CASTLE MOUNTAIN MOON (GERMANY) Six Tales of Perception In a classic Prog pincer movement and with exquisite timing, I received a request to review from Bad Dog Promotions, where I immediately recognized the […]

PHOG (France) Elements While on the subject of one-man multi-instrumentalists, Frenchman Philippe Ogier has been a prolific and consistent artist, releasing an album on a near […]

Paul SADLER (UK) The Irrational Never was a big fan of reviewing a single or an EP, anything shorter than 30 minutes was always a heavy burden, perhaps due to my “opus” fixation, wan […]

Disgorged Foetus: Obscene Utter Gore Annihilation (2023) French Death Gore Grind outfit Disgorged Foetus have been around in a few different iterations since 1996 (although they did officially split between […]

David Bailis: Tree of Life (2024) On this five-track 27-minute-long instrumental release guitarist Bailis is joined by the tenor-saxophonist Chris Speed, Eric Lane on piano and synth […]

Home Service: A Live Transmission (2024) When thinking about the folk-rock scene in the UK, it is no surprise that Ashley Hutchings is rightly referred to as “the guv’nor” given he was a found […]

Pitch Shifter: Peel Sessions 1991​-​93 (2024) Yes, I do know the band these days are known as Pitchshifter, but originally, they spelled it as two words, and when these sessions were recorded for […]

Margaret Slovak & Chris Maresh: A Star's Light Does Fall (2024) However much I love metal and rock music, there will always be a very warm place in my heart for acoustic as there is no room to hide, everything has to […]

Various Artists: Let’s Have Rockin’ Christmas. Vol. 9 (2024) This is the first album I have come across from Bongo Boy Records, and if they are all as interesting as this one, I can see I am going to be looking out […]

SPIRERGY (UK) Journey Beyond Well, along came another unexpected spidery surprise, a chance meeting on the web, that had me immediately entangled within the claws of a new prog […]

Coffin Rot: Dreams of the Disturbed (2024) Sometimes the only thing which will work is sheer unadulterated death metal, which is why I think I grabbed the promo for this album as there was […]

Ron Keel: Keelworld (2024) Ron Keel surely needs no introduction, first making a name for himself by fronting Steeler before forming Keel who sold two million albums in the […]

Verni: Dreadful Company (2024) Once punk outfit Lubricunts bit the dust, bassist DD Verni decided not to waste any time and put out an advert looking for people to form a new band. The […]

Nicola LORI (ITALY) Urban Vision Being a huge fan of Roman composer Stefano Panunzi as well as the band Fjieri, an offshoot solo album by one of the main collaborators is always most […]

BELIEVE (POLAND) The Wyrding Way A seven-year wait is way too long a penitence, after the sublime Seven Windows (2017), this celebrated Polish combo launches The Wyrding Way, reuniting […]

KORNMO (NORWAY) Varjevndognsnatt Another band that desperately needs attention in terms of positive reviews is this Norwegian symphonic instrumental combo whose career has been nothing […]