Review: Dawn of Ouroboros – Bioluminescence
Cutting edge Californian deathgaze
Review: Nostoc – Rites of Passage
Does Nostoc earn a Passing grade, or do eight Rites make a wrong?
Review: Maruja – Tír na nÓg
Am I so out of touch? No, it’s the children who are wrong.
Review: Tumbleweed Dealer – Dark Green
Get high on tumbleweed 24/7
Review: Gleb Kolyadin – Mobula
Like the titular mobula (manta ray), this album is graceful and otherworldly.
Review: Serpents of Pakhangba – Air and Fire
Me, you, and an ancient shamanic tribe in northeastern India… do we have a date?
Review: Sarmat – Upgrade
The improv jazz/metal gods are back!
Review: Pathogenic – Crowned in Corpses
This album will undoubtedly stab you in face, as the art implies.
Review: Seventh Station – On Shoulders of Giants
An homage to postmodernist composers and a rejection of conventionality, this is prog metal pushed to its limits.
Review: Dream Theater – Parasomnia
Recommended for fans of: wait a minute, isn’t this the biggest band in prog? Oh yeah, Portnoy’s also back, I guess.