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Welcome to instalment number nineteen of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. Heading swiftly to my top 10, so the excitement levels are rising…or is that just me?! Time is also becoming more and more tight as Christmas draws ever nearer, so there will be no big intro today – no time!  Continue Reading »

Welcome to instalment number seventeen of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. It’s starting to get serious now, and I hope you can feel the tension building as well as the excitement? I certainly hope so, although I suspect you’re all reading this whilst muttering ‘get on with it, Matt’ under your  Continue Reading »

Artist: Quantum Album Title: The Next Breath Of Air Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 12 June 2020 Progressive music fans, if you’re wanting to sink your teeth into a new band, then I have a recommendation for you. The band are called Quantum and they hail from that music backwater otherwise known as Sweden.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Dawn Of Ouroboros Album Title: The Art of Morphology Label: Rain Without End Records Date of Release: 30 March 2020 I love it when an album makes me scratch my head and wonder how on earth I am going to review it. I revel in the challenge, especially when it is an album that  Continue Reading »

Artist: Inno Album Title: The Rain Under Label: Time To Kill Records Date of Release: 28 February 2020 It is hardly surprising, given the sheer volume of music being released on 28th February 2020, that one nearly slipped through my fingers. And it would have been a bit of a travesty too, had this album  Continue Reading »

Artist: Mindtech Album Title: Omnipresence Label: TriTech Music Date of Release: 13 March 2020 A Norwegian power/progressive metal band is always worth checking out, right? When the country is responsible for the likes of Circus Maximus, Pagan’s Mind, Conception, Leprous and oodles more, the track record is pretty impressive to say the least. So when  Continue Reading »

What can I say? I am overwhelmed by the comments, the love and the support shown to me following the publication of my first blog post in over eight months, a somewhat incoherent gathering of thoughts about the atmosphere, the fun, the friendship and the magic of ProgPower Europe 2019. But I must put all  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the final chapter in my 2018 ‘album of the year’ top 30 countdown. I have made it. Despite what has been a supremely hideous last two months at the Mansion of Much Metal, I have managed to keep to tradition and bring you my usual in-depth dissection of the best music to meet  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the penultimate chapter of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. I had hoped to complete the countdown ahead of Christmas day but the fates conspired to ensure that it wasn’t to be. But never mind, it just means that now the turkey has been consumed, the presents opened and the  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the pre-penultimate chapter of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. Today, it is the turn of the bronze medal record, the third best of the year. I’d begin this post with a far wittier and more interesting introduction were it not for the fact that I’m drinking my third large  Continue Reading »