It is the time of Halloween, a time for Ghosts, Ghouls, Wizards and Witches, a perfect time for Magenta to release their rather different and ambitious new album, The White Witch – A Symphonic Trilogy. Magenta unveil a retelling and…
View More Magenta – The White Witch: A Symphonic TrilogyMonth: October 2022
Marillion / June Road
Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven, Netherlands Thursday, 20th October 2022 I love seeing bands outside the UK, it’s usually a very different experience, and a smashing Christmas pres from a wonderful wife has led us to Eindhoven for Marillion’s second night…
View More Marillion / June RoadGalahad – The Last Great Adventurer
Galahad are back, and they really have produced the goods on The Last Great Adventurer. It was about halfway through the scintillating Blood, Skin and Bone, as Stuart Nicholson sings passionately about what unites us all as human beings, and…
View More Galahad – The Last Great AdventurerLazuli
The Cavern Club, Liverpool Tuesday, 11th October 2022 Nineteen months ago, a van carrying a band of musicians and their instruments was heading north from Southampton to Liverpool when they received an urgent message. Due to the continuing rapid spread…
View More LazuliThe Watch
Poppodium De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands Saturday, 22nd October 2022 It has already been a year since Italian band The Watch visited Holland for a show. These musicians are, of course, best known as an extremely capable Genesis tribute band,…
View More The WatchThe Mars Volta – The Mars Volta
When this Latino alien-jazz-prog band burst onto the scene with their debut album De-Loused In The Comatorium back in 2003, synapses at the more receptive end of the alt-rock universe went “Ping!” and “KApow!!” and “ZZZZAAAPppp!” in a manner unseen…
View More The Mars Volta – The Mars VoltaThe John Hackett Band / Ms Amy Birks
The Forum Music Centre, Darlington, County Durham Friday, 21st October 2022 The John Hackett Band, along with Ms Amy Birks delivered a wonderful, diverse and thoughtful performance of modern progressive rock to an enthusiastic and knowledgeable audience in the friendly…
View More The John Hackett Band / Ms Amy BirksImaginary Kings – Monsters Lament
Framed in the simplicity of a black and white cover, eight gnarled, contorted faces reach out to seize your imagination; gaping mouths silently scream outpourings of unfathomable emotions, inexpressible anguish, frustrations beyond the limits of endurance, indescribable despairs, merciless torments,…
View More Imaginary Kings – Monsters LamentThe Tirith – Return of The Lydia
Return of The Lydia is the third album from The Tirith and it’s another entertaining collection of guitar-led, heavy prog rock tracks and powerful, melodic, hard rock and psychedelic influences, with an intriguing ’70s retro character – but presented with…
View More The Tirith – Return of The LydiaEvership – The Uncrowned King: Act 2
Nashville-based progressive rock band Evership complete their ambitious The Uncrowned King project with a flourish, Act 2 bringing their pomp/prog-rock sound to the concluding half of an allegorical journey in search of truth and enlightenment. Musically and lyrically diverse, it’s…
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