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Beyond the Limited Imagination: M (Myrkur)

15/02/2016

Review of M, stunning album by multi-instrumentalist Black Metal phenomenon Myrkur...

Blues, But Well Beyond Niche. (Rebecca Downes)

10/02/2016

Walking the line between classic and contemporary, Believe by Rebecca Downes brings a fresh voice to the blues mileu. Review...

Looking for The Outstanding in The Astonishing (Dream Theater)

04/02/2016

Dream Theater remain hugely important to Progressive metal and rock, but does their latest album add to their legacy? Review...

Taste, restraint and Donna Summer. The goth-metal way. (Aghast Afterglow)

28/01/2016

Classically trained female vocals, Donna Summer covers and guitar shred which sounds like 'Yngwie Malmsteen with a sense of taste and restraint'. Aghast Afterglow's debut album has to be good....

The Illusion’s Reckoning (Mantra Vega)

26/01/2016

After two years of writing and recording, Mantra Vega release The Illusion's Reckoning. Worth the wait? Tim Hall reviews....

Solid musicianship rather wasted: Resurrection Kings

19/01/2016

Resurrection Kings' Chas West has a great old-school hard rock voice of the sort you don't hear enough of, and sounds as though he'd excel... given stronger material...

Please Come Home! Lonely Robot at The Scala

31/12/2015

As the last significant gig in progressive rock's calendar, Lonely Robot at The Scala made a great finale to the year. ...

Fond Farewells and Many Partings (Touchstone, Magenta, Lonely Robot)

12/12/2015

A night of swansongs at Leamington Spa with Touchstone, Magenta and Lonely Robot...

Grandiose Autumn Rock Roundup (Bauda, Caligula’s Horse, Vanden Plas)

25/10/2015

With releases from Bauda, Caligula's Horse and Vanden Plas, October sees a plethora of progressive rock records....

No Tribute Act. Spock’s Beard, Islington Academy

14/10/2015

Even twenty years into their career Spock's Beard have avoided the all-too-easy trap of turning into their own tribute act...

Southern Gothic, Magic and Voodoo: Lose Control (Chantel McGregor)

29/09/2015

On Lose Control, Chantel McGregor puts the emphasis on riffs, and takes a less-is-more approach when it comes to soloing...

Hitting the Key, or Falling Flat? (Operation: Mindcrime)

22/09/2015

Geoff Tate's voice, once a magnificent lead instrument, is a shadow of what it once was. ...

Renaissance Hit or Folk Flop? All Our Yesterdays (Blackmore’s Night)

17/09/2015

About as much in common with actual renaissance music as Dungeons and Dragons has with medieval history...

Loitered Lens: Cloud Atlas

13/09/2015

Huge guitar, soulful vocals, a strong rhythm section and great use of atmospherics...

Staying Classy Whilst Skirting the Edge of Cheese (Praying Mantis)

09/09/2015

Praying Mantis play polished twin-guitar hard rock, more AOR than metal. It's a long way from NWOBHM, although they were always on the melodic side...

Love, Fear and the Time Machine (Riverside)

03/09/2015

Not only the best album of Riverside's career, but a strong contender for album of the year...

They’re still here, but have they still got it? (Motörhead)

30/08/2015

Motörhead : With their 22nd album Bad Magic, have the legends still got it?...

Elder statesmen of the third wave: The Oblivion Particle (Spock’s Beard)

27/08/2015

Swirling Mellotron and Hammond organ, blasts of hard rock guitar, rich layered vocal harmonies, and a strong sense of melody. ...

Deeper and Darker: Magnet EP (The Fierce and the Dead)

21/08/2015

If Spooky Action had something of a punky, garage-rock vibe, Magnet is darker and denser...

Coma Ecliptic : a Progressive Metal Monster

15/07/2015

There is more than one number that feels as though it contains a whole concept album's worth of music in seven or eight minutes....

Loitered Lens : Magenta

12/07/2015

Magenta play dense and complex music with a heavy and unapologetic influence of 70s Yes. ...

Flights of Fancy and an Unwanted Runway

04/07/2015

The UK has not built a full-length runway in the South East since World War 2. Should it?...

Secret Gardens, Crests of Darkness and Goblin Metal.

11/06/2015

No filler. A roundup from the bleak plains of heavy metal, featuring Nekrogoblikon, Ecnephias, Crest of Darknessm Secrets of the Sky and Angra...

A saxophone short, but mesmerising nonetheless [Knifeworld]

06/06/2015

Psychedelic grooves, Zappa-style horn arrangements, intertwining guitar and bassoon lines, and layered vocal harmonies....

Showing the depth of the songbook at Bury Met [Mostly Autumn]

01/06/2015

Shaking up the setlist in such a radical way was a bold move, but a very welcome one...

Far below the Sturgeon threshold [Eschaton]

07/05/2015

There is evidence of some technical instrumental ability here and there, but they're failing to do anything worthwhile with those chops....

Atmospherics and Optigans, Soundscapes and Steinways [Jacco Gardner]

05/05/2015

From swirling layered atmospherics to stripped-down minimalism and back again, it all hangs together well as a coherent whole...

van Giersbergen Gently Storms The Garage [The Gentle Storm]

01/05/2015

Her charisma and remarkable voice dominated the stage throughout...

Watching the Hugos burn. Sci-Fi Controversy Wreaks Havoc

21/04/2015

At this point, the Hugo Awards of 2015 look as good as dead, and everyone is now fighting over a corpse....

HRH Prog 2015

08/04/2015

Pwllheli is a long way from anywhere at the far end of a winding single-track railway line. The train stops many, many times at little request stops, but only if you know how to pronounce the...

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