SONUS UMBRA (USA) Liminality

The American band from Chicago is now comprised of Tim McGaskey (guitars) and the world’s most famous furry bassist Luis Nasser are back again at doing what they do best, commenting  on the current state of our universe with musical tonalities and profound intentions....

CONFUSION FIELD (FINLAND) Resilience Remains

I love the word resilience; the meaning is generally one of toughness, sacrifice and courage. The Finns have a name for that it is called ‘sisu’.  I enjoyed the 2021 debut “Disconnection Complete” , kicked it up even higher with 2023’s “Future Impact of Past...

Michel ST-PÈRE (CANADA) Like Father Like Son

The artist behind veteran prog band MYSTERY should not be an enigma for followers of progressive rock. Michel St-Père is a superbly talented guitarist as well as head of Unicorn records, based in the province of Quebec on the outskirts of Montreal. Starting back...

Johan STEENSLAND (SWEDEN) The Triphant

This Swedish talent really caught the prog world by surprise with last year’s acclaimed “Duality” rock opera album, which I happily reviewed, lo and behold, here comes another colossal third effort, with a few more stylistics twists to keep us pundits off balance....

CYDONIA (GERMANY) Second Sight

Thoroughly loved their previous début album 2022 “Stations”, which I felt duty-bound to review glowingly mainly because it was a damn fine recording! The Freiburg -based quintet returns to the forefront of German Neo-Prog (a relatively quite scene lately) without any...

Giorgio BUSSOLIN (ITALY) Fossils

Whenever some unknown (to me) artist contacts me for a review, I almost feel empowered to say yes because I understand the need for acknowledgment of one’s artistic worth.  Giorgio is a Venetian multi-instrumentalist who has honed his craft for a very long time and...