Lost Humanity is the first album I’ve heard from Bulgarian outfit the Daniel Eliseev Project (DEP), but based on the enjoyment I’ve gained from it, it surely won’t be the last. Daniel Eliseev is a guitarist, so unsurprisingly it is…
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No Mandate. The band name seems almost paradoxical, for their mandate appears to be to have, you guessed it, no mandate. The title for the Australian trio’s debut full-length release seems to confirm this – No Mandate have recalibrated. The…
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There is no getting away from the fact that Finnish band Confusion Field are going to be compared with Riverside for their debut album, Disconnection Complete. Not that I’ve read any reviews for it, as I never do before writing…
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According to their Bandcamp page, postcards from new zealand (all lower case) have been making “rhythm and noise since 2008”, but this year when their latest release found its way into the TPA review queue was the first I’d heard…
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After reviewing the recent Cronofonía release, I found myself wondering what else Pablo Ortíz had been doing all these years (as Cronofonía had been in the making since at least 2013. It turns out that while Ortíz is Mexican, he…
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In February 2015, Danish band VOLA released their debut album, Inmazes. It so enamoured the admin of a Facebook prog page I followed that he posted about the band for weeks on end, urging everyone to give Inmazes a listen.…
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The first album I heard from Arabs in Aspic was their 2013 release, Pictures in a Dream. This year, the band’s releases prior to that have been re-released by Karisma, giving the first opportunity for many (including myself) to hear…
View More Arabs in Aspic – I to III (Progeria [EP] / Far Out in Aradabia / Strange Frame of Mind [Reissued])
Last year I reviewed the second studio album from Mexico’s The Advent Equation, Remnants of Oblivion. After finding much to like on that album, I explored more of what had come before. What I found is that The Advent Equation…
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It’s possible I have a reputation for liking bands and artists from way out in left field, but while I certainly know a fair few people who like prog but are not at all interested if it’s trying too hard…
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This is the third review I’ve written for a Belarusian band in as many weeks. My coming into contact with just one Belarusian band would be impressive, let alone three. While 75% of music broadcast by radio stations in Belarus…
View More Massen – ContrAesthetic