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Kingcrow – Hopium (Season of Mist)

I have followed this Italian progressive metal band has ever done ever since I saw them play at ProgPower Europe in 2011. They were already experienced then but every album they’ve released since has blown me away. Always expressive, always… Continue Reading →

Pallbearer – Mind Burns Alive (Nuclear Blast)

There probably aren’t many more popular doom acts than Arkansas crew Pallbearer. They made waves with a series of well-regarded releases in the late 2000’s and teens, but their last record was actually “Forgotten Days” back in 2020. Of course,… Continue Reading →

Oblivion Protocol – The Fall of the Shires (Atomic Fire Records)

If you have a member from each of Threshold, Within Temptation, Darkwater and the Devin Townsend Band, as Oblivion Protocol do, then it’s fair to regard this band as a supergroup. There’s even Threshold’s stellar guitarist Karl Groom on here…. Continue Reading →

HamaSaari – Ineffable (Klonosphere Records)

Noting a progressive band on a label specialising in progressive music, I was struck by the following description of this band’s music: “Their sombre sound drifts listeners on a stormy ritual invoking images of a tide of raindrops falling from… Continue Reading →

Dawnwalker – House of Sand (Room 132)

It all sounds very progressive to me. Dawnwalker comprises a number of musicians who help to create what they describe as “heavy, atmospheric and enigmatic”, while throwing in passing references to Opeth, Porcupine Tree, The Pineapple Thief, Pink Floyd, Ihsahn,… Continue Reading →

3 DreAms NeVer Dreamt – Another Vivid Detail (My Kingdom Music)

Avant-Garde style Progressive Metal outfit 3 DreAms neVer Dreamt hail from Milan, Italy and formed in 2007 as a result of the collaboration between Gianluigi Giradi providing vocal duties (Crown Of Autumn, Winter Mist, Event Horizon) and Andy Signorelli handling… Continue Reading →

Avandra – Skylighting (Layered Reality Productions)

Hailing from Puerto Rico, Progressive Rock/Metal band Avandra have been steadily making headway through the underground prog scene thanks to their first two releases and now look to reach an even wider audience with their third outing “Skylighting”. Originally started… Continue Reading →

Helfir – The Journey (My Kingdom Music)

Decadent Noir music is the description of this third album by Helfir- the brainchild of Luca Mazzotta. To summarise what this appears to mean on first listen is a gentle brooding mix of electronica and rock – imagine a less dancy VnV Nation jamming… Continue Reading →

Airbag – A Day at the Beach (Karisma Records)

This is the Norwegian prog trio’s fifth album. Lyrically, we’re told, “A Day at the Beach” is about a man “leaving his family behind into an unknown future. It’s the contrast between the desperate individual struggling to survive and people… Continue Reading →

Hail Spirit Noir – Eden In Reverse (Agonia Records)

Transcending the norms of progressive blackened extremity Greek act Hail Spirit Noir continue their exploratory sonic narrative carved out on three previous exhilarating releases whose last album, ‘Mayhem In Blue’, which I reviewed here, and contained everything you could desire… Continue Reading →

Mountaineer – Bloodletting (Lifeforce)

OK let’s take this from the top or summit. Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hilary, Sly Stallone, Brian Blessed – sorry guys you have been usurped there is a new mountaineer in my life. Oakland, California is not an area known for… Continue Reading →

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