Reviews IV
2022, their second album. Doom and post rock. Dark. Slow. Multi-layered, despite the reduced music.
We Lost The Skyline
by Porcupine Tree
Digipack Live CD, 2008. Porcuppine Tree reduced to electric and acoustic guitar. Different and that's why it works really well.
Double LP In Absentia by Porcupine Tree. For many their masterpiece. In black vinyl. 2002.
Live blues from Northern Ireland as a live double CD, released on December 13th, 2024. Here is my review.
Crossover prog. About Big Brother, authority and climate change. Top musicians. The first album of a trilogy. CD, 2006.
Doom, Dark, Postrock. This EP was Frayle's first EP to be released in 2018. 45 rpm and 4 songs.
The second studio album Nightwatch was released in November 2024. Prog/Art Rock from Aschaffenburg.
In 2024, Sweet Ermengarde released Sacrifice. Atmospheric gothic rock.
Bleed Out
by Within Temptation
In 2024, Within Temptation released a new studio album, Bleed Out. A political album.
In 2008, 01011001, the last album in Ayreon's Forever cycle, was released. It's about Planet Y. Triple vinyl. Epic. A worthy conclusion.
In 2004, The Human Equation, the fifth album in Ayreon's Forever cycle, was released. In the present, a patient in a coma. Double CD. Epic? Epic!
Chrononaut C.
by No Man’s Valley
Interesting prog-rock mix from the Netherlands. Light blue vinyl. 2024.
Breath And Air
by Heather Nova
Heather Nova's new album will be released on February 21, 2025. For friends of sophisticated singer/songwriter pop.
Woman takes Gothic-Wave, Shoegaze, a pleasant voice and turns it into interesting Dream-Pop.
I Robot
by Alan Parsons Project
APP's second album, I Robot, was released in 1977. Clear pop and disco elements with spacey art rock and a delicate prog rock note.
Roseland NYC Live
by Portishead
This masterpiece of trip hop was released in 1997. The limited edition remaster was released in 2024. A remaster of the best kind in red vinyl.
Jancy Buffington's first album was released in 2021. Fine dark wave, dream pop with a post-punk touch. Here as a CD.
Belgium, Ghent. Ramkot was founded in 2017. Ram/Rock/Hard Rock. Here is their second album from 2024.
Popa Chubby & Friends
by Popa Chubby
On March 28, 2025, Popa Chubby's long-held dream will be released on CD: to bring the best blues musicians together on one disc. And they answered his call.
Melodic neo-prog from the Netherlands. If you like Pendragon, Arena, or The Mission, you'll find what you're looking for.
A successful mix of well-known Foo Fighter songs on vinyl. 2022.
Clutching At Straws
by Marillion
In 1987 Marillion's fourth and final studio album with singer Fish, Clutching At Straws was released.
Doom, post rock/metal. Frayle's first studio album, 1692, was released in 2020. It revolves around the Salem witch trials. Dark and atmospheric.
