Tag: Progressive
Ihsahn – After Review
Vegard Sverre Tveitan has been a mainstay of the vast metal underground for over 15 years. At the ripe age of 17, he helped to write and record the groundbreaking self-titled EP with Emperor, a …
Between The Buried And Me – The Great Misdirect Review
Quite a few people are all fired up about Between the Buried and Me for very different reasons. Again. For many, the quintet’s fifth album proper, The Great Misdirect, represents the latest gospel from on …
Devin Townsend Project – Addicted
posted on 11/2009 By: Jordan Campbell The Devin Townsend Project is a landmark, not simply because of the four-album deluge of gloriousness that it’s due to produce. It’s bigger than the sum of its parts. Admittedly, this claim is …
The Chasm – Farseeing The Paranormal Abysm Review
“Entering a Superior Realm” begins with light tremolo woven into an ephemeral crescendo with alternating iridescent horns, as if to usher in the slow rise of a silvery sun across the crescent horizon of a …
SubArachnoid Space – Eight Bells Review
Instrumental space-rock unit SubArachnoid Space returns with their ninth full-length of grooving, crashing, fx-laden psychedelia. From the opening cascade of “Lilith,” with its snaky bassline beneath twisting drums and swirling guitars, the band’s sound is …
Lye By Mistake – Fea Jur Review
Those who clicked into this review expecting the jazzed-up Dillinger Escape Plan worship of Lye By Mistake’s debut LP, Arrangements for Fulminating Vective, are in for a bit of a shock. Things have happened in …
While Heaven Wept – Vast Oceans Lachrymose Review
Little can compare to the feeling of being truly leveled by the work of a great artist, whatever the medium may be. The sweep of Vermeer’s brush, the flow of a Gehry building, or the …
Southern Cross – Down Below Review
Southern Cross is a group of young Québécois who play power-ish progressive metal. They have managed in about five years time to move from tribute band to legitimate up-and-comers warming up for stalwarts such as …