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The John Irvine Band: Take Me To Your Leader (2026) UK artist John Irvine and his The John Irvine band has been a part of the UK progressive rock scene for 15 years or thereabout as a recording venture, […]

The BARDIC DEPTHS (UK) Some Things Are Worth Remembering Well, this album certainly pertains to the title, finding beauty and truth in musical form is a luxury that progressive rock can easily provide. Back in […]

HATS OFF GENTLEMEN, ITS ADEQUATE (UK) Parallel Lives 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 ( […]

QUIVIRA (USA) same 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. […]

ZAMEN OFF (ITALY) Your New Mind Bassist extraordinaire Massimiliano Dionigi, whom I previously discovered with Juglans Regia (an album I loved and admiringly reviewed) sent me this […]

Lester GREENHALGH (UK) Mutalasis 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 […]

KHATSATURJAN (FINLAND) Monologue of Chronos Nine years after their underwhelming 2025 “Beast, Machine & Man”, this Finnish combo returns with “Monologue of Chronos” with the home of reignit […]

CELLAR NOISE (ITALY) Panic Loves Telling Lies Milanese quintet releases their third album, following their 2017 debut “Alight” and “Nautilus” which came two years later, both well received. The ban […]

NORTH SEA ECHOES (USA) How to Cast a Shadow 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 pr […]

WISH (ITALY) The Endless Winter 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 e […]

Fjall: Helt (2026) Without looking at the press release I had it in my mind that these guys were probably Norwegian, little did I know they were somewhat closer to home and […]

Lynch Mob: The Final Ride [Live] (2026) Here we have the live album recorded on their ‘The Final Ride’ tour, and although they released what was supposed to be their last ever studio album at […]

Faustian: Parable Of The Sewer (2026) Since forming in 2019 the three members of Melbourne-based outfit Werewolves have not been hanging around in that they have released seven albums, while […]

Bloodcog: Musics for the Savage Planet (2026) I am truly fortunate that I enjoy the music I do, as it allows me to experience levels of nerdvana I would never otherwise come across, and given I work […]

Acolythus: Unearthly Kingdoms 'Neath Lifeless Stars (2026) This is quite an interesting release in that all the guys are also founder members of Sargassus, a progressive post-metal act who have been around since […]

Emerald Moon: The Sky's The Limit Tour (2026) I have known Thierry Sportouche for more years than either of us would probably like to admit, and I have been a contributor to his Acid Dragon for more […]

Distressed: Made Of Stone (2026) The Finns are back with their second album, with the same line-up as 2023’s ‘Nothing For No One’ debut, namely Petri Lindström (guitar), Jarno Törns […]

Hecate Enthroned: The Corpse of a Titan, A Lament Long Buried (2026) Hecate Enthroned have never been the most prolific of bands, and the last of theirs I heard, the excellent ‘Virulent Rapture’ (2013) came out some 9 yea […]

Dimmu Borgir: Grand Serpent Rising (2026) I am probably one of the few writers who really enjoyed their last album, 2018’s ‘Eonion’, but even I was bemoaning the loss of ICS Vortex and now the b […]

Diminishing: The Outcome (2026) The second release from the happy clappy couple is a 24-minute-long piece broken into four parts, constructed around a bleak and grating improvised […]