Posted on June 5, 2013 |
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Having seen a Europe and other country release last year, Kolony Records finally brings the latest album from Be’lakor ”Of Breath and Bone” to North America. Being quite taken with the initial release TINAS‘s Patrick gets George Kosmos to talk about the band and what they are...
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Posted on May 21, 2013 |
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The Master Musicians of Bukkake are a sort of supergroup of various underground Pacific northwest bands so hip my trousers are not fashionable enough to allow me to mention them. Oh, alright, there are probably members of Sun City Girls, Earth and Burning Witch involved, amongst others,...
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Posted on February 23, 2013 |
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Kingcrow‘s latest release “In Crescendo” is a real cracker, so to find out a bit more about the band we asked composer and guitarist Diego Cafolla a few questions. He tells us about making music in odd time signatures, his inspirations and the band’s upcoming tours....
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Posted on February 20, 2013 |
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In 1976 a genre-defining concept album was released. “Tales of Mystery and Imagination” is the debut album by The Alan Parsons Project. Based on the horror fiction of Edgar Allan Poe, it was the brainchild of the legendary The Beatles and Pink Floyd engineer. Almost...
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Posted on January 31, 2013 |
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Within the rock and metal community Duncan Patterson is mostly known for being ex bassist, songwriter and singer for Anathema. He left the band after the ill-fated ‘Alternative 4’ recording sessions. In the years that followed, he recorded albums with many bands, including Antimatter and...
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Posted on November 21, 2012 |
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“Faith in Sleep” is the incredibly assured and mature debut from Welsh power trio, Prosperina. The bands biog compares them to Pink Floyd, Isis and Kyuss – lofty company to aspire to. You can certainly hear elements of all those artists throughout this album, but never overtly. Prosperina...
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Posted on September 22, 2012 |
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Mostly Autumn is a band I’ve heard and read about many times, mostly in conjunction with Heather Finlay and her contributions to the famous Ayreon project by Arjen Lucassen. For some reason I never bothered to check them out. Further research indicates that Finlay left...
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Posted on August 12, 2012 |
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With one of the most ridiculously long and seemingly odd band names I’ve encountered in a while, taken after an English naval officer, The Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell is set to release their 2012 album “Don’t Hear It… …Fear It!” through Rise Above Records/Metal Blade...
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Posted on July 31, 2012 |
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A new album by Dutch atmospheric rock outfit The Gathering is always something to look forward to. “Disclosure”, the band’s latest album can easily rival with Ulver’s “War Of The Roses” and Anathema’s “Weather Systems”. I had the pleasure of having a friendly chat with...
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Posted on July 25, 2012 |
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Dutch atmospheric rock outfit The Gathering has always been something of a hidden gem. They have an intensely loyal fanbase, but they never managed to really break through to a mainstream audience. The Gathering is all about artistic integrity and their latest album, entitled “Disclosure”...
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Posted on July 23, 2012 |
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In only 5 tracks, California’s OM descends you into a world of smoke and mirrors where religious paths are left open, passively inviting, open for discussion, exploration and integration so that you may just find what grounds you; a reason for existence or even your...
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Posted on July 13, 2012 |
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Sweden’s self-proclaimed space rock-revival pioneers DarXtar have stuck with the programme despite their kind of space exploration falling out of fashion and mainly being kept alive by old bearded professors and optimistic hippies. However “Aged To Perfection” is actually more concerned with our own planet...
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Posted on July 12, 2012 |
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Three years on from their “Blue Record” opus, Baroness have returned with a suitably oddball effort. The decision to make a double album is a rare and unexpected one first off, but to simultaneously shift your sound considerably is a very courageous move. Courageous, but...
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Posted on July 5, 2012 |
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Leading up to this show there was the usual disheartened rumblings about the latest UK tour by Axl Rose and the current incarnation of Guns N’ Roses. Late starts, even later finishes and the tantrums and arguments about fans showing there disapproval at being treated...
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Posted on July 2, 2012 |
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New York three-piece Super Gravity definitely know their way around a guitar. This five-song EP – following on from their eponymous 2010 debut album – contains everything from raw, rhythmic basslines to screeching riffs rising up and up. The guitar really is the star of...
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Posted on June 30, 2012 |
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Chris from ThisIsNotAScene got to experience the latest offering from Valkiria, “Here The Day Comes,” and was struck by its unique time phase based journey concept. So much so, that Chris got to catch up with the band and talk all things band and new...
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Posted on June 21, 2012 |
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Little is known about Dutch post-rockers Mescaliner. Describing themselves as ‘reclusive’, this enigmatic lot let their music do the talking avoiding all the trappings of online gossip and hype. Owing a huge debt to old hands of the genre, Mogwai but with inclinations towards the...
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Posted on May 28, 2012 |
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One of the most exciting records in the prog and post rock genre is “Origin” by Earthlimb. Guitarist and main composer Patrick Hagmann was more than happy to share some insights on his latest project, the recording process of the album and the progressive rock...
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Posted on May 22, 2012 |
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I’m having trouble putting Wolfhead into a category. When my editor gave it to me to listen to, he described it as “doomish, black, rockish,” and I can definitely see what he was talking about. On their self-titled debut, Wolfhead seem to straddle across genres, never quite...
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Posted on May 6, 2012 |
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I’ve seen hundreds of bands play live. This isn’t a claim to fame or a “I know more about music than you” contention. It’s a simple matter of fact and a consequence of my age (look, I do know more about music than you, of...
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