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Sons of a Galactic Wasteland

08/07/2018 Fraggle

Sons Of Alpha Centauri get a little space-y with latest instrumental release ‘Continuum’ – but is it cool, Sci-Fi space or just the dark bits in between? (read more)

Operation: Mindcrime (Live Review)

09/02/2018 Meltem Yumulgan

To Queensrÿche without Geoff Tate or to Geoff Tate without Queensrÿche? Operation: Mindframe celebrate 30 years of their namesake album. (read more)

To Die For? Iranian Metallers Heterochrome Offer Melancholia Against All Odds

06/09/2017 Fraggle

Progressive metal from Iran. Now that’s extreme. (read more)

Farewell Tim Hall. Writer, Superfan, Friend

06/06/2017 Trebuchet Magazine

A fond farewell to a most eclectic of souls. Safe journey, Tim. (read more)

Lost in the Ghost Light (Tim Bowness)

21/02/2017 Tim Hall

A grand statement about a grand era; Tim Bowness revisits rock’s most ambitious escapades (read more)

Lights from the Sky: Touchstone at the Borderline

05/01/2017 Tim Hall

Touchstone’s new frontwoman spreads her wings at London’s Borderline (read more)

Loitered Lens: Lazuli

22/12/2016 Tim Hall

French medieval blacksmiths from the future Lazuli peer round the pillar at the Borderline (read more)

Lights From the Sky (Touchstone)

26/11/2016 Tim Hall

Recognisably Touchstone, but with a fresh take, Lights from the Sky introduces a new direction for the UK prog stalwarts (read more)

Staring into the Eye of the Soundscape (Riverside)

01/11/2016 Tim Hall

Forging on after the death of guitarist Piotr Grudziński, Riverside continue to intrigue (read more)

Into The Lesser-Charted Waters of Jazz/Prog/Ambient: Duski

11/10/2016 Tim Hall

Prog rock, jazz and ambient sounscapes in an impressive debut album (read more)

Into the Catacomb Abyss (Unearthed Elf)

01/10/2016 Tim Hall

Epic without being overblown, Unearthed Elf plunders the dungeon (read more)

Sleep Not Before the Winter’s Gate (Insomnium)

27/09/2016 Fraggle

Epic and ambitious melodic death metal from Finland’s Insomnium (read more)

Sonic Space Opera via a Magic Machine (An Endless Sporadic)

17/09/2016 Tim Hall

Eclectic and Experimental, An Endless Sporadic’s sonic space opera recalls the great Zappa (read more)

Astral Tweaks: Transcendence (Devin Townsend Project)

15/09/2016 Fraggle

Never one to keep things simple, Devin Townsend returns to the Project with characteristically symphonic grandeur (read more)

Becoming Aware (Paradigm Shift)

03/09/2016 Tim Hall

With forward-looking approach to progressive rock, Paradigm Shift avoid the cliches. Review (read more)

Act V: Hymns With The Devil In Confessional (The Dear Hunter)

23/08/2016 Fraggle

Running at full tilt to catch up with The Dear Hunter’s epic multi-part rock opera series (read more)

Bringing in the New: Cambridge Rock Festival

19/08/2016 Tim Hall

Blues, classic and progressive rock at another of Cambridge’s fine festivals (read more)

Valley of the Windmill (Circa)

10/08/2016 Fraggle

Clean and powerful, perhaps a touch long-winded? Circa’s windmill pumps out the green wattage. (read more)

Getting Under the Bonnet of Dot (Karmakanic)

09/07/2016 Fraggle

Tweaking your prog rock pistons, Karnakanic release Dot. Review (read more)

Riffing the Hinterlands (Tilt)

05/07/2016 Tim Hall

Slow burning ballads to propulsive groove rock, Hinterland is worth the long wait (read more)

Flights of Fancy, Theories of Flight (Fates Warning)

22/06/2016 Fraggle

At times technical, at others self-indulgent, Theories of Flight is indeed progressive metal. Review (read more)

A Most Dramatic of Comas: The Theater Equation (Ayreon)

09/06/2016 Fraggle

Ayreon’s staging of The Human Equation is anything but comatose (read more)

Vinyl Rarities, No Cratedigging. Scandi Gems on Round Two Records

04/06/2016 Sean Keenan

Firebeats Inc., Undertakers’ Circus and Kare and the Cavemen signal an untapped wealth of Norwegian rock (read more)

Musicians Wanted: Singer. What Lies Beneath (Mike Kershaw)

25/05/2016 Tim Hall

Heading up a supergroup of sorts, prog rock keyboardist Mike Kershaw releases What Lies Beneath. Review (read more)

Misplaced Childhood, Live in London (Fish, Islington Academy)

11/05/2016 Tim Hall

o mark last year’s thirtieth anniversary of Marillion’s Misplaced Childhood, Fish played an extensive sold-out tour across Europe billed as “Farewell to Childhood”, playing the iconic 1985 album in its entirety. But a handful of (read more)