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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 08/08/2026 The Awakening - Worhol   We stay within firmly within the genre of symphonic metal this week with another selection from my array of metal albums. Originally released in 2015 and then re-released in 2017, The Awakening from American band Worhol is, to date, the only full length release from this outfit. Worhol were formed 2 years prior to the initial release of The Awakening by father and daughter, Larry and Ashley Worhol. Up to this point, Larry was a prominent musician playing in multiple bands around his home state of Texas in the USA. He is also known as a composer and producer and has written compositions for orchestral film scores. Daughter, Ashley, also has the same orchestral and classical influences and well as writing and performing in Worhol she also composes orchestral pieces for film scores as can be sampled on her website. My memory is a bit blurred as I cannot remember exactly how I became a...
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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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