All posts tagged "Album Review"

  • Phavian – Meridian I

    By on September 12, 2012

    As I learned from this band’s EP ‘Foreword’, Phavian are planning on a major four album concept piece. Considering that this band is still fairly...

  • Coralspin – Honey and Lava

    By on September 11, 2012

    Although my progressive listening journey has tended to veer towards more of the left-field and strange, it’s refreshing to hear a band that takes the...

  • Three Trapped Tigers – Route One or Die

    By on September 8, 2012

    Three Trapped Tigers are an instrumental trio from London, England. This is their first full-length album although they have released EPs previous to this. They...

  • A Lonely Crowd – User Hostile

    By on September 4, 2012

    The Australians in A Lonely Crowd has been receiving heavy acclaim since the release of this, their debut album. Furiously pairing the energy of metal...

  • AltrOck Chamber Quartet – Sonata Islands Goes RIO

    By on September 4, 2012

    AltrOck Chamber Quartet is the brainchild of gifted flutist and composer Emilio Galante, known for his work with avant-jazz ensemble Sonata Islands (hence the album’s...

  • Heaven's Cry – Wheels of Impermanence

    By on August 28, 2012

    When I first read of Heaven’s Cry’s stylistic similarities to the excellent Pain of Salvation, it was enough to get me excited in these French...

  • Änglagård – Viljans Öga

    By on August 27, 2012

    To cut a long story very short, I have always been into complicated music as I’m sure you know, but back in the late 70s...

  • Overkill – The Electric Age

    By on August 27, 2012

    In metal and music at large, there’s an unfortunate trend of artists ‘wearing out their welcome’, so to speak. A perfect example of this is...

  • Tohpati Bertiga – Riot

    By on August 27, 2012

    Since discovering the quite wonderful guitar playing of Tohpati Ario Hutomo early last year via his Indonesian ethno-jazz fusion combo simakDialog, I’ve kept a close...

  • Stabat Akish – Nebulos

    By on August 27, 2012

    Based in the southern French city of Toulouse, Stabat Akish are a sextet formed in 2007 by bassist/composer Maxime Delporte. In 2009 they caught the...