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Noveria – The Gates Of The Underworld (Scarlet Records)

Four years after their previous album, Italy’s Noveria are back with their latest bout of weighty classic Progressive Metal. Even within the abundant realms of Progressive Metal, there are many facets bands have woven for themselves and taken into different… Continue Reading →

Ocean’s Edge – The Voyager (S/R)

The term Progressive Metal can mean different things in our music, but with Ocean’s Edge we are talking about the classic Progressive Metal style initiated by the likes of Dream Theater, Fates Warning etc, then taken forward towards the Millennium… Continue Reading →

Even Flow – Mediterraneo (S/R)

Even Flow is a progressive metal band of some pedigree, having been formed in the late 1990s, with a couple of albums and other material to their name and an extensive touring history, plus collaborations with members of Fates Warning,… Continue Reading →

Spheric Universe Experience – Back Home (UPRISING! Records)

I am old enough to remember that “Back Home”, the title of this album, was the title of the 1970 England football team’s song. There ends the connection. Slightly more recently, it was in 2009 that I heard French progressive… Continue Reading →

Eternity’s End – Embers Of War (Prosthetic)

In the realms of Progressive Power Metal, Eternity’s End are immediately interesting from a musical point of view, as well for their current and past members. The band’s core contains three members of Progressive Death Metal band Alkaloid for one,… Continue Reading →

Aeon Zen – Transversal (Layered Reality Productions)

In 2013, I took part in the tongue-in-cheek promotional video for ProgPower Europe the following year, and remember promoting Aeon Zen. The irony was that I then couldn’t make that ProgPower so never actually saw the band I’d helped to… Continue Reading →

3 DreAms NeVer Dreamt – Another Vivid Detail (My Kingdom Music)

Avant-Garde style Progressive Metal outfit 3 DreAms neVer Dreamt hail from Milan, Italy and formed in 2007 as a result of the collaboration between Gianluigi Giradi providing vocal duties (Crown Of Autumn, Winter Mist, Event Horizon) and Andy Signorelli handling… Continue Reading →

Everdawn – Cleopatra (Sensory)

Fans of Symphonic Metal band Midnight Eternal are possibly by now wondering where the hell the follow up to that impressive 2016 debut has got to. Well, basically this is it. After rather acrimoniously falling out with their previous vocalist… Continue Reading →

Thoughts Factory – Elements (Melodic Revolution Records)

With the cover art and a name like Thoughts Factory, it was always going to be a bit of a surprise if this German band turned out to be brutal Death Metal. Nope, Progressive Metal of a high standard is… Continue Reading →

Burning Witches – Dance with the Devil (Nuclear Blast)

It’s back to school for this quintet from Brugg Switzerland. The old school this is. Classic speed metal mixes with some classic hard rock sounds to create a flashback to the days when denim, leather and hi tops were the… Continue Reading →

Deadrisen – S/T (AFM)

Here we have the debut from a new Metal band formed by Rivera/Bomma guitarist virtuoso Rod Rivera and technically minded bassist Mike LePond (Symphony X, Ross The Boss, Them, Midnight Eternal etc. etc.). There’s some serious musical talent within those… Continue Reading →

Embrace of Disharmony – De Rervm Natvra (My Kingdom Music)

In my book, it’s the sign of a good album when I finding myself asking what on earth am I listening to. This album is the first from this band from Rome since 2014. The sophistication of this album is… Continue Reading →

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