WILSON PROJECT (ITALY) Atto Primo

Before anything, this is in no way shape or form, a reflection on some marooned volleyball faraway beach in Fedexland but a crafty quartet from Italy that as per norm with the RPI genre , unites old school operatics with a modern sheen. Their début album « Il Viaggio...

SUBLUNAR (POLAND) A Random Moment of Stillness

This is Polish heavy prog band’s second album, coming after the 2018 debut “A Welcome Memory Loss”, the line-up remaining unchanged. Lukasz Dumara handles all the vocal duties, while twin guitarists Michal Jablonski and Marcin Peczkowski marshal the noise with...

YAK (UK) The Pink Man & the Bishop

I was worried that perhaps a Yeti (aka Abominable Snowman) had lunched on Yak , as it often does according to myth, but Martin Morgan has resurrected his Tibetan muse variant , much to our sonic delight. The YAK is back ! After a 10-year absence, the previous “Quest...

OBIYMY DOSCHU (UKRAINE) Vedrada

This Kyiv-based band is getting a fair amount of recent attention, having gone through the long and necessary measures to fine-tune their craft, ever since forming in 2006. A very eclectic string of influences permeate their brand of melodic crossover prog , with dabs...

DORACOR (ITALY) Unexpected Intersections

Corrado Sardella has been around since 1997 and “The Long Pathway”, which I had purchased back in the day, a one-man multi-instrumentalist that certainly had nothing but a brighter future. By 2001’s “Transizione”, the ratings as well as...

FINALLY GEORGE (GERMANY) Painter

I deeply enjoyed the debut “Life is A Killer” as well as the follow-up “Icy Skies” by German musician and producer Georg Hahn, both highly rated by the community, but the reviews have been lukewarm. Why, may you ask? We are all fully aware that the progressive...