There is no doubt that when ‘Phenomena’ was released back in 1985 it had a huge and immediate impact. It was all over the music press in the UK, Glenn Hughes saw a reinvigoration of his career, and everyone I kne […]

Just two years later and Galley was back with the next installment of the ‘Phenomena’ series. As it was so quick after the last one, he was able to secure the services of many of the same musicians, although the […]

1993 saw the third Phenomena album, which was recorded under quite different circumstances in that not only were the musicians quite different but again it was back to a single singer, namely Keith Murrell who as […]

‘Carolus Rex’ was originally released in 2012, a concept album about Sweden’s 17th and 18th century empire, with a special focus on the rise and fall of Charles XII, the tragic king who devoted his whole life […]

Simone is back with her thirteenth album as band leader, and for me in many ways it is full of surprises. The first of these is that Simone is Austrian, as she sings in pure unaccented English, and if someone had […]

This album was originally released in 2015, then it was followed up by an ambient version in 2016. A new album was released in 2017, also independently, and they have now signed to Code666 and re-released their […]

What were you doing in 1979? Me, I was 16 years old and desperate to discover more about the new metal movement which was literally sweeping the UK at the time, and at the forefront of that was the magazine […]

Credited to Don Bonsanti and The 14 Jazz Orchestra, we have here a thirteen piece Jazz ensemble under the direction of Dan Bonsanti, consisting of four saxes/woodwinds, two trombones, three trumpets, guitar, bass, […]

Fine Soft Day are a progressive rock influenced band from Manchester, having emerged from folk-rock roots. Originally formed in 1996, the band were regular performers across the folk rock scene, mainly in the […]

Nicely done! LOVE MACHINE are back on the road all summer to play select festivals and the Nicely Done Tour 2019!

After three albums in the last five years, the Düsseldorfers have a new release in the form of […]

On this occasion it is a small orchestra that surrounds prolific author and musician ALDO PINELLI from Buenos Aires (former leader of the band Habitat).

An open project (which has also found collaborations in […]

Finland-based progressive metal act External have released a new single, “Anhedonia”. It’s their first release with guitarist Roger Lundberg, as well as the first with major songwriting contribution from bassist S […]

“Antenna” is the new album from The Gift, and will be released by Bad Elephant Music on 28th June 2019.

The new album sees The Gift consciously moving away from the longer symphonic pieces that characterised […]

MOOP is a crazy animal. Mixing metal heaviness with contempory jazz improv, MOOP plays a singular music, strong, full of break, meditative, even poetic. It hints and blares an hybrid «brutal jazz», with complex r […]

Lonny Ziblat was front man & leader of Modest Midget (“…the missing link between the Beatles & Frank Zappa…” – Music Maker NL). His new album ‘Dream Hunting’ will be presented in an intimate setting and with seve […]

“Shapelifter is a collection of songs exploring the guitar/electronic continuum and beyond, usually in the neighborhood of art rock/jazz.  The inspirations for the album were many – sounds collected from various p […]

A little over twenty years ago I was at Witchfest in Croydon to see the mighty Legend, but there was another band playing that night who I was incredibly keen to see as I had heard so much about them, Mediaeval […]

In 2018 Perdomo had the opportunity to fulfil a lifelong dream, while in the UK touring with Dave Kerzner he was able to book some time Abbey Road Studios and deliver a homage to The Beatles (with plenty of Todd […]

Fernando’s 2019 release is a sequel to the album before last, ‘Out To Sea’, with the artwork also being very similar indeed. There are fifteen studio songs, where for the majority Fernando provides all the music […]

Like most metalheads, I’ve always had a warm spot for Flotsam and Jetsam, and I would expect most to have a copy of their debut ‘Doomsday For The Deceiver’ in their collection (grief, it is more than 30 years […]