Tag Archives: Progressive Rock

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 »

Artist: Bjørn Riis Album Title: Coming Home EP Label: Karisma Records Date Of Release: 23 February 2018 New material, even an EP, was an unexpected surprise so soon after the latest full-length release from Airbag guitarist Bjørn Riis. Of 2017’s album, ‘Forever Comes To An End’, I can be quoted as saying: “…this is a  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 26 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. And, just like that, I find myself tackling my top 5 of 2017. Thank you to everyone who has followed the previous 25 instalments so loyally and diligently. I applaud your stamina and your resilience because, if nothing else, you’ve had  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day 6 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. Bored yet? I hope not, because I’m only just getting into my stride. More than any other year, I am very excited to share this list with you. Not only do I now have my biggest number of loyal readers and  Continue Reading »

Artist: Von Hertzen Brothers Album Title: War Is Over Label: Mascot Label Group / Music Theories Recordings Date Of Release: 3 November 2017 The history of Von Hertzen Brothers is both rich and varied. Prior to forming the band in 2000, each of the three Von Hertzen siblings were well-known individually for their own musical  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sons Of Apollo Album title: Psychotic Symphony Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 20 October 2017 It’s a new day. Therefore, it is almost inevitable that we have a new project from renowned drummer Mike Portnoy. Of course, I’m being a little ridiculous and prone to exaggeration but given how prolific and obviously inspired  Continue Reading »

Artist: Big Big Train Venue: Cadogan Hall Date: 30 September 2017 At the end of July, I received a message out of the blue from a certain Greg Spawton. “Hi Matt, Just finalising guest lists for the Big Big Train shows. We have you down for a seat on Saturday 30th September. Are you still  Continue Reading »

Artist: Iris Divine Album Title: The Static And The Noise Label: Independent Release Release date: 6 October 2017 A three-piece progressive rock/metal band from North America? Nah, that’ll never work. If I remember rightly, some band called Rush tried it many years ago and as far as I can recall, it didn’t go too well  Continue Reading »

Artist: Daniel Cavanagh Album Title: Monochrome Label: Kscope Date Of Release: 13 October 2017 My love and admiration for Anathema needs no introduction. They are a top five band, a very important part of my life. Naturally then, I was ecstatic and hugely excited by the news that Daniel Cavanagh was to release a new  Continue Reading »

Artist: TDW & Dreamwalkers Inc. Album Title: The Antithetic Affiliation Label: Layered Reality Productions Date Of Release: 22 May 2017 I want to start this review by saying that I owe ‘The Antithetic Affiliation’ a huge debt of thanks. And the reason for this is quite simple: it has reminded me that there is huge  Continue Reading »