Review: The Barrel – Worldconnector
Not structurally sound enough to be ridden over Niagara Falls.
Review: Path of Ilya – Heterostasis
The only album this year, possibly ever, to feature flamenco, turntables, calypso, pirate jigs, and funk.
Review: East of the Wall – A Neutral Second
More bands should sound like if Thrice went super proggy and a bit jazzy
Review: Seyr – 27 Million
The beacon glows brighter…
Review: Rannoch – Conflagrations
Rannoch sound better than ever on this brutal and beautiful breakthrough
Review: Enopolis – ISIHASTIKA
An instructive case study in how not to write music.
Review: Vordona – Quadrivium
We’re in the doldrums, guys. The winds of progressive metal do not blow this summer.
Review: Wooden Veins – Imploding Waves
Imploding Waves is an appropriate name, and not always in a good way
Review: Infinite Spectrum – CAGE
Trapped in the CAGE of generic trad prog *one of my colleagues breaks the keyboard over my head*
Review: Witch Ripper – The Flight After the Fall
Hey baby I hear the sludge a-callin’, tossed ballads and musical Easter eggs, and well if I seem a bit critical well, baby, I’ve got Witch Ripper pegged! (They’re proggin’ again)