Tag Archives: prog rock

Artist: Frost* Album Title: Day And Age Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 14 May 2021 I’m very late to the party with this album, but that might have something to do with the fact that I wasn’t going to review it initially. I was really not that enamoured with the band’s 2020 EP ‘The  Continue Reading »

Artist: Acolyte Album Title: Entropy Label: Blood Blast Music Date of Release: 14 May 2021 The stream of high-quality music coming from Australia shows no sign of abating, with the latest export being to pique my interest manifesting itself in the form of Acolyte, a quintet from Melbourne. Formed a number of years ago, the  Continue Reading »

Artist: Subterranean Masquerade Album Title: Mountain Fever Label: Sensory Date of Release: 14 May 2021 Reviewing a Subterranean Masquerade album is never an easy task. The band seems to delight in creating music that can be the worst nightmare of any reviewer, simply because there’s so much going on. And not only that, they seem  Continue Reading »

Artist: Astrakhan  Album Title: A Slow Ride Towards Death  Label: Melodic Passion Records  Date of Release: 23 April 2021  Bearing in mind my love of progressive music, be it rock or metal, and given the clientele involved, it is a little surprising perhaps that I had missed the name Astrakhan until now. ‘A Slow Ride Towards Death’ is  Continue Reading »

Artist: Benthos Album Title: II Label: Eclipse Records Date of Release: 23 April 2021 I’ve had this record for a couple of months at least and yet I’m late bringing this review to you. And the reason is that I have gone back and forth several times, deciding exactly what I think of this album.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Wheel Album Title: Resident Human Label: OMN Label Services Date of Release: 26 March 2021 I am a huge fan of progressive music and have been for many years after stumbling across the likes of Pain Of Salvation, Vanden Plas, Dream Theater and many others in my more formative years. As a huge progressive  Continue Reading »

Artist: Odd Dimension Album Title: The Blue Dawn Label: Scarlet Records Date of Release: 26 March 2021 It’s hard to know where to begin with this album review, given that there’s so much to tell you about. ‘The Blue Dawn’ marks the return of Italian progressive rock/metal band after an absence of eight years. They  Continue Reading »

Artist: Liquid Tension Experiment Album Title: LTE3 Label: 16 April 2021 Date of Release: InsideOut Music Ah, Liquid Tension Experiment. The band that plays the kind of music that I’d normally consider to be my nemesis. I’m a huge fan of progressive music, but I’ve always struggled with instrumental prog, where there’s a huge emphasis  Continue Reading »

Welcome to Part 2 of my mini-series looking into my crystal ball at what music we have to look forward to in 2021. If ever there was a need to look into the future at positive things, it’s now, as we all stare down the barrel of several more months under the cloud of Covid-19.  Continue Reading »

Welcome to instalment number twenty-two of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. No big intro, just headlong into the action… Apart from my normal reminder to anyone new to this series, to check out the links at the bottom of the post to find out who made the cut, from 30 down  Continue Reading »