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Artist: Martin Gonzalez Album Title: Suspiro Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 22 March 2024 My interest in anime of any kind is at about the same level as my interest in knitting, housework, and the history of the saxophone. I am not a fan, so the fact that I know nothing of the American  Continue Reading »

Artist: Turbulence Album Title: B1nary Dream Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 8 March 2024 I try my very best to not read other reviews or opinions of albums before I write my own, because I don’t want my thoughts to be subconsciously swayed by others. However, on this occasion, it has proved impossible to  Continue Reading »

Artist: ALMO Album Title: Reconciliation Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 15 March 2024 Why do I write music reviews on a website by myself for no pay and very little apparent reward? It’s partly about giving something back to the music community that has given me so much enjoyment over the years. I’m not  Continue Reading »

Artist: Infected Rain Album Title: Time Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 9 February 2024 After the glut of releases that confronted us at the end of January, early February has seen things go in almost the other direction. The plus side is that I have a little more time available to check out some  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sleep Token Album Title: Take Me Back To Eden Label: Spinefarm Date of Release: 19 May 2023 I honestly wasn’t sure whether I would even listen to ‘Take Me Back To Eden’, let alone offer a review of it. However, given the extreme buzz and fervour that surrounds it, I felt that I ought  Continue Reading »

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of months, you’ll be acutely aware that something special is happening on 10th May 2023. That’s right, ‘a bunch of guys from Perth, Western Australia’ will take to the stage in front of around 180 million people worldwide, and announce that heavy metal is  Continue Reading »

Artist: Haken Album Title: Fauna Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 3 March 2023 The reason I got into progressive music around a quarter of a century ago, was because I wanted to be challenged. Up until then, I had got into heavier and heavier music, and enjoyed the discoveries that I’d made. But when  Continue Reading »

Artist: Andy Gillion Album Title: Arcade Metal Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 2 September 2022 Here’s a confession for you: I don’t like computer games. Ok, so that’s not entirely true. I used to like computer games when I was a boy in the late 80s, early 90s when things were so much simpler.  Continue Reading »