Tag Archives: Progressive Rock
Album of the Year 2018 – Number 29
Hello everyone, here we are again, with episode 2 of my annual top 30 countdown of the best albums released this year. And what a year it has been. I know that I say it every year, but 2018 has produced some truly excellent music across a range of guitar-based subgenres. As the Man of Continue Reading »
Anathema – Internal Landscapes – Album Review
Artist: Anathema Album Title: Internal Landscapes Label: Kscope Date of Release: 26 October 2018 I don’t normally review compilation albums because I tend to prefer spending my time listening to new, original material rather than giving my thoughts on music that is already well-known and well-established. However, on this occasion, I am willing to make Continue Reading »
Metal Update – 1 October 2018
I’m starting off the month of October the way I mean to go on. And so, here’s a round-up of some juicy music coming our way in the short, medium and longer- term. As always seems to be the case, the list of music today is a little eclectic but that, I hope, only serves Continue Reading »
Riverside – Wasteland – Album Review
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 »
The best of 2018 so far – Part 4
Hi and welcome to day four of my half-year round-up of the best music released during the first six months of 2018. I hope you’ve enjoyed this mini-series so far? And more importantly, if you’ve missed any of my reviews this year so far, I hope that this series helps to fill in the gaps Continue Reading »
Lux Terminus – The Courage To Be – Album Review
Artist: Lux Terminus Album Title: The Courage To Be Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 24 August 2018 If you were to ask me what my favourite instrument is, I’d wait a fraction of a nanosecond before firmly replying ‘the guitar’. That’s hardly surprising really, given the fact that I have two, that I have Continue Reading »
The Sea Within – The Sea Within – Album Review
Artist: The Sea Within Album Title: The Sea Within Label: InsideOut Music Date Of Release: 22nd June 2018 Is there a more prolific genre of music in terms of cross-pollination and the creation of musical collaborations away from musicians’ main creative outlets than that of progressive rock? It is almost as inexorable as the tide, Continue Reading »
Spock’s Beard – Noise Floor – Album Review
Artist: Spock’s Beard Album Title: Noise Floor Label: InsideOut Music Date Of Release: 25 May 2018 To say that I liked ‘The Oblivion Particle’ is a bit of an understatement. To quote my review of Spock’s Beard’s 12th album released in 2015: ‘Frankly, I’m not entirely sure that ‘classic’ melodic progressive rock can get much Continue Reading »
Subsignal – La Muerta – Album Review
Artist: Subsignal Album Title: La Muerta Label: Gentle Art of Music/Soulfood Date Of Release: 25 May 2018 When I heard the news that Sieges Even were to cease, I was hugely disappointed. Here was a band that not many years before, had released ‘The Art of Navigating By The Stars’, a record that, by all Continue Reading »
Frequency Drift – Letters To Maro – Album Review
Artist: Frequency Drift Album Title: Letters To Maro Label: Gentle Art Of Music/Soulfood Date Of Release: 13 April 2018 I think, finally, I may have got to the end of my backlog of albums released on 13th April this year. And what a way to finish. This is a rather unique and captivating album from Continue Reading »
