Tag: progressive
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Elder – The Gold & Silver Sessions
And now for something completely different… Elder, one of the most talented outfits in the stoner rock realm, have gone krautrock with what was supposed to be a limited-edition vinyl release. The Gold & Silver Sessions features just three tracks, yet spans nearly 35 minutes, with plenty of progressive flourishes. “Illusory Motion” kicks things off…
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PREVIEW: Final line-up for Tech-Fest 2019
UK Tech-Fest is a festival that celebrates all things technical, progressive and djent. The festival was formed in 2011 and has seen over the years headliners such as Sikth, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Acacia Strain, Northlane, Animals as Leaders, Between the Buried and Me, and Protest The Hero. Alongside nearly 70 bands across 4…
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PREVIEW: Radar Festival 2019
Brand new festival announces first wave of bands The brainchild of two promoters in South of England, a brand new festival is emerging: Radar Festival, which will be focusing on bands not afraid to push boundaries across the musical spectrum. Radar Festival’s first edition will be taking place on August 2nd-3rd in Guildford, Surrey, UK.…
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Hard Rock Hell: HRH Prog VIII Sheffield @ 02 Academy
Same weekend, same line-up as Shepherd’s Bush Empire event HRH Prog’s 8th Cycle at the iconic Shepherd’s Bush Empire sold out within 12 weeks. In response, HRH are now staging a second weekend at the HRH base at the 02 Academy in Sheffield. The dates and prices will be the same dates, and the exact…
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Sunrunner – Ancient Arts of Survival
Despite their Native American inspirations, Sunrunner have a lot in common with European power metal bands, in the sense that their music is melodic, well-played and optimistic. This then is a concept album, and an interesting one, though the songs would work equally well on their own. Different, but all the better for it. http://www.sunrunnermusic.com/ https://www.facebook.com/sunrunnermusic/…
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Ready For Prog? Festival, 12-13 October 2018
Ready For Prog? Festival (formerly Very Prog Festival) October 12-13, Le Metronum, Toulouse, France A brand new festival dedicated to the prog metal genre, Very Prog Festival took place on 12th-13th October 2018 at Le Metronum in Toulouse, France. Now however, after the first edition, due to legal reasons it has been rebranded to Ready…
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Hawkwind – Road To Utopia
Years ago, whilst writing an article on Hawkwind’s seminal Warrior At The Edge Of Time, I asked my friend Crin of Godreah Records to sum up Hawkwind in a single sentence. Godreah released a very good Hawkwind tribute compiled by Crin, so he knows the band well. He replied that Hawkwind were and are “a British…
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Jinjer live in Frankfurt, 18 May 2018
It’s been a while since I attended a concert in a small venue but I have to say that even though they are not the best lighted places, they offer the most intimate shows and the interaction between the bands and the fans is at its loveliest and most honest levels. It was just such a…
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Sons of Apollo in Buffalo, February 2018
Sons of Apollo @ Town Ballroom, Buffalo on February 16th, 2018 Everyone is probably in agreement that the term ‘supergroup’ is thrown around far too much in musical spheres today but given the prestige of the acts that the members of progressive metallers Sons of Apollo come from, it feels justifiable using this never-dusty marketing term.…
