Steven Wilson: ‘The Future Bites’ Review
Steven Wilson has released his 6th solo album ‘The Future Bites’, 4 years after his previous work ‘To The Bone’. Both albums of which mark a distinct change in production and songwriting styles for...
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Steve Hackett: ‘Under A Mediterranean Sky’ Review
Steve Hackett has released another album to go with his monstrous discography. This time he’s released a fully acoustic album for the first time since 2008’s ‘Tribute’. Granted, with some orchestral elements. There aren’t...
Transatlantic: ‘The Absolute Universe’ Review
Transatlantic, originally formed in 1999, is a progressive rock ‘super-group’ consisting of Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings, ex-Kaipa) Neal Morse (Neal Morse Band, Flying Colors, ex-Spock’s Beard) Mike Portnoy (Neal Morse Band, Flying Colors,...
2020 In Review Part Two: The Ones That Got Away
If you missed Part 1 of ‘2020 In Review’, click here Naturally, it’s impossible for me to get around to writing full-length reviews for every album I’ve listened to this year. Sometimes I’ve run...
2020 In Review Part One: What We Already Know
Hello! And welcome to my year in review. This is going to be a two-part series with regards to my highlights from 2020. The first of which runs through albums that have already been...
Hällas: ‘Conundrum’ Review
Hällas are a little known band from Sweden formed in 2011. Consisting of Tommy Alexandersson (Vocals and Bass), Marcus Petersson (Guitar), Kasper Eriksson (Drums), Nicklas Malmqvist (Keys), and Alexander Moraitis (Guitar). ‘Conundrum’ is the...
The Flower Kings: ‘Islands’ Review
The Flower Kings have released another behemoth of an album. ‘Islands’ is their latest release in their now 15 strong studio album discography. Coming in at 96 minutes long, none of the tracks individually...
Killer Be Killed: ‘Reluctant Hero’ Review
Killer Be Killed is a sludge supergroup that originally formed in 2011. Up until now, they’ve only released one album, presumably because the members have all been so busy with their main projects that...
Alustrium: ‘Insurmountable’ Review
Alustirum are a technical death metal band from Philadelphia. This is the band’s third studio release since forming over half a decade ago. Whilst this release is on the shorter side at 24 minutes,...
Pyramid Theorem: ‘Beyond the Exosphere’ Review
Formed in the late 2000s, the Toronto rock outfit Pyramid Theorem have released their third album ‘Beyond the Exosphere’. This is the first of their work that I’m personally coming across, and it’s been...
Ayreon: ‘Transitus’ Review
Arjen Lucassen is back with another album to add to his Ayreon project, full of royalty from across the power and symphonic metal scenes. Vocal talent from Simone Simons (Epica), Cammie Gilbert (Oceans of...
