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Review – 25 Yard Screamer – Nemesis
‘Nemesis’ is the eighth studio album from Welsh Progressive Rock band 25 Yard Screamer. Released three years after their ‘Natural Satellite’ album, and twenty years after their inception, this new release takes key elements of the band’s past and combines them with a fresh modernity to produce a new musical voice to take them into…
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Review – Grant Ferguson – Windswept Isle
It’s electric the way Grant Ferguson goes off on some new musical foray at the mere touch of a string. He doesn’t disappoint the demanding fan with his tricky licks, and never pushes away a newcomer with his harder edge, but rather pulls all listeners together on a common musical journey unlike any other in…
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Review – Saro Cosentino – The Road To Now
Music has an uncanny ability to change your perception, let me explain what I mean by that. It’s a well known fact that I struggle with VDGG frontman Peter Hammill’s vocals, his voice has always seemed to grate on me, whether with the venerable progressive rock legends or singing with Isulders Bane, etc. I just…
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KLONE PRESENT?’MEANWHILE’, NEW ALBUM FROM THE FRENCH ALT-METAL/ART-ROCK COLLECTIVE, RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 10TH 2023 ON KSCOPE
Emotive and conceptual, Klone have once again broken new sonic ground and built further on their signature expansive sound. Since 2019’s opus Le Grand Voyage, French art-rockers Klone have risen to new heights across the globe, touring alongside the likes of Leprous and Pain of Salvation, and blowing away festival crowds at Hellfest, Motocultor, Prog Power USA, Midsummer Prog, and Cruise to the Edge. Back with…
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Review – Oak – The Quiet Rebellion Of Compromise
Oak is a Norwegian progressive pop/rock band that originally emerged from a folk-rock duo. The four members have a diverse background spanning from classical piano to electronica, prog- and hard-rock, with references to the alternative scene as well as progressive rock – something that has combined to make a distinguished and unique sound. OAK originated…
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Review – Galahad – The Last Great Adventurer
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Review – Grace and Fire – Elysium – by John Wenlock-Smith
Grace and Fire are a newish, harder sounding, progressive rock band who hail from the East Midlands and who are attracting a fair degree of attention in prog circles and quite rightly so. ‘Elysium’, their debut album, is an accomplished and stimulating set of modern rock with many progressive elements very much in evidence. The…
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Review – Dave Brons – Return to Arda – by John Wenlock-Smith
Opening with a spoken word introduction heard over sea noises and wordless vocals, Dave Bron’s new release continues his musical exploration of Middle Earth and the realm of worlds made known through the writing of J.R.R. Tolkien. The album is titled ‘Return to Arda’, ‘Arda’ being the name Tolkien gave to Earth. The album has…
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Review – Comedy of Errors – Time Machine
From Glasgow Scotland, Comedy of Errors are a progressive rock band playing in their own distinctive style. They have a notable live presence dating back to the 1980s and were contemporaries of bands like Marillion and IQ, but for some unknown reason never released an album until they reformed in 2010. Since 2010’s ‘Disobey’, the…
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Review – Esthesis – Watching Worlds Collide
Esthesis is a progressive & alternative rock project formed and led by French multi-instrumentalist Aur lien Goude (music, lyrics, keyboards, vocals, guitars, bass and other stuff). The current line up is composed of three other musicians : Baptiste Desmares (lead guitar), Marc Anguill (bass) and Arnaud Nicolau (drums). Esthesis music is characterized by many influences…