When I first learned Anette Olzon (former vocalist for Nightwish) and Jani Liimatainen (founding member and guitarist for Sonata Arctica) were collaborating on a project called The Dark Element, I jumped at the chance to review it. Olzon is one…
View More The Dark Element – The Dark ElementMonth: February 2018
Murder & Parliament – Murder & Parliament
(…including inadvertent Tom Slatter interview…)
Murder & Parliament is a project by Tom Slatter, a Bad Elephant Music artist. The eponymous debut album has been out for a little while now and there have already been reviews. I was busy doing things. And stuff. Consequently,…
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Elk Minister – Aquarius
The second “songs” instalment of Mr Minister’s chanelling his Great Aunt Coleslaw’s muse into an expected 26 albums spread over the year – that’s an infeasible one a fortnight for anyone slightly math-headed – arrives with all the fanfare of…
View More Elk Minister – AquariusNovalis – Schmetterlinge
Überblick When purchasing a career-spanning box set of a band that you’re not overly familiar with, you have to keep an open mind and expect the unexpected. For me with Schmetterlinge, the gargantuan 15CD/1DVD box set including every studio and…
View More Novalis – SchmetterlingeBob Katsionis – Prognosis & Synopsis
Babis “Bob” Katsionis may not be household name to most people, but in his native Greece he is pretty much a rock superstar. Playing guitar and flashy keyboards for various metal bands, he has cleaned up in the Greek Metal…
View More Bob Katsionis – Prognosis & SynopsisSteve Hackett – Wuthering Nights: Live In Birmingham
John Wenlock-Smith A new live 2CD/DVD set from Steve Hackett, recorded at Birmingham Symphony Hall in May 2017, Steve and his band celebrating 40 years since the release of Genesis’ Wind And Wuthering album, alongside solo material taken from his…
View More Steve Hackett – Wuthering Nights: Live In BirminghamJordsjø – Jord
From Oslo in Norway, Jordsjø started as a side project for multi-instrumentalist Håkon Oftung (Tusmorke, Black Magic) in 2014, but developed into a two man venture with Kristian Frøland. They are currently a four man band, with the aim of…
View More Jordsjø – JordGleb Kolyadin – Gleb Kolyadin
Gleb Kolyadin will be familiar to fans of Russian chamber prog duo iamthemorning, whose three studio albums have earned them increasing critical acclaim amongst fans, critics and musicians alike. The respect and admiration that pianist Kolyadin and singer Marjana Semkina…
View More Gleb Kolyadin – Gleb KolyadinTHRAK by King Crimson – The Complete Scores
Former King Crimson member Trey Gunn has partnered with Gabriel Riccio to create a set of full-band transcriptions of the band’s 1995 release THRAK. They do a good job not only of transferring those recorded performances into written form (working…
View More THRAK by King Crimson – The Complete ScoresSills & Smith – Maps ~ Burned Or Lost
The latest release from Messrs Sills & Smith, their sixth, tackles a broad spectrum of topics encompassing issues of a world weary, often personalised and intimate nature, so you might anticipate Maps ~ Burned Or Lost to be a long…
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