Germany’s The Ocean – often known as The Ocean Collective due to its rotating members – has been on both progressive and post-metal fans’ radar since their 2004 full-length debut, ‘Fluxion’. What really pushed the band [...]
After seven long years, Finntroll are back with arguably their best album to date, ‘Vredesvävd’. Packed with the usual blackened folk metal we’ve come to love from the pointy-eared Finns, ‘Vredesvävd’ is not only a [...]
Despite its members balancing multiple projects (both instrumentally and behind the scenes), The Pineapple Thief is one of the most productive and efficient bands around, cranking out a new album every year or two – sometimes even releasing an EP or [...]
Since the mid-1970s, a little band out of Kansas with a fitting name has been dogging the heels of radio, film and television with hits like “Carry On Wayward Son” and “Dust In The Wind”. However, fans of Kansas know that there is [...]
Tired of the same old bands and endless copycat acts? Why not try some extreme trap-infused black metal with European tribal roots? The Belarusian duo known as Mora Prokaza offers a refreshingly different experience with their latest album, ‘By [...]
The first time I heard Haken, I remember thinking that it was the perfect blend of classic and modern prog. Admittedly, while albums like ‘Visions’ and ‘The Mountain’ remain a part of my regular musical rotation, their more recent [...]
Within every community of music, there is a monarchy of respect and paid dues. For progressive rock, you have the Pink Floyd/King Crimson/Genesis tier that paved the way for generations, followed by the heavier 80s wave of experimentation and, frankly, [...]
When Black Sabbath started out, it was clear that they were revolutionary, but I don’t think that anyone could have foreseen just how many branches of metal would follow in the decades to come. Heavy metal split into sub-genres, and the most [...]
