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Review – Rise – Strangers – by Progradar
Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.? Alphonse de Lamartine I love that quote and it expresses perfectly how I feel about music, music has been my saviour in times of need and my champion in times of triumph. An ethereal miracle that salves the soul and inspires the heart…
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The Pretty Things Announce ‘The Final Bow’ deluxe boxset (Featuring David Gilmour & Van Morrison)
British music icons The Pretty Things will release The Final Bow? via Madfish on 1st November. Celebrating 55 years of the greatest band most people have never heard of, The Final Bow captures The Pretty Things at their riotous, unique & mercurial best. Recorded across 3 sets of classic tracks featuring special guest appearances from good friends David Gilmour and Van Morrison at Indigo at the 02 in December…
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Review – Lee Abraham – Comatose – by Kevin Thompson
So how does one of your favourite guitarists improve on his previous excellent releases How about making it a concept album What if it’s all one track Hmm, let’s see shall we? The haunting beep of a life support machine with mourning guitar introduces us to Numb-Pt 1 . Wait…I thought this was all one…
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Album Review – League of Lights – In The In Between
League of Lights – the electronic rock/synth pop duo featuring couple Farrah and Richard West. Farrah and Richard met on the outskirts of London, crossing paths for the first time in the mid 1990’s. Many years later they assembled a stellar cast of luminaries comprising Dutch guitarist Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation), American drummer Mark Zonder…
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AFENGINN – Scandinavia’s leading neo-folk, post-classical voice to release new album
Afenginn, which means intoxication and strength in old norse, is Danish composer and musician, Kim Rafael Nyberg, one of the leading neo-folk, post-classical voices in Scandinavia. Having toured all over Europe, Australia and the US and performed at numerous festivals, concert halls and venues, Nyberg’s deeply ambitious, orchestrated compositions are based on his seemingly mercurial…
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Review – IQ – Resistance – By Leo Trimming
We live in contentious and dark times so maybe it’s not surprising that IQ’s latest album Resistance has a real sense of titanic struggles, whether they are internal conflicts or global issues, as the band create a tidal wave of dense and dramatic music. If you thought 2014’s brilliant The Road of Bones was dark…
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EXPLORING BIRDSONG sign to Long Branch Records
Rarely are new groups as exciting, talented or unique as EXPLORING BIRDSONG, the piano-led guitarless trio from Liverpool who have announced their signing to German independent label Long Branch Records. Having recently graduated from Liverpool’s Institute of Performing Arts, the young group have already caught the eyes Prog Magazine, Kerrang! Magazine, Kerrang! Radio and Classic Rock Magazine as…
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VLMV European Tour Fall 2019
Fresh off the back of a short run of UK shows with Charlie Barnes, VLMV have announced their Autumn / Fall 2019 tour, which sees the band visit some Cities and Countries for the first time.? VLMV bring their slow build cinematic soundscape alongside an ambient backdrop of flickering lights and glitching visuals to Czechia,…
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Franck Carducci Band Reveal Artwork and Release Date For ‘The Answer’
The Franck Carducci Band ave announced that their upcoming album “The Answer” will be released on November 28 2019 (for ThanksGiving) on Vinyl & CDIt features some very special guests including Derek Sherinian (Alice Cooper, Dream-Theater, Billy Idol, Black Country Communion, …), Jimmy Pallagrosi(Zio, Karnataka, …) and Fabrice Dutour (Backroads, Dyslesia) The mixing was done…
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Review – Richard Henshall – The Cocoon
“Acclaimed for his work as a founding member of prog metal standouts Haken, as well as Nova Collective, Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, and as a Strandberg Guitars associate artist, Richard Henshall is now prepared to release his debut solo album, The Cocoon. Consisting of eight tracks that range from dense polyrhythmic passages to delicate minimalistic…