In preparation for The Neal Morse Band’s upcoming release titled ‘The Great Adventure’ (Read Our Review Here) Metal Wani’s Jonathon Rose had a chat with main man Neal Morse about the new album. As it is a sequel to the [...]
The recording of any new album has its challenges. And the more successful a band is the more challenges it faces, both with the actual writing and recording process, but also with a back catalogue of material that the new album will be compared to. The [...]
It’s that time of year again my friends when we at Metal Wani stop and take stock of the music bestowed upon us over the past year. And so this is our list of Top Ten Prog albums for 2018. As this is my personal list, others will surely find [...]
I first became aware of Swedish prog titan Roine Stolt in late 2000 when I bought the Flower Kings classic ‘Stardust We Are’ and I’ve been listening to him ever since. I’ve enjoyed and purchased further FK albums, as well as those [...]
One of the things I really love is live DVDs. And one thing that Steven Wilson has demonstrated many times is that he puts out excellent live DVDs. Whether it be with Porcupine Tree or as a solo artist, his live mixes sound every bit as good as the [...]
With ‘Kulkija’ Korpiklaani have crafted a joyous musical journey and one that you don’t need to understand a word of to enjoy and feel their sense of purpose. I imagine this will be an album that their long term [...]
Ambition is very much the norm for the progressive metal genre. Long elaborate songs, lengthy concept albums, all are commonplace. But even within the genre Berlin’s The Ocean Collective stand out as exceptionally ambitious. Throughout their career, [...]
One of the true rising stars among young progressive metal bands is England’s Haken. Since their formation in 2007 they have released four full length albums, an EP, and, earlier this year, their first live DVD. Now they are set to unveil [...]
