House Of Prog | Kev Rowland | Activity https://houseofprog.com/members/kevrowland/activity/ Activity feed for Kev Rowland. Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:30:51 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 d5cdc322bf88cfbc5bc89bb1333a282f Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68247 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:37:33 -0400 Fjall: Helt (2026) Without looking at the press release I had it in my mind that these guys were probably Norwegian, little did I know they were somewhat closer to home and […]

]]> d7342a483b68ad7a660e32fc94fe01e2 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68244 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:34:07 -0400 Lynch Mob: The Final Ride [Live] (2026) Here we have the live album recorded on their ‘The Final Ride’ tour, and although they released what was supposed to be their last ever studio album at […]

]]> 6f425fdeb767ccd381bda9ccfdc9e21b Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68241 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:30:53 -0400 Faustian: Parable Of The Sewer (2026) Since forming in 2019 the three members of Melbourne-based outfit Werewolves have not been hanging around in that they have released seven albums, while […]

]]> 8926823f3945637548f96f27c3f6ee34 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68238 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:19:58 -0400 Bloodcog: Musics for the Savage Planet (2026) I am truly fortunate that I enjoy the music I do, as it allows me to experience levels of nerdvana I would never otherwise come across, and given I work […]

]]> edd9dbe3cd1c967bc43b3159ec20ab3e Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68235 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:52:03 -0400 Acolythus: Unearthly Kingdoms 'Neath Lifeless Stars (2026) This is quite an interesting release in that all the guys are also founder members of Sargassus, a progressive post-metal act who have been around since […]

]]> 1c09517d93c6d182e3ea9a8a2839ee64 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68232 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:47:43 -0400 Emerald Moon: The Sky's The Limit Tour (2026) I have known Thierry Sportouche for more years than either of us would probably like to admit, and I have been a contributor to his Acid Dragon for more […]

]]> 0bf1ab5aebbbe0b1f31794171f674e8b Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68229 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:31:49 -0400 Distressed: Made Of Stone (2026) The Finns are back with their second album, with the same line-up as 2023’s ‘Nothing For No One’ debut, namely Petri Lindström (guitar), Jarno Törns […]

]]> d3e7d8cec2809a8290ab355b9b384ffd Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68226 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:07:34 -0400 Hecate Enthroned: The Corpse of a Titan, A Lament Long Buried (2026) Hecate Enthroned have never been the most prolific of bands, and the last of theirs I heard, the excellent ‘Virulent Rapture’ (2013) came out some 9 yea […]

]]> 737cfac95947dfbe617a98a341e01b3a Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68223 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:23:02 -0400 Dimmu Borgir: Grand Serpent Rising (2026) I am probably one of the few writers who really enjoyed their last album, 2018’s ‘Eonion’, but even I was bemoaning the loss of ICS Vortex and now the b […]

]]> c51b669a6a44a183a52696163c3c4869 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68220 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:18:17 -0400 Diminishing: The Outcome (2026) The second release from the happy clappy couple is a 24-minute-long piece broken into four parts, constructed around a bleak and grating improvised […]

]]> 29bccd96300802eea91c77847f76c9e9 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68217 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:14:38 -0400 Diminishing: The Unnamable (2023) I am offered more music to review each week than would be humanly possible for a single individual to get through, so I tend to make decisions really […]

]]> 323958de0581a3ba390ff88bb6c7e3c6 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68214 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:09:48 -0400 Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables [2022 Mix] (2022) This is the Cherry Red reissue of the 2022 remix (by Grammy winning producer Chris Lord-Alge) of the 1980 debut from San Francisco’s Dead Kennedys, w […]

]]> f7a75dfbed1c68e2137a3e1634a91558 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68211 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:55:20 -0400 Hannah Juanita: The Magnolia Sessions (2026) Juanita’s debut record ‘Hardliner’ established her reputation as a full-hearted, free-spirited, and irresistibly genuine honky-tonk angel while her secon […]

]]> d3501a5edccd02bf35ad95ecf386f6df Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68208 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:49:10 -0400 Steve Austin: The Magnolia Sessions (2026) There are eight songs on this set which have been taken from ‘Marked Cards And Loaded Dice’, but here they sound very different indeed. Honest and rea […]

]]> c01999585878d3922b2a90bbe2c86e57 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68205 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:45:31 -0400 Steve Austin: Marked Cards and Loaded Dice (2026) This is the debut album from Steve Austin in his new form of classic outlaw country/bluegrass, yet he has been on the music scene for more than 30 years […]

]]> cb0bb618788a5d5ad843c50878e03ed8 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68202 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:10:17 -0400 Martyrs Saint: From Strength To Strength (2026) This is the debut four-track EP from Bristol-based metalheads Martyrs Saint and comprise Brandon Goodair (guitar/vocals), Amaré Hurley (lead […]

