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.

Karhu – Survival Of The Richest (2012)

The word ‘Karhu’ may never have passed through your lips before, might even prove a little problematic to spit out through your teeth, but, after listening to the band of the same name’s self released debut album, ‘Survival Of The Richest’, they may become the first name on your lips whenever somebody asks you to list the finest unsigned metal bands in the UK.

Shadow Gallery – Legacy 2001

 

Band Shadow Gallery
Info: Legacy
Info: USA
Style: Progressive Metal
Years: 2001
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps
Info: 177 ?b
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While critics were singing the praises of creation Tyranny “Shadow Gallery”, Brendt, Carl and Gary have been involved in the project, James La Brie “Mullmuzzler”. Finally, in the winter of 2000 “shadow gallery owners” engaged in the development of its own material, but a constantly evolving business party (“Leonardo”, “Explorers Club”, “Ayreon”, etc.) to distract musicians from the creative process. Disc “Legacy” is the latest release of the group have entered the “Magna Carta”. “Legacy” – the fourth album, released in 2001, the year.

Heaven’s Cry – Wheels of Impermanence (2012)


It’s rather unusual to find a band that released a demo (in this case “Sampler”) a year before forming. But, that seems to be the case from everything I have read about this French-Canadian progression rock act. “Sampler” was released in 1993 while this Montreal, Quebec outfit is said to have officially formed in 1994. Whatever the case since forming the band has had a rather sporadic history when it comes to studio albums. “Food For Thought Substitute”, the band’s debut full-length album, was released in 1996 and, from most accounts, was fairly well-received by fans and critics alike. The band’s follow-up release, “Primal Power Addiction”, was released in 2002. It took 10 years, but now we finally get to the band’s 3rd release, “Wheels of Impermanence”, and , from what I can tell from a bit of research (in other words I did some random Google searches for descriptions of previous albums) , it’s more of the same for Heaven’s Cry. At least if progressive, melodic rock/metal is still the game being played? You know it probably does not say much when possibly the biggest claim to fame for the group is not their own music. That would almost make too much sense. Rather, quite possibly the biggest claim to fame for the band seems to be the fact that Heaven’s Cry member Pierre St-Jean was a session bassist on Voivod’s