Illumishade’s debut album “ECLYPTIC: Wake of Shadows”, side project of Eluveitie’s Fabienne Erni and Jonas Wolf, is a superbly balanced genre-bending record ranging from progressive djent to symphonic metal and melodic rock.
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“Rise Radiant” is definitely more than the obvious result of what the guys of Caligula’s Horse have been creating for the past decade. It is a conclusion and a marking point on their careers. With solid songwriting, super crystal clear sound production, it is poetically brilliant and combined with its powerfully crushing energy and moving melodies, delivers what surely is for me one of the best albums of the year! 5/5 ★
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“Leaves Of Yesteryear” shines as the comeback of the year, beautiful and diverse, complex and catchy, and showing us that the Norwegians still have what it takes to stand out in the scene.
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Get ready for a relentless display of blast beats, screams and dirty overdriven guitars delivered at ridiculously fast tempos. Eciton’s “Suspension of Disbelief” presents a raw, stripped down form of technical death metal that leaves no room to draw your breath.
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“City Burials” is like a Katatonia chocolate box, you never know what you get with the next song. And while some might call it incoherent, for me it is exciting and daring, just what we have come to expect from the spearhead of dark progressive metal.
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Volkor X managed to do justice to its predecessor by landing a fatal blow, which appears to be one of the best electronic albums of these past years.
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Haken – Aquarius (10th Anniversary Special feature) by James Carstairs (Prog – A Musical Enigma) for The Progspace.
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What is better than a once-in-a-lifetime event? A second once-in-a-lifetime event! After the...
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Every track on this album is a musical journey. Take a listen, that’s the beauty of Bandcamp, you can try before you buy!
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“Eleventh Hour” encompasses every aspect of the EP “Secondary Genesis”,
and adds to it by incorporating more various and diverse influences. Novena prove the world
that they were more than just a good prog-metal band, by delivering a record made with a
notably mature sense of songwriting and creativity. 4,5/5★
…quirky saxophone melodies and sprawling synth leads over rich harmonics, and the rhythm section is grooving like there’s no tomorrow. Bluewave Quartet’s “Poney-Club” EP already now counts among my definitive favorite musical moments of 2020. 4,5/5★
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Whether you’ve been following Ihsahn’s career during his years with Emperor, or you’re new to his solo stuff, “Telemark” feels like a combination of both eras but leaving space for new creations.
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“Le Grand Voyage” is an engaging trip through emotional landscapes of atmospheric rock only the Frenchmen from Klone are able to evoke. 4/5★
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“Cell-0” is without a doubt the most accomplished album from the Finnish inventors of cello metal yet. 4,5/5★
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This album is better than the first in every possible way. If you like your metal riffy with a side of virtuosity, you owe it to yourself to try this album. 4.5/5 ★
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“The Answer” strikes a great balance between catchy arena rock and classic prog very much rooted in the seventies, without being too directly derivative.
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It requires a bit of a nihilist mindset to find beauty in the jarring things that surround us, and music may be no difference. Make no mistake, this album isn’t for everyone, but damn if it isn’t great! A challenging listening without a doubt, but also a rewarding one.
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North of South’s new EP “The Dogma and the Outsider” is a release I can surely recommend. A varied record that includes collaborations with names like Kobi Farhi (Orphaned Land), Anna Murphy (Cellar Darling , ex- Eluvetie) and Zuberoa Aznárez (Diabulus in Musica). I find several elements on their music, if developed in the right direction, could help the band get established as one to keep an eye on for the future.
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Hypno5e are back with a new album, “A Distant (Dark) Source”, which will captivate the ears of those who were eager to hear the return of the heavy elements of the French quartet since their previous material was fully acoustic. A band that keeps evolving yet conserving their uniqueness with their cinematographic style in this intricate world of metal music.
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Scarlet Stories is not overtly technical prog, even though the talent of the musicians is very much noticeable, their focus seems to be on melodies, moods and atmosphere, as well as a very strong inclination to bring the listener into their mysterious world, through the medium of music and lyricism. It very much feels like “Necrologies” could be the soundtrack to a collection of fantastic and gothic novels by Stoker, Shelley or Poe.
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