I’ve heard some great progressive rock and metal released this year, but not all of it in what you would call a great concept album. Instrumental newcomers Kettlespider gave it a fair old crack, Ne Obliviscaris showed what the word ‘epic’ really means, and now...

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“Cinematic” is a term you are more likely to see used to describe instrumental rock or neo-classical than metal. It’s that music in the background that supports the action and dialogue as if those two were the vocalists in an epic song, although if it’s...

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Ne Obliviscaris are a very unusual breed of extreme metal band indeed. In fact, I probably might describe as ‘Extreme Progressive Metal’ – at the risk of inventing irritating pigeon-holes and clichés. For those not in the know, this 12 legged riff machine come all...

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You only have youthful enthusiasm once in your life. Countless young bands in the history of rock have shopped their demo around looking for someone to share their passion for their sound. That’s before the ones that survive either get in a rut or end...

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