VAMOOSERY (UK) Moving Forward First set of applause: Love that band name, so original! Mind you, it could have been M-elk Away the Ice, Bullwinkle’s Rock or Caribou-ya! Based in C […]

ESPRIT D’ESCALIER (FRANCE) Thresholds This French quartet from lovely Orléans has just released an EP in preparation for a full-blown album (their third) slated for 2025, showing an […]

RESIDUOS MENTALES (GREECE) A Temporary State of Bliss Alexandros Mantas reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in taking an ear to their music, and since I had heard their rather odd Spanish […]

THE EMERALD DAWN (UK) In Time The Emerald Dawn are back with their fifth album, on the heels of 2021’s crowning achievement, the highly acclaimed “To Touch the Sky”. The bar is se […]

RUBY DAWN (UK) Beyond Tomorrow It is the prerogative of youth to believe in coincidence. As one grows older and perhaps even wiser through experience, pain, elation, suffering and […]

FLAME DROP (SWITZERLAND) Flow I found this delightful little surprise whilst hunting high and low for some new discovery and it happen to be their videos that got me heading […]

TOM(USA) The Last Outpost Well this was quite the discovery , an unexpected surprise from the USA that I found on my main French language […]

LIFESIGNS (UK) Live in the Netherlands No disrespect to powerhouses Transatlantic, The Flower Kings and whomever the prog audience deem fit to be called a super group, my choice for a group […]

Ruby Dawn-Beyond Tomorrow (2023) UK Rock with Progressive Rock Intent CD or Digital Download from Bandcamp http://www.rubydawn.co.uk Rating 85/100 Historically known for being a town […]

Confusion Field – Future Impact of Past Diversions Confusion Field hail from Finland and have released their second album, Future Impact of Past Diversions, which, if nothing else, is a strong […]

Dave Kerzner – Heart Land Mines. The Eye Dave “Squids” Kerzner of Sound of Contact is a deservedly respected artist and person in the progressive rock world, with a deeply impressive res […]

Land of Chocolate – Your Finest Hour I was contacted recently by Jonn Buzby of American outfit, Land of Chocolate who have recently released their third studio album, Your Finest Hour. […]

Mourning Knight –A World of Dreams (2023) 2023 USA  56mins Facebook Rating 90/100 Mourning Knight were formed back in the 1990s in Westchester County, NY, It is a band that benefits […]

Imperial April: Imperial April (2023) Last year I was pleased to discover Christchurch-based band Volts, who not only have a female lead singer but a very strong backing singer in bassist […]

Noshir Mody: A Love Song (2023) A self-taught guitarist who was born and raised in Bombay, India, Mody moved to America at the age of 22 and immersed himself in the jazz scene. The last […]

Rebaelliun : Under The Sign Of Rebellion (2023) Brazilian death metal outfit Rebaelliun released two albums before breaking up in 2002, then reforming in 2015 and soon afterwards releasing their third […]

Stray Dogs: Stay Loyal (2023) For some years, one of the most popular gigging bands in Auckland were Fire For Glory, but having been through some line-up changes they decided to have […]

Vicious Blade / Blasted Heath / The Gauntlet / Bastard Cröss: Faster Than the Devil 2 (2023) I have always enjoyed albums where it is possible to discover unknown bands. The first I purchased was ‘Private Pleasures’ in 1978 which introduced me […]

Alice Cooper: Road (2023) Coming across Alice in the Seventies was nothing short of a revelation, and like many of my generation we had all his early albums while his first live […]