THIRD QUADRANT (UK) Universal Circles The following dialog was picked up by prog intelligence units: Sentry Post 12 to Base Commander- intruders detected! Please advise BC : Where exactly? […]

Neovenator: Songs From The End Of The Pier (2024) Formed in 2021 by Simon Waller (guitar/vocals), Neovenator released their first EP in 2022. When I realised that had been produced by JC Carroll of The […]

Metsän Alttari: Metsän Alttari (2024) Here we have the debut album by Finnish musician Janeski (Janne Karppinen) who previously had been in Elvenscroll for many years before deciding to […]

Impellitteri: War Machine (2024) Surely everyone has heard of Impellitteri, even if they haven’t heard their music. Formed all the way back in 1987 by Chris Impellitteri (guitars) and s […]

Diego Amador & Jose Maria Bandera: Paqueando (2024) Everyone who knows the wonderful Leonardo Pavkovic understands that not only has he introduced the world to some amazing fusion artists , but he has been […]

Deadspace: The Dark Enlightenment (2024) Here we have the eighth album from Perth’s black/gothic metal masters Deadspace. I’ve only made it to Perth once (it takes longer to fly there from Syd […]

Dave Stryker: Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies (2025) Although guitarist Dave Stryker and arranger and conductor Brent Wallarab are both faculty members of Indiana University in their Jazz Studies Program, […]

Daria Kulesh: MotherLand (2025) Daria is back with her fourth album, her first since 2019’s excellent ‘Earthly Delights’, although there have been other works including the excel […]

Gridfailure: When The Lights Go Out Vol. IV (2024) If it wasn’t for the fact that I have being reviewing David Brenner for years, and know he is genuinely a really nice guy who worries about cleaning h […]

Schëppe Siwen: Richtung Fraiheet (2024) Luxembourg-based folk-punk outfit Schëppe Siwen are new to me, but I believe this is their fourth studio album and is a blast from start to finish. […]

Pony Boy All-Star Big Band: This Is Now [Live At Boxley's] (2024) The Seattle-based Pony Boy All-Star Big Band was formed together by drummer/arranger Greg Williamson, and within the ranks of the 18 musicians on this […]

JPL (FRANCE) Post Scriptum Jean-Pierre Louveton carved quite a prog career with his band NEMO, and ever since going solo with his JPL projects, each subsequent album of his has […]

FLAME DROP (SWITZERLAND) Beyond Cosmic Infinity Hot on the heels of their stunning 2023 debut Flow, which I had allotted full marks (a Rogue rarity with debut albums) , as it was a masterful display of […]

DJABE + Steve HACKETT (HUNGARY/UK) Freya Arctic Jam The ongoing relationship between the Genesis maestro and prolific Hungarian legends Djabe continues, seemingly a prefect partnership musically, as well […]

Cristiano VARISCO (BRAZIL) IV This Brazilian composer and guitarist floored me with his previous “Aline” release, a jazz-rock with decidedly local intonations, that breezy, rel […]

NUOVA ERA (ITALY) 20,000 Leghe Sotto I Mari This veteran squad releases its sixth album ,a titanic adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” written in 18 […]

Massimo PIERETTI (ITALY) Things to Live Putting on a recital is what musical art is all about and keyboardist/composer Massimo Pierreti gathered together a stellar crew of Germana Noage on lead […]

BROERS-KLAZINGA (NETHERLANDS) Second Thoughts The storied Dutch neo-prog band Knight Area surprised the Prog community with a few stellar opening releases, namely the debut The Sun Also Rises (2004), […]

Brendan PERKINS (UK) Stories from the Old Church Lane I particularly enjoyed this UK artist’s previous album, the splendid “Favourite Places” which found residence in my heart, being a fan of original and p […]