PARALLELS (SWEDEN) Exodus Not to be confused with a similarly named US Band and their Yes tribute Awaken, this veteran Swedish trio opt for a more accessible sound, most […]

NINE STONES CLOSE (UK) Diurnal After a long and self-imposed silence, guitarist and composer Adrian Jones found a great amount of inspiration, some good and some bad, upon […]

NORTHODOXIAN (ESTONIA) same Finally, I get to focus on this interesting project from Estonia, a country for which I have had a lengthy fascination that I cannot really explain, […]

ECHOES (EIRE-FRANCE) Part.1 ECHOES (EIRE-FRANCE) Part 1Vocalist, lyricist, and composer James McGregor is an Irish nomad who seems to be travelling a bit around Europe lately, from […]

ROB HARRISON (UK) Explode My Head Debut offering from this talented musician, composer, and producer, pretty much a one-man show with a lot of help from various friends, namely Gong’s f […]

MARCO GLÜHMANN (GERMANY) A Fragile Present Can there by a finer voice currently in the prog scene than Sylvan ‘s lead lung? Besides the impeccable technique, he also is arguably one of the m […]

JOHN HOLDEN (UK) Proximity & Chance Since 2018, this composer and multi-instrumentalist has not only been consistently delivering standout albums that I am proud to possess and review, […]

RETURNED TO THE EARTH (UK) Stalagmite Steeple The previous album “Fall of the Watcher” released in 2022 made my heart flutter so deeply that an EKG was not necessary in determining the workings of […]

OCEANS OF NIGHT (USA) Mindstorm When discovering rock back in the very early 70s as a teenager, the exploding hormones certainly found a haven within loud and crunchy power riffs, […]

CELESTE (ITALY) Echi di un Future Passato Two words to start: flute and mellotron. If for whatever odd reason, these two instruments are not among your favourites, please stop reading promptly. […]

VIOLENT JASPER (GERMANY) Control The much-vaunted German group Sylvan decide to go on a mini-sabbatical, subsequent to releasing their latest album, “One to Zero” in 2021, a mas […]

AGE OF DISTRACTION (UK) A Game of Whispers Connections, connections, connections. The progressive rock community’s greatest attribute is how closely linked everyone seems to be, with g […]

CRISTIANO VARISCO (BRAZIL) Aline There is nothing more enjoyable for the Rogue than receiving review requests from artists around the world, who invariably deserve very much to be […]

ANDROID (HUNGARY) Wordless Scriptum I am totally proud of being a huge fan of this Hungarian band since their East of Eden debut in 2009 , not because we share the same language and […]

RIVERSEND (USA) same What makes the perpetual search for a new source of musical pleasure such a thrill, is when you land on something with zero background, or any kind of […]

INNER PROSPEKT (ITALY) Unusual Movements As I was imputing this latest offering from Inner Prospekt into my database (I have so many albums I need to keep track of them all), I was stunned to […]

BIG BIG TRAIN (UK) The Likes of Us I remember 20 years ago when I first bought a ticket on the Big Big Train, by purchasing “Gathering Speed”, a fantastic discovery that I had mos […]

DRIFTING SUN (UK) Veil It becomes quite daunting when the entire discography over the years of a band are all major winners, with nary a thought of any weaker one among the […]

RICK MILLER (CANADA) One of the Many Here is a consistently focused artist that just keeps on giving every year sterling musical adventures, that pay homage to the early glory years of […]

MANGROVE (NETHERLANDS) Bridge to Fiction Guitarist, vocalist, and keyboard player Roland Van der Horst is, after 15 long years, back in the prog game with a long-awaited new album, which I […]