Tummler And Solomon – You’ve Worn Out Your Welcome
Sometimes bands come along shrouded in mystery and intrigue. Information on Tacoma’s own Tummler And Solomon points towards talk of the paranormal and the bizarre following their live showings....
View ArticleFallujah – The Flesh Prevails
One of America’s best kept secrets, Fallujah have made quite the impression in their home nation during their relative infancy. The well-received full length The Harvest Wombs and last year’s Nomadic...
View ArticleMonuments – The Amanuensis
Alongside the likes of Textures and TesseracT, Monuments were one of the driving forces of djent during the movements’ initial explosion, back when it little more than an online community. In the...
View ArticleThe Sun Never Set – The Sun Never Set
It is always rewarding when a new act comes along which offers both something a little different and with a heap of potential to go a lot further. Londoners The Sun Never Set only came into existence...
View ArticleAisles – 4:45 AM
It is always a testament to the popularity and diversity of Prog when acts come to attention from far reaching places which may be overlooked as musical hotbeds. Chile’s own Aisles are a prime example...
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Despite a more famous reputation for being the label behind metal icons such as Slipknot, Sepultura and Deicide, Roadrunner Records in recent years has also been a firm backer for modern progressive...
View ArticleKnifeworld – The Unravelling
Having formerly been in the ranks of the much missed, oddball maestro’s Cardiacs, any band featuring Kavus Torabi was never going to be a dull or simple affair. Suitably so Kavus’ latest venture,...
View ArticleOtherwise – Peace At All Costs
If we were to be perfectly honest, Nickelback have a lot to answer for (most of which the less said about the better), but biggest of all is the rise of the post grunge/alternative hard rock acts that...
View ArticleTerritorial Pissings – Sel Balamir of Amplifier
With new album 'Mystoria' showcasing a new direction for the eclectic Amplifier, frontman Sel Balamir fielded the Ghost Cult interrogation and emphatically told of how his band are more grunge than...
View ArticleAeon Zen – Ephemera
It seems like an eternity ago when Brit Prog-Metallers Aeon Zen first commanded attention as fast risers and one to watch. A couple of well received releases and a much coveted European trek supporting...
View ArticleGhast – Dread Doom Ruin
When it comes to black metal Swansea, Wales, doesn’t quite generate the same mental imagery as Bergen, Norway and the grim and frost bitten kingdoms; yet the Welsh city has produced a formidable...
View ArticleThe Contortionist – Language
There must be a written rule in the official guide to playing in a Tech/Progressive metal band: “Must suddenly lose and replace your vocalist.” Indianapolis’ own prog magicians The Contortionist are...
View ArticleOberon – Dream Awakening
Some bands are just masters of shrouding themselves in mystique. The creation of one Bard Oberon, Norway’s Oberon began as early as 1994 as one of Prophecy Record’s first outputs, with their own brand...
View ArticleOld Wounds – Death Projection
The meeting of Crust punk, hardcore and metal is by no means an original concept, just look at the plethora of bands in recent years that the likes of Black Breath and Trap Them have opened the doors...
View ArticleEmpty Yard Experiment – Kallisti
There should be no doubt by now of the ability of rock and metal to reach new and distant climes across our planet. Progressive rock, additionally, has stretched its hand beyond the Western world into...
View ArticleEvergrey – Hymns For The Broken
How Swedes Evergrey are not recognized more by metal’s mainstream media is criminal. Hailing from the city of Gothenburg which has arguably contributed the biggest impact to modern metal than any other...
View ArticleThe Pineapple Thief – Magnolia
In the realms of modern Prog, few bands are as simultaneously revered yet overlooked as contemporary powerhouse of the genre than The Pineapple Thief. A very consistent but a little understated (or at...
View ArticleSpider Kitten – Behold Mountain. Hail Sea. Venerate Sky. Bow Before Tree
If there is one thing that can be said about Welsh doomsters Spider Kitten it’s that they are not short on imagination. Their previous album 'Cougar Club' (Rugland) saw the tale of an imaginary gothic...
View ArticleVerse Vica – Endeavor
By now there is an over saturation of progressive/tech metal bands on the market. With a rich diversity of bands under the banner with a wide range of sounds and styles, it is definitely a genre in...
View ArticleSeizures – The Sanity Universal
espite the very misleading opening statement, The Sanity Universal sits firmly with the likes of hardcore with the bewildering complexity of mathcore. Taking hardcore and punk’s sense of unbridled rage...
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