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Melted on my Cortex – Boss Keloid

16/04/2018 Jed Saint

Slow and heavy Wiganers Boss Keloid once again repudiate expectations with new full-length sonic deluge ‘Melted On The Inch’ (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)

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)

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)

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)

A Titan of Modern Progressive Rock. Affinity (Haken)

04/05/2016 Tim Hall

Eschewing the cliches of the genre, this is Progressive Rock reinvented for the twenty-first century (read more)

Let Out the Kraut: Trips (Long Distance Calling)

26/04/2016 Art Devine Thunders

What happens a German electro-prog band hands out the brown acid. Album Review (read more)

Bottled Out of Eden (Knifeworld)

19/04/2016 Tim Hall

Unique as ever, Kavus Torabi’s progressive rock outfit Knifeworld raise the bar (read more)

Deep they Delved, Richly they Riff: Prelude (Wytch Hazel)

12/04/2016 Tim Hall

Mining a less-exploited seam of 70s rock than the usual, Wytch Hazel evoke Wishbone Ash and Jethro Tull with their Prelude LP (read more)

The Great Gig Under the Pavement (Dave Kerzner/District 97)

01/04/2016 Tim Hall

Different but complementary, the progressive rock of Dave Kerzner and District 97 light up Soho’s Borderline (read more)

All That You Fear is Gone (Headspace)

14/02/2016 Fraggle

Prog-metal supergroup Headspace ready a 73-minute opus for their eager public. Trebuchet gets stuck in. (read more)

Looking for The Outstanding in The Astonishing (Dream Theater)

04/02/2016 Tim Hall

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

The Illusion’s Reckoning (Mantra Vega)

26/01/2016 Tim Hall

After two years of writing and recording, Mantra Vega release The Illusion’s Reckoning. Worth the wait? Tim Hall reviews. (read more)

Please Come Home! Lonely Robot at The Scala

31/12/2015 Tim Hall

As the last significant gig in progressive rock’s calendar, Lonely Robot at The Scala made a great finale to the year. (read more)