]]> 7c0453bb801ffdc8dafd230f034addfc Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68199 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:07:28 -0400 Rahul Mukerji: Mridhangit (2026) What we have here is an absolutely fascinating album which makes me want to go out and discover more music by Rahul, as somehow, he has managed to […]

]]> e89ec61ae87c17215f43c0698a6aead4 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68196 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:31:39 -0400 Triumph: The Best of Triumph (2026) Unless you have been under a rock somewhere you will know that Rush are not the only Canadians making an unexpected comeback in 2026, as the original […]

]]> 414a8d171bb46b498c3306c3a17df8a3 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68193 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:55:06 -0400 Maxwell Hutchinson & Judge Smith: The Kibbo Kift [The 1976 Rock Musical] (2026) After Judge Smith left Van Der Graaf Generator he formed Heebalob with his friend Maxwell Hutchinson, which also included future VDGG saxophonist David […]

]]> d1bad98f73723e9edcd3e301be254d59 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68190 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:04:40 -0400 The Guildmaster: Gathering Of Souls (2025) This is the third album from a band who are in many ways an offshoot of The Samurai of Prog, and their second since the departure of keyboard player Ton […]

]]> 1785e61d6029ede06b88263af489ebb0 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68187 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:01:10 -0400 Jordsjö & Breidablik: Kontraster (2025) This is not the first time that Jordsjø and Breidablik have released an album together, as back in 2016 there was ‘Songs From The Northern Wa […]

]]> 34519224748d3820a52e91fe00c0a30f Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68184 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:30:39 -0400 Jonathan Segel: Puzzle World (2026) Jonathan Segel is a prolific musician who has now been playing in Camper van Beethoven for more than 35 years as well as releasing solo albums, but I […]

]]> 2d6f5c056eaa1484a44e78a875bc6213 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68181 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:26:37 -0400 Ismay: Half Truth (2026) This is the first time I have come across rancher, alt-country musician and dreamer Avery Hellman, but I certainly hope it will not be the last. In 2023, […]

]]> 08d1342617654cc7af9a573a6de6d79d Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68178 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:23:21 -0400 The Hollywood Stars: Hey! LA! (2026) The Hollywood Stars are back with their next album following on from 2024’s comeback, ‘Starstruck’. The line-up is the same as on that album, namel […]

]]> 04e4d38954c7ec0e083a2574e5b9986d Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68175 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:18:49 -0400 Gus G: Steel Burner (2026) There is no doubt that Konstantinos Karamitroudis (Gus G.) has come a long way since picking up a guitar after hearing ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ when he was […]

]]> 24fea555b6d6c86105824f69f98c781b Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68171 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:31:50 -0400 Vøvk: Litera (2025) It never ceases to amaze me that there is still a music scene within Ukraine, and that musicians still manage to find a way of getting their music and […]

]]> 6dd5d0d484cce8c6b0f1a3a219008850 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68168 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:23:45 -0400 The Young Lions: The Young Lions [Remastered] (1961) This interesting album was recorded in April 1960 then released the following year on Vee-Jay, and in the liner notes it was argued by saxophonist […]

]]> 4c24c5b829fddcb90f57b5dca04ff5a2 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68165 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:20:16 -0400 Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Alone in San Francisco [Remastered] (1959) The latest in the Craft Recordings/Concord reissue series of Thelonious Monk is his third solo album, originally released on Riverside, which captures […]

]]> 545982d0ba3fac5c4169f79d20347c94 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68162 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:02:52 -0400 Eveale: Enter the Woodland Realm (2026) Formed in 2025 by two musicians on different sides of the Atlantic, they initially operated under the pseudonyms of The Monarch of the Hillside (MOTH) […]

]]> 74b81f8b44950d9783c866f68e9bf7eb Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68159 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:28:47 -0400 Godthrymm: Projections (2026) This is the third album from British doom act Godthrymm, completing the ‘Visions’ trilogy which started with 2020’s ‘Reflections’. Formed by guitarist […]

]]> 64bc6615d3eff126f3257de8b128dab8 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68156 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:26:03 -0400 Einar Solberg: Vox Occulta (2026) I must confess I was not a huge fan of the last album I heard from Solberg, 2024’s ‘The Congregation Acoustic’, so when I realised he was releasing a sec […]

]]> fd9e5db4ae33b16814e17b54556fa3fc Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68153 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:22:44 -0400 David Becker and Paul Wertico: Tuxedo Man (2025) Earlier this year Kevin Kastning sent me ‘Interchange One’, an album he recorded with the famous drummer Paul Wertico (who won multiple Grammys with Pat […]

]]> 094899aec89ae6b5cad8f28715c8013b Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68150 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:15:33 -0400 Beyond the Dead of Night: From the Ocean to the Stars (2025) Dead of Night released their debut album in 2015, quickly putting out another three in quick succession. The only constant in the line-up was keyboard […]

