ALBUM REVIEWS
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Rumbling Box, a brand new 5-disc box set by Rikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly, is scheduled to release March 23, 2018, complete with early catalog works, bonus…
I’m not someone who has signed up for the vinyl resurgence. I’m happy enough with my CDs and downloads, but will often grab the super…
What would happen if you were to take the melodic keyboard and atmospheric sounds of NIGHTWISH, the forceful guitar riffs of KAMELOT, and the expressive…
“I am Brazilian, and I never give up” was a slogan in a TV ad in Brazil a while ago. It seems that Angra took…
When writing a review for a mostly instrumental album, it seems almost bizarre in a way to use words, when so much of the album…
Peter Banks – “Be Well, Be Safe, Be Lucky – The Anthology” & “The Self-Contained Trilogy” (Album Reviews)
When it comes to the history of YES, one could say Peter Banks is the overlooked bloke. A founding member and the gent who came…
Every time I am sent a new album to review, it takes me one first, casual listen to figure out how I’ll be familiarized enough to…
Scottish blues rockers The Temperance Movement are back with “A Deeper Cut”. After a turbulent period which saw two lineup changes, a less-than-stellar reception to…
Long Distance Calling’s 2016 album “Trips” was a bit of an odd period for the band from Münster, Germany. A band that had been traditionally…
SILENT ASSASSINS is a side project that SYMPHONY X’s illustrious bass player Mike LePond put together in 2014, joining forces with his SYMPHONY X bandmate…
Solo albums are a tricky thing. Balance is important. Too much of one thing, too little of another, and the recipe can fall flat. A…
LIONE/CONTI is a collaborative vocal driven power-metal album born under the auspicious of Frontiers Music, one that needs a bit of family tree untangling due…
Prior to September of 2017 – when they appeared at the mighty ProgPower USA XVIII Festival – I had never paid attention to Orphaned Land’s music,…
The birth of PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS – featuring MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell alongside his sons Todd, Dane and Tyla (also a member of the criminally underrated THE PEOPLE THE POET), plus vocalist Neil…
Imagine your friend telling you, “Hey, I got this progressive rock double-album and there’s only 4 songs on it, each one about 18 minutes long…
LABYRINTH’s second full-length, “Return to Heaven Denied” was a breakthrough for the band, both musically and commercially. Released at the time when symphonic metal reached…
The sensation of discovering a new music has always a fulfilling one for me. Whether it was THE BEATLES, THE EAGLES, IRON MAIDEN, OASIS, PRINCE…
More than 30 years have passed since JOE SATRIANI made rock history with his 1987 megahit Surfing with the Alien. Joe hasn’t slowed down since,…
Whenever CORROSION OF CONFORMITY releases a new album, people take notice. It’s been a dozen years since CORROSION OF CONFORMITY recorded new material with vocalist/guitarist…
Put iron into fire and the result will be steel. In the 1970’s, a new form of steel was forged in the hottest of fires…
Reflection is a strange thing. It can bring massive sadness, huge joy, and every emotion in between, coupled with philosophical speculation. I am a “progger”…
Galactic Cowboys has always been a musical enigma. Hailing from Houston, Texas, the band combined melodic thrash, progressive metal, and Beatlesque harmonies into a genre…
Love at first listening. That would be a perfectly accurate sentence to describe what I felt when I landed my ears on the first Agusa…
I’ve said numerous times that am very far from being the pro-metal advocate I once was. There’s nothing essentially wrong with the sub-genre, other than…
SOULDRINKER, is German-Austrian band, active already since 2012 and formed around singer Iris Boanta and guitarist Markus Pohl (Mystic Prophecy). They have released a couple…
I must confess I’m a sucker for live albums. Although accustomed to mostly listening to studio efforts, I absolutely love to collect great live recordings.…
The Yes family was rocked several months ago by the sudden death of Steve Howe’s son, Virgil, who had played keyboards on the majority of…
Of all of the bands that form and then fall apart, there are probably very few who achieve three full album releases. When you consider…
I’ll say it at the start: I am a diehard Yes fan. I’ve never seen myself as a Trooper or a Generator. I’ve never thought:…
British band Paradise Lost, is considered by many (myself included) the Godfathers of gothic-doom metal. With almost 30 years of hard work and a back…
Norwegian band WOBBLER are veterans of the Norwegian progressive rock scene, as well as a renowned and established name in progressive rock circles, with a…
I must start this review by saying I consider myself a huge Threshold follower. When I tripped upon “Clone” for the first time, it was…
Two years and a half ago I hadn’t heard neither of Dave Kerzner’s name nor about his music. When I jumped onboard Cruise to the…
25 years ago in the small Germany town of Fulda four teenagers friends, Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dirk Sauer, and Dominik Storch, decided to unite…
Founded in 2002, Dutch Symphonic Metal sextet Epica have never been a band that I have followed closely. Their core team – Simone Simons, Mark…
Around the globe fans of the legendary US progressive rock act Spock’s Beard cheered with excitement last year after the announcement of the band’s classic…