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El Caco – Hatred, Love & Diagrams
Posted on January 31, 2012 | No Comments
If you like Tool, you may like El Caco‘s latest release “Hatred, Love & Diagrams.” El Caco is a Norwegian band that doesn’t quite sound like any Norwegian band I’ve ever heard. There is no blood, guts, or mind warping musicianship here, but it’s OK....
Steven Wilson – Grace For Drowning
Posted on October 21, 2011 | 1 Comment
Well-known as Porcupine Tree’s mastermind, one half of Blackfield, Opeth producer, King Crimson and Jethro Tull remixer, Steven Wilson has become one of the central figures of today’s progressive rock. His second solo album “Grace For Drowning”, announced as his “biggest project to date” with...
Uneven Structure Release Debut Video ‘Awaken’
Posted on October 11, 2011 | No Comments
French Progressive metallers Uneven Structure have released their new video for 'Awaken'.
The Proselyte – Sunshine
Posted on October 6, 2011 | No Comments
They used to say that November was the cruellest month. Actually, in 2011 and the world of heavy music, we should politely suggest that it was September that was the cruellest month. Cruel on my bank balance at any rate. Some simply fantastic records from...
East Of The Wall – The Apologist
Posted on October 4, 2011 | No Comments
Progressive rock and metal used to be terms for a specific group of bands who preferred to use long songs, difficult and elaborate song structures and often mind boggling concepts. Nowadays it’s used for every band with slightly technical edge or an off-beat approach to...
Steve Hackett – Beyond the Shrouded Horizon
Posted on September 18, 2011 | No Comments
What is most striking on this latest release from Steve Hackett is how he continues to draw from his well documented back catalogue, both as a solo performer and through his time with Genesis, and still manage to keep his sound fresh and relevant by...
Lebowski – Cinematic
Posted on September 16, 2011 | No Comments
Lebowski is a quartet from Poland and “Cinematic” is their self-released debut album, and actually the album title already tells a lot about the album. Ten tracks written as the soundtrack to a non-existent movie – but let’s see what the band is really able...
The Perfect Crime Offer Debut Album For £1
Posted on September 4, 2011 | No Comments
British progressive post-hardcore band, The Perfect Crime are celebrating the first anniversary of their debut full-length release "Everything Else Can Wait" by selling it for just £1 on the bandcamp page!
Fair to Midland – Arrows and Anchors
Posted on September 3, 2011 | No Comments
Where to start? Anticipation is a strange sensation. I’d heard lots of good things about the latest album from American rock gems, Fair to Midland. Their fourth album, I’d been promised, would be the moment that they would bring their smorgasbord of ideas and styles...
Noxious Foxes – Légs
Posted on September 1, 2011 | No Comments
On first inspection Noxious Foxes‘ “Légs” could be mistaken for another in the ever increasing catalogue of releases that may be filed under “Smart Arse” or “Post Rock”. Track names such as ‘Illegal Beagle’, ‘Wherever Hugo, Guido’ and ‘A Real Leonard DiCaprio Shit’, although amusing...
Gacys Threads, Fragments, Dead ‘Til Friday & Splinters – Auntie Annie’s, Belfast
Posted on August 12, 2011 | No Comments
It’s a typical summer evening in Belfast – grey skies, howling winds and the rain lashing down: however, no matter what is happening outside, a few dozen hardcore fans have gathered inside this cramped venue in the heart of the city’s main entertainment district. Relative...
Leprous – Bilateral
Posted on August 7, 2011 | No Comments
Leprous is a Norwegian progressive/avant-garde metal band with an impressive track record. They have released three studio albums and they served as Ihsahn‘s backing band while supporting his After record. “Bilateral” is the title of their fourth musical instalment, so let’s see what it has...
Marillion – Live From Cadogan Hall
Posted on July 2, 2011 | No Comments
The new live album, “Live From Cadogan Hall”, by well-known British prog rock quintet Marillion features almost the complete previous studio album “Less Is More” on the first CD and various other songs on the second CD. As ‘Less Is More’ features acoustic versions of...
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”,...
Beardfish – Mammoth
Posted on May 5, 2011 | No Comments
Beardfish are known to be one of today’s ‘retro-progressive’ bands and it’s the same with their new album “Mammoth”. The new songs sound so much like being straight out of the 70’s that yet again this almost could be a lost album of some old...
Mishkin Announce Release Date for EP ‘Row Away from the Rocks’
Posted on April 20, 2011 | No Comments
Since forming in 2005 MISHKIN have toured throughout the UK, recorded a song for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, toured China twice, ran a series of music workshops for children in 20 locations across China, played shows alongside Sepultura, Enter Shikari and Skindred and released a...
Amia Venera Landscape – The Long Procession
Posted on April 10, 2011 | No Comments
Amia Venera Landscape, fresh from reaching the No. 1 spot in the ThisIsNotAScene Top 10 of 2010, with the stunning “Amia Venera Landscape EP”, the Italian progressive metalcore outfit returned to the studio in 2010 to record their debut full length release, “The Long Procession”....
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...
Keith Emerson – Moscow
Posted on April 2, 2011 | No Comments
Prior to the release of his latest album “Keith Emerson Band feat. Marc Bonilla” Emerson toured in Eastern Europe in 2008 with Tony Pia on drums, Travis Davis on bass and backing vocals and Marc Bonilla on guitar and vocals. Finally a recording of his...
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...