Another year means another couple of holidays, like Halloween. Picking an album to review on Halloween was a bit of a thoughtful thing for me, since there are a lot of good records to choose from. Luckily, the theater I worked at, was showing that new Exorcist movie, which so gracefully uses the classic Tubular Bells jingle in its main theme. I thought ‘Well I guess I have found the record I am gonna review for Halloween this year’.

To me, Mike Oldfield is probably one of the more ... read more

Been a hot minute since I made an album review. Guess I was having a bit of a break. But I have been hankering to get back into the swing of things, doing something that I love. Speaking of love, I heard a saying that went something like “the pop of the 60s made your speakers play the love in your heart” or something like that. I might be misremembering that quote, but I heard it in a podcast once that was actually talking about this record. They were describing it as the prog ... read more

Originally I had this review planned last week, but unfortunately due to certain band dramas, and interpersonal elements, I couldn’t. Better late than never, right?

Formed from the disbandment of Nirvana by Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters is, more or less, the spear heads of the post-grunge movement, next to Live, Silverchair, and Powderfinger. In total, Foo Fighters are probably the only “grunge” band I like, though I do enjoy some Nirvana songs as well.

In their current ... read more

The Americas and Europe are kind of the big stars in the whole prog camp. I mean, with acts like King Crimson or Kansas it is pretty easy to see why, but I think stuff over in Asia, particularly Eastern Asia should get some fair amount, or even equal love too. Obviously Japan is the most popular Asian country that specializes in prog, with groups like Sigh, Koenjihyakkei, Ruins, and Far East Family Band giving the world some tasty prog. Aside from Japan though, you really do not hear many prog ... read more

Alt prog is quite an interesting prog subgenre for me. Combining hardcore, and or more punkish alternative rock with the complexities of progressive rock is odd to say the least, but it works out extremely well. Recently, I have been listening to a bit more of this strange fusion of a genre, with a lot of Thank You Scientist, Mars Volta, Coheed, and Closure In Moscow. I have also been listening to a lot of Hail The Sun.

Hail The Sun is a band from Chico, characterized by their fast paced, ... read more

Been in a Thy Catafalque mood lately ever since I reviewed their latest album, so why not continue this Thy Catafalque train?

Each release of Thy Catafalque brings a new flavor and excitement to experience. From the extremely atmospheric Tűnő idő tárlat, to the more overtly progressive Meta. With their 9th studio album, Naiv, the group decided to almost entirely scrap their more black metal sound, and go for a more jazzy side instead.

For a time, I would considered this to be their ... read more

The classic world of progressive rock was a time of innovation. I believe 1973-1975 to be where the genre really hit its stride, with the usual big 5 bands of ELP, Genesis, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, and Yes innovating the genre’s engines for groups in the future to use in their own ways. However, the early EARLY days of the genre, say 1967-1971, was a time of exploration, setting sail to new horizons that’d be mastered over the decades. Many bands got their foot into the door during ... read more

I would not consider myself a super fan of doom metal, but I am definitely someone who indulges in a bit of doom tomfoolery. Groups like Woe Unto Me, Sleep, My Dying Bride, YOB, and Black Sabbath have given me some fantastic chunky metal that I really enjoy. I also like the sub genre of funeral doom metal. Taking the slow-sludge riffs, and making them even slower, as well as giving them an extra doleful kick really does tickle an interesting funny bone in my brain. While I have not heard much ... read more

This first paragraph of this review was quite hard to write, since this album is practically one big walking stupor. Writing for albums I believe as masterpieces are often difficult for me, since I believe my writing does not do the album justice, and for some I am content with that as I know I may find a way, but this album takes that content into pure puzzling moods. It really is the jigsaw puzzle that seems to always change its jiggies on a dime. When you think you got it, you ... read more

While by all accounts this isn’t the fifth Faust album as there exists Faust V, which was a unreleased album the band created in ‘75, as well as Munic And Elsewhere, which was a compilation of unreleased demo tracks, The Last LP usually stands as the definitive fifth album by Faust. Though, some may argue Rien is the fifth Faust record, as it was recorded when the band reunited in 1990, and also because Last LP has the same idea as Faust V and Munic And Elsewhere, being unreleased ... read more