]]> 4cbc326f77f43fd13432634bf5a08d7f Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68146 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:12:51 -0400 Dennis Atlas: Principle (2026) Dennis may be known to some of you as the second keyboard player and singer in the mighty Toto, a band I first became aware of not long after they […]

]]> 0420fd7c37eee80e28b45a4023f9d8ff Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68143 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:43:33 -0400 Gafieira Rio Miami: Beleza Pura (2025) Gafieira Rio Miami was brought together by renowned Grammy Award winning Brazilian bassist Diogo Brown in 2020 when he wanted a small (11 member) band to […]

]]> b3ace3d76887ef5a86d5688ed13bca96 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68140 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:40:56 -0400 Atreyu: The End Is Not the End (2026) Back with their tenth album, Atreyu have been incredibly stable over the years with Brandon Saller (lead vocals, keyboards, backing vocals), Dan Jacobs […]

]]> 17501a6f89dc0a68783b14d5b51124b7 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68137 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:32:46 -0400 Port Noir: The Dark We Keep (2026) Since their debut album, ‘Puls’, in 2013 this Stockholm-based trio have been fairly prolific, and I believe this is their fifth album, with the same lin […]

]]> 3b32f4cc35e4fc6071b4b3a6f2636e71 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68134 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:29:25 -0400 Lee Morgan: Introducing Lee Morgan [Remastered] (1956) Here is yet another in the wonderful series of reissues from Craft/Concord, and this time it is the 1956 hard bop album by the jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan […]

]]> 9916901a1d3622244308f709f4374590 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68108 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:44:05 -0400 Stephen Grew: Pianoply (2026) There is no doubt that Discus Music are becoming one of my very favourite labels, and I am pleased to again be listening to Stephen Grew given how much I […]

]]> 0a4cfab92a4c11c34f164a57e92fe803 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68105 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:34:36 -0400 Michael Sweet: The Master Plan (2026) When one sees the name Michael Sweet on an album cover there will always be certain expectations such as the lyrics will be heavily Christian, the vocals […]

]]> dcf8f1c061ffe2791bf157da27c2bda8 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68102 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:22:20 -0400 Riverflame: Lunar Crusades (2026) This is the debut album from a band which could in many ways be thought of as metal supergroup given they are comprised of Abro (bass, Ponte del […]

]]> 5494b44b04466f6d25d13fd54e66362f Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68099 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:18:44 -0400 Red Sand: The Sound Of Silence (2025) Canadian progressive rock trio Red Sand are back with their twelfth album, but I note there has been a line-up change since I reviewed 2021’s ‘The Sou […]

]]> 2923000f624235aca69014557af4c01c Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68096 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:51:34 -0400 Nazareth: Born Under The Wrong Sign [1976-1979] (2026) There is no doubt that the proud sons of Dunfermline are one of the very finest hard rock bands of all time, still treading the boards today. Bassist […]

]]> b73617a356b8e122aa478a11382e8e75 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68093 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:09:33 -0400 Malum: From The Voids (2026) Not to be confused with the Czech or Finnish black metal bands of the same name, here we have the Norwegian band back with their second album, following […]

]]> 87e0cb26f2e55339bfe8fa6a9c5f35be Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68090 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:06:23 -0400 Martin Archer & Claire McAllister: Mast Year (2026) I have often said I never read a press release before I play an album, as this allows me to form my own opinion before reading about it, so when I first […]

]]> cb4087590f55428005b1f1b3154ebb4d Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68087 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:01:20 -0400 Karfagen: Omni (2025) Once this has been played it is easy to understand why it is rated on ProgArchives as one of the top albums from 2025 as it captures the proghead from […]

]]> 0488ca79ffaac4988253e1301a66d47b Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68084 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:58:39 -0400 Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues in My Bottle [Remastered] (1961) I first came across the music of Samuel John “Lightnin'” Hopkins more than a decade ago, and there is no doubt I have more albums by him than another […]

]]> b9bea68ca3b8287996386d310bc8e298 Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68081 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:53:28 -0400 John Lee Hooker: That's My Story [Remastered] (1960) I am really enjoying these blues and jazz reissues from Craft and Concord, and here is another fine example with this remastered reissue of his third […]

]]> 84ed5fe52a7febb296b6b28363cd1c5c Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68078 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:49:48 -0400 Mourniaty: Musta Maa (2025) Drummer Metällinen and singer/guitarist Karulainen started Mourniaty as a project all the way back in 2015, but it is only in recent years they have […]

]]> c88eed7f95a46694227ac6a9b72aa1fa Kev Rowland wrote a new post https://houseofprog.com/?p=68075 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:36:47 -0400 Manraze: Lock, Stock & Barrel (2026) Back in 1980 I discovered a band had released a cover of “Do You Love Me?” and given my then desire to hear all things related to Kiss I promptly bou […]

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