prog Archives - Trebuchet

Sons of a Galactic Wasteland

08/07/2018

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?...

Operation: Mindcrime (Live Review)

09/02/2018

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

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

06/09/2017

Progressive metal from Iran. Now that's extreme....

Farewell Tim Hall. Writer, Superfan, Friend

06/06/2017

A fond farewell to a most eclectic of souls. Safe journey, Tim....

Lost in the Ghost Light (Tim Bowness)

21/02/2017

A grand statement about a grand era; Tim Bowness revisits rock's most ambitious escapades...

Lights from the Sky: Touchstone at the Borderline

05/01/2017

Touchstone's new frontwoman spreads her wings at London's Borderline...

Loitered Lens: Lazuli

22/12/2016

French medieval blacksmiths from the future Lazuli peer round the pillar at the Borderline...

Lights From the Sky (Touchstone)

26/11/2016

Recognisably Touchstone, but with a fresh take, Lights from the Sky introduces a new direction for the UK prog stalwarts...

Staring into the Eye of the Soundscape (Riverside)

01/11/2016

Forging on after the death of guitarist Piotr Grudziński, Riverside continue to intrigue...

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

11/10/2016

Prog rock, jazz and ambient sounscapes in an impressive debut album...

Into the Catacomb Abyss (Unearthed Elf)

01/10/2016

Epic without being overblown, Unearthed Elf plunders the dungeon...

Sleep Not Before the Winter’s Gate (Insomnium)

27/09/2016

Epic and ambitious melodic death metal from Finland's Insomnium...

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

17/09/2016

Eclectic and Experimental, An Endless Sporadic's sonic space opera recalls the great Zappa...

Astral Tweaks: Transcendence (Devin Townsend Project)

15/09/2016

Never one to keep things simple, Devin Townsend returns to the Project with characteristically symphonic grandeur...

Becoming Aware (Paradigm Shift)

03/09/2016

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

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

23/08/2016

Running at full tilt to catch up with The Dear Hunter's epic multi-part rock opera series...

Bringing in the New: Cambridge Rock Festival

19/08/2016

Blues, classic and progressive rock at another of Cambridge's fine festivals...

Valley of the Windmill (Circa)

10/08/2016

Clean and powerful, perhaps a touch long-winded? Circa's windmill pumps out the green wattage....

Getting Under the Bonnet of Dot (Karmakanic)

09/07/2016

Tweaking your prog rock pistons, Karnakanic release Dot. Review...

Riffing the Hinterlands (Tilt)

05/07/2016

Slow burning ballads to propulsive groove rock, Hinterland is worth the long wait...

Flights of Fancy, Theories of Flight (Fates Warning)

22/06/2016

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

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

09/06/2016

Ayreon's staging of The Human Equation is anything but comatose...

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

04/06/2016

Firebeats Inc., Undertakers' Circus and Kare and the Cavemen signal an untapped wealth of Norwegian rock...

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

25/05/2016

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

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

11/05/2016

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...