Nick Hudson

Roz Vitalis – Compassionizer

With Roz Vitalis main man Ivan Rozmainsky releasing the debut album from a new project called Compassionizer, I felt it an opportune time to revisit its namesake. I recently wrote another nostalgic look back at an older album, with my…

Our Oceans – While Time Disappears

Our Oceans, as some may know, came from the ashes of Exivious. Well even that’s not quite true, as Our Oceans was originally envisaged as being a one-off side project, and Exivious was reduced to ashes only after Tymon Kruidenier…

IT – Live at ProgDreams VIII

Although Live at ProgDreams VIII is an audio and video release, this review concentrates on the audio. While I could easily use the excuse that this is because I have only the audio for review, the truth is I probably…

Grumblewood – Stories Of Strangers

Coming from New Zealand to the UK, one thing I quickly became used to was being asked by the person who’d just discovered I was a Kiwi that they had heard New Zealand was like this country was fifty years…

Pharaoh Overlord – 6

I came to this album with some reservations. Pharaoh Overlord have a larger discography than the title of their latest release might suggest, and that discography is quite varied. The band is one of Jussi Lehtisalo’s many offshoots of Finnish…

Kalandra – The Line

I’m well aware that the appropriateness of genre labels can be quite subjective, and yet I have to wonder just what is played on Norwegian radio for Kalandra to be “pop sensations”, even when the adjective “alternative” is sometimes added…

Compassionizer – Caress of Compassion

‘Compassion’ sounds like a warm and fuzzy word. And yet, when you think about it, it is almost the opposite. Compassion is essentially the sympathetic consciousness of and concern for the suffering, distress and misfortunes of others. Its Latin roots…

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Author: Nick Hudson