Artist: Black Crown Initiate Album Title: Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 7 August 2020 Another new ‘discovery’ for me today, in the shape…
Welcome to a whistle-stop tour of some of my most eagerly-awaited albums still to come in 2020, easily one of the worst years I have ever experienced as a human…
What a year 2020 has been. In fact, one could say that, for a variety of reasons, 2020 has been one of the worst years in living memory. Families separated,…
Artist: Haken Album Title: Virus Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 6 June 2020 I began my review of ‘Vector’, Haken’s fifth album, with a bit of a moan. I…
If you missed it, Part 1 can be read right here. If you’ve already checked out the first part of my interview with Ross Jennings, vocalist with UK progressive…
My love affair with UK progressive metal band Haken is well documented both on manofmuchmetal.com but previously in the pages of Powerplay Magazine where I was writing when this young…
Artist: Caligula’s Horse Album Title: Rise Radiant Label: Inside Out Music Date of Release: 22 May 2020 Oh, ‘Rise Radiant’, you have not been an easy mistress. Long have been…
Artist: Cryptex Album Title: Once Upon A Time Label: SPV/Steamhammer Date of Release: 8 May 2020 “unrestrained, autobiographic psychograms full of ambivalent feelings and approaches in self-reflection” If you didn’t…
