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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from British artist Billy Nomates features a guest appearance by Hugh Cornwell of The Stranglers and was produced with James Trevascus.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
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  1. Uncut
    May 15, 2025
    90
    The dilapidated English fairground has served as a metaphor for the vicissitudes of the music business for everyone from Ray Davies to Kevin Ayers, but it's rarely been so vividly, furiously and poignantly realised. [Jun 2025, p.35]
  2. May 15, 2025
    90
    Confessional yet cathartic, ‘Metalhorse’ is an emotionally resonant piece of work that is vital, vivid and showcases why Billy NoMates is an undisputed ‘Tor’ de force.
  3. May 15, 2025
    80
    Altogether, with added depth and melody, it’s Maries’ best yet. [Jun 2025, p.88]
  4. May 16, 2025
    80
    ["The Moon Explodes" is] a perfect example of the witty resilience that makes Metalhorse inspiring and often brilliant.
  5. 70
    Metalhorse largely succeeds in conveying the pushing and pulling through life.
  6. Record Collector
    Jun 12, 2025
    60
    [The] third album's title is a funfair metaphor for life - sometimes scary, sometimes cathartic. The record stands firm in between. [Jul 2025, p.103]
  7. May 27, 2025
    59
    Metalhorse, like a carousel in the conceptual bedraggled funfair, spins itself in circles for its own sake. It’s honest about its origins and inspiration, but hurts itself by not seeing that it’s repeating itself as it goes on.

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