Wind and Memories is the impressive debut release from the Bulgarian progressive rock band Untold Stories. Formed at the end of 2022 by the highly respected guitarist Daniel Eliseev-Marinovski to not only record original music, but perform it live as…
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Achelas – Echoes Of Virtue
The joy of progressive rock is that it can take you down many intriguing and different paths, and often with a surprise around the corner. This is very much the case with Echoes Of Virtue, the fifth studio album by…
View More Achelas – Echoes Of VirtueThe Round Window – Fram
Sometimes the best things come in small packages, and that is the case with the new EP, Fram, from The Round Window. Despite only being three songs long and 23 minutes in duration, the Essex melodic prog rock band have…
View More The Round Window – FramDilemma – The Purpose Paradox
It is one of the most pleasing aspects of progressive rock music that it often takes time for an album to open up and reveal itself fully. I’m glad to say that the latest album by Dutch prog-metal band Dilemma,…
View More Dilemma – The Purpose ParadoxRuby Dawn – Blood On Water
Ruby Dawn are a UK-based progressive and alternative rock band who have created quite a stir in the progressive rock community of late, with their 2023 debut album, Beyond Tomorrow, as well as and many well-received live performances on the…
View More Ruby Dawn – Blood On WaterNick Fletcher – A Longing For Home
Nick Fletcher has done it again! With A Longing For Home, the Sheffield-based jazz rock guitarist, has produced yet another stunning solo album full of artistic brilliance and unbounded creativity, swirling with musical invention, emotion and breathtaking complexity in a…
View More Nick Fletcher – A Longing For HomeMassimo Pieretti – Creature Of The Night
Massimo Pieretti has released an intriguing and enjoyable 4-track EP called Creature of the Night, in advance of his new album, The Next Dream, due for release in the next few months. Well known as a pianist/keyboardist in Italy, he…
View More Massimo Pieretti – Creature Of The NightKite Parade – Disparity
It can be somewhat of a cliché when reviewers claim a new album is an artist’s best release to date, especially after the previous ones have been heaped with praise, but I’m going to have to unashamedly trot out that…
View More Kite Parade – DisparityHighway ’24 Festival
Eiger Studios, Leeds Saturday, 21st September 2024 After two years in Hull, Al Winter and This Winter Machine, moved their annual day festival to Leeds for a highly enjoyable full day of prog at the nicely filled, quirky and intimate…
View More Highway ’24 FestivalGabriel Keller – Hope Despite Everything
French composer and guitarist Gabriel Keller returns with his second album, Hope Despite Everything, showing his poetic and often powerful progressive rock to great effect. As with his 2022 debut album, Clair Obscur, it is a diverse musical statement that…
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