Tag Archives: Australia

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 »

Well, while I’m on a roll, I may as well continue. And while so many bands are also on a roll of late it seems, I owe it to them to keep the news flowing. If you’ve missed any of my other posts in this series, links to all of them can be found at  Continue Reading »

It’s true what they say – the older you get, the faster time disappears. I mean, it doesn’t seem possible that we are already half-way through 2017 for a start. And yet here I am. With my round-up of the best releases so far in 2017 under my belt, it is time to turn my  Continue Reading »

Artist: Voyager Album Title: Ghost Mile Label: IAV Records Date Of Release: 12 May 2017 In the three years since the release of Voyager’s last album, ‘V’, much has changed in my life. I am no longer writing for Powerplay magazine, I’ve moved house and I now have a second daughter on which to dote.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Damnations Day Album Title: A World Awakens Label: Sensory Records Release date: 24 March 2017 I have gone on record before about the strength of the heavy music scene in Australia; there is literally no let-up in the number of bands that are coming through. It’s like a torrent. But more than that, these  Continue Reading »

Welcome to my latest update on some of the great new music that is due to be released in 2017. It has been a few days since the last update and, as we know, a few days can be a long time in the music world. And so it has proved with several big hitters  Continue Reading »

Welcome to Day 25 of my ‘Album Of The Year 2015’ Top 30 countdown. No long intro today, just a thanks for sticking with me through this mammoth undertaking and for any new readers, a reminder to check out my picks from 30 down to 7 via the links at the bottom of this post.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Caligula’s Horse Album Title: Bloom Label: InsideOut Music Year Of Release: 2015 When I recently wrote about the strength of the Australian heavy metal scene, one of the bands that I used to illustrate my point was Caligula’s Horse. The progressive rock/metal band from Brisbane had not long before released the magnificent ‘The Tide,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Teramaze Album Title: Her Halo Label: Mascot Label Group Year Of Release: 2015 Another day, another good news story. Before I was sent a promo for this release, I knew very little about Teramaze if I’m honest. However, a quick look on that there Internet showed me that there was a definite buzz surrounding  Continue Reading »

We’ve finally made it into the top 5! Thanks for sticking with me – every year it seems like a mammoth undertaking but I seem to get there in the end. It may be 2015 but my favourite albums of 2014 are still making an impact and deserve their moment in the spotlight. Better late  Continue Reading »