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Betraeus To Release Debut EP Through Seige Of Amida Records
Posted on August 28, 2011 | No Comments
UK progressive metal outfit BETRAEUS are set to release their fantastic debut EP on Siege Of Amida this November.
Novembers Doom – Aphotic
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No Comments
I’ve always viewed Chicago-based Novembers Doom as the American counterpart to bands like Opeth, Paradise Lost and Katatonia. My first introduction to Paul Kuhr and Co was their “The Pale Haunt Departure” album, a splendid doom/death album with some slight progressive overtones. Their subsequent records...
Opeth – Sonisphere 2011 Live Review
Posted on July 24, 2011 | No Comments
For one reason or another we have never actually seen Opeth live, a shocking revelation indeed!, but thankfully that ghost was well and truly laid to rest at Sonisphere as we bore witness to a short but brilliant set on the Saturn Stage from the...
James Last Of Fornost Arnor Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on July 10, 2011 | No Comments
Ross Allen put some questions to James Last, drummer of Fornost Arnor. They talked about the new album “The Death Of A Rose”, Kate Bush, classic 70’s/80’s Rock & Metal, Jeff Buckley and Tool. Congratulations on “The Death Of A Rose”, it’s a stunning album....
Sam Austen Of Fornost Arnor Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on July 8, 2011 | No Comments
Ross Allen recently put some questions to Sam Austen, bass player and clean vocalist of Fornost Arnor. They talked about the new album “The Death Of A Rose”, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Opeth, The Dillinger Escape Plan and future live aspirations. Congratulations on “The Death Of A...
Greg Chivers Of Fornost Arnor Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on July 7, 2011 | No Comments
Ross Allen recently put some questions to Greg Chivers, vocalist and guitarist of Fornost Arnor. They talked about the new album “The Death Of A Rose”, Mikael Åkerfeldt, early 90s black metal, Talanas, Radiohead and Special Brew! Congratulations on “The Death Of A Rose”, it’s...
Fornost Arnor – The Death Of A Rose
Posted on July 7, 2011 | No Comments
Fornost Arnor burst onto the scene towards the end of 2009 with the release of their debut album, “Escaping the Abyss”, on their own Witch-King label, which made our Top 10 Albums of 2009! The progressive metal band take influences from all corners of the...
Sonisphere 2011 – Sunday Preview
Posted on July 6, 2011 | No Comments
Co-authored by Mark Wrigley. Apollo Stage With Saturday’s diversities fresh in our memories, come 11:00 am it’s time to climb aboard the huge musical roundabout once more with Volbeat (11:00 – 11:30) kicking off the Apollo Stage. These guys literally are one of the best...
Caravan – In the Land of Grey and Pink
Posted on May 15, 2011 | No Comments
Royal Weddings. Pomp and Circumstance. Wet Bank Holiday Mondays. There are some things that the English do much better than anyone else. Let’s add eccentric, self deprecating progressive rock to that list. The 40th anniversary reissue of Caravan‘s “In the Land of Grey and Pink”,...
Vintersorg – Jordpuls
Posted on April 23, 2011 | No Comments
You’ve got to hand it to Andreas Hedlund, principal protagonist and driving force behind Vintersorg- if there’s a moment when he stopped creating music over the past decade, then I missed it. “Jordpuls”, the latest release from the creative unit he runs with Matthias Markland...
Between The Buried And Me – The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues
Posted on April 3, 2011 | No Comments
When it comes to to combining virtuoso instrumental skills with unpredictable and unorthodox compositions few do it better than Between The Buried And Me. They’ve released five full length albums so far. I was really impressed by their last two records, namely Colors (2007) and...
Talanas – The Waspkeeper
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No Comments
There’s a a bit of a cliché in the music business that you only get one shot at getting it right. Make it a great one and you can be set for life; if it’s a scuffed one or a miss-kick, you can spend a...
Sonisphere Adds The Mars Volta, Opeth, Killing Joke, Four Year Strong, Watain And More
Posted on March 14, 2011 | No Comments
Sonisphere Adds The Mars Volta, Opeth, Killing Joke, Four Year Strong,
The Black Dahlia Murder, Black Tide, Watain, Firewind, Rise To Remain, Alestorm, Six Hour Sundown and The Treatment!
Spires – Spiral Of Ascension
Posted on February 15, 2011 | No Comments
Spires are a progressive metal band from Manchester, UK. The creative nucleus is formed by producer/guitarist Paul Sadler and guitarist Paul Cuthbert with Alex Jolley (bass) and Chris Barnard (drums) completing the current line-up. Earlier this month they released their debut album, entitled “Spiral Of...
Jolly – The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part I)
Posted on February 9, 2011 | 1 Comment
Don’t be fooled by the horribly pathetic new age intro ‘Guidance One’ because what follows is nothing short of stunning! Somewhere between progressive rock and metal you will find Jolly’s, “The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part I)”. Speaking of what rock is about, this album...
Orphaned Land – The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR
Posted on January 10, 2011 | No Comments
From a land divided by cultural, ethnic and religious differences and strife comes Orphaned Land. These Israelis caused quite a stir within the progressive rock and metal community with their impressive Mabool album back in 2004. Six years and six hundred hours spent on studio...
The Ocean – Anthropocentric
Posted on January 6, 2011 | 1 Comment
Anthropocentric by The Ocean is the heavier counterpart of Heliocentric. The whole idea of releasing lighter and heavier twin records has previously been done by Opeth with their Damnation and Deliverance records. Some years ago Arjen Lucassen did something similar with his Ayreon project under...
Talanas – Reason & Abstract EP
Posted on December 22, 2010 | No Comments
I’m not a fan of cut and paste music by numbers or tick-box. Just because something has scorching vocals, powerful songwriting, great musicianship etc. etc. doesn’t automatically mean it’s great. However, with the debut EP from Talanas, I’m going to make an exception. Not because...
Bilocate – Sudden Death Syndrome
Posted on November 28, 2010 | No Comments
When you think of Jordan (the tiny, middle Eastern kingdom, as opposed to the self-aggrandizing former glamour model), you don’t usually conjure images of innovative heavy metal. Matters may well- and thankfully- be about to change thanks to the dark, creative brilliance that underpins the...
Sunpocrisy – Atman EP
Posted on September 17, 2010 | No Comments
In late 2005 two minds came together, Jonathan Panada and Carlo Giulini, with the sole purpose of creating progressive and death metal inspired music. The following year a third mind joined the collective, Matteo Bonera, and the first incarnation of Sunpocrisy was created. The Sunpocrisy...