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Review – Hillward – System – by Progradar

Since the release of their debut album ‘Flies in Amber Stones’ in 2015, Hillward, the heavy progressive rock quintet from Quebec, has been fine-tuning its craft playing local shows including the well known Festival d’?t de Qu?bec in 2016, as well as various opening sets for major bands such as Symphony X and Uriah Heep.…
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Review – Hillward – Flies In Amber Stones – by Stephen Bowden

This Canadian trio (David Lizotte on guitars and vocals, Jean-Fran ois Boudreault on Bass and Antoine Guertin on drums) started life as a side project of Qu?becois progressive power metallers Southern Cross (no, me neither). ‘Flies Trapped in Amber Stones’ is their debut album. Right from the crunching guitar chords that kick in near the…
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Wallet Emptier – 29/9/15

Nad Sylvan – Courting the Widow Better known recently as the voice behind Steve Hackett’s ‘Genesis Revisited’ live show, Nad has had a varied career as a solo musician and as part of the musical projects Unifaun and Agents Of Mercy. ‘Courting the Widow’ is his first solo effort since 2005 and was quite a…
