Tag Archives: Progressive Rock
Haken – English Music’s Finest Hour?
A while back now, I posted a blog whereby I listed my favourite 5 albums of all time. If you are interested, it can be found here. In that post, I found it impossible to keep my list to 5 and therefore rather autonomously added a sixth. The sixth album was the newest of the Continue Reading »
Unknown & Underrated – Wolverine
Today’s choice of band in my Unknown & Underrated series sees me returning to the progressive genre. This is deliberate because the band in question is a criminally underrated and unknown gem from Sweden, namely Wolverine. Hailing from a combination of Stockholm and Soderhamn, Wolverine have been in existence since 1995 and have released a Continue Reading »
An Evening with Haken – A Live Review
An Evening with Haken – A Live Review. For this blog post, I thought I’d combine a couple of things, kill two birds with one stone, so to speak: offer readers my first ever live review for this blog and at the same time, offer a personal insight into my gig-going experience, from start to Continue Reading »
Big Big Train – English Electric (Part 1) – Full Album Review
The older I get, the more interested I become in prog music. Generally, that statement would require further clarification via the addition of the word ‘metal’. However, more recently, this has become less and less necessary as I have found myself taking great delight in some of the more laid back forms of the genre, Continue Reading »
My Top 20 of 2012 – Number 1
We’re finally there! Congratulations and thanks to those of you that have displayed amazing stamina to have checked out all of my posts in my ‘Top 20 rock and metal albums of 2012’ countdown. To anyone who has arrived late, links to all the other 19 posts in this series can be found at the Continue Reading »
My Top 20 of 2012 – Number 3
My Top 20 rock/metal albums of 2012 countdown moves into the top 3 today. As always, if you’re new to this blog or have simply missed any of my previous posts in this countdown, a full set of links can be found at the bottom of this post. But, on to business and that all-important Continue Reading »
My Top 20 of 2012 – Number 6
Day 15 in my Top 20 rock/metal albums of 2012 countdown. As usual, links to the previous 14 days can be found at the bottom of this post should you have been naughty and missed any. Marillion ‘Sounds That Can’t Be Made’ earMUSIC Not only have I got more into melodic hard rock this year, Continue Reading »
My Top 20 of 2012 – Number 8
Unlucky for some, it is day 13 of my countdown of my 20 best rock and metal albums of 2012. Scroll down to the bottom of this post for links to all 12 previous posts. Big Big Train ‘English Electric (Part 1)’ English Electric Recordings Now, when I say that this has been a massive Continue Reading »
My Top 20 of 2012 – Number 10
Into the second half of my countdown and the number 10 spot belongs to an album that took me a long time to fully appreciate. Links to the previous 10 days can be found at the bottom of this post. Circus Maximus ‘Nine’ Frontiers Records Indeed, when I first listened to this record, the Norwegian Continue Reading »
My Top 20 of 2012 – Number 14
Day seven of my Top 20 of 2012 countdown. If you missed Day 6, check it out here. You’ll also find links there to the previous 5 days, so feel free to check them out as well! Enslaved ‘Riitiir’ Nuclear Blast Records At number 14, I give you the perennially impressive and consistent Enslaved with Continue Reading »
