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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 18/07/2026 - Track 4 My next selection from Draconian Times MMXI is the track Shadowkings.  A mid-tempo song with a mix of strong rhythm guitars and the iconic Paradise Lost lead riffs. Lyrically the tracks stays in the realms of the inner self and but like many Paradise Lost songs there are religious references, themes very much within the staple of gothic metal. Album Of The Week - 18/07/2026 - Track 3 My third selection from this weeks album is the track Once Solemn. This song see's a change of pace compared with the rest of the album with a short, punchy track with a staccato driving guitar riff but punctuated with one of Greg Mackintosh's iconic guitar solos. Lyrically, the song continues the theme of the human condition and our reaction to negative situations. Album Of The Week - 18/07/2026 - Track 2 My second selection from Draconian Times XXMI is one of the first Paradise Lost songs I heard and now rates as one of my favou...
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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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