The Mad Platter

  • Norwegian band I, THE BETRAYER is a new band operating out of Oslo. They were formed in 2014, and cites bands such as Metallica, Rage Against the Machine and Machine Head as influential artists. “7” is their […]

  • US duo CINEMA CINEMA have been an ongoing venture for a decade at this point, and from their base out of Brooklyn they have a few hundred live shows to their name, a few EPs and 4 full length studio […]

  • L-R: Camille Delage (Keys), Nico Damoulianos (Bass), Olivier Allard (Violin), Alexandre Dagenais (Drums), Kevin Paquet (Guitars)

    Influenced by bands such as Symphony X, Dream Theater, Haken, Plini, Rush […]

  • Spoken arts and deluxe vinyl label Cadabra Records, in arrangement with Bleak December Inc., presents one of the defining stories in the history of horror literature and culture, with BRAM STOKER’s Dracula. T […]

  • Los Angeles-based instrumental rock band BARROWS presents their sprawling new 2xLP, Obsidion, through German-based Tonzonen Records.

    BARROWS was initially formed in Syracuse, New York by Jim Leonard and […]

  • Return To Void, a progressive rock/heavy band, was established in Karhula, Finland in 2015. List of another projects of the band members, past and present, includes varied outings like Kaihoro, Total […]

  • Italian bassist and composer Alberto Rigoni (solo artist, BADASS, Vivaldi Metal Project, The Italians, Kim Bingham) announces that, after the release of five solo albums between 2008 and 2016, he is now […]

  • Alison O’Donnell should need no introduction; legendary vocalist with Acid Folk luminaries Mellow Candle, sometime singer with Irish wyrdsters United Bible Studies and England’s own acid tinged folk outfit The […]

  • UK band JUMP have been a going entity for more than a quarter of a century now, although this still will have them described as a part of the new scene in progressive rock by some. Self-described as an […]

  • IMMINENT SONIC DESTRUCTION and EDENSONG are pleased to welcome progressive rockers NEXT TO NONE (featuring Mike Portnoy’s son, Max Portnoy), DISTRICT 97, and HALF PAST FOUR as the local support in select […]

  • Airbag co-founder, songwriter and lead guitarist, Björn Riis will release his second solo album, Forever Comes to an End, on May 19th 2017 through Norwegian label Karisma Records. The album is the follow-up […]

  • UK band ABBFINOOSTY were active in the 1980’s and 90’s, and managed to release two albums before breaking up. “Out of Abbfinoosty Comes the Storm” was the second and last of these, and was released through the […]

  • Australian composer and musician Ben CRAVEN first appeared back in 2005, initially releasing music as the one man band Tunisia, but subsequently opting to release future albums under his own name. He has four […]

  • Norwegian psych/rock trio Junk Machine is set to release their debut album ‘Inner Child Labour’ through Apollon Records on June 9 2017.

    With their manifesto to reignite the forgotten flames of rock ‘n’ […]

  • The Bergen-based band Knekklectric have finally come up with six tracks for their new album, ready for release in June 2017. The album was recorded in the summer of 2015 in Ocean Sounds Recordings off the […]

  • Watch the new video for “Crystal Teeth” courtesy of Heavy Blog is Heavy HERE.

    With the second single, “Crystal Teeth”, we dive deeper into Uneven Structure’s world of “La Partition”. “Crystal Teeth belongs […]

  • Out of the savaged suburbs of Oslo comes the brainchild of Trond Gjellum – drummer from the legendary Norwegian prog rock band Panzerpappa. Suburban Savages consists of members from Panzerpappa, Ghost K […]

  • TROJKA from Bergen , Norway are ready with their excellent debutalbum – I speilvendthet.

    The album was studio-recorded by Njål Paulsberg (Young Dreams, Advanced Language, Put Your Hands Up For Neo-Tokyo) […]

  • UK prog metal quintet SynaptiK unleashed their sophomore studio album, Justify & Reason, on March 10th through Defox Records (digital download), and via Divebomb Records in the US in a CD format. On April 10th […]

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