“Welcome back to Heaven Hill. Same old sounds, same old thrills.” Thus sing the band from Skellefteå, Sweden to open their new album, Himlabacken Vol.2, released on 8th December 2023 by their own label, Blomljud Records. If those lyrics sound…
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Four years on from their last full length album, Newhaven duo Dandelion Charm return with album number three, Scream Inside the Tear. Although primarily a duo, DC are in every respect a band delivering a rich blend progressive folk rock,…
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Looped Squares is a German-based band with roots from diverse musical and geographical backgrounds. I recently spoke to the band who gave an insight into their meeting, origin and the Looped Squares album. “We met when we worked at Thomann…
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Lene Lovich, whose work experience included providing screams for Hammer Horror Film Productions, earned her 15 minutes of fame on the back of a surprise hit single with her first release for Stiff Records. Over the course of her time…
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The very first review I ever submitted to TPA was for Dave Kerzner’s 2022 effort, The Traveler. Fast forward a year, and here we are again, this time with Kerzner’s latest release, Heart Land Mines, Vol. 1. From his time…
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As a reviewer, wrapping your head around new music and finding the words to explain it can be exhausting, especially if the music in question is no bueno. It helps when there are already some assurances of quality, and this…
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The arrival early last year of the debut album from Nick D’Virgilio, Neal Morse and Ross Jennings, Troika, was a breath of fresh air. The three progressive rock icons put aside the bombast and the complexities to channel their inner…
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2023 marks 20 years since Opeth released the Damnation album. At the time it was viewed by many as a big change in direction, although in essence it still contained a lot of the softer musical attributes which the band…
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Myrkur (aka Amalie Bruun) is an interesting character. With her first two full length albums, M and Mareridt, she invented her own sub-genre of black metal, combining it with Danish folk to produce something unique. Indeed, Mareridt (‘Nightmare’) from 2017…
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A great man I was lucky to call friend, but no longer with us, recommended I listen to an album by a band called Soup, as he was sure I would like them. That album was Children of E.L.B., which…
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