Tag Archives: .progressive metal
Ihsahn – Àmr – Album Review
Artist: Ihsahn Album Title: Àmr Label: Candlelight Records Date Of Release: 4 May 2018 Let’s not muck around here. Everyone with even a vague knowledge of extreme metal will be fully aware of Ihsahn and his considerable impact as part of the legendary black metal band Emperor. Most will also know about his solo career Continue Reading »
Hekz – Invicta – Album Review
Artist: Hekz Album Title: Invicta Label: BMH Audio Date Of Release: 20 April 2018 If you will allow me to be blunt, I must confess that I didn’t really like this record much at all when I first listened to it. I felt that it was a little bit ‘meh’ to be honest. It didn’t Continue Reading »
Structural Disorder – ‘…And the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene’ – Album Review
Artist: Structural Disorder Album Title: …And the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene Label: Lion Music Date Of Release: 15 March 2018 “If I had to be brutally honest, the accordion is one of my most disliked instruments. It’s right up there with the child’s recorder, the trumpet and the mouth organ as far as Continue Reading »
Oceans of Slumber – The Banished Heart – Album Review
Artist: Oceans Of Slumber Album Title: The Banished Heart Label: Century Media Date Of Release: 2 March 2018 “The last few years have been turbulent. When you have this mixture of a few very emotional and creative people, it gets shaky sometimes. Internal and family struggles were trying to rot us from the inside out. Continue Reading »
Poem – Unique – Album Review
Artist: Poem Album Title: Unique Label: ViciSolum Records Date Of Release: 23 February 2018 I’ll be honest at the outset and declare that I know very little about Poem, having not checked them out before. Thankfully, the accompanying press release helps to fill in some blanks. As a result, I’m able to tell you that Continue Reading »
Kælling – Lacuna – Album Review
Artist: Kælling Album Title: Lacuna Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 10 December 2017 I get a lot of email requests for reviews these days. I listen to all of them, even if I am sometimes hopeless at getting back to people. A lot of them are not to my overarching taste, some of them Continue Reading »
Orphaned Land – Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs
Artist: Orphaned Land Album Title: Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs Label: Century Media Date Of Release: 26 January 2018 More than just a band, Orphaned Land are a positive force for good. Over the course of a quarter of a century and five critically-acclaimed albums, the Israeli progressive metal quintet have sought to unite people Continue Reading »
Kingcrow – The Persistence – an update
A few months ago, I was approached by Diego Cafolla, guitarist and principal songwriter for Kingcrow. We’ve been speaking for a number of years and so this contact didn’t initially seem to be out of the ordinary. However, after the usual pleasantries had been exchanged, Diego asked if I could help them out. This was Continue Reading »
My most anticipated releases of 2018 – Part 4
I was going to stop after part 3, but new albums seem to be being announced all over the place now that the holiday season is a dim and distant memory for us all. As such, here’s another post detailing a few more exciting possibilities during 2018. And I’m not going to confirm that it’ll Continue Reading »
My most anticipated releases of 2018 – Part 3
Welcome to Part 3 of my annual mini-series where I try to round-up all of the albums that I either know are being released in 2018 or I sincerely hope will be released this year. By now, you know the drill – the previous posts in this series can be accessed by links below – Continue Reading »
