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    Album Of The Week 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 favourite songs by the band. The second track on the original Draconian Times album, Hallowed Land has become very much a fan favourite and a highlight of their live set, as captured in this recording. With some superb lead guitar from Greg Mackintosh and atmospheric piano this song is a trademark gothic doom anthem laced with imagery of inner conflict and the attainment of inner peace.   ...
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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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