Tag Archives: prog rock

PAVLOV’S DOG – Live: House Broken

September 19, 2016

Rockville 2016 All-encompassing onstage document of legendary band’s latter-day glory. Keeping their profile low and their performance standard high, the reformed PAVLOV’S DOG may have produced just one , but here’s the second concert album from their post-Millennium incarnation, which … Continue reading →

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SYNDONE – Eros & Thanatos

September 19, 2016

Fading 2016 Love and Death and all points in between: Turin six-piece explore emotional terra incognita and look it up on the map of our world. Dipped in classicism, this band’s albums excel in contextualizing ancient – or, rather, timeless … Continue reading →

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GANDALF – Magic Theatre

September 14, 2016

WEA 1983 / Esoteric 2016 Journey to the center of the mind where strange but alluring things happen for Austrian artist with a wizard’s name. Hermann Hesse’s “Steppenwolf” might be indirectly related to heavy metal but it also served as … Continue reading →

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FOCUS AND FRIENDS – Focus 8.5 / Beyond The Horizon

September 13, 2016

Cherry Red 2016 Dance of fire and water for Netherland proggers and a new crop of Tropicalistas who break the boundaries of style. It’s quite telling that the opening piece of this unique record is titled “Focus Zero”: with an … Continue reading →

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TILT – Hinterland

September 10, 2016

Tilt Music 2016 Pushing the borders of their comfort zone, art-rock stalwarts create an unsettling, if compelling, environment where strange things can happen. The bookending of TILT’s full-length debut with “_Assembly” and “Disassembly_” speaks volumes about this collective’s constructivist approach, … Continue reading →

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