The first month of a new year is always a funny period, a combination of bubbly interest to not miss every semi-hyped new release and disappointment at the general lack of noteworthy music. An overall attempt to expand my musical horizons by listening to various genres has led to the expansion of these monthly columns to included both prog and non-prog albums. Progressive rock and metal are still the main genre focuses of the blog, but during barren months for these genres, I will opt to include more albums from other genres, and January was one such month. I have only written short reviews fo ..read more

For the very first interview of the blog, I would like to present Joel Martin, a young American artist fresh off the block with his debut album ‘Roots’, which released during the last month. Album Links: Spotify // Bandcamp // Apple Music // YouTube PD: “How would you describe ‘Roots’ to those who haven’t heard your music before?” Joel Martin: Roots is basically an instrumental progressive rock album. There are a few vocal bits, though they were written mostly as an afterthought. A couple of tracks to recommend for starters? Start with the last song, “To Touch the Stars”. It is, in my opinion ..read more

What began as a fascination for the unique Hungarian folk meets Progressive Rock meets Black Metal approach seen on Thy Catafalque’s last album ‘Geometria’ turned into straight up infatuation for the band and the incredibly talented man behind its music, Tamás Kátai, in the last few weeks. The word ‘underrated’ gets thrown out a lot, but this band truly deserves more listeners. Which is why, along with the fact that their newest album, ‘Naiv’, is releasing this week, I have chosen to review the band’s wonderful discography.  The newest will be integrated as soon as I have given it its fair sha ..read more

2019 has been a special year for progressive music. It saw Dream Theater return to form with ‘Distance over Time’, Periphery grow more ballsy with ‘Periphery IV’ and Devin Townsend release a stunning magnum opus with ‘Empath’, after breaking up his previous Project line-up. It saw Tool releasing music after an incredible wait of thirteen years and Opeth put out ‘In Cauda Venenum’, which to a large extent, has united their fans. Elsewhere, it saw bands such Leprous, Wilderun and Soen further prove their growing stature with great new efforts. It was also an year where a few newcomer and undergr ..read more

Those who have a carefully followed this blog would know that I cover gigs, festivals and interviews for another website. This time around, I got the opportunity to cover ArcTangent 2019 also with my blog which was a proud moment: A first of many to come, hopefully. The line-up for this year’s edition was special (See the image below), which meant I was ready to go the extra mile with annoying visa and travelling processes to get my second ever festival experience. ⊕ Day 1⊕ I planned to make it to the festival location, which is a few kilometers off Bristol, using the shuttle from London org ..read more

The blog’s back after an extended break and I have an exciting list of albums to share with you! While finding time to write has been very hard in the last few months, I have continued listening to new releases, prog or other, with the help of an endless list of recommendations from fellow members on the r/progmetal discord. So with no further ado, here is the disclaimer – Disclaimer: Everyone has different definitions about which band, album and song is progressive and which isn’t. For simplicity, I have stuck to bands classified as progressive rock or metal either on rateyourmusic.com and oc ..read more

Welcome to the first (and much delayed) blog post of the year! Things were very busy in January and a lot albums to be covered spilled over to the following month, so I decided to combine the two in one post instead. It worked out conveniently because January was quite underwhelming while February had many more interesting albums. Special mention to avant-garde / progressive band Dronte who came out with one of the most original and unique albums I’ve heard in a while, but missed the list by fine margins. Before we begin, here are a few changes I’m implementing this year: At some point in the ..read more