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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 18/07/2026 Draconian Times MMXI – Paradise Lost   For the second time this year we have a live album from British metal pioneers, Paradise Lost with their 2011 release, Draconian Times XXMI. The album was recorded in 2011 to mark the 15 th anniversary of the studio album Draconian Times, the 5 th studio album from Paradise Lost and widely seen as a breakthrough release for the band. As I mentioned in my review of At The Mill back in March, Paradise Lost were a key band for me when I was first getting into metal in the late 1990s. The interest started when I bought their compilation album, Reflection, and within weeks, I was delving deeper into their recent back catalogue, especially with the One Second and Draconian Times albums. In terms of the band's evolution, these releases marked a gradual shift away from the pure death/doom metal of their first four albums into a more gothic metal sound, while still retaining the...
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   Album Of The Week 2026 - Archive Album Of The Week - 03/01/2026 Dark Fields - Show of Hands We kick off 2026 with a band that have made a massive impact on my music listening, the Devon based folk duo, Show of Hands, who comprise of singer/songwriter/musician Steve Knightley and the multi-instrumentalist and folk legend Phil Beer, formerly of the Albion Band. This week’s album, Dark Fields, is the fourth of my 32 Show of Hands albums to be selected as my album of week and its an album that has a special memory, as I bought it at a gig we attended at the Exeter Phoenix soon after Julie & I started following them. Dark Fields, released in 1997, is actually the bands 6 th  album although the first 3 were cassette only and are now long out of print. Therefore, Dark Fields is the third main release album and continued the success and acclaim Show of Hands had garnered from their previous 2 albums. In 1996, Show of Hands surprisingly booked the Royal Albert Hall and even...
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