue Reading »

AudioPlastik – In The Head Of A Maniac – Album Review

Artist: AudioPlastic Album Title: In The Mind Of A Maniac Label: Bad Elephant Music Year Of Release: 2015 To avoid any lingering confusion right from the outset,  you may already be aware of this band because AudioPlastik began life under a different name or names to be more precise. Both Alpha Flood and Brave New  Continue Reading »

Album of the Year 2014 – Number 6

Welcome to Day 15 of the Blog Of Much Metal Album of the Year 2014 countdown. Once again, thanks for sticking with me on this annual labour of love – the continued support really inspires me to keep putting the effort into this series. A quick reminder before I launch into today’s post that each  Continue Reading »

My Top 20 of 2012 – Number 5

Now it gets serious, as we’re into the final five albums of my Top 20 rock/metal albums of 2012 countdown. Links to my picks from 20 down to 6 can be found at the very bottom of this post. So, who is at number 5?…. Threshold ‘March Of Progress’ Nuclear Blast Records I have been  Continue Reading »


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