"This is the end...."

After 7 years this is post 137 and the last. With the imminent demise of Google+ I have no idea what happens with these blogs - Do they survive as archives, fade from view, I don't know....

To be honest I never thought I would publish 2 end of year best of list but to reach 7 was a definite surprise!

It's been fun and it's always great to look back at early reviews and wonder how wrong I got some

But it seems appropriate at the end of the year to bring Steve H Reviews to a close... Thanks to anyone who ever read one of these pages and I will bid you farewell

Drum roll and welcome to my seventh (and probably final) end of year list....

In alphabetical order, the top ten are:

• Author & Punisher - Beastland
• Bryde - Like an Island
• Crippled Black Phoenix - Great Escape
• Fish - A Parley with Angels (EP)
• Gwenno - Le Kov
• Happy Axe - Dream Punching
• Midas Fall - Evaporate
• A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant
• Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Soundtrack
• Ann Wilson - Immortal

Also there were a few great stand alone singles including Marilyn Manson's take on the Lost Boys classic, Cry Little Sister, Juniper by Myrkur and finally On the Subject of Breathing by the brilliant Bryde.

There is a new Doro album out - It's a double album.

There are tracks called All for Metal, Metal is my Alcohol and Soldier of Metal.

There is a track dedicated to Lemmy.

There is a Whitesnake cover and a Motorhead cover.

You don't need any more information than this to tell you how fantastic it is...… Except perhaps this image: