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Welcome to chapter 12 in my ‘Album Of The Year 2015’ countdown. I hope you’re enjoying this series as much as I am putting it all together. A reminder that the positions 30-16 are very arbitrary and are only really ordered this way to allow a new blog post each day. These albums are equal  Continue Reading »

Artist: Cradle Of Filth Album Title: Hammer Of The Witches Label: Nuclear Blast Year Of Release: 2015 Let’s get it out in the open immediately – Cradle Of Filth hold an important and cherished place in my heart. They have had their share of both positive and negative press over the course of their twenty  Continue Reading »

Artist: Progoctopus Album Title: Transendence Label: Independent Release/Unsigned Year Of Release: 2015 I know what you’re all thinking: ‘are octopi/octopuses generally prog, or is this just a special octopus that has progressive tendencies?’ I don’t really know the answer to this either, but what I do know is that there’s a band from the West  Continue Reading »

Artist: NightMare World Album Title: In The Fullness Of Time Label: Pure Steel Records Year Of Release: 2015 Now this is exactly the kind of album that I want to feature on the Blog Of Much Metal; a strong record that deserves attention but which might not get the exposure it fully deserves. To be  Continue Reading »

Artist: Triaxis Album Title: Zero Hour Label: Rocksector Records Year Of Release: 2015 From my vantage point, Triaxis are a band that seem to do everything the right way. Hailing from South Wales, Triaxis have a clear mission: to launch an attack to take over the heavy metal world. With a massively strong work ethic  Continue Reading »

Welcome to 2015! Or, to be more exact, welcome to week three of 2015, as I’m a little behind the times at the moment. Nevertheless, it is still early enough in the year to take a look at the coming twelve months to identify those releases that we’re most excited about. As is always the  Continue Reading »

Today is the penultimate day in my epic labour of love otherwise known as my ‘Album of the Year 2014′ countdown. If you’ve joined this lengthy and in-depth series late, you can find links to the rest of my Top 20 at the bottom of this post – please feel free to check them out  Continue Reading »

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 »

I’m closing in on the halfway mark of this year’s Album of the Year 2014 countdown. Thanks to everyone for the support, comments, shares and general banter so far. If you’re late to the party and have missed any of the eight posts thus far or you missed the countdowns entirely from 2012 and 2013,  Continue Reading »

Welcome to Day 3 of my Album of the Year 2014 countdown. I hope you’re enjoying my choices so far. As always, I’m sure there will be some surprise and disagreement with the albums that I pick but then that’s half the fun, hearing other people’s views and responding to them. So please keep the  Continue Reading »