Lyric video from Norwich prog metallers SynaptiK for the song taken from their second studÅŸo album “Justify & Reason”, Continue reading →

She is promising a steampunk-themed show, with lasers. Which is what we’ve come to expect from Doris Brendel. Continue reading →

After the success of the sold-out show at The Forum last July, Blue Öyster Cult return to Britain with five dates this summer. Continue reading →

Dreamy and elegaic, an excellent evocation of the spirit of late 70s progressive rock framed in a contemporary context. Continue reading →

A record that combines doom-metal dynamics with ghostly female vocals, and sounds quite unlike anything else. Continue reading →

A taster from the album “The Night Siren”, released in March.

Alan Reed’s second solo album “Honey on the Razor’s Edge” is now available for pre-order from The Merch Desk Continue reading →

Another of the major figures of progressive rock has left us. Continue reading →

Poland’s Riverside announce a 27-date spring tour with an as yet unamed guest guitarist. Continue reading →

Ayreon premiere a 12-minute epic from their forthcoming science-fiction prog-opera, which features all eleven singers, including some big names. Continue reading →

Are mainstream tastemakers and pundits more interested in celebrity culture than in music? Continue reading →

Prog Magazine’s sudden demise leaves a huge hole, and independent bloggers must do what they can to fill the gap. Continue reading →

Is it time to delete this music blog because my taste in music is too irrelevant and reactionary? Continue reading →

The Guardian Music Blog has another one of mine in their Ten of the Best series, this time for The Black Country’s finest. Continue reading →

Prog Magazine have a listicle that attempts to show the history of prog in 50 albums. Do you agree with their choices? Continue reading →

Greece’s Firewind sing about ancient Greece in the same way their Scandinavian comrades-in-arms sing about Vikings, and the result is superb. Continue reading →

Italy’s doom-metallers succeed very well at summoning something of the spirit of Black Sabbath from circa 1971. Continue reading →

Some of you had probably guessed what my Album of The Year would be. Continue reading →

The best of 2016′s EPs, live albums and reworkings of older material. Continue reading →

Into the top five now, as we count down from five to two. It’s a reminder of just how how much great music has been released this year that’s not on the mainstream radar. Continue reading →

A new beginning for Touchstone with an excellent acoustic support from Heather Findlay Continue reading →

Not quite your usual rock review, but it was a beautiful concert. Continue reading →

A mesmerising show from the French rockers who put the progressive into progressive rock. Continue reading →

Cairo start their live career with a bang in London and Leicester, with a beautiful support from Luna Rossa Continue reading →

Like the Panic Room weekend earlier in the year was an event that amounted to far more than just another regular gig. Continue reading →