Pure Reason Revolution: ‘Coming Up To Consciousness’ Review
I’m a bit of an odd one when it comes to music – sometimes I like to be challenged and have my face ripped off, sometimes I like to be carried blissfully and calmly...
FOXCULT, nightlife, and Outline in Color at The Sanctuary Hamtramck
Walking into Hamtramck’s Sanctuary on that summer evening, I found myself looking at something I had never seen at the venue before– a metal detector. The small dive bar was usually home to aggressive...
Meer: ‘Wheels Within Wheels’ Review
In 2021, the prog scene witnessed a relative rarity. An actually new breakthrough act that came in the form of Norwegian octet Meer. They’ve been on the minds of many prog rock enjoyers since Playing...
Leprous: ‘Melodies of Atonement’ Review
Leprous are back, again. And I think by this point if you follow even a slither of the modern progressive music scene, you know who we’re talking about here. A song, a record, seen...
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard: ‘Flight b741’ Review
Another year, another album by the Australian collective King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard. Last year I reviewed their albums PetroDragonic Apocalypse, and The Silver Cord, both being in the metal and electronic genres...
Radar Festival 2024: The Review
Proghurst as a unit has recently been out and about at Radar Festival this year, trying to locate some good bands and good friends. Both of those are found aplenty – and it’s no...
The Pineapple Thief: ‘It Leads to This’ Review
You can always be assured of quality when a release bears Bruce Soord’s name in its credits but sometimes it can be lacking that special ingredient that elevates it to the level of excellence....
Riverside at O2 Institute2 in Birmingham
Considering it’s England’s second city it’s odd that Birmingham sometimes struggles to bring both bands and punters into town when it comes to prog, but thankfully the O2 Institute2 is packed tonight with fans...
Dave Bainbridge and Sally Minnear at the Bedford in London
Tonight, is folk gelled together with a sprinkling of prog rock! And off I went, to the Bedford in Balham, southwest London, to a small and quaint venue that was gorgeously adorned with wood...
Blind Guardian at the Agora in Cleveland
“You never can go wrong with Middle Earth!” Hansi Kursch boomed moments before launching Into The Storm that spring night in Cleveland. The guitars wailed out, a power metal mosh pit opened up on...
