Swedish prog rock collective The Flower Kings launched their new album ‘By Royal Degree’ today. Their newest release contains 18 songs and provides more than one and a half hours of well-forged soundscapes. The tracklist of this comprehensive release looks like this: The Great PretenderWorld Gone CrazyBlindedA Million StarsThe SoldierThe Darkness in YouWe Can Make... Continue Reading →
Review MARILLION ‘An Hour Before It’s Dark’
Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas, Mark Kelly and Ian Mosley, these guys are also known as Marillion. The quintet worked on a new album called ‘An Hour Before It’s Dark’, the successor of the ‘F E A R’ album from 2016. The title of the newest Marillion record gives room for interpretation. ‘An Hour... Continue Reading →
THE PINEAPPLE THIEF announce updated tour dates
The Pineapple Thief had to postpone their tour and announced the new dates: 23.2.22 Trezzo sull'Adda (Milan) (IT) - Live Club24.2.22 Roncade (Treviso) (IT) - New Age25.2.22 Roma (IT) - Auditorium "Parco della Musica"26.2.22 Firenze (IT) - Viper Theatre27.2.22 Aarau (CH) - KIFF1.3.22 Barcelona (ES) - La Nau2.3.22 Madrid (ES) - Caracol3.3.22 Toulouse (FR) -... Continue Reading →
Review JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE ‘Miles From Nowhere’
Jonas Lindberg is a Swedish musician and the founder of Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side. The start of this musical undertaking goes back to 2008 when an EP called ‘In Secret Pace’ saw the light of day. The work piece was recorded as an exam-project at the Music Academy in Piteå, Sweden. After moving... Continue Reading →
Review ARJEN ANTHONY LUCASSEN’S STAR ONE ‘Revel in Time’
Arjen Lucassen is a very well-sounding name in the world of rock and metal. The Dutch musician and producer is a constant deliverer of excellent music that is beyond writing songs only. What Lucassen offers are compositions based in a sheer endless creative flow it seems. Lucassen cleverly steers his creative output into two directions... Continue Reading →
ALAN PARSONS released ‘One Note Symphony – Live in tel Aviv’
A few month ago Alan Parsons released with ‘The NeverEnding Show – Live in The Netherlands’ a live album and the next one followed on February 11th. This time it is 'One Note Symphony - Live in tel Aviv' that hit the shelves. Alan Parsons played together with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv,... Continue Reading →
SOEN announce ‘Live From Atlantis Grammofon Studios’ worldwide stream
Further to the unavoidable and unfortunate postponement of their 2021 European IMPERIAL TOUR, the provocative and engaging Swedish-based metal group SOEN announce 'Live From Atlantis Grammofon Studios', a worldwide and exclusive on-demand stream recorded live event which will take place on February 18th 2022 at 8:00 pm CET/EST/AEDT. “This is something we have had in our minds for a very... Continue Reading →
Review JETHRO TULL ‘The Zealot Gene’
To introduce Jethro Tull is like carrying sand to the beach. Everybody, who is seriously interested in rock music have heard of the band and the iconic bandleader Ian Anderson. And even if one isn’t familiar with the catalogue of the band it is a song that everybody should know. ‘Locomotive Breath’, from the legendary... Continue Reading →
Review CYNIC ‘Ascension Codes’
Cynic started in 1987 in Florida, USA and has musical roots in thrash and death metal. Especially in the early phase Cynic had the harsh approach to heavy metal written on the flags, which is reflected among other things in the 'Focus' album from 1993. However, from the beginning Cynic showed a passion for intricate... Continue Reading →
Review KARNIVOOL ‘The Decade of Sound Awake’
Karnivool, one of Australia’s most important alternative and progressive rock bands, was ready to go for the ‘Decade of Sound Awake’ tour, a road trip with concerts that focus on the 'Sound Awake’ album from 2009. Since the plans were disrupted by a pandemic, Karnivool decided to go live in another shape and form. The... Continue Reading →
Review KADAVER/ELDER ‘ELDOVAR – A Story of Darkness & Light’
The pandemic and its consequences bring a number of, mostly unpleasant, side effects. But sometimes this exceptional situation awakens a new perspective and creativity. Berlin's Kadaver have already made their mark by coming up with 'The Isolation Tapes' relatively quickly. This time, however, Kadaver is not doing it all alone. They have teamed up with... Continue Reading →
GREEN CARNATION and ‘The Acoustic Verses – Remastered’
Fans of Green Carnation know it already, ‘The Acoustic Verses’ isn’t an entirely new album. It’s a re-re-release of the 2006 longplayer that featured seven songs. 15 years later, Season Of Mist and Green Carnation put some spotlight on this acoustic album that features all seven songs from the original release plus three extra tracks.... Continue Reading →
ARJEN LUCASSEN shares a new song from the upcoming STAR ONE album
Arjen Lucassen has with ‘Revel in Time’ a new Star One album in the pipeline. Release date is scheduled for February 18th, 2022 and the album will come via InsideOutMusic. To bridge the wait, a new song, taken from the album, has been revealed. ‘Fate of Man’ is the opener of the album and got... Continue Reading →
Review MOLYBARON ‘The Mutiny’
The first time I heard songs from Molybaron was when the band opened for A Pale Horse Named Death. Even though their music didn’t fit exactly to the dark metal of APHND, the band still could win over some fans with their passionate show at the Baroeg in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. That was almost to... Continue Reading →
Review ROSS JENNINGS ‘A Shadow of my Future Self’
Ross Jennings is a familiar name for fans of progressive rock and metal music. The singer is enriching Haken’s music with his outstanding vocals since 2007 and is one important factor when it comes to the successful story of the London-based prog enthusiasts. In parallel, Jennings wrote songs for his solo debut which carries the... Continue Reading →









