Month: September 2016

  • Review – Aisles – Hawaii – by Craig E. Bacon

    Review – Aisles – Hawaii – by Craig E. Bacon

    With their new album, Hawaii,? Aisles have released their version of the obligatory conceptual prog double album. As such, it hits many of the prog checklist items: longer tracks, extended instrumental sections, some experimental choices, a loose concept that can be a little hard to follow at times, and gorgeous cover art that tells a…

  • ESBEN AND THE WITCH SHARE LATEST TRACK THE WOLF?S SUN? FROM UPCOMING ALBUM

    ESBEN AND THE WITCH SHARE LATEST TRACK  THE WOLF?S SUN? FROM UPCOMING ALBUM

    ESBEN AND THE WITCH are now streaming the next track taken from their forthcoming album ‘Older Terrors’. The dark atmospheric rockers will release their new full-length on November 4th. The amazing song “The Wolf’s Sun can be listened to here. ESBEN AND THE WITCH comment on?”The Wolf’s Sun”: “An ode to Luna, a blazing white…

  • OPETH RELEASE EIGHTH STUDIO BLOG VIDEO FOR ‘SORCERESS’

    OPETH RELEASE EIGHTH STUDIO BLOG VIDEO FOR ‘SORCERESS’

    Swedish experimental heavy-rock pioneers OPETH have released the eighth instalment, Studio Report – Episode 8,? of their in-depth, behind the scenes series on the making of their 12th studio album, ‘Sorceress’. In this new trailer, keyboardist Joakim Svalberg talks about the recordings for ‘Sorceress’ and his love for vintage instruments. The highly-anticipated record is out…

  • Review – Birdeatsbaby – Tanta Furia – by Emma Roebuck

    Review – Birdeatsbaby – Tanta Furia – by Emma Roebuck

    Much is being said about the fact that music isn’t progressing or progressive anymore, with a few notable exceptions. The audiences that buy the music are more likely to buy a 5.1 remix of a 1974 re-release over a new and unknown band. It makes me sad when I can come across so much new…

  • Review – Under A Banner – The Wild Places – by Emma Roebuck

    Review – Under A Banner – The Wild Places – by Emma Roebuck

    Under A Banner are Adam Broadhurst -guitars, vocals, harmonica, cittern; Jake Brooks – guitars and backing vocals; Simon Hill -bass guitar; Tim Wilson -drums, percussion, backing vocals; Kat Davis – keyboards. Powerful, poetic music about the world and the people and spirits which inhabit it.? When I was sent this album the above information was…

  • Kansas Release Second Video, ‘Visibility Zero’, From new album The Prelude Implicit

    A brand new song and lyric video from Kansas is streaming now. Visibility Zero is the second single released from the band’s intensely anticipated new studio album The Prelude Implicit, which will be released on September 23rd, 2016. Fans can stream Visibility Zero now: In a joint statement about Visibility Zero, the band says, “Visibility…

  • IN FLAMES RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR ‘THE TRUTH’

    IN FLAMES RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR ‘THE TRUTH’

    Since their formation in the 1990s, IN FLAMES have strived to carve their own path when it comes to their sound. With melodic anthem ‘The Truth’, the Swedes once again prove that their diversity is endless and that the previously released clip for ‘The End’ was merely the beginning. Watch the new lyric video from…

  • Review – Cyril – Paralyzed – by Rob Fisher

    Review – Cyril – Paralyzed – by Rob Fisher

    Light, airy piano chords gradually emerge from the silence and gently come to a slow halt; moments later a barely perceptible layer of tingling keyboards fills the air, bass and drum announce a pointed yet restrained arrival and a light, breezy acoustic guitar plays a Mediterranean air. Husky, breathless vocals overlay the soundstage with a…

  • Review – Katatonia – The Fall Of Hearts – by Shawn Dudley

    Review – Katatonia – The Fall Of Hearts – by Shawn Dudley

    When 2016 draws to a close and I begin compiling my best of the year list one album that is definitely going to be near the top is The Fall Of Hearts , the quietly brilliant 10th album from Katatonia.? It’s the sleeper hit of the year in my opinion.? It’s not the most flamboyant…