In my review for Script For A Jester’s Tear, I said that the 80s wasn’t really a bad time for prog, and I still stand by that notion. Heck, I would even go so far as to say it was a fantastic time for progressive rock. Sure, it may have led bands like Yes and Genesis into a slightly less than desirable pop direction, but it also led some old bands like King Crimson, Camel, and Rush into newer frontiers that not only helped them grow into much more ground breaking acts, it also gave ... read more

I have said this many times before, but metal this year has been really good. I mean, the albums that I have considered to be masterpieces, or close to being as such, have been mostly metal. Us metalheads are eating well, and our feast doesn’t quite end, especially when there is so much more to explore, and through our exploration we find ourselves in black metal territory with Thy Catafalque’s 2023 release of Alföld.

Aside from Sigh and Ved Buens Ende, Thy Catafalque are one ... read more

It’s honestly quite hard to just introduce, or give some form of reassurance for this album, as there really isn’t anything else like it for me, so instead I would like to tell of a sort of irrational fear, but respect for the winter.

To me, the winter is a strange time. It is the start and the end of the year, so during the winter there is usually a lot of staying at home, more than what I normally do. It symbolizes thought for me, as it leads into the future, as I sometimes ... read more

The rich progressive rock landscape has been all well since the dawn of The Moody Blues’ 67 magnum opus. A few mishaps in the 80s, but the golden summer grandchild of classical music has been as healthy as can be. Yet, with all these acts, actions, and reactions, it takes a bit of a know-how of the seams to get to the showdown of things. Even by the turn of the 2020s’ horrific start up engine, and its crass out of pocket outcomes, the prog rock series of events has only been ... read more

Since my Bad Moon Rising review, I have kinda started to look back on albums that I have some form of nostalgia, or very fond memories with. To me, nostalgia isn’t necessarily a long ago kind of thing, like most people. For me, nostalgia can also happen relatively close to the present, and if anything, I believe music is a good way of recapturing a moment, even if that song, album, EP, etc, isn’t particularly related to that moment. I said as much in my Tôtbringære ... read more

Originally I was gonna make this review on pride month, since many of you may know that Max Mobarry, the lead singer to this band, is a trans woman, and I wanted to show my support and appreciation for her craft here. However, life got in the way, so I am making this review now, a little late.

So, about Others By No One, they are a relatively new prog metal band, featuring Max Mobarry on vocals and guitar, Mike Gregg also on guitar and vocals, Quique Bucio on bass, and Sam Ruff on drums. While ... read more

Prog in Latin America is quite deep, to where you can arguably find bands from now and from the past, some of which create some well known prog albums that are still well regarded to this day. You can find groups like Crucis and Invisible that show off a symphonically enriched prog landscape. Bubu and La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros who give off a more jazzy prog outlook. And, on today’s subject, Serú Girán, who takes you on a progressive pop rock side of the olden ... read more

Well with such an eccentric collaboration between JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown, both highly acclaimed experimental hip hop artists, it is no surprise Scaring The Hoes had some material that’d not see the light of day, unless, say, on a deluxe or expanded edition, or in this case, an EP.

If you heard Scaring The Hoes and like that album, I think you’ll like its DLC Pack just as much, I certainly do.

Scaring The Hoes: DLC Pack is what you may expect, having basically the exact same ... read more

Do you ever listen to an album and after a while you forget about it until later on you suddenly remember its existence, and since you forgot its name you cannot find it? Better yet, have you ever found that mysterious lost album, relistened to it, and immediately found yourself being quite infatuated with it? That has happened to me with Tôtbringære by Ungfell.

Like in my Bad Moon Rising review a few days back, I said that album gave me some fond memories, and this one is no ... read more

Strange how this is technically the third live album Motorpsycho released since it came out after Roadwork Vol 2, but even then this would be more technically also considered to be their fourth due to Roadwork Vol 3 being performed before this one. Either way, it is another output in the wide sea of Motorpsycho releases.

This live release was recorded between 2008 and 2010, which was when Little Lucid Moments, Child of the Future, and Heavy Metal Fruit were coming out, so expect this album to ... read more