By now, It must be suitable for me to tip my cap to the Malcolm/Mark pairing, a London project that has kept a prolific and qualitative progression ( that confounded word, again!) and I have been following closely since I purchased the “Nostalgia for Infinity” (2020)...

Kansas. Toto, Len Dawson, Patrick Mahones and the band that put the Mid-West state on the prog billboards worldwide, wayward sons like dust in the wind. Here is Quivira : Jake Livgren on vocals (does the name ring a bell?), the thrilling Lisa Larue on keyboards, her...

Bassist extraordinaire Massimiliano Dionigi, whom I previously discovered with Juglans Regia (an album I loved and admiringly reviewed) sent me this lovely little album , an innovative project that should establish this newcomer within the prog community. It’s a short...

Being a robust rebel is fully explained by my Prog Rogue moniker and there is no intention ever to alter that mindset. Receiving music from any hitherto unknown musician often reveals somewhere along the line a few connections, whether in style, in associations or...

Nine years after their underwhelming 2025 “Beast, Machine & Man”, this Finnish combo returns with “Monologue of Chronos” with the home of reigniting the rave reviews for their 2006 debut “Armed Forces of Simantipak” as well as the follow-up “Disconcerto Grosso” ,...

Milanese quintet releases their third album, following their 2017 debut “Alight” and “Nautilus” which came two years later, both well received. The band continues to feature vocalist Francesco Lovari (whose English is as great as his lung capacity) , Alessandro...

When I reviewed their debut in December of last year, this is what I opened up with :  “Here is a rather original reworking of the very notion of progression, when two members of a successful prog metal group (Fates Warning) take the unusual step of sailing into...

Getting to review this cool album during the current heat wave, makes one hope of never having to hear a title like Endless Summer! It’s hot everywhere, so why not plunge into this chilling release from a hitherto unknown band from Italy. We have a Roman quartet...