Tag: Progressive

Polyptych – Illusorium Review

Look, I love the bestial black/death symposium that’s in full swing right now as much as the next guy, but it’s gotten to the point where the blowout is stacked to the rafters with enough

Voices – London Review

Originally written by K. Scott Ross. The Concept Album is a tricky beast. On the one hand, having a unified theme or story for an album can take already mighty music to the next level

The Proglodyte’s Bonepile – Prog Metal Goes Pop

This is The Proglodyte’s Bonepile, a place for words about progressive heavy metal music. Thanks for being here.  ••••• Way back before the ’14 holiday season, you may remember, we started talking about progressive metal

StarGazer – A Merging To The Boundless Review

It’s been four years since StarGazer released A Great Work of Ages, and the CD still hasn’t left my truck. Granted, there are a lot of CDs in my truck, but A Great Work of Ages has,

Ne Obliviscaris – Citadel Review

By all reasonable metrics, I ought to love this album. I own every single Dream Theater album – even the shitty ones. I own every single Cradle of Filth album – even the shitty ones.

Dimesland – Psychogenic Atrophy Review

Oakland’s Dimesland raised some eyebrows with their debut EP, 2012’s Creepmoon. It was a thrashing, technical mix that landed somewhere between Atheist, Voivod, Martyr, and even the more adventurous Pestilence material, pleasing a lot of

The Proglodyte’s Bonepile – Nnngh. Keys baaaaad!!!

This is The Proglodyte’s Bonepile, a place for words about progressive heavy metal music. Thanks for being here. I like all metals, really, but my bippy is most reliably and thoroughly flipped by the progressive

Giant Squid – Minoans Review

The sea has long been a rich source of cultural, historical, and artistic inspiration. One of the earliest – and most potent – myths is the flood recounted in the Epic of Gilgamesh, which was