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Artist: The Gentle Storm Album Title: The Diary Label: Inside Out Music Year of Release: 2015 ‘The Gentle Storm’…if you stop and think about it and let the words mull over in your mind for a time, it suddenly hits you what a really nice, clever and simple name it is. A contradiction in terms  Continue Reading »

Artist: Haken Album Title: Restoration Label: Inside Out Music Year Of Release: 2014 It has been an eventful year or so in the world of Haken. In September 2013, the sextet released what can only be described as a masterpiece of progressive music in the form of their third album, the magnificent ‘The Mountain’. This  Continue Reading »

The only rule that I really abide by in my album of the year 2013 countdown, is that the music must be original. Therefore, there is no room in my list for live albums or DVDs. Normally, this is not a problem because I’m not the biggest fan in general of live releases in whatever  Continue Reading »

Artist: Thought Chamber Album Title: Psykerion Label: Inside Out Music Year of Release: 2013 Well, well, well. Progressive metal fans should…no, need to take notice of this album because it threatens to be one of the best within the genre in 2013. Why? Read on. Thought Chamber were originally formed in the mid-naughties by guitarist  Continue Reading »

Artist: James LaBrie Album Title: Impermanent Resonance Label: Inside Out Music Year of Release: 2013 Blessed with an instantly recognisable voice and one of the most enviable day jobs in metal, James LaBrie hardly needs any introduction to the vast majority of metal heads. However, just in case you’ve been floating in outer space for  Continue Reading »

Maschine is the chosen moniker for the latest UK-based band to catch the attention of the progressive rock community. I didn’t hesitate when I was offered the opportunity to chat with band mastermind and founder Luke Machin. It is not the greatest of starts to the interview if I’m being entirely honest. I’m playing Maschine’s  Continue Reading »

A while back now, I posted a blog whereby I listed my favourite 5 albums of all time. If you are interested, it can be found here. In that post, I found it impossible to keep my list to 5 and therefore rather autonomously added a sixth. The sixth album was the newest of the  Continue Reading »

After almost no activity for over a month, I’m on a roll again and so today, I bring to you my latest musical recommendation as part of my ‘Unknown & Underrated’ series (links to the others can be found below). The spotlight once again falls on the progressive metal genre but I make no apologies  Continue Reading »

An Evening with Haken – A Live Review. For this blog post, I thought I’d combine a couple of things, kill two birds with one stone, so to speak: offer readers my first ever live review for this blog and at the same time, offer a personal insight into my gig-going experience, from start to  Continue Reading »