Marcin Pajak (POLAND) In the Space Polish ex-pat Marcin Pajak makes London, England his current home, a proto-typical guitarist/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist with a well-rounded career as […]

HAZE (UK) The Water’s Edge Stubborn resistance, artistic integrity and boundless fortitude are the first words to come to mind with this UK band that has been around for 46 years […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sam KING (UK) The Displaced Glaswegian Sam King has invited a few choice collaborators on this uber-modern hard prog album that spans stylistic boundaries, whilst retaining a […]

BLACKSMITH TALES (ITALY) The Pathway to Hamlet’s Mill Well, with a title so expressive, once can easily guess that theatrics and perhaps even a prog opera may be in the cards, with a strong medieval/Middle […]

Colin MASSON (UK) The Visitor Two albums in less than a year! My goodness, Mr. Masson is motivated to say the least. The rather resplendent “Echoes of Albion” was release on Feb […]

Lee ABRAHAM (UK) Origin of the Storm I am a lucky man (wink to Keith) of owning all of this underrated but hyper consistent artist’s work, a bass and guitar man who can also compose with t […]

Bill BRESSLER (USA) A Second Past How to turn bad timing into good timing, you may ask? Be patient (a rare commodity in our current society it seems), think of the tortoise, not the hare […]

SOLARIS (HUNGARY) Martian Chronicles III – I or A.I. After Omega, Solaris is most probably the longest on-going Hungarian prog band (with Android not far behind), consistently releasing a long stream of six […]

ALIANTE (ITALY) Anime Invisibili My recent trips to Italy have been revelations in a myriad of various ways, a blessed land with so much cultural diversity that the mind truly boggles. […]

Alex CARPANI (SWITZERLAND/ITALY) The Good Man Its about time to review this interesting musician, after all I own three albums already, but I never got to review any of them until Alex sent me a […]

NICK FLETCHER (UK) A Longing for Home Fast on the heels of the universally received and praised 2023 album “Quadrivium”, Sheffield born Nick Fletcher elevates his craft on an immediate fol […]

NINE STONES CLOSE (UK) Adventures in Anhedonia Barely 3 months after the release of their long-awaited return to form “Diurnal” album, Nine Stones Close keeps the prog foot on the prog pedal by lau […]

TEODICEA (ITALY) Il Mondo Esausto Attention piano lovers! Début album from the first keyboard player Enrico Filippi from fellow Italian group Aliante (whom I happen to adore), venturing […]