Tag Archives: prog rock

Welcome to the latest instalment of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. No time for a lame introduction today, as I gather pace towards my top 10… As always, if you’ve missed any of my previous posts, head down to the bottom of this post to check out the links for numbers  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the latest instalment of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. And, based on the number of posts I have published compared to how many I have left to complete, I am now at the magical half-way mark. From here on in, it is downhill. I hope, however, that the quality  Continue Reading »

Artist: Universe Effects Album Title: Desolation Label: Independent Date of Release: 29 October 2018 And finally, here we have it. I was talking a few weeks ago about the fact that I am forever searching for the next great prog discovery, a task that has become ever-harder as the years go by because I feel  Continue Reading »

Artist: Gungfly Album Title: Friendship Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 9 November 2018 It takes a special kind of artist to be able to lure in listeners who are usually more comfortable in other genres. It takes an even more special musician to retain their interest and engage with them once they have taken  Continue Reading »

Artist: Vola Album Title: Applause Of A Distant Crowd Label: Mascot Label Group Date of Release: 12 October 2018 This review is being brought to you via the phrases, ‘whoops’, ‘I dropped the ball’ and ‘nobody’s perfect’ via the school of ‘better late than never’. Yes, I’ve done it again and nearly let another record  Continue Reading »

Artist: Seventh Dimension Album Title: The Corrupted Lullaby Label: Corrupted Records Date of Release: 1 November 2018 A new progressive metal band that I wasn’t aware of to discover? Oh the joy. These days, such pleasures are few and far between because sometimes I feel like I have uncovered all of the gems that this  Continue Reading »

Artist: Seventh Wonder Album Title: Tiara Label: Frontiers Records Date of Release: 12 October 2018 At manofmuchmetal.com, I make it a rule to not review albums that are only available for review by streaming. The reason is not because I’m throwing my toys out of the pram and wanting something for nothing. I hope by  Continue Reading »

Artist: Haken Album Title: Vector Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 26 October 2018 Just to prove that I am not a completely blinkered and biased Haken fanboy, I am going to start the review of their latest record with something other than immediate, unfiltered hyperbole and gushing praise. That may or may not come  Continue Reading »

Artist: Pain Of Salvation & Kingcrow Venue: The Islington Assembly Rooms Date: 13 September 2018 I have banged on enough about Kingcrow during 2018 on my website, but rightly so in my opinion. I had sat on the new album for literally months, so I knew how good it was. Unfortunately, it took an age  Continue Reading »

Artist: Riverside Album Title: Wasteland Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 28 September 2018 I realised something blatantly obvious regarding myself and my relationship with Riverside. I realised that I don’t care about how heavy the material is – it can be soft, deft and minimalist, or it can be heavy, dark and explosive. It  Continue Reading »