Tag: Progressive
Code – mut Review
Last year, I used the metal hive mind’s tendency to overreact to musical evolution (one way or the other) to soapbox a bit. The subject was the growth of a few Swedish bands, chief among …
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 …