Sykofant are yet another new band from Norway, and Red Sun Leaves is their sophomore album, comprising two EPs. Red Sun was released last year, and shows the band’s heavier side, whilst the recently released companion EP Leaves reveals a…
View More Sykofant – Red Sun LeavesAuthor: Graham Thomas
Galasphere 347 – The Syntax Of Things
The Syntax of Things is the sophomore album from Galasphere 347, a band named after a spacecraft from the early sixties puppet series Space Patrol. Despite my advancing years, I don’t recall it at all, but Stephen James Bennett obviously…
View More Galasphere 347 – The Syntax Of ThingsPsychoYogi – World Of Danger
Every year it seems, Chris Ramsing and his ramshackle bunch of aural provocateurs, otherwise known as PsychoYogi release new music, and this year is no different. The rich well of creativity Chris draws from shows no sign of drying up…
View More PsychoYogi – World Of DangerKarfagen – Omni
Antony Kalugin has to be one of the most prolific composers of progressive rock on the scene, and, released earlier this year, OMNI is one of his finest creations to date. Karfagen, his ever-morphing collective of outstanding musicians and guests,…
View More Karfagen – OmniJonas Lindberg & The Other Side – Time Frames
Time Frames is the latest release from Jonas Lindberg and The Other Side, the follow up to the well received Miles From Nowhere (2022). Well, if you liked that album, you’re going to love Time Frames. Much like its predecessor,…
View More Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side – Time FramesSpirit – Sea Dream (4CD Expanded Edition)
Posthumous releases can be a mixed bag. Some are essential for true fans, and some seem rather more like barrel scraping. The newly expanded Sea Dream by legends Spirit is closer to the former, (though it couldn’t be described as…
View More Spirit – Sea Dream (4CD Expanded Edition)Seaorm – Atlan
Seaorm is the name of the collaborative project uniting October Equus (Ángel Ontalva), and Vespero (brothers Ark and Ivan Fedotov). Atlan is their fourth album, and to my mind, their best so far. The experimental music on Atlan has been…
View More Seaorm – AtlanSeims – V
Seims are an Australian band playing the music of composer and multi instrumentalist Simeon Bartholomew. Although the band don’t stray too far from the math rock genre, V sees them continuing their willingness to experiment and broaden their soundscape, and…
View More Seims – VNVRF 2025 – Day Four
Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Sunday, 7th September 2025 Sunday morning and, thanks to my age, I was beginning to feel the tiredness form the previous long and busy days of standing up at the concerts and running between stages so that…
View More NVRF 2025 – Day FourGrace Hayhurst – The World Is Dying
So just who is Grace Hayhurst? From what little research I’ve done, she’s either a tech savvy programmer, a photographer, or perhaps a musician and composer? No doubt she has many other talents, but let’s concentrate on the musician and…
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