Pitch Shifter: Peel Sessions 1991​-​93 (2024) Yes, I do know the band these days are known as Pitchshifter, but originally, they spelled it as two words, and when these sessions were recorded for […]

Margaret Slovak & Chris Maresh: A Star's Light Does Fall (2024) However much I love metal and rock music, there will always be a very warm place in my heart for acoustic as there is no room to hide, everything has to […]

Various Artists: Let’s Have Rockin’ Christmas. Vol. 9 (2024) This is the first album I have come across from Bongo Boy Records, and if they are all as interesting as this one, I can see I am going to be looking out […]

SPIRERGY (UK) Journey Beyond Well, along came another unexpected spidery surprise, a chance meeting on the web, that had me immediately entangled within the claws of a new prog […]

Coffin Rot: Dreams of the Disturbed (2024) Sometimes the only thing which will work is sheer unadulterated death metal, which is why I think I grabbed the promo for this album as there was […]

Ron Keel: Keelworld (2024) Ron Keel surely needs no introduction, first making a name for himself by fronting Steeler before forming Keel who sold two million albums in the […]

Verni: Dreadful Company (2024) Once punk outfit Lubricunts bit the dust, bassist DD Verni decided not to waste any time and put out an advert looking for people to form a new band. The […]

Nicola LORI (ITALY) Urban Vision Being a huge fan of Roman composer Stefano Panunzi as well as the band Fjieri, an offshoot solo album by one of the main collaborators is always most […]

BELIEVE (POLAND) The Wyrding Way A seven-year wait is way too long a penitence, after the sublime Seven Windows (2017), this celebrated Polish combo launches The Wyrding Way, reuniting […]

KORNMO (NORWAY) Varjevndognsnatt Another band that desperately needs attention in terms of positive reviews is this Norwegian symphonic instrumental combo whose career has been nothing […]

Rachel Flowers Composer and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Flowers first gained notice for her musical talents as a child, performing for such esteemed artists as Ray […]

Sam KING (UK) The Displaced Glaswegian Sam King has invited a few choice collaborators on this uber-modern hard prog album that spans stylistic boundaries, whilst retaining a […]

BLACKSMITH TALES (ITALY) The Pathway to Hamlet’s Mill Well, with a title so expressive, once can easily guess that theatrics and perhaps even a prog opera may be in the cards, with a strong medieval/Middle […]

Colin MASSON (UK) The Visitor Two albums in less than a year! My goodness, Mr. Masson is motivated to say the least. The rather resplendent “Echoes of Albion” was release on Feb […]

Paula Maya: Rio de Janeiro (2024) Ever since she made her recording debut in 1995, and especially since she founded Yellow Rose Records in 2003, pianist and singer Paula Maya has been a […]

Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus: The Rock Opera (Live In Sofia) (2024) The full title of this album is ‘Nikolo Kotzev’s Nostradamus The Rock Opera – Live In Sofia’, and somewhat surprisingly it was not recorded at the pre […]

Nikolo Kotzev: Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus (2001) In 2001, Nikolo Kotzev (Brazen Abbot, Kikimora), delivered a three-set rock opera on the life of Nostradamus. Involved were some of the best singers […]