Review by TCat — There are many bands out there where their main strength is in working together to create improvisations in a most seamless way, one or two instruments taking a spotlight while the other instruments work with them to create a background that usually is based around a theme, and all of the […]
Review by tszirmay — December of 2009, after concentrated pestering of PA administrators to include the Hungarian prog group Android into the progarchives database, I got to review East of Eden and wrote of a great record marred by poor elements and summarized my review with the following : '''The fact that the guitarist is […]
Review by kev rowland — I guess any review of Billy Sherwood will mention he is the current bassist of Yes, that he released some albums with Chris Squire as Conspiracy, formed World Trade, and released six albums as Circa with former yes keyboard player Tony Kaye, so why should I be any different? This […]
Review by BrufordFreak — An excursion into heavy psychedelic rock that will be emotionally satisfying for a very specific mood set and which, I fear, will not be everyone's cup of tea.1. "Portal" (20:57) opens with five minutes of tension-building drumless synth and guitar work before machine gun drumming, lap-steel, and hypnotic vocal chant enter […]
Review by TCat — "The Dead Light" by the UK Post Metal band Fen is the band's 6th full length album. The band is currently a trio made up of original band members Frank Allain (known as "The Watcher") on lead vocals and guitars, and Adam Allain (known as "Grungyn") on bass and vocals. The […]
Review by BrufordFreak — A nice return to form for these heavy proggers from Leszno (Poland). Like French band Children in Paradise (Dam Kat), they display a great command of how simple heavy prog can be. Plus they come up with great melodies.1. "Intro" (0:49) atmospherics with clock ticking. (4.5/5)2. "Still There" (6:07) great opening […]
Review by memowakeman — Review originally posted at www.therocktologist.com The name of Stephan Thelen might not be as familiar as he deserves, since his work this millennium as a Sonar member or solo musician has been very prolific. However, with the release of this 'Fractal Guitar' album, he and his collaborators have made us (the […]
Review by BrufordFreak — Interesting and mostly delightful indie prog punk from Angleterre. I am reminded of THE CARDIACS, FACTOR BURZACO, INNER EAR BRIGADE, HUMBLE GRUMBLE, PINGVINORKESTERN, BLONDIE, THE SMITHS, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, LENA LOVICH, TRACEY THORN, and a whole bunch of late 1970s and 1980s artists of a type of music that I was not […]
Review by BrufordFreak — The SONAR leader and King Crimson-style Math Rock champion is back with yet another solo effort with an all-star array of guest musicians.1. "Briefing For A Descent Into Hell" (18:35) could have come from Stephan's other project, SONAR, and their 2018 album Vortex, especially as there are three of the five […]
Review by TCat — Falena was formed in 2003, and for the most part, has remained a band with 5 core members, even though a few of them have changed over the years. The three founding members were Andrea Trinca on bass, Emiliano Sellati on vocals and Alessandro Fusacchia on guitar. The band's name is […]