Category: Progressive Rock

Progressive rock, also known as prog rock or prog, is a rock music subgenre that originated in the United Kingdom, with further developments in Germany, Italy, and France, throughout the mid-to-late 1960s and 1970s. It developed from psychedelic rock and originated, similarly to art rock, as an attempt to give greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music.

Sailor Free – Spiritual Revolution (2012)

Some concept albums are more fun to listen to if you just tune out the concept. That’s the case with Spiritual Revolution, a 69-minute mish-mash of neo-progressive rock, dark metal, Celtic influences, brief spoken-word narration and sounds effects, and even Duran Duran references. The fact this Italian band can hold all of that together musically is impressive enough; I’m not even going to try to comment on how faithful it is to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, which inspired Spiritual Revolution (and which I’ve never read).

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Posted on October 17, 2012 by

CAPTAIN ZORX – The Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings 2012

NOW!WOW!

This band is the reincarnation of intergalactic super hero CAPTAIN ZORX! Blown to pieces by some wicked sourpusses, the CAPTAIN managed to split his being into four colour components before total destruction: Mr. Yellow, Mr. Red, Mr. Green and Mr. Blue (aka Aubergine). These four components are able to act independently from another, but if they combine forces (e.g. on stage, in the rehearsal-room or wherever there’s cheap beer and nachos), the CAPTAIN rises from the darkest realms of the universe to fight his eternal fight against all sourpusses, evil forces and wicked hairdresses out there. Such an event is known across the universe as a

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Gandalf’s Fist – From A Point Of Existence (2012)

I always enjoy getting a chance to review a follow-up album by a band I reviewed previously. In this instance the band is British duo, Gandalf’s Fist, and the album is From a Point of Existence. Existence is the band’s follow-up to 2011’s Road to Darkness. Darkness was an epic, progressive rock concept album based around a re-imagining of The Wizard of Oz. It was an interesting idea that was a bit out there for casual listeners, but is this latest release more accessible or in the same vein?

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Hawkai – Prey (2012)

H A W K A I are a hard hitting power trio with an eclectic and detailed sound full of clever hooks and anthemic riffs. These guys work their limbs off in order to produce songs of melancholy, the hard truth and the obvious.

1. Broken Walls
2. Alive Again
3. The Machine
4. Prey
5. Invisible Man
6. These Days
7. Shameless
8. Wasting Time

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Posted on October 15, 2012 by admin