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The Lovecraft Sextet – Miserere (Debemur Morti)

I don’t know of this particular project before I received this, but the description that went with is intriguing: “Doomjazz mercilessly mixed with the ambience of Black Metal, Gregorian soprano singing juxtaposed with unholy cavernous screams”. It’s all inspired by… Continue Reading →

ProgPower Europe 2022, JC Sjiwa club, Baarlo, Netherlands 2/10/22

Sunday 2nd October It may not be obvious but I do research these bands before coming here. I had trouble in this respect with Neverus, the band to win the post-party graveyard slot of 1.30pm on the Sunday. Every time… Continue Reading →

Teramaze – Flight Of The Wounded (Wells Music)

Australian Progressive Metal four piece Teramaze return once again to continue their impressive work rate of four studio releases in the past two years. With their impressive musicianship, the band have rightly received high praise for their recent efforts and… Continue Reading →

Acédia – Fracture (LADLO)

This is the third album release by Québec-based Acédia in their eleven years of existence. The fact that they produce black metal is no surprise, given the pedigree of the region in this genre, but Acédia are known for the… Continue Reading →

Power From Hell – Shadows Devouring Light (Debemur Morti)

My favourite thing about Metal is when Metal references Metal and I can only assume that this is the case with Power From Hell. Whom if they haven’t plied their name from the Onslaught album of the same name then… Continue Reading →

ProgPower Europe 2022, JC Sjiwa club, Baarlo, Netherlands 1/10/22

Saturday 1st October Inhalo from the host country started proceedings on this rainy Saturday afternoon. The funky sound of an American tv drama theme struck up. The Netherlands is a factory for great and usually unknown prog bands, and here… Continue Reading →

De Profundis – The Corruption of Virtue (Transcending Obscurity)

This album is De Profundis’ sixth in their 17-year existence and is both melodic and aggressive in equal measure. The London based quintet have been honing their skills for quite some time, and I thoroughly enjoyed what they have delivered… Continue Reading →

[ówt krì] and Pigments – Fractured Lore (Anticipating Nowhere)

Forget the collaboration between Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. You probably have forgotten already. Here’s the real dream team: [ówt krì] and Pigments. These masters of electronic sound art from Finland have come together for this work. The dream may… Continue Reading →

Eclesios – Halls Of Salvation (Eisenwald)

Yet another newly formed band in front of me here and again one with calibre in the ranks with members from outfits such as Wolfhetan, Infaust and MOSAIC. Hailing from Thuringia Germany they are a slightly difficult act to categorise… Continue Reading →

ProgPower Europe 2022, JC Sjiwa club, Baarlo, Netherlands 30/9/22

Introduction and Friday 30th September And so we’re back. I have come to this event most years since 2006, and always have a great time. Travelling across Europe to this delightful and largely unknown part of the Netherland is straightforward,… Continue Reading →

Razor – Cycle Of Contempt (Relapse Records)

It has been 25 years since Razor’s last full length, ‘Decibels’, and the thrash fraternity have been hungerly awaiting another sacrifice from the Canadian speed royalty every day since. Well wait no longer, ‘Cycle Of Contempt’ is upon us, so… Continue Reading →

LAWA – Manipulation (Cineploit)

The duo of Austrian “mega synthesists” who manipulate their names into LAWA are Alain Leonard and Alex Wank. Here they are back with the first in a two-part album series which they have classed as an “electronic nightmare”. There is… Continue Reading →

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