CONFUSION FIELD (FINLAND) Future Impact of Past Diversions Tomi Kankainen is a veteran lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from Finland whose 2021 debut “Disconnection Complete” attracted my attention as a p […]

GEOFF PROUDLEY (UK) K of A There are many among us who consider Rick Wakeman’s debut solo album, the Six Wives of Henry VIII to be a scintillating masterpiece and rightly so, a […]

Yuval RON (GERMANY) Somewhere in this Universe, Somebody Hits a Drum Yuval Ron is a talented guitarist, vocalist and composer based out of Berlin, juggling a myriad of styles that span the rock and jazz spectrum, and […]

IO EARTH (UK) Sanctuary This consistently first-rate Birmingham UK prog band is back again with a new 2023 release called Sanctuary, featuring drop-dead beautiful cover art, […]

HACKBERRY (NETHERLANDS) Breathing Space Fast on the heels of their sumptuous debut, I simply had to comply with my urge to see if the follow-up is of the same exceptional level and provide […]

Gayle ELLETT & the ELECTROMAGS (USA) Friends Gayle needs no introduction to prog fans as his prolific career has spanned well over 40 years with the consistently illustrious Djam Karet, keeping both […]

RETREAT FROM MOSCOW (UK) Dreams, Myths and Machines Patience is often regarded as one of the loftiest virtues that a human can wish to attain in its lifetime. From our drool dripping early days […]

BUILT FOR THE FUTURE (USA) 2084:Heretic Back in the heady early days of prog, it was common practice for any band to choose a great name as well as some mind-blowing artwork, in order to […]

Steve WILSON (UK) The Harmony Codex Damned if you do and damned if you don’t, whilst contemplating the sad reality of how negative news, comments and opinions seem to garner more favour ( […]

KARNATAKA (UK) Requiem for A Dream Karnataka has evolved from its benign beginnings in 1998 as a classic British female fronted lead vocal, Neo-prog band into a platform of constant […]

PLEDGE OF HEALING (France) One Step Closer A debut album from the dynamic French duo of multi-instrumentalist Cyrille Delvallez and lead vocalist Claire Sergue, well supported by 2 guest bassists […]

NOVA CASCADE (UK) The Navigator Eric Bouillette of Nine Skies, Solace Supplice, This Winter Machine, Drifting Sun, Imaginaerium, and the Room was, by all accounts, a universally […]

T.A.P. (MULTI-NATIONAL)- Paradigms This is quite the progressive project, combining some serious global talent, namely Fearful Symmetry’s guitarist Suzie James from the UK, Canada’s Mik […]

Nick FLETCHER (UK) Quadvirium An unheralded master jazz-rock guitarist from the United Kingdom, who has quietly developed his craft in the relative shadows of fame, Nick Fletcher […]