Music is used for many things, to hype you up, lift you up, fit your mood, or simply be a distraction from normal life. Or it can be used to help you relax, and sit back, and that is the category that I find Tuesday The Sky, and the new album ‘The [...]
It’s not typical for a band to write a sequel to a highly regarded album years after the original. It has been done of course, but the result is often underwhelming, to say the least (I’m looking at you ‘Operation: Mindcrime II’). [...]
Another month, another Neal Morse album. I jest, of course, it’s been eight months since the last album he and Mike Portnoy both appeared on together. I say it simply to remind everyone how frequently these guys release new material. This time [...]
They may not release new material often, but when they do Frost* usually makes waves throughout the prog-rock community. It is good therefore to see them follow up their EP of last year with this year’s ‘Day And Age’ in less than a year. [...]
Progressive and experimental metal very often go hand in hand. Though at times a band may experiment a bit less, focusing more on the prog side of things, such tendencies rarely ever fully leave. Such is the case with the Israeli outfit Subterranean [...]
Gojira have for a while now been at the forefront of the more extreme end of technical and progressive metal. They remain one of France’s best non-culinary exports, so like many fans, I was excited to learn that their new album [...]
One of the major casualties of this pandemic has been the live music industry. It has financially devastated not only the artists, but the roadies, sound and lighting crews, and companies that function to provide transportation, and itineraries for [...]
In the modern musical world “supergroups” are a very common thing, musicians from prominent bands, joining with musicians from other prominent bands, and doing side projects. In the prog community, it’s even more popular, and it seems at [...]
