Technical Archive



The Safety Fire – Grind The Ocean

 The Safety Fire – Grind The Ocean The début album from London technical/progressive metallers The Safety Fire has been long and eagerly awaited and “Grind The Ocean“ does not disappoint. From the moment their critically acclaimed EP “Sections” was released in 2009 this release has been highly anticipated and now it has...

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Born of Osiris – The Discovery

 Born of Osiris – The Discovery Born of Osiris is a six piece metal outfit hailing from the suburbs of Chicago. “The Discovery” marks the second full length release by these progressive metal heads. A variety of name and personnel changes have been a part of Born of Osiris’s history but...

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Circles – The Compass

 Circles – The Compass I have this 10 second rule (albeit right or wrong; it works for me), that a song should grab you within that time or it’s not worth listening to. That was until I listened to “The Compass”, an interesting debut from Australian five-piece tech metal...

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Aliases reveal details of their debut release!

British technical wizards and genre-molding mentalists ALIASES are ready to push musical boundaries even further with the announcement of their forthcoming debut release, ‘Safer Than Reality’

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TesseracT – Concealing Fate EP

 TesseracT – Concealing Fate EP I’ve recently heard TesseracT referred to as ‘ethereal’ and that description isn’t far from accurate. “Concealing Fate EP”, the debut release from the five piece technical progressive metallers, will take you on an atmospheric journey that will not disappoint. ‘Acceptance’ is the opener, gentle at...

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Apostate – Seaborne

 Apostate – Seaborne When five musically like minded Russians happened to meet up in Prague in September 2008, Apostate was formed. They chose the name Apostate as a name to match their desire to create new music, forming their own path rather than merely following the masses and...

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Dr Slaggleberry – The Slagg Factory

 Dr Slaggleberry – The Slagg Factory Mark Wrigley reviews the latest offering from math-charged, jazz fuelled instrumental outfit Dr. Slaggleberry - The Slagg Factory EP, released through Crash Records.

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ION DISSONANCE – Cursed

 ION DISSONANCE – Cursed Canadian extreme metal outfit, ION DISSONANCE return with their fourth studio album, “Cursed”, released through Basick Records. ION DISSONANCE were formed back in 2002 when 5 friends got a band together with the aim of creating extreme technical metal, which at the time was still...

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