Tag Borealis
Eight years after their well-received debut, Greek Progressive Metal band Sunburst have at last got around to recording the follow-up, “Manifesto”. All the members of the band have been busy with other projects, but admirably the line-up has remained stable… Continue Reading →
Personally I think of Eldritch as one of the shining lights of the European Progressive Metal movement that happened in the 1990’s. Displaying their mighty calibre right from the outset in 1995 with debut album “Seeds Of Rage”, already showcasing… Continue Reading →
I find the hardest reviews I have to write are the ones about the follow-up to an album I absolutely loved. Sure enough, Canadian Metal band Borealis’ previous album “The Offering” is one of my favourite albums from the last… Continue Reading →
Vanishing Point are actually no strangers to the Melodic/Progressive Metal scene, with their debut emerging all the way back in 1997 – a slightly more progressive offering than what followed. Signing to LMP in 2000 and releasing 2nd album “Tangled… Continue Reading →
American Metal band Halcyon Way have been defying categorization and side-stepping musical labels for over 10 years now and this 4th full-length offering continues to challenge critic’s carefully laid out boundaries. If Metal genres were neat wooden fences, Halcyon Way… Continue Reading →
In 2015 Canadian Dark Power Metallers Borealis released “Purgatory”, an album that elevated the band onto a new higher level, booking their place as one of the top bands in their genre and (to a much less worldly important level)… Continue Reading →
Epysode’s debut totally passed me by! I missed it somehow – How?? I do like a bit of Dark Power Metal and sure enough this second offering has it in spades. There’s no Dragons being slayed here, no wizards. no… Continue Reading →
Sunday was a cold and chilly day. Some Progpeople went for a run in the morning, while others just … chilled out. First up at the JC Sjiwa club today was Atlantis from the host country. An electro-ambient rhythm ran… Continue Reading →