Since Haken’s last album, 2020’s Virus, the band have parted company with long-standing keyboardist Diego Tejeida. The reason given was the standard ‘musical differences’ cliché, albeit worded as “very different musical visions”. As a result, Fauna, Haken’s seventh album, is…
View More Haken – Fauna
Based on the members of this supergroup, I should be a big fan of Transatlantic. Two of the best gigs I’ve ever been to were Flying Colors at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, which was immortalised on record as Third Stage: Live…
View More Transatlantic – The Final Flight: Live at L’Olympia
The Abbey is a Finnish band assembled by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Jesse Heikkinen. Heikkinen has been in multiple bands previously, as well as recording solo material under the name Iterum Nata. He was inspired to create The Abbey after being…
View More The Abbey – Word of Sin
“behind closed doors is an instrumental trio from the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden. Their amalgam of guitars, bass and drums, at times enriched with synths and a classical string quartet, creates a unique sonic image that embraces ferocious heaviness as…
View More behind closed doors – caged in helices
O.R.k.’s last album, Ramagehead, was one of my favourite records of 2019, so I have been eagerly awaiting their latest offering since it was first announced. Their previous effort included a track with guest vocals from System Of A Down’s…
View More O.R.k. – Screamnasium