Album Reviews

Soen – Lotus

3rd February 2019 Rick Ossian

Lotus is Stockholm, Sweden outfit Soen‘s fourth album.  Though I was initially impressed with the overall playing as far as musicianship, skills, etc.,  I am wondering where the real FIRE is behind this band.  They [Read »]

Album of the Month

Darkwater – Human

22nd January 2019 Rick Ossian

The long-awaited new recording from Darkwater has arrived! Human is a veritable smorgasbord for the progressive metal or progressive rock fan’s ears! This comes to us via Ulterium Records. Darkwater come to us from Boras, [Read »]

Album Reviews

Steve Hackett – At the Edge of Light

15th January 2019 Rick Ossian

On January 25th Inside Out Records will drop Steve Hackett’s 25th solo LP since leaving Genesis. I’ve heard of prolific artists before (Santana, Zappa, Miles and Peter Hammill just to name a few), but that’s [Read »]

Album Reviews

Sunless Dawn – Timeweaver

7th January 2019 Rick Ossian

I am a bit on the fence here with Sunless Dawn. Of course, Copenhagen, Denmark is probably responsible for just about as many progressive death metal acts as Sweden or Finland or any other Scandinavian [Read »]

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Evergrey – The Atlantic

27th December 2018 Rick Ossian

On first hearing of The Atlantic, I was fairly impressed. I mean, it’s right up my alley – it’s prog metal of the finest caliber. At some point one begins to wonder if it’s all [Read »]

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Lost in Thought – Renascence

24th November 2018 Rick Ossian

Formed in 2007, Swansea, Wales’ Lost in Thought follow 2011’s Opus Arise with their sophomore session, Renascence.  In my less-than-perfect (so my wife reminds me) opinion, this is a bonafide prog-metal masterpiece.  Everything is there [Read »]

Album Reviews

Viper Soup Complex – Red Fugue

5th November 2018 Rick Ossian

Malta’s Viper Soup Complex have just released their debut, Red Fugue.  There are five rather long tracks, and one relatively short one. If you are a fan of the bulk of what you’ve no doubt [Read »]

Album Reviews

Haken – Vector

9th October 2018 Rick Ossian

Hot on the heels of their L+1VE ,London’s progressive metal stalwarts Haken are back with a handful of slippery sliding cacophony! Imagine a super-heavy Gentle Giant, and you’ve got some idea of what you’re dealing [Read »]