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Artist: Oceana Album Title: The Pattern Label: Time To Kill Records Date of Release: 29 January 2021 Twenty-seven years ago, I had just entered my teens and I was in the early stages of one of the most important, engrossing, and rewarding journeys of my life – the journey of discovery into the realms of  Continue Reading »

Artist: Therion Album Title: Leviathan Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 22 January 2021 The reason this review sees the light of day after the release date is because, frankly, I wasn’t even considering a review of it. Over the long career of the Swedish band, I have dipped in and out of their material,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Tribulation Album Title: Where The Gloom Becomes Sound Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 29 January 2021 I may not be as well versed as many of you out there in the ways of Tribulation, having only ‘discovered’ them in 2018 via ‘Down Below’, but news of a new a new album still  Continue Reading »

Artist: Asphyx Album Title: Necroceros Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 22 January 2021 After the hell that was 2020, it seems perfectly fitting to review some heavy as all hell death metal right at the start of this new year. And it is delivered to us in the form of ‘Necroceros’, the tenth  Continue Reading »

Artist: W.E.T. Album Title: Retransmission Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 22 January 2021 A little under three years since the release of their critically-acclaimed third release, ‘Earthrage’, the melodic hard rock ‘supergroup’ W.E.T. return with album number four, ‘Retransmission’. And, as you all know, given my soft spot for a dose of melodic hard  Continue Reading »

Artist: Labyrinth Album Title: Welcome To The Absurd Circus Label: Frontiers Records Date of Release: 22 January 2021 Despite a lengthy hiatus a few years ago, Italy’s Labyrinth are one of those bands that has seemingly been around forever, has a very loyal fanbase, but has never really broken into the full-beam limelight. And it  Continue Reading »

Artist: TDW Album Title: The Days The Clock Stopped Label: Layered Reality Productions Date of Release: 15 January 2021 Once again, I am faced with that thorny issue, reviewing the album of a friend. I have known Tom De Wit for several years through our mutual love of progressive music and our attendance at ProgPower  Continue Reading »

Artist: Need Album Title: Norchestrion: A Song For The End Label: Ikaros Records Date of Release: 12 January 2021 Starting the year as I mean to go on, I’m tackling a band that I’d heard things about, but had never had the time to delve I to their music. Well, the fact that they have  Continue Reading »

Artist: Countless Skies Album Title: Glow Label: Willowtip Records Date of Release: 6 November 2020 Hertfordshire, England. A generally affluent part of the UK, the home of footballers’ mansions and many who commute to work in the capital, as well as being the headquarters of some of the countries largest businesses. It is not the  Continue Reading »

Artist: Dark Tranquillity Album Title: Moment Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 20 November 2020 Any day that I get to listen to new Dark Tranquillity music is a good day in my book. It is an especially good day when the wait has been four long years. I hadn’t actually twigged that it  Continue Reading »