Battered but well-slept after the almost torturous day 2, I was ready to rock my entire list of bands for the final day. I first headed to the front row to check out promising prog/math rock band called The Physics House Band, a unique and [...]
After a sound but slightly cold nap, I woke up to miserable weather, including almost 12 hours of rain. The festival site was increasingly becoming a complete swamp, and without my wellington boots (which no one ever said would be needed beforehand, [...]
I planned to make it to the festival location, which is a few kilometers off Bristol, using the shuttle from London organized by festival hosts. Confusion about a potential bus hogging a small road meant we were delayed by an hour or more, and by the time [...]
Symphony X are one of the biggest names in the progressive metal scene for a while now. Fronted by the charismatic and powerful Russell Allen and winged by the virtuoso guitarist Michael Romeo, the band is back after a gap of three years and decided to [...]
Paris, and specifically Le Trabendo, hosted the German technical death masters Obscura and their three-band entourage on the 9th of February as spectators laid witness to a barrage of absurdly complex instrumentation fronted by piercing harsh vocals. [...]
Swedish progressive metal band Soen have since shed away the Tool comparisons that they were met with on the first album, ‘Cognitive’ (2012), holding on to their own sweet spot among today’s finest progressive acts with the next pair of [...]
We fans are truly blessed to be able to experience the renowned yet still underrated progressive rock band, Riverside, on tour, after the tragedy that has befallen the band. The band’s first release after the passing away of Piotr Grudziński, [...]
Swedish progressive metal band Seventh Wonder are high up on the list of most underrated bands of the genre since the turn of the century. ‘Waiting in the Wings’ already showed glimpses of what they’re capable of, but their power-prog [...]
