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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 01/08/2026 - Track 2 My second selection from Until Dawn is the track Oraculum. The song originally was released as a single in 2013 then subsequently re-recored for Until Dawn. After the orchestral opening of Spellbound the album opens out into this guitar based symphonic metal track.  Driven by a stong melody this is a song about the relentless passage of time. Album Of The Week - 01/08/2026 Until Dawn - Elvellon   This week, we dive back into my metal collection with German symphonic metal band Elvellon and their 2018 debut, Until Dawn. Formed in 2010, the band delivered an excellent EP in 2015 with 5 track Spellbound release which whetted the appetite for a full album release. It took a further 3 years for their debut album to see the light of day but it was well worth the wait when Elvellon delivered Until Dawn. Until Dawn features four of the five tracks from the Spellbound EP, expanding beautifully on the ban...
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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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