I must firstly apologise to Liz as she did indeed send this out in plenty of time to be reviewed before Christmas, but the end of the year became something of a reviewing nightmare for me, so it didn’t make it. L […]

Tasmania’s Psycroptic have been blasting all before them for more than 20 years and are showing no sign at all of slowing down yet. As with quite a few bands, they have released this single during the current p […]

No-one can say they have not been warned given the name of the band, the EP title, or the label it has been released on. Yes, what we have here is brutal death metal from a Spanish band who only formed in 2019, […]

I was recently fortunate to see Graves in concert, something which is going to stick with me for quite a while, as it was a real experience, with volume being used as a weapon and a totally uncompromising […]

In 2014 Graves put out their next release, a split cassette with Dunedin-based Conniption. The latter were a raw d-beat band, for whom this was their final recording with bass, drums and guitars originally […]

2015 saw Graves release their next, and currently latest, EP, ‘Fides Ad Nauseam’. Nine songs somehow stretch to some 12 minutes in total length, due primarily to “Suffer” having an epic length of 3:31. Here wa […]

UK Billywitch Records 43:20

My Rating 85/100

A mixture of song-based progressive pop with well-structured music with a touch of cool jazz

Working on album reviews can sometimes be a trite disappointing. […]

Downes Braide Association (DBA) have announced the release of “Your Heart Will Find The Way” – the second track to be taken from their forthcoming album Halcyon Hymns. Watch the video here: htt […]

In 2015 Gong legend Daevid Allen sadly passed away at the age of 77. He is survived by his four sons Toby, Orlando, Tali, & Ynys. Prior to his passing Daevid set up the “Daevid Allen Family Trust” or D.A.F.T. for […]

A Melodic Instrumental Fusion of Progressive Rock. Heavy Rock and AOR with a tinge of integrated Jazz

Review by Geoff Penn

58 mins

Private Press Mastered in Kyiv, Ukraine at the Soncesvit studio with […]

Italian band SHORES OF NULL has a history that goes back to 2013, and in the 8 years the band have been around they have released three albums in total, with their debut album “Quiescence” appearing in 2014 and […]

Multinational duo ALEXANDER consists of Canadian Kyle Alexander McDonald (Voices, Bass, Sub Synth, and FX) and Germany’s Jörg Alexander Schneider (Drums, Percussion). They started working together relatively re […]

US band THE DRUIDS OF STONEHENGE was formed back in 1965, and for the next four years they were an active band, and managed to secure a label deal that also saw them releasing an initial single as well as an album […]

Glass Onion / Cleopatra Records

Review By Geoff Penn

Instrumental Progressive Italy 2018 CD 46:42 mins

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My Rating 70/100

Although there is a massive […]

Valentine’s Day 2021 delivers an unexpected and welcome surprise with the release of “A Romantic’s Guide to King Crimson,” the new 12-track album of reinvented King Crimson material by the husband-and-wife duo Deb […]

UK artist and singer Agnes JONES is a relatively new name in the English talent pool of music, who started to lay down the foundations of her solo career five years ago or thereabouts. “A New Beginning” is her […]

US band RICH KID EXPRESS is a fairly recent creation, and is the creative vehicle of composer and musician Rob Richardson. Following a single and an EP he released the Rich Kid Express debut album “Psychodelic” […]

Friea Music 2020  Reissue of 2010

Netherlands

By Geoff Penn   MyRating 90/100

To celebrate the 10th anniversary, Traces has been completely remixed and remastered by producer and engineer, Paul van Ze […]

Canadian improvised ensemble Le Ggril have been active since 2007 with regular live performances and recordings appearing featuring their particular take on improvised ensemble music. Towards the end of 2020 their […]