Dave Peña is an American musician whom I encountered on the Built For The Future’s latest release, the splendid 2084: Heretic album. While there is little doubt that I have specialized in researching progressive rock albums that have a strong melodic content, whether...

Many prog musicians have had day jobs as well as careers, and some are still toiling whilst including their musical talents as a passionate hobby or a side project. Doctor Greenwood still practices as a burn surgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia, as well...

Back in 2019, I had reviewed his preceding album “Zodiac”, which I had enjoyed as it contained a vast amount of interesting progressive influences, mostly in the instrumental displays, a non-vocal area that I suggested he continue to focus on. Ruud returns with this...

Thomas Szirmay has been a progressive music reviewer for some years now, his first attempt at scribing for Prog Archives occurring in 2004. Years later, he has, like me, branched out on his own, reviewing and publishing as Prog Rogue on Facebook. Our thoughts on music...

Andrea Orlando is a world class progressive rock drummer from Genoa, having solidified his career with RPI band La Coscienza di Zeno, though he broke in with the pioneering Finisterre group in which he played on a few albums, including the iconic “In Ogni Luogo”...

The foremost attribute to success and glory, whether in sports, academics, culinary arts, business, relationships and of course music, is consistency. Many famous chefs have lost their Michelin stars because they wandered off course (pun intended) or modified their...

First set of applause: Love that band name, so original! Mind you, it could have been M-elk Away the Ice, Bullwinkle’s Rock or Caribou-ya! Based in Coventry, this quintet decided to launch their debut album after 11 years of toiling, crafting their sound, and ready to...

This French quartet from lovely Orléans has just released an EP in preparation for a full-blown album (their third) slated for 2025, showing an ever-growing maturity in their style, a Prog Metal band with flair! Now, I am in no way a specialist in this brazen style,...

Alexandros Mantas reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in taking an ear to their music, and since I had heard their rather odd Spanish language moniker whispered favourably in the community (especially ISKC Rocks), that intrigued me enough to agree...

The Emerald Dawn are back with their fifth album, on the heels of 2021’s crowning achievement, the highly acclaimed “To Touch the Sky”. The bar is set very high as that was quite a release, especially in view of the fact that it was a Covid baby, created under...

It is the prerogative of youth to believe in coincidence. As one grows older and perhaps even wiser through experience, pain, elation, suffering and joy, the very notion of coincidence evaporates like a drop of water in an arid, sun-drenched desert. Case in point: In...

I found this delightful little surprise whilst hunting high and low for some new discovery and it happen to be their videos that got me heading towards the actual acquisition, the band quickly sending me their CD as I was preparing to head off to Italy on vacation....