The Drill Hall, Chepstow 30th September to 2nd October 2016 [With photos by Tony Colvill, David Glaves, Phil Lively and Leo Trimming] For the second year The Drill Hall, on the banks of the River Wye in Chepstow, is the…
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I first came across Crippled Black Phoenix when I bought their The Resurrectionist / Night Raider (2009) box set and was taken by their darker Pink Floyd tinged rock leanings. Over their subsequent releases CBP have developed their own unique…
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When doing online research for this band, a slight misspell takes you to an obscure Hungarian film which certainly has nothing to do with this review! Spelling corrected (where is your editor when you need him?!) brings you to Wrekmeister…
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There are times with music when you get one of those ‘why have I not heard this band before?’ moments. This happened to me last year upon discovering Discipline at Summer’s End, and it has happened again here with this…
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Shadow Hunters are a duo from the south west coast of Norway who formed in 2013 and have been self-producing their music. They have also been promoting it themselves and it is difficult for me to tell you much about…
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Continuing my recent batch of reviews of Italian bands, we arrive at Nosound’s fifth album, Scintilla. I have been looking forward to this one as I have really enjoyed their previous work. This album has been “inspired by personal upheaval…
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The idea for Nosound came to Giancarlo Erra in a vision. Now well into their second decade, they have carved a niche for themselves within modern progressive music and are imminently to release their fifth studio album, Scintilla. TPA’s Professor…
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There appears to be a wealth of good music coming from Italy at the moment and it is encouraging to see young bands picking up the progressive rock banners and charging forward. Eveline’s Dust is one such band, using the…
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Fall is Freedom to Glide’s follow up to 2013’s excellent album Rain and the second of their intended “war themed trilogy”. Where Rain mainly featured references to World War One, here they continue to use it as a backdrop but…
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The coming together of two greats of progressive music, Jon Anderson and Roine Stolt, for this their album Invention of Knowledge has stirred up a storm of anticipation across the progressive rock fan base. This is supported by social media…
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