Tag: Progressive

Best Of 2023 – Ryan Tysinger: Lenticular Matters

It’s that time when the End Of The Year starts briskly shuffling us on out to the door and into the eternal night. You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here. Last

We Have The Power – The Top 25 Power And Power-Related Albums Of 2023

KAPOW!!! By some inscrutable sorcery fired from far beyond our most mystical and impressive mountains, another year has managed to pass, and with it comes yet another call to power arms! So, yes, by all

TEMIC – Terror Management Theory Review

As a prog fan, listening to TEMIC’s Terror Management Theory for the first time is not unlike sliding into a new pair of slippers that somehow feel like you’ve lived in them for years. That

Elitist – A Mirage Of Grandeur Review

[Cover art by Tobias Holmbeck] On debut A Mirage of Grandeur, Copenhagen’s Elitist are a whole lot of things and also not a lot of things. For example, they play Danish death metal that is

Xoth – Exogalactic Review

Friend, thank you for answering the door. This night is a blustery one and cold. I recognize that your time is valuable. With that in mind, I would like to walk you through this straightforward

Legendry – Time Immortal Wept Review

There’s something to a well-worn paperback, creased from excursions to the beach, its binding bent and crinkled from adventures to the laundromat, its edges frayed from being swiftly and hastily stashed in the glove compartment,

Malokarpatan – Vertumnus Caesar Review

[Cover art by Astrid Bergdahl] Malokarpatan is an incredibly rare breed of band. Not so much in style, as their medieval, folklore-charged, melodic and progressive black metal isn’t all too rare over metal’s history, but

Blood Oath – Lost In An Eternal Silence Review

[Cover art by Nox Fragor Art] We here at Last Rites are big believers in Chilean metal, with Mr. Tysinger in particular championing the scene. Something really tying a lot of the active acts together,