5th Season are a melodic prog rock quartet from Finland who have released a refreshingly diverse, entertaining and enjoyable self-titled debut album that displays a range of musical styles, whilst retaining a core classic prog influence across most tracks. Led…
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Ten Jinn has had an interesting career arc. In true progressive spirit, these guys have rocked, surrendered to the classical muse, reinterpreted Bowie, and gone all-out prog concept. Give them credit for not only trying on a new hat with…
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Featured artists: Marco Bernard | Ingrid Lukas | Frédéric L’Épée | DC Sound Collective | Wooden Tape ||: In this ADA update of bite-sized reviews we take a look at some of the recent albums from: • Marco Bernard —…
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Followers of the Neal Morse Band will know exactly what is in store when a new live album drops, but if, like me, you are not fully acquainted, An Evening of Innocence & Danger: Live in Hamburg is an excellent…
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North Star is a mini-album of new material from UK neo-prog stalwarts Pendragon – their first release since the highly acclaimed Love Over Fear album back in 2020. Released to coincide with the band’s return to live performance with three…
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Yay! A new Motorpsycho album! And that’s very much a typical reaction if you are a fan of these prolific Norwegian songsters. If you came to this band through their “Gullvåg Trilogy” or the following two albums, Kingdom of Oblivion…
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‘Metathesiophobia’ is the persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of change. It’s a common syndrome in music fandom, with a higher than usual propensity in the prog community. Is that down to purism? The age of the average listener? In many…
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A new name to me, this is Ruby Dawn’s debut album, having been together for a few years now. I remembered the name of singer and keyboardist Carola Baer from the TPA review of 2021’s Prog the Forest event, wherein…
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Arjen Lucassen never sleeps. How else do you explain such prolific output? Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine, along with several other projects past and present. And now, Supersonic Revolution. When German music magazine Eclipsed asked him to provide a song…
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Welcome to another stream of consciousness masquerading as an album review. Recently I’ve been listening to Hirnkäse by Sproingg. I think Sproingg are having a laugh. Not the cockney pre-brawl “did you spill my pint” type of having a laugh…
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