Tag Progressive Metal
With a name like Virtual Symmetry and a twenty-minute opening track, you might hazard a guess that we’re in classic Progressive Metal territory here, and you would of course be right. But that also may be because you already know… Continue Reading →
In The Woods ….. the Norwegian wood indeed as the band from Kristiansand embark on their sixth album over a 30 year period. Most of the members have joined in the last four years, and indeed the sound of the… Continue Reading →
This “soundtrack to a dying world” comes from Polish experimental band Ketha. This is their fourth album release, accompanying a couple of EP’s, one of which is called “#!%16.7”. Imagine walking into a record shop and asking for that one…. Continue Reading →
Ironically, Progressive Metal bands can be some of the least progressive units out there – in the truest sense of the term. Take Dream Theater, their fans buy their albums because they know what to expect, which isn’t truly progressive… Continue Reading →
Melodic, progressive or whatever you want to call them band Threshold now hit us with their twelfth album release. I knew about them but really picked up on them mid-way through with their 2007 album “Dead Reckoning”, which is as… Continue Reading →
I had the pleasure of reviewing Chaos over Cosmos’s 2021 album “The Silver Lining Between the Stars” and what an exciting album that was. It is, to say the least, an adventurous work which was awash with technical and progressive… Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Even Flow is a progressive metal band of some pedigree, having been formed in the late 1990s, with a couple of albums and other material to their name and an extensive touring history, plus collaborations with members of Fates Warning,… Continue Reading →
“Can we overcome our nature and make higher minded choices to better humanity and our planet? Or are we lost in a never-ending cycle of shadow?” That is the question pondered by progressive metal outfit Dreadnought from Denver, Colorado, on… Continue Reading →
My first observation on this album is to compliment the artwork and packaging. Of course this doesn’t tell us that it’s a great album. The packaging is also a question of money as well as creativity, although this is self-released… Continue Reading →
This duo from USA earned tributes for their 2020 ep “Wounds Ever Expanding”. Progressive black metal is their style with infusions of atmospheric and technical elements. “Ash in Realms of Stone Icons” is their first full album release. As the… Continue Reading →