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Still to come in 2018 – Part 1
Now that I have completed my round-up of the best releases from January to June 2018, it is time to turn my attention to the future and to what’s ahead in the final six months of the year. Judging by the list that I have steadily compiled, there’s some mouth-watering music on its way. So Continue Reading »
Live Gig Review: Voyager, Sümer, Temples On Mars – The Borderline, London – 3 July 2018
Artist: Voyager Venue: The Borderline Date: 3 July 2018 If ever I was going to test my ‘Man of Much Metal’ credentials, it was tonight. With England playing a rare knock-out game in the World Cup on the same night, it could have been easy to ditch the gig and find a pub to watch Continue Reading »
The best of 2018 so far – Part 3
Welcome to day three of my half-year round-up of the best music released during the first six months of 2018. If you missed the previous parts of this mini-series, you can read them here: The best of 2018 so far – Part 1 The best of 2018 so far – Part 2 However, essentially, this 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 »
Amorphis – Queen Of Time – Album Review
Artist: Amorphis Album Title: Queen Of Time Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 18 May 2018 Just when you think that a band has reached their peak, they come along and prove you wrong. The moral of the story therefore, is never think that a band can’t improve upon a superb release, because they can. 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 »
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 »
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 »
Arch Echo – Arch Echo – Album Review
Artist: Arch Echo Album Title: Arch Echo Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 24 November 2017 I am late to this particular party and I hang my head in shame. It wasn’t until I saw the heading of ‘Arch Echo – wow’ on a personal favourite progressive music forum that I even registered the existence Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2017 – Number 6
Welcome to day 25 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. It is at this point, quite late in the day, that I realise that there is a key component to the albums and the music that fills the highest spots in this year’s list. And that, dear readers, is emotional depth. Continue Reading »
