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Mimi Schell – Heliodor

I have been a fan of the voice and music of Hamburg’s Miriam “Mimi” Schell since first hearing her on the 2001 Force of Gravity album from German band Sylvan where she sang Midnight Sun an absolutely spectacular duet with…

Cosmograf – When Age Has Done Its Duty (2018 Remix)

Strange as it may seem memories are not permanent and immutable. We define ourselves by memories, which can be triggered by the seemingly most trivial or incidental of thoughts, such as smells or sounds, and yet the mundane can carry…

Goblin Rebirth – Alive

They live! They live! Goblin are reborn – hence the name – with the original rhythm section on a fabulous live album that pumps 2,000 volts into the band’s classic instrumentals. Recorded live in Rome in 2010, Alive can be…

Umphrey’s McGee – It’s not us

Now eleven albums into their genre defying 20 year career, Umphrey’s Mcgee are a difficult band to pin down. Their live shows have always been the focal point, and with well over 2,000 performed to date, they know what their…

Major Parkinson – Blackbox

The fourth album from Norwegian sonic explorers Major Parkinson arrived in November last year on Degaton Records, who seem to have connections with the always interesting Karisma Records label, and that is what attracted me to this in the first…

Noēsis – The Current

You have to be brave and somewhat foolhardy as a band to try and penetrate the world of prog-metal, a genre that is oversaturated with Dream Theater soundalikes and where musical skill, above all else, is valued. It doesn’t pay…

Magnum – Lost On The Road To Eternity

It’s been rather a few years since I last listened to Magnum, a band pretty familiar to me from my youth in Birmingham, where they were a steady fixture and a perennial support, but gradually after many years built their…

Simon Godfrey – Black Bag Archive, Volume III

In November 2015 I reviewed Simon Godfrey’s Black Bag Archive, Volume I, a collection of salvaged tracks from unfinished projects. This was followed in February 2017 by Black Bag Archive, Volume II, a mixed-black-bag of old and new. I liked…

Schnellertollermeier – Rights

Schnellertollermeier, house band at the court of the neo-brutalist regime, and makers of music to accompany Salvador Dali’s darkest thoughts, return nearly two years after the fearsome X to punish your ears with another fistful of their precise but punishing…

Elk Minister – Capricorn

There are artists, there are conceptual artists, and then there is Elk Minister, a man on the cusp of a year in which he plans to release 26 albums – yes, that’s one every two weeks! – during a period…

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