I'm back...again!

Well, well, well. It really has been a long time since I put fingers to keyboard hasn't it? There were a number of factors involved, all of them far too dull to even explain, so I won't bother. Instead I figured I'd just resurrect my little Metal music blog again.

I'm currently working my way through a large backlog of new music and 2015 really has set the bar for quality releases. Every time I think "this is the one! This is album of the year", it gets topped a week later. It's all very exciting.

What I've been most surprised and impressed with this year is just how many veteran bands have released career best / defining / reaffirming albums. There have been so many amazing releases this year from the old guard which have included triumphant comebacks (Ugly Kid Joe, Die Krupps and Arcturus) to artists I'd all but given up on (Marilyn Manson, Cradle Of Filth and The Prodigy), from bands I have never really rated (Slayer, Armored Saint and Coal Chamber) as well as from those who are ever reliable (Therapy?, Iron Maiden and Napalm Death).

That isn't to say that there are no good new / newer bands as that would be patently ridiculous as so far this year I have discovered a plethora of great artists including Mrykur, Shattered Sun and Stone Ghost to name just a few and bands such as Parkway Drive, Deafheaven, and Powerwolf have really come out swinging, but for the most part, the veterans are definitely putting the youngsters to shame in 2015 and I have a feeling that they are going to dominate my year end top 20.

I'll leave it there for now, but I will be back in the next couple of days with a proper blog consisting of a crop of new songs that I think you all need to hear, assuming you haven't already, of course. And if you have, well done you.