Progressive

A-F Interviews 

ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL – Interview With Drummer Boubi

9th February 202111th March 2021 Harry Holmes ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL, Doom, Progressive, Soza Collectif 5024

I was lucky enough to hear ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL’s album a while back with a view to reviewing it for

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A Album & EP Reviews 

Review: ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL ‘ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL’

22nd January 202124th February 2021 Harry Holmes ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL, Doom, Progressive, Soza Collectif 5024

ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL offer us ‘a celestial climax’ in this collaborative project that draws on the Bordeaux and Rouen scenes,

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Album & EP Reviews H 

HARK ‘Machinations’ 2017

16th May 20173rd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2017, HARK, Heavy Rock, Machinations, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Progressive, Review, Season Of Mist

HARK’s first album swaggered in and grabbed you like an amorous first world president; it was brash, bold and in

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Shield Your Eyes ‘Reciprocate’ LP/DD 2014

13th December 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2014, Blues, Dave Bowes, Experimental, Math Rock, Progressive, Reciprocate, Review, Romac Puncture Repairs, Shield Your Eyes

For the unaware, Shield Your Eyes have been kicking out their distinctive math-rock blues for a good few years now,

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lazer/Wulf ‘The Beast Of Left And Right’ LP/DD 2014

27th June 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Avant-Garde, Digital, Experimental, Lazer/Wulf, LP, Paul Robertson, Progressive, Psychedelic, Retro Futurist Records, Review, The Beast Of Left And Right

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I like a good old twiddle. Now, I know this is

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Slough Feg ‘Digital Resistance’ CD/LP/DD 2014

24th February 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, CD, Digital, Digital Resistance, Heavy Rock, LP, Metal, Metal Blade Records, Paul Robertson, Progressive, Slough Feg

Look, I’m going to level with you here, I’ve never been a fan of straight-up ‘Heavy Metal’. Y’know, that whole

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Men Of Fortune ‘Time Lovingly Bled’ LP 2013

6th January 20143rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2013, Bird Dialect Records, Caspian Yurisich, Experimental, LP, Men Of Fortune, Post-Rock, Progressive, Review, Time Lovingly Bled

Men Of Fortune – hard to pigeonhole, hard to review. They sort of sound like a lot of things, but

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Blizzard At Sea ‘Certain Structures’ DD 2013

7th November 20133rd September 2019 John Reppion 2013, Blizzard At Sea, Certain Structures, Digital, John Reppion, Metal, Progressive, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Blizzard At Sea are a three-piece from Iowa City, USA playing chunky progressive metal with elements of gut-thumping sludge and

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Orne ‘The Conjuration By The Fire’ LP Reissue 2013

5th November 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Atmospheric, Heavy Rock, LP, Orne, Paul Robertson, Progressive, Reissue, Review, Svart Records, The Conjuration By The Fire

Named after the necromancer Simon Orne from HP Lovecraft’s classic novella The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward, Orne are a

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Spirits Of The Dead ‘Rumours Of A Presence’ LP/DD 2013

22nd October 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Paul Robertson, Progressive, Psychedelic, Review, Rumours Of A Presence, Spirits Of The Dead, The End Records

WoooOOOOoooo, despite the spooky name and album title, Rumours Of A Presence by Spirits Of The Dead is most assuredly

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Albion Codex ‘Summon The Ancients’ CD/DD 2013

15th October 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Horns Ablaze, Horns Ablaze Records, Metal, Paul Robertson, Progressive, Review, Summon The Ancients, The Albion Codex

One of several metallic stalwart defenders of perfidious Albion currently plying their wares – Winterfylleth spring immediately to mind –

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