Tag Archives: Instrumental Metal
Vipassi – Lightless – Album Review
Artist: Vipassi Album Title: Lightless Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release: 26 January 2024 The description of ‘instrumental progressive metal’ is one that will either have you flocking to it, like a moth to a flame, or running away as if your life depended upon it. Not normally the biggest fan of completely instrumental Continue Reading »
Andy Gillion – Arcade Metal – Album Review
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 »
Earthside – Interview Part 2 – “we will be a band that people won’t get totally on a first listen”
A while back, I had the pleasure of an in-depth conversation with Ben Shanbrom, drummer with Earthside, a new band on the block that threatens to become the hottest new prospect in the progressive music world. You think I’m being overly hyperbolic? Listen to this for starters: Now I have your attention, you may like Continue Reading »
2013 – The Best Of The Rest (Part 1)
Now that my 2013 ‘Album of the Year’ countdown is complete and I have given you the 20 albums that have had the biggest impact upon me, I thought that I would write a couple of posts about the other albums that didn’t quite make it into my Top 20. You can read my full Continue Reading »
