A Year In Review: Our 2019 Favorite Progressive Metal Albums
Too often progressive music is credited as simply being “beautiful.” Stunning, awe-inspiring, as intricate as a quilt woven by hand, each note the result of…
VIDEO/SONG REVIEW: Watch and Hear THEOCRACY Shatter a World of Selfishness and Insanity on “Snowglobe”
For a number of years, the Athens, Georgia-based Theocracy had a Christmas gift for fans—a song for the season. These freebies—yep, they didn’t cost the…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: A 90 Minutes Chat About Our Favorite Progressive Rock Albums of 2019 (Episode No. 32)
It’s that time of year again, when I solidly insert my earbuds anytime I enter a retail space, avoid shopping centers like the plague, and…
ROSFEST | The Rites of Spring Festival Returns in 2020 with Stellar Line-up and BIG BIG TRAIN North American First Ever Performance
For the past 17 years progressive rock fans have found a haven to celebrate their favored musical niche: The Rites of Spring Festival, affectionately known…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Dissecting PROGPOWER USA XXI Lineup for Day 2 (Episode No. 31)
“It’s getting really hard to book headliners,” laments ProgPower Festival Day 2 honcho Milton Mendonça… so the motherfucker booked TWO. Tease that he is, ou outro…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: A Recap of PROGSTOCK Festival 2019 (Episode No. 30)
A month ago hundreds of progressive rock fans gathered together at New Jersey for three days of music and friendship. For a festival younger than…
DAVE KERZNER and NICK D’VIRGILIO Remember KEVIN GILBERT and GIRAFFE on the Anniversary of Their Performance of THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY: “This Show Changed Our Lives and Careers.”
In the fall of 1994, multi-talented musician Kevin Gilbert had an idea. He and some friends would perform the Genesis classic The Lamb Lies Down…
The Man Who Kick-started A Metal Genre: JON ZAZULA’s “Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness” Is The Thrash Metal Genesis Chapter
In every man’s life, there are certain life altering moments that will stay in one’s mind forever. For Jonathan Zazula, aka Jon Zazula, such pivotal…
LOST IN THE ICE: A Look at KING DIAMOND’s Landmark Album “Abigail”
Today is Halloween’s Day and this month is especially significant in the King Diamond’s universe: His 1990’s album “The Eye” was released a day like…
20 Years Ago: DREAM THEATER Redefines Progressive Metal Landscape with Magnum Opus Album “Scenes From A Memory”
Dream Theater’s “Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory” turns 20 years old today, and while a lot has been said about this album through…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Dissecting Opeth’s “In Cauda Venenum” / Satan And Rainbows Podcast / Summer Concerts Retrospective (Episode No. 29)
The Swedish progressive band Opeth released their thirteenth studio album, “In Cauda Venenum,” on September 27. Widely hailed as a more focused and biting effort…
VIDEO PREMIERE: Gothenburg’s INTOXICATE Press The Thrash Metal Pedal with “Retention Rumba”
Hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden and formed in 1988 as one of the first thrash bands in this area INTOXICATE is returning to the metal music…
