Reviews II
The Unknown
by The Vision Bleak
Do you like it dark, heavy, slightly progressive? Then The Vision Bleak has just the right album! Gothic metal. CD.
The debut album from Behind your Fear. Melodic gothic rock/metal, with fine vocals. Black vinyl.
Art/Post Prog-Rock from the Netherlands. Unique and interesting? Black Vinyl.
Misplaced Childhood
by Marillion
1985 – Prog-Rock as Neo/Melodic Prog-Rock. Commercially successful and good too? Black Vinyl.
This box set was released in 2021 as limited edition. Remastered and remixed. Black vinyl.
Black Light District
by The Gathering
The EP Black Light District was released in 2001 to mark the launch of the Psychedelic Records label. Small but mighty? CD.
Selling England by the Pound
by Genesis
This great album by Genesis was released in 1973. Here remastered in 2018, pressed on 180g black vinyl.
Octane Twisted
by Porcupine Tree
Somehow the temporary end of Porcupine Tree was in the air in 2012 when Octane Twisted was released as a 4-LP box set. The Incident Live in Chicago. Black Vinyl.
2005. 313 is released, the fourth album from Phideaux. 13 songs. Not much prog but lots of different styles. And everything fits. CD.
Your Wilderness
by The Pineapple Thief
2016. Melodic development by the Thiefs, melodic rock with a progressive twist. Is that good? CD.
Mysterry and Imagination
by Alan Parsons
The first album in 1976 and an instant classic. I'm reviewing the black vinyl gatefold from 1987, remastered by A. Parsons.
Remixed
by Theatre of Tragedy
What do you do when a band has Split up 2011? That's right, a remix. White vinyl, 2019. I hate remixes! Do you?
It Leads to This
by The Pineapple Thief
On February 9th, 2024, delicate prog from the “Ananas Dieben” was released. Vinyl Black.
2024 – Prog-Rock from Chicago. “Newcomer” Old-School Prog – successful and unique? CD.
The Swedes' last album, Ominous, was released in 2021. Here in the vinyl version.
2011 – Three years after Number 7, the EP Snowtorch was released. Leftovers? CD.
Theatre of Tragedy
by Theatre of Tragedy
1995 – Gothic meets metal, Theatre of Tragedy's groundbreaking debut. Eerily beautiful. CD and vinyl.
Let England Shake
by PJ Harvey
2011. Won the Mercury Music Prize. Album of the Year 2011. Rightlfully so? Yes! Black Vinyl.
Closure/Continuation Live
by Porcupine Tree
What looked like the end of PT got a new album in 2022, Closure/Continuation. The worthy live offshoot came in 2023. Perfect or more? Clear vinyl.
Imagine the Crackle
by Bellhound Choir
Modern rock/stoner blues from Denmark. Really good! CD.
Oldfield's most commercial album to date. A really strong side A and then Moonlight Shadow. Black vinyl.
Anthropocene
by Behind your Fear
Atmospheric gothic metal from Germany. Album Number two. Blue smoked vinyl.
Reissue from 2021, remastered by Steven Wilson 2017. Worthy reissue of this underated album in black vinyl.
