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Tag Archives: Progressive Death Metal

Aversed – Impermanent – Album Review

Artist: Aversed Album Title: Impermanent Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 19 March 2021 Less is more, right? Right? It’s the clichéd phrase that we always hear and to which many will subscribe. Not in the case of Aversed though. It’s clearly an old adage that has passed them by based on the content of  Continue Reading »

Anticipated Album Releases in 2021 – Part 3

Welcome to the third and probably, given it is now February, my final chapter in my ‘Anticipated Album Releases in 2021. Once again, I have put together quite a wide ranging mix of albums and genres in the hope that I mention something to everyone’s tastes. It is also quite a mix in terms of  Continue Reading »

Countless Skies – Glow – Album Review

Artist: Countless Skies Album Title: Glow Label: Willowtip Records Date of Release: 6 November 2020 Hertfordshire, England. A generally affluent part of the UK, the home of footballers’ mansions and many who commute to work in the capital, as well as being the headquarters of some of the countries largest businesses. It is not the  Continue Reading »

Symbolik – Emergence – Album Review

Artist: Symbolik Album Title: Emergence Label: The Artisan Era Date of Release: 10 April 2020 I am convinced that The Artisan Era must dabble in the arcane arts. Either that, or they have a hidden battery farm where they produce band after band deep in the shadows that deliver heavy and complex progressive death metal.  Continue Reading »

Sutrah – Aletheia – EP Review

Artist: Sutrah Album Title: Aletheia Label: The Artisan Era Date of Release: 13 March 2020 What’s that? You’d like to be recommended something good within the progressive death metal subgenre? Well, it just so happens that I might have something for you. How serendipitous is that? The artist in question is Sutrah and they are  Continue Reading »

Into Eternity – The Sirens – Album Review

Artist: Into Eternity Album Title: The Sirens Label: M-Theory Audio Date of Release: 26 October 2018 Well now, here’s a review that I was beginning to think I’d never be able to write; after a decade of inactivity in the studio, personnel comings and goings and a commitment to the live arena, I began to  Continue Reading »

Samskaras – Lithification – EP Review

Artist: Samskaras Album Title: Lithification Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 26 October 2018 It is turning into an obsession now. Every time I receive an email with a combination of the words ‘technical’, ‘progressive’ or ‘death metal’ attributed to it, I have a sudden urge to check it out. I’m beginning to think that  Continue Reading »

Æpoch – Awakening Inception – Album Review

Artist: Æpoch Album Title: Awakening Inception Label: Independent Release Date Of Release: 13 April 2018 Billed as the most unlucky of all days, Friday 13th is supposed to be a day that all superstitious humans fear, a day where everything is supposed to go wrong. You’d therefore think that musicians, some of the most superstitious  Continue Reading »

Album of the Year 2017 – Number 4

Welcome to day 27 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. Today’s pick proves that my words throughout this series have not been hollow hyperbole – any other year and this particular album might have been at the top of the pile or very close to it. As it is, I have  Continue Reading »

Album of the Year 2017 – Number 14

Welcome to day 17 of my ‘Album of the Year 2017 top 30 countdown’. I thought that I had got the exact order of my top 30 sorted in my mind a few weeks ago, before I started the venture. However, I have been chopping and changing the order almost on a daily basis since  Continue Reading »


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