I have to say this is a bit of a weird album all told, almost like a lo-fi Prog album in fact. That said, it is certainly worth at least listening to. The opening track, Into the Void of Emptiness,…
View More Elk Minister – There’s a System Of Control
A solo album in the truest sense, music and lyrics written and arranged by Stewart Bell, as well as the artwork and design, keyboards, drums and much of the vocals. Stewart uses the name of his band, Citizen Cain, to…
View More Citizen Cain’s Stewart Bell – The Antechamber of Being (Part 2): Stories from the Antechamber
The fizzing French confection Aquaserge, makers of highly individual left-field pop-prog that explodes on your tongue like sherbert dip (Google it, non-Brits!), released their second album earlier this year. It is a joyous and celebratory affair, and a welcome tonic…
View More Aquaserge – Laisse ça être
Esoteric have a knack for finding the most obscure records that only bear a passing resemblance or connection to progressive rock. At first glance, The Road seems like an overblown religious folk concept album. And even though this still rings…
View More Quiet World – The Road
Javi Herrera’s website contains the rather delightful disclaimer that Kant Freud Kafka is not actually related to these three philosophers but is “just a joke amongst friends”. After all, he says, “throwing a bit of good humor to prog rock…
View More Kant Freud Kafka – Onírico
Syncage was formed almost a decade ago, by brothers Riccardo and Matteo Nicolin together with their best friends Daniele Tarabini and Matteo Graziani, when they were all teenagers. They have previously released a single, Hellhound in May 2014 which they…
View More Syncage – Unlike Here
Arjen Lucassen has returned with a new Ayreon album for 2017, The Source being the latest adventure in the long saga which has been the stalwart concept and story of Lucassen’s discography. The Source is actually a prequel to the…
View More Ayreon – The Source
Well, shiver me timbers and splice the mainbrace (whatever that is). Our favourite pirate-cum-vampire, Nad Sylvan, has risen from the grave with another cracking musical collection that shows he’s more than just a heavily made-up face. Step aboard me hearties…
View More Nad Sylvan – The Bride Said No
Based in Washington DC, Janel Leppin-Pirog already has one album and a couple of EPs to her name, and an earlier album as a duo with Anthony Pirog, now her husband. Confusingly, her one previous album is called Mellow Diamond,…
View More Mellow Diamond – American God
Do you remember back in the early ’80s when a young Swedish guitarist shook the world afresh with his flashy yet technically very accurate and fast neo-classical stylings with mixolydian and phrygian scales and runs? His playing spawned a plethora…
View More Elmo Karjalainen – Age of Heroes / Where We Belong (Acoustic)