Tag Archives: rock
Album of the Year 2017 – Number 12
Welcome to day 19 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. As the UK undergoes a ‘big freeze’, my traditional end-of-year series is beginning to hot up. It doesn’t seem like nineteen minutes since I started it, let alone nineteen days. But time, as they say, flies when you’re having fun. And Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2017 – Number 13
Welcome to day 18 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I have finally done it. 17 days into my epic countdown and I have had my first murmurs of disagreement. I told you it would happen; it was just a question of when. Perhaps with hindsight I should have awarded Persefone’s Continue Reading »
Album of the Year 2017 – honourable mentions – Part 2
Welcome to a thoroughly necessary second instalment of my ‘2017 – honourable mentions’ post. As I mentioned in the first part (read it here), 2017 has been an exceptionally strong year for heavy music. I have listened to a ton of new music over the past eleven months and it is the first time that Continue Reading »
Von Hertzen Brothers – War Is Over – Album Review
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 »
Sons Of Apollo – Psychotic Symphony – Album Review
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 »
Iris Divine – The Static And The Noise – Album Review
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 »
Daniel Cavanagh – Monochrome – Album Review
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 »
TDW & Dreamwalkers Inc. – ‘The Antithetic Affiliation’ – Album Review
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 »
Caligula’s Horse – In Contact – Album Review
Artist: Caligula’s Horse Album Title: In Contact Label: InsideOut Music Date Of Release: 15 September 2017 When it comes to modern progressive music, this Brisbane-based outfit are currently up there with the very best. Caligula’s Horse stunned me with their previous album, ‘Bloom’, so much so that it ended up well within my top 10 Continue Reading »
H.E.A.T – Into The Great Unknown – Album Review
Artist: H.E.A.T Album Title: Into The Great Unknown Label: earMUSIC Date of Release: 22 September 2017 When I reviewed ‘Tearing Down The Walls’, the fourth album from Swedish hard rock band H.E.A.T, I suggested that it was even better than their previous effort, ‘Address The Nation’. And that was a superb album, one of my Continue Reading »
