Author Andrew Doherty
Every now and then, a decent progressive technical band from Canada pops up in my life, and here we have Deviant Process from Québec. “The container is more important than the contents”, proclaims the guitarist. I like that. With tech… Continue Reading →
This album is a “thematic quest for transcendence” is about the “consequence of being”, so plenty to get our teeth into there. Reaping Asmodeia isn’t a band I knew about previously but I have established that they have been in… Continue Reading →
I confess that that I didn’t know the band Norse before this release in spite of “Ascetic” being their fourth album. The idea that they play dissonant black metal did appeal to me. So off we go with the title… Continue Reading →
My first reaction on receiving this was to check out if there is a volume 1 to 3. I am pleased to tell you that there is, the artists involved in these collections of splits from Sombre Soniks being Embers… Continue Reading →
Enslaved surely can’t need any introduction. After 30 years of Norwegian ice and fire, many albums and stellar live shows, Viking warriors Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson are back with their band, this time with an ep. This is about… Continue Reading →
When at Night somehow try to tell us that their blend of melodic death metal and hardcore is part of their artistic expression. Something to do with their Weltanschauung (translating as “world view”), maybe? I just hoped that this less… Continue Reading →
Drott take us into the strange underworld of Orcus with this album. The band includes members from Enslaved and Ulver, and with backgrounds as diverse as metal, jazz and classical music, dive into “sonic, experimental landscapes” with this instrumental progressive… Continue Reading →
In 2013, I took part in the tongue-in-cheek promotional video for ProgPower Europe the following year, and remember promoting Aeon Zen. The irony was that I then couldn’t make that ProgPower so never actually saw the band I’d helped to… Continue Reading →
Clarinets with black metal – that’s what we have here. It’s not only clarinets but a host of other instruments including the bagpipes, a violin, trombone, euphonium, darbuka and something called a mandoloncello. The individual behind this is a classical… Continue Reading →
It’s back to the Portland Arms for an evening of different styles, opening with Akilla, a melodic death metal band from Cambridge. Well, they may come from Cambridge but what I heard was Scandinavia and I don’t mean Abba. The… Continue Reading →
If Jasun Tipton is involved, the music will be progressive and technical. This is the man behind Abnormal Thought Patterns, Zero Hour and my favourite of his bands Cynthesis. It was a real treat to receive this one, the second… Continue Reading →
I’d not heard of Diemen Sniep before but my crib sheet told me that they are an experimental noise rock band from Liège in Belgium. I’d not heard of their label either but looking at the JauneOrange site, they look… Continue Reading →