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Michel ST-PÈRE (CANADA) Like Father Like Son The artist behind veteran prog band MYSTERY should not be an enigma for followers of progressive rock. Michel St-Père is a superbly talented guitarist […]

Johan STEENSLAND (SWEDEN) The Triphant This Swedish talent really caught the prog world by surprise with last year’s acclaimed “Duality” rock opera album, which I happily reviewed, lo and b […]

CYDONIA (GERMANY) Second Sight Thoroughly loved their previous début album 2022 “Stations”, which I felt duty-bound to review glowingly mainly because it was a damn fine reco […]

Giorgio BUSSOLIN (ITALY) Fossils Whenever some unknown (to me) artist contacts me for a review, I almost feel empowered to say yes because I understand the need for acknowledgment of […]

John HOLDEN (UK) Thresholds Multi-instrumentalist John Holden continues on his yearly campaign of delivering one quality masterpiece after another, “Thresholds” coming on the hee […]

The TANGENT (UK) Was Andy Tilleson is one hell of a talent, consistently pumping out albums on a consistent basis , both in terms of quality and regular pace. I discovered […]

RIFFSTONE(UK) Zodiac Now that I am back in the reviewing saddle again, after a sensational 3 week European holiday, I have all the proof I need now to boldly state without […]

PALLAS (UK) A Song for Tomorrow I guess tomorrow is finally today. After so many decades of brilliant music, Scottish legends and prog pioneers Pallas have reached the pinnacle of their […]

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 […]