Tag: Progressive Rock

  • Storm Corrosion – Storm Corrosion

    Storm Corrosion – Storm Corrosion

    So is Storm Corrosion the alpha and omega of progressive and ambient rock as many believe it to be? Call me a heretic, but I’m inclined to say no.

  • Hellbound.ca’s Top 20 Albums of 2011, Part 4

    Ladies and gentleman, the TOP 5 METAL ALBUMS OF 2011 according to the contributing writers of Hellbound.ca…

  • The Tangent – COMM

    This is what the Tangent does best: bringing stirring music and real-world ideas together. They’re working class heroes, in a way. Prog rock fans aren’t used to being confronted by such blunt lyrical statements, but that’s part of the challenge that this album threw at me. Once I got in tune with its approach, COMM…

  • District 97 – Hybrid Child

    Hybrid Child is effervescent and fun, a mostly harmless romp through progressive rock territory. District 97’s edge can be found in the way vocalist Leslie Hunt carries the melodies and the staccato riffing that anchors most of the tracks—you can sorta tell that a drummer composed them.

  • Anekdoten – Chapters

    Of course, no “best of” anthology could tell the whole story of this incredible band. There are some essential deep-album tracks missing, so once you’ve got a dose and you’re feeling that bittersweet Anekdoten bliss, you’ll need to check out the albums in full.

  • The Pineapple Thief – Someone Here Is Missing

    Straight up, Someone Here Is Missing is an excellent album that deserves to be heard by anyone conversant with Porcupine Tree, Radiohead, or Anathema.

  • Votum – Metafiction

    The amazing thing about this release is the drastic change from their debut; with some work put in by the listener they will be rewarded with such a intelligent laid back prog masterpiece. This new direction may put off some of the heavier progmetal fans out there but if you are willing to put in…

  • In Conversation With: Cynic’s Paul Masvidal

    “I’m interested in various philosophical perspectives in relation to the inner workings of the mind and how that relates to being a human on planet earth. So there’s this balance between earth and cosmos and merging micro with macro. Something as simple as observing a flower one can see the entire universe contained within it.…

  • Rush @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto ON, July 13, 2010

    I’m not a huge fan of bands doing albums in their entirety, but when the album is freaking Moving Pictures, the band is Rush, and it only makes up about a third of the show, how can you say no? Sean Palmerston recaps the July 13th hometown performance of RUSH at Toronto’s Molson Canadian Amphitheatre…

  • Rush – Caravan / BU2B

    By Adrien Begrand It goes without saying that the summer of 2010 is going to be a big one for Rush. Not only are the Canadian greats hitting the road once again, playing corporate-sponsored sheds across North America, but they’ll be making the punters even happier by performing their 1981 masterpiece Moving Pictures in its…