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Review – Blind Ego – Liquid – By Rob Fisher
I first came across Blind Ego courtesy of having originally discovered the delights of ‘World Through My Eyes (2005)’ by German based band RPWL. In the process of discovering more about them it emerged that lead guitarist Kalle Wallner was also running a solo project by the name of Blind Ego who, by pure coincidence,…
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Review – Kyros – Vox Humana – By Emma Roebuck
Kyros (Nee Synaethesia) is Adam Warne (vocals, keyboards), Joey Frevola (guitars), Peter Episcopo (bass, vocals), Robin Johnson (drums, percussion)?& Sam Higgins (guitars, vocals). They have been tipped and praised in the media and rock press in their original guise growing out of Adam’s solo project into a fully fledged band. I am not one to…
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Review – Kalle Vilpuu – Silver Lining – By Progradar
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Barcelona based festival Be Prog! My Friend announce Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress / Will join Jethro Tull, Marillion, Anathema & more
30th June – 1nd JULY 2017 – BARCELONA THE FESTIVAL WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE WORLD?S BEST PROGRESSIVE BANDS ADD MIKE PORTNOY?S SHATTERED FORTRESS TO THE LINE UP Since its inception in 2014 the Barcelona based festival Be Prog! My Friend has played host to the likes of Opeth, Steven Wilson, Anathema, Devin Townsend, TesseracT, The Pineapple…
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THE NEAL MORSE BAND THE SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM? THE NEW ALBUM & TOUR DETAILS
RELEASED NOVEMBER 11 ON RADIANT RECORDS VIA METAL BLADE RECORDS/SONY 2CD, TRIPLE VINYL AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD WORLDWIDE TOUR STARTS JANUARY 15, 2017 IN NASHVILLE, TN NEAL MORSE: LEAD VOCALS, KEYBOARDS, GUITARS MIKE PORTNOY: DRUMS, VOCALS RANDY GEORGE: BASS ERIC GILLETTE: GUITAR, VOCALS BILL HUBAUER: KEYBOARDS, VOCALS The journey of Neal Morse has seen three decades…
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PAIN – NEW LYRIC VIDEO FOR “DESIGNED TO PISS YOU OFF” RELEASED
The Swedish metal force PAIN, led by multi-instrumentalist and producer Peter T?gtgren (HYPOCRISY, LINDEMANN), will return to the road with their Coming Home Tour 2016 this week. The band will join forces with THE VISION BLEAK, DYNAZTY and BILLION DOLLAR BABIES. Today, the band released the brand new lyric video for the song “Designed To…
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Review – Nerve Toy Trio – Accidental Bar-B-Que – by Progradar
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Be Prog! My Friend festival announce Friday headliners Marillion
FESTIVAL WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE WORLD?S BEST PROGRESSIVE BANDS ANNOUNCE FRIDAY HEADLINERS MARILLION Since its inception in 2014 the Barcelona based festival Be Prog! My Friend has played host to the likes of Steven Wilson, Opeth, Camel, Meshuggah, Anathema, Devin Townsend, Pain Of Salvation, Katatonia, Leprous, TesseracT, The Pineapple Thief, Magma, Between The Buried And Me,…
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Review – Emmett Elvin – Assault On The Tyranny Of Reason – by Shawn Dudley
Earlier in 2016 I was finally introduced to the enjoyable wonders of Knifeworld via their latest album Bottled Out Of Eden .? In the ensuing months it has been one of my most played albums and has inspired me to check out the other releases the band members have participated in. One such release is…
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Review – Epica – The Holographic Principle – By Kevin Thompson
There are some excellent bands producing Symphonic Metal. Very popular and with some exceptional exponents, among them Nightwish, Within Temptation and Stream of Passion to name a few. So it is very easy for a few to slip under the radar, for me one of those has been EPICA, (which they define as Excellence.…