All posts by Conor Fynes
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Alcest – Shelter
To be honest, I’m surprised Alcest haven’t been featured in a Subaru commercial already. If that’s a stretch, it’s at least a near-certainty we’ll be hearing them...
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Anubis Gate – Horizons
Progressive metal purveyors Anubis Gate are set to release their brand new album "Horizons" on April 15, 2014 via Nightmare Records.
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Teramaze – Esoteric Symbolism
Progressive power metal with a dark heart.
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YES’s Yes: The Beginnings
Prog Sphere's Conor Fynes writes about the debut album of the progressive rock's one of the finest bands - Yes!
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YES: Going For the One
Going for the One marked the end of an era for Yes, what I outline in this and other reviews as the band’s ‘golden era’. Spanning from The...
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Cynic – Kindly Bent to Free Us
As someone gets older, it’s inevitable that some degree of mellowing out will occur. While the pessimistic among us might chalk it up to losing...
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Classic YES
What is the problem with best-of compilations in progressive rock? It’s certainly not that progressive bands aren’t deserving of them, or even that there isn’t...
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YES: Topographic Oceans and Its Tales
Before the notion was rightly dismissed by the others, Jon Anderson was said to have expressed a wish to record Tales from Topographic Oceans in the middle...
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YES: Flashing Back to Relayer
Imagine you are somewhere, whereupon you meet two beautiful women. From the onset, it’s clear they are sisters; both of them are alike in their...
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YES’ Fragile: Everything But Not Fragile
A crescendo draws steadily out of my set of speakers. As I prepare for a rocking riff to open up the album, the crescendo deceptively...
