All posts by Conor Fynes
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Deafheaven – Sunbather
I remember Hunter-Hunt Hendrix (of Liturgy infamy) once defending the new wave of ‘uplifting’ black metal as being in keeping with black metal’s doctrine of controversy and...
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ANCIENT VVISDOM: Everything Is Subject To Change
Although Ancient VVisdom’s sound is as far from metal as most other acoustic-based acts, their dark atmosphere and fascination with the occult earn them a...
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Nude Human – Is Is Is Not Is Not
Nude Human describe themselves as a “collaborative ambient duo . . . bringing together ideas and techniques from vastly different backgrounds to create lush, shifting...
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Live Report: ANATHEMA / ALCEST / MAMIFFER @ Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC – September 28
Vancouver’s Rickshaw Theatre has been home to some great shows over the past few years, but I don’t know if it’s hosted any I’ve been...
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Ulver – Messe I.X-VI.X
I can’t think of another band that has so constantly and successfully reinnovated themselves as have Norway’sUlver. Like a modern day King Crimson, Ulver have never stayed in...
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David Maxim Micic – Bilo 3.0
There may have been a period when progressive metal was silent. Although there lurked enough Dream Theater clones out there at one point to have me thinking...
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David Gilmour – On an Island
Famous for his work as the lead guitarist and part-time vocalist of world class rock act Pink Floyd, David Gilmour treats his league of fans...
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Haken – The Mountain
I don’t think there is a band in progressive rock today that has managed to impress me as consistently as Haken. From the release of 2010′s...
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Acqua Fragile – Mass Media Stars
Italy’s Acqua Fragile delivered a fairly unassuming facsimile of the British symphonic prog sound over the course of two albums. Although their vocalist Bernardo Lanzetti’s...
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Aborym – Dirty
Running parallel to an extent with Norway’s Dodheimsgard, Italy’s Aborym began as a fairly unassuming second-wave black metal band before taking on a more experimental...
