Reviews by Iris | House Of Prog

The Royal Spuds & Heylel, Cab03 Leiden, 22 May 2016

by .end of story | May 30, 2016 | Reviews by Iris

A strange, but bold combination. Ok, it’s quite common that two bands do a co-headliner show on the same evening, but the two bands could not be further away from in terms of their music genres. The Royal Spuds are a folk punk band, while Heylel are a progressive rock...

Fractal Mirror – Slow Burn 1 (2016)

by .end of story | May 9, 2016 | Reviews by Iris

First of all, my apologies! I’m a bit on the late side with this one, but this album was really worth to review! I interviewed Ed van Haagen in April (and you can listen to the interview here), and we discussed a lot about the new album. Slow Burn 1 is Fractal...

MUST HAVE ALBUM: Mahoney – You Are The Big Bang (EP) (2016)

by .end of story | Mar 1, 2016 | Reviews by Iris

The debut EP from former Amplifier bassist and ‘riffmeister extraordinaire’ Neil Mahony (Mahoney)… And what a debut it is! Mister Mahony is accompanied by fantastic drummer Gavin Kenny on this EP, but all other instruments and vocals are done by Neil himself. He’s a...

Richard Barbieri & Tim Bowness – Flame (1994)

by .end of story | Feb 9, 2016 | Reviews by Iris

Why a review about this album? Well, it’s because it’s one of my favourite albums of all time. Every time I put this album on I enjoy it in its entirety. We know Richard Barbieri as the keyboardist of the bands Japan and Porcupine Tree. Tim Bowness is known for his...

The Mute Gods – Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (2016)

by .end of story | Jan 27, 2016 | Reviews by Iris

The Mute Gods started as a (semi) solo project by Nick Beggs (Steven Wilson, Steve Hackett, Lifesigns). He provides the lead vocals and plays several instruments like bass guitar, Chapman Stick, guitar and additional keyboards. Nick is accompanied by Roger King (Steve...

Bruce Soord – Bruce Soord (2016)

by .end of story | Jan 19, 2016 | Reviews by Iris

Bruce Soord is known as The Pineapple Thief’s frontman/guitarist/lead vocalist. He collaborated with different musicians over the past few years and also does production/mixing work for several artists and bands. This self-titled album is Bruce’s first solo album. He...