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Vanden Plas – The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things – Album Review

Artist: Vanden Plas Album Title: The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 19 April 2024 Vanden Plas and I go way back. They were one of the first group of bands that I discovered as my love of progressive metal emerged in the very early noughties. In fact,  Continue Reading »

Turbulence – B1nary Dream – Album Review

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 »

New Horizon – Gate Of The Gods – Album Review

Artist: New Horizon Album Title: Gate Of The Gods Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 11 March 2022 A new power metal band featuring former H.E.A.T. vocalist Erik Grönwall? Yes please! I was disappointed to hear that he had left the melodic hard rock group as H.E.A.T. have long been favourites of mine within that  Continue Reading »

Nasson – Scars – Album Review

Artist: Nasson Album Title: Scars Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release:  28 January 2022 Here’s a decent little find that was originally hinted at by a follower of my website. Inevitably, given their apparent march towards world domination, this release sees the light of day through Frontiers Music, so don’t expect any nice packaging or  Continue Reading »

Lalu – Paint The Sky – Album Review

Artist: Lalu Album Title: Paint The Sky Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 21 January 2022 This record has to be one of my most anticipated releases of 2022 and it’s a delight to be able to finally bring you my considered thoughts about it. I’ve been a fan of Vivien Lalu for quite some  Continue Reading »

Eclipse – Wired – Album Review

Artist: Eclipse Album Title: Wired Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 8 October 2021 For a number of years now, Eclipse have been one of the biggest names in melodic hard rock circles, and one of my go-to bands when a dose of hard rocking and hook-laden music is what I need. Released around a  Continue Reading »

Terra Odium – Ne Plus Ultra – Album Review

Artist: Terra Odium Album Title: Ne Plus Ultra Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 11 June 2021 Due to my unexpected but much needed early June hiatus, I am playing catch up with many of the releases that threatened to pass me by unexplored and unreviewed. The focus of this review is the debut album  Continue Reading »

Crowne – Kings In The North – Album Review

Artist: Crowne Album Title: Kings In The North Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 18 June 2021 The sun is finally shining, it’s warm, and one might be forgiven for thinking that the summer is finally here. It has been a while coming and with the arrival of the sun, my inevitable melodic rock itch  Continue Reading »

Sweet Oblivion (Geoff Tate)- Relentless – Album Review

Artist: Sweet Oblivion (Geoff Tate) Album Title: Relentless Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 9 April 2021 I’m not generally a fan of artificially created musical projects. Some of them work well, but often, they can sound forced, contrived, and lacking any kind of heart or passion. Sweet Oblivion, featuring Geoff Tate is one of  Continue Reading »

Secret Sphere – Lifeblood – Album Review

Artist: Secret Sphere Album Title: Lifeblood Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 12 March 2021 Italian melodic power metal band Secret Sphere have been around for the best part of 25 years but are one of those bands that have never quite taken the world by storm. Without being too disingenuous I hope, the quintet  Continue Reading »


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