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Soen – Lykaia – Album Review

Artist: Soen Album Title: Lykaia Label: UDR Music Release Date: 3 February 2017 I’m a relatively late convert to the Soen cause having only discovered the Swedish band via their previous, sophomore release, ‘Tellurian’, although it is an album for which I have a lot of time. However, I can safely say that ‘Lykaia’ is another  Continue Reading »

Album of the Year 2016 – Number 14

Hello and welcome to the latest post in my Album of the Year 2016 top 30 countdown, one man’s lone opinion in a tumultuous worldwide sea of opinions about music. As I have said before, I am picking my albums based on one thing: the impact that they have made on me during the past  Continue Reading »

Insomnium – Winter’s Gate – Album Review

Artist: Insomnium Album Title: Winter’s Gate Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 23 September 2016 I am a big fan of melodic death metal, a genre normally considered to be the preserve of the Swedes who helped to create the very movement. However, over the past few years, Finland have muscled onto the scene  Continue Reading »

Periphery – Periphery III: Select Difficulty – Album Review

  Artist: Periphery Album Title: Periphery III: Select Difficulty Label: century Media Records Date Of Release: 22 July 2016 The wonderful curse of ‘too much music, too little time’ is the main reason for the delay in offering a review of this record. If I’m honest, there was also an element of ‘hmm, not sure  Continue Reading »

Rendezvous Point – Solar Storm – Album Review

Artist: Rendezvous Point Album Title: Solar Storm Label: Karisma Records Year Of Release: 2015 The album that I’ve reviewing today has been released for a little while, so I’m late to the party. However, I’m late to the party for good reason. I had heard great things from those I’m friendly with in progressive music  Continue Reading »

Isurus – Logocharya – Album Review

Artist: Isurus Album Title: Logocharya Label: Independent Release Year Of Release: 2015 One of the biggest buzzes I get through writing this blog and writing about music in general is from the discovery of new music. I’m not one to sit still and rest on my laurels; I’m always on the look-out for the next  Continue Reading »

Upcoming New Releases in 2014 (Part 1)

Having bled 2013 dry, with an ‘Album of the Year’ top 20 countdown, a round-up of some of the ‘best of the rest’ and a separate list highlighting my top 3 live releases of 2013, I though it was about time to turn my attention to the future a delve into what 2014 has to  Continue Reading »

My Route to Becoming A Metalhead

One of the most fascinating conversations I have with fellow music lovers and metalheads in particular is about the route they took when discovering this magnificent genre of music. Everybody has a different journey, one that inevitably leads to a different ending. Sure, we may all like roughly the same bands, but it is rare  Continue Reading »

My Biggest Musical Inspiration

In previous blogs, I have taken a look at the way in which my musical education took shape, from day one to the present. Within these posts, I have made mention of a number of decisions that have shaped the way in which I’ve discovered the music that I have. I have also, to a  Continue Reading »

A Confessional: Music I should love…but don’t…or not as much as I should!

How do you follow up a blog about your Top 5 albums of all time? The only way I can think of is to do a complete ‘180’ and look at some of those bands, albums or sub-genres that perhaps don’t do it for me like I think that they should, or how others think  Continue Reading »


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