Tag: progressive rock

20 March 2023 / Album of the Week

Haken – Fauna

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18 March 2023 / Experimental

Hypno5e – Sheol

French quartet, Hypno5e, are one of the most ambitious bands in the world. They call their music cinematographic metal and would not be offended if you called their art pretentious.…

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22 February 2023 / Reviews

Klone – Meanwhile

French prog metal veterans, Klone, are the band whose name seldom appears in conversations about the genre. Formerly on the roster of Season of Mist, their 2008 classic, All Seeing…

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3 February 2023 / Metal

Katatonia – Sky Void of Stars

Swedish legends, Katatonia, are one of the most distinctive artists in heavy guitar music. They started as a vicious death-doom band in the early 1990s but retooled their sound in…

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14 December 2022 / Reviews

Knim – When a Star Falls

Leeds trio, Knim, released their debut single earlier this year and grabbed the attention of those with heavier rock tastes. As a progressive trio in the mould of Karnivool and…

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1 December 2022 / Reviews

R3VO – Fireflies EP

Berlin collective, R3VO, formed in 2019 with a loose devotion to the heavier bands from the progressive rock spectrum. On their debut EP, they aim to plant a foot in…

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18 November 2022 / Reviews

Devin Townsend – Lightwork

How do you follow up one of the finest albums of the last decade? That’s the question facing Devin Townsend after 2019’s sensational Empath record, and it’s one that invites…

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1 November 2022 / Metal

Taking Balfour – Dawn of Polaris

You’d think Ontario quintet, Taking Balfour, were beneficiaries of a multi-album contract from a major label after one listen to their sophomore effort. Do you remember when heavy metal bands…

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28 September 2022 / Reviews

Somehow Jo – Scales and Details

30 August 2022 / Dark

Dawnwalker – House of Sand

You should be worried when a metal band stop listening to their Black Sabbath records in favour of The Beatles. Dawnwalker produced one of the finest progressive/post-metal albums of 2020…

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