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 […]

Mr. Big: Ten (2024) Following on from the death of Pat Torpey from Parkinson’s in 2018, there was always a desire to release a final album and tour, but it has taken until n […]

Monika Herzig's Sheroes: All in Good Time (2024) This is the fourth project under the banner Sheroes, an all-female band led by Monika Herzig who on this release provides piano and Fender Rhodes. She is […]

Livio Almeida: Brasília Sessions (2024) Tenor saxophonist Livio Almeida is back with his first solo album since 2016’s ‘Action and Reaction’, this time working with Misael Silvestre (keyb […]

Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra: Things Will Pass (2024) As one of the first Korean jazz composers to transplant herself from the comforts of Seoul to the New York city jazz scene, Hyeseon Hong emerged with her […]

Hellbutcher: Hellbutcher (2024) It did not take long after the final Nifelheim gig that Per “Hellbutcher” Gustavsson started thinking about his next band. He had fronted Nifelheim for […]

Rose Mallet: Dreams Realized (2024) There are times when a singer grabs the attention of the listener from the first note through to the very last, and that is exactly what we have here […]

Solitary: Embrace the Darkness (2024) Solitary have been one of the leading lights in the UK thrash scene for more than thirty years, and Richard Sherrington (vocals, guitar) has been there […]

The Crypt: The Crypt (2024) This band created quite a stir when they started, as this was a new project featuring Leif Edling (Candlemass), but after the debut single “Into The C […]

The Breakers: A Seahorse Of A Different Color (2024) Chicago-based surf/psychedelic/garage/punk trio The Breakers, who comprise Jim Abrahams (guitar), Marc Lockett (drums) and Jayson Slater (bass) are back […]

Lee ABRAHAM (UK) Origin of the Storm I am a lucky man (wink to Keith) of owning all of this underrated but hyper consistent artist’s work, a bass and guitar man who can also compose with t […]

Bill BRESSLER (USA) A Second Past How to turn bad timing into good timing, you may ask? Be patient (a rare commodity in our current society it seems), think of the tortoise, not the hare […]

SOLARIS (HUNGARY) Martian Chronicles III – I or A.I. After Omega, Solaris is most probably the longest on-going Hungarian prog band (with Android not far behind), consistently releasing a long stream of six […]

Austin Romero Reviews Austin Romero has been appearing on The Progressive Microscope for the better part of 2 years now Reviewing everything from TVs to Video games Austin […]

ALIANTE (ITALY) Anime Invisibili My recent trips to Italy have been revelations in a myriad of various ways, a blessed land with so much cultural diversity that the mind truly boggles. […]