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Tag Archives: Rockshots Records

Avaland – The Legend Of The Storyteller – Album Review

Artist: Avaland Album Title: The Legend Of The Storyteller Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 31 March 2023 Warning: this album contains so much cheese that it is not suitable for those with a lactose intolerance. The opening track to Avaland’s sophomore full-length release is the kind of toe-curling experience that’ll have many of you,  Continue Reading »

Beriedir – AQVA – Album Review

Artist: Beriedir Album Title: AQVA Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 21 January 2022 It was the rather striking cover artwork that drew me in to this album, but it was the music that made me stay and ultimately pen this review. I’ll always be someone who takes notice of the imagery and if it  Continue Reading »

Hollow – Tower – Album Review

Artist: Hollow Album Title: Tower Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 26 November 2021 It’s great to be reminded every now and again why, in and amongst the ‘big hitters’, I like to champion those bands that struggle a little more with column inches despite being fully deserving of exposure. One of those bands is  Continue Reading »

Nahaya – Vital Alchemy – Album Review

Artist: Nahaya Album Title: Vital Alchemy Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 21 May 2021 When a band boasts members of Oceans Of Slumber or Vesperian Sorrow amongst others, I feel duty-bound to check it out. That band in question is Nahaya, a quintet formed back in 2013 by guitarist Ryan Peters alongside Oceans Of  Continue Reading »

Infernalizer – The Ugly Truth – Album Review

Artist: Infernalizer Album Title: The Ugly Truth Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 26 February 2021 Something a little different for you all today, in the form of a new entity by the name of Infernalizer. Trawling through my review offerings, I saw the name Disarmonia Mundi, and decided to investigate a little further. ‘The  Continue Reading »

Selenseas – The Outer Limits – Album Review

Artist: Selenseas Album Title: The Outer Limits Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 7 August 2020 I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of Russian bands that I like. In fact, I’m pretty sure that Mechanical Poet are the only Russians I have in my collection at all. So, as it  Continue Reading »

Pile Of Priests – Pile Of Priests – Album Review

Artist: Pile Of Priests Album Title: Pile Of Priests Label: Extreme Metal Music/Rockshots Records Date of Release: 22 May 2020 Denver, Colorado is the destination of my next review at manofmuchmetal.com, as it is home to a four-piece that go by the no-nonsense name of Pile Of Priests. I’m not really sure what attracted me  Continue Reading »

Sinisthra – The Broad And Beaten Way – Album Review

Artist: Sinisthra Album Title: The Broad And Beaten Way Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 15 May 2020 Cards on the table, if this album didn’t feature Tomi Joutsen of Amorphis on vocals, I’d probably never have looked at it twice. The name is not one with which I am familiar and the cover is  Continue Reading »

Victoria K – Essentia – Album Review

Artist: Victoria K Album Title: Essentia Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 24 April 2020 A debut album from an artist that is recommended for fans of Kamelot, Eluveite, Lacuna Coil and Nightwish? Oh go on then, but only because we’re all on lockdown, ok? I’d not normally entertain such an idea, you understand, but  Continue Reading »

Thy Despair – The Song Of Desolation – Album Review

Artist: Thy Despair Album Title: The Song Of Desolation Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 8 May 2020 Credit where it is due, Italian record label Rockshots Records have delivered a couple of really great albums over the past few months, so I have been keeping an eye on their promo offerings with interest. A  Continue Reading »


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