This album has harsh vocals. That will be enough of a review for some people. Indeed, I was once one such. I don’t know that I’d go as far as to say I hated harsh vocals, but I certainly avoided them with extreme distaste. I had many friends suggest I needed to open my mind, [&hellip

In this update we feature: • Kinkajous – Hidden Lines • PYJÆN – PYJÆN • Maria Chiara Argirò – Hidden Seas • Nim Sadot – Nim Quartet II Today we present a special “ADA”, which features four albums released earlier in 2019 that I only became aware of a couple of weeks ago, released rather [&hellip

Blind Ego is the solo project of RPWL member Kalle Wallner. That might seem obvious to many reading this, but I found this out quite some time after first listening to the band. As much as I can appreciate why so many people like RPWL, they don’t do it for me. Blind Ego, on the [&hellip

Birmingham Town Hall Wednesday, 11th December 2019 In October 1969, Frank Zappa released an album which was to have a massive impact on the rock music world, still being felt fifty years on. The innovative blend of rock and jazz startled his audience in that it was completely different to the recently split Mothers of [&hellip

And now we get the English version of this great album. Though, most of you will already be familiar with this (if you too are a fan of Nightwish), having heard the Finnish version released last year. And yes, I … Continue reading →

This album has been a long time in the making. I first heard of it from Marc Atkinson’s Facebook page in which he documented the evolution of the album, its release due in January 2020. As a long-time admirer of Marc’s work with Riversea, this project really whetted my appetite, Marc has a fantastic voice. [&hellip

The quaintly and very English named band Julie’s Haircut actually hail from Emilia, northern Italy, and they have been around for a quarter of a century. Over that time a substantial discography has accumulated, and In The Silence Electric sees the band continue with their blend of late-’60s Anglo psychedelia, motorik punk, dark sonic architecture, [&hellip

A couple of hours ahead of Insomnium’s gig at Islington Assembly Hall on 19th January, TPA’s Graham Thomas caught up briefly with drummer and founder member of the band Markus Hirvonen in the bowels of the venue to chat about the band, their current tour, their evolving style and the Finnish psyche! He has the [&hellip

Islington Assembly Hall, London Sunday, 19th January 2020 No Sleep ’til Islington So these Fins have been making fairly regular incursions into our fair isles since around 2011. In past raids, they have tended to limit their marauding to the main centres, primarily London, but on the current trek are being bold enough to take [&hellip

One of the treats of being a prog fan is receiving any copy of a new album adorned with the fantasy art of either Roger Dean or Rodney Matthews. Matthews has taken on the duties once again to produce a fine cover for Magnum’s latest. Before I even had the chance to hear the urgent [&hellip