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Halo Blind : Occupying Forces

21/03/2014

Memorable but unconventional melodies, and some great use of atmospheric instrumental passages in place of conventional solos...

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Bigelf : Into the Maelstrom

03/03/2014

It's been a long wait for this album, but the wait has been worth it. ...

Panic Room : Incarnate

28/02/2014

This is an album by a band not afraid to try something slightly different, and there is much to like about it. ...

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Loitered Lens : Tarja Turunen

23/02/2014

'the world of metal definitely needs more cellos'. Photos of Tarja Turunen live at the O2 Academy, February 2014...

Tarja Turunen : 02 Academy [Live]

19/02/2014

Tarja is a dynamic live act with a remarkable and unique voice, and on the strength of performances like this doesn't only reproduce her records live but exceeds them. ...

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Rainbow : Singles Box Set 1975 – 1986

31/01/2014

If you listen very carefully, you might hear the sound of a barrel being scraped...

Transatlantic : Kaleidoscope

24/01/2014

Symphonic rock riffs, quiet reflective passages, jazz-inflected instrumental sections and huge anthemic climaxes with recurring motifs....

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Loitered Lens : Von Hertzen Brothers

19/01/2014

Photos of The Von Hertzen Brothers, live at The Garage, Islington. ...

Loitered Lens : Mostly Autumn

12/01/2014

A year of ups and downs for Mostly Autumn ends on a high note. Photos of Mostly Autumn at the Bilston Robin 2....

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The Fierce and the Dead : Spooky Action

11/12/2013

There are elements of progressive rock, post-punk, indie/alternative and metal in the music, resulting in a record that is both all of those things and none of them. ...

Loitered Lens : Touchstone

10/11/2013

Oceans of Time ought to cement Touchstone’s growing reputation as one of the most exciting bands in the scene....

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The Temperance Movement [Live]

10/10/2013

'Understated bluesy soloing rather than pyrotechnic shredding'. Trebuchet catches The Temperance Movement live....

Touchstone : Oceans of Time

24/09/2013

There are still plenty of heavier passages where they show their metal side. But there is far more light and shade....

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Luna Rossa : Interview

18/09/2013

'The Sleeping Pills & Lullabies title was an idea of mine. It was the idea of two different ways of falling asleep…'...

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Fish : Feast of Consequences

15/09/2013

It all amounts to an album that's well worth the six year wait...

Breed 77 / Fozzy : Sub 89 [Live]

05/09/2013

This is the first time I've seen bras thrown at the band; you don't get that at prog gigs....

Heidi Widdop (Cloud Atlas) : Interview

29/08/2013

The excitement I am feeling that finally I am in a position to record music that I have written, that I can produce it to sound exactly as I feel it should, is just massive! ...

Maschine : Rubidium

29/07/2013

Contemporary progressive rock at its best, mixing metal, jazz and rock in a seamless blend...

Tarja : Colours in the Dark

28/07/2013

It's all completely over the top, but then it's a Tarja record, and you wouldn't really expect anything else; it would be like expecting Meatloaf to make a lo-fi Americana album. ...

It's not a full-band recording, but neither is it completely stripped-down and minimalist. The dominant instrumental sounds are acoustic guitar and programmed rhythms, but there's a lot else in the...

Iain Jennings : My Dark Surprise

27/06/2013

Some of the delicate piano lines on this record are quintessential Iain Jennings...

Steve Hackett : Hammersmith Apollo

17/05/2013

It wasn't a reverential note-for-note reproduction of the original recordings, but neither was it a ground-up re-imagining that didn't respect the original versions....

Marillion Convention Weekend [Review]

01/05/2013

Weekend-long fan conventions have been a regular feature of the Marillion calendar since the first one at an out-of-season Pontins back in 2002...

Ebony Tower : The Magic Box Pt 1

29/04/2013

Despite the bands occasional use of the term "prog" in promotion, they don't go in for grandiose epics. ...

UFO : Live, Oxford

06/03/2013

Never a swaggering frontman in the first place, UFO's Phil Mogg reaps the benefits in his latter years, still delivering classic rock in 2013 to Oxford's O2...

Loitered Lens : UFO

03/03/2013

Loitered Lens captures the action at UFO's gig at the O2, Oxford. Photography from Trebuchet Magazine...

Blue Coupe : Live

10/02/2013

The new material stands up well alongside the old, and marked them out as something far more than a mere nostalgia act, rather a band who still have something to say....

Rob Cottingham: Captain Blue

15/01/2013

Parts of the album sound like a far lighter version of Touchstone, with the dual male-female harmony lead vocals recalling that band's early years when Cottingham handled a greater proportion of the...

Albums of the Year: Tim Hall’s Choices

20/12/2012

In many previous years any one of these might have been a strong candidate for my album of the year....

Loitered Lens: Nightwish

18/11/2012

‘this gig was really about the new vocalist. Nightwish are the sort of band where the songs are bigger than the singer, but their material can be challenging regardless of who is singing it....

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