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RING VAN MOBIUS (NORWAY) Firebrand My previous experience with this band was not ideal, I perhaps was just not impressed enough to review their previous album, ‘The 3rd Majesty’, not bec […]

Phil SELVINI & the MIND WARP (ITALY) T.E.T.R.U.S. From the elegant colonnaded city of Bologna comes this highly talented young band, led by multi-instrumentalist Filippo Selvini and helped by Leonardo […]

ROBEC (NORWAY) The Forest is too Loud Electronic music can on occasion be just as boring and unimaginative as any another form of music, and some of the more ambient pillows of cotton candy […]

The ONE (NETHERLANDS) Lighter Than Air Second album for this veteran crew (lots of mature proggers expressing themselves lately from Holland, must be the water), the debut dutifully anointed […]

The GIFT (UK) Seven Seasons Here is another one of my pet favourite bands, Mike Morton being an example of the more talented vocalists available in Progland, with a series of albums […]

SKINNER PROJECT (BRAZIL) From Earth, With Love Keyboardist, bassist, and vocalist Leo Skinner is the man behind this lavish endeavour, and his three band mates add all the firepower one would hope […]

GRANDSTAND (SWEDEN) In the Middle, On the Edge Seemingly dismissed by some as nothing more than unfinished Genesis-style demos, this 1998 debut from Swedish band Grandstand deserves, at the very […]

EM/FM (NEW ZEALAND) Pocket Dimensions I never though that my past reviews of obscure French electronic bands would ever cause me to receive a wonderful review request from faraway New Zealand […]

NEMRUD (TURKIYE) At the End of the Day  Another stellar band that I have neglected to review, even though I own all their four albums, each one of consistently high quality and oozing […]

SUPERTHOUSAND (GERMANY) Four   Always time set aside for new discoveries, especially when it comes completely without any preconceptions, biases or history. Often, the […]

GAZPACHO (NORWAY) Magic 8-Ball Our favourite cold soup returns from a long 5-year hiatus, a band that crowned many lists between 2005 and 2009 , with 3 stunning albums that set the bar […]

Andrew LATIMER (UK) War Stories Celebrated Camel composer, singer and guitarist certainly has mastered the art of keeping the caravanserai of brilliant  recordings in line with his […]

John IRVINE BAND (UK) Take Me to Your Leader I am fully aware that the following well-known quote might lead to some dire consequences based on corny facility but what the hell, I am an entirely […]

PARAVANE (NETHERLANDS) Forever is a Long Time Ago From the still smoldering ashes of the peculiarly titled Dutch band Nice Beaver, this new line-up, where only bassist Erwin Scheijgrond comes in as a […]

VENUS LOON (UK) Ophanim Multi-instrumentalists Peter Lawson and Wolfgang Ostermann are back with a follow up to their exciting previous album from 2024 “Pandora’s Par […]

FLIGHT RECORDER (NETHERLANDS) Sirens It always amazes me to see that the much maligned and oft abused Neo-prog genre receives such widespread interest in countries such as Poland and in the […]

FLUIDO ROSA (ITALY) La Vie dei Sogni Another band that escaped the sweeping sonar searches, flying under the radar, stimulating my panting chase even further. Perseverance certainly paid off […]

KARFAGEN (UKRAINE) Omni Our hyper fertile and super gifted Antony Kalugin just keeps pounding out an incredible amount of music, the quantity matched by sheer quality as well, […]

DAUGHTER OF THE WATER (UK) Cast Through the Mistletoe Tree And now, for something completely out of left field for some (though not necessarily me). Armed with one of the most beautifully detailed covers of 2025 […]

SMALLTAPE (GERMANY) Tangram Phillip Nespital is the German musician behind Smalltape, of which Tangram will be my third one, after The Hungry Heart (2021) and the Ocean (2017), both